You Are Half My Heartbeat

A real-life rags-to-riches romance In the small county town of Jichuan, Lu Yao's dreams were modest. Then Gu Shengyi appeared with a plan, and before she knew it, she had fallen in love with him. When she was unwilling, there was nothing she could do about him. When they were both willing, their feelings took deep root. Just as Lu Yao fell deeply in love, Gu Shengyi chose to disappear. Two years without him left her lovesick. One day, Gu Shengyi knelt on one knee and proposed. To his surprise, she readily accepted. She smiled at everyone on their wedding day. The next morning, a divorce agreement was laid before Gu Shengyi. “Gu Shengyi, let's get divorced. This night settles the four years of tuition you paid for me and all the care you gave me in the past. If that isn't enough, I can spend a few more nights with you. Once I've repaid what I owe, it'll be your turn to repay me... You and your mother, Yang Man, really played your cards well.” To make him give her up of his own accord, Lu Yao willingly climbed into another man's bed, and in the end, succeeded in driving him away. For ten years, one was wounded by love, while the other suffered for it. When Lu Yao learned how deeply he was tormented by depression, and realized that her love could not change things, she decided to spend the rest of her life with him. Over just a few years, she traveled all over the world. At last, she found him at a dock in the south of Delin. The gentle man with the faint smile, the one she remembered, was gone...