In the 1970s, educated youth Gao Wanqiu was sent to the countryside. In her previous life, she was foolish and naive, guilt-tripped by her birth family. Hoping to secure a place back in the city, she trusted a scumbag and callously turned down a hard-won military marriage, betraying Cai Junting, the aloof soldier who loved only her his entire life. Her family drained her of everything she was worth before the scumbag abandoned her, leaving her to die destitute, sick, cold, and starving. Cai Junting never married and quietly remained devoted to her all his life, becoming her greatest regret.
Reborn, Gao Wanqiu returns to the crucial moment when she is nineteen and her marriage is being arranged. Her parents are pressuring her to call off the military marriage and marry a good-for-nothing in exchange for a bride price to find a wife for her younger brother. At her most desperate, she unexpectedly awakens the long-sealed portable space from her previous life. It is stocked with supplies and becomes her greatest safeguard in a turbulent age. This time, Gao Wanqiu puts her lovestruck foolishness and weakness behind her. She stands up to her awful family and resolutely accepts the military marriage no one believes in.
She takes the initiative and goes to the military camp, where she begins a warm married life with Cai Junting, a reserved, taciturn officer with an iron will. At first, the newlyweds are distant and awkward. He is not good with words and keeps others at arm’s length, but with her alone he is endlessly indulgent and quietly devoted. After the wedding, Gao Wanqiu relies on the supplies in her space to live comfortably and quietly build her wealth. She avoids every trap from her previous life, tears into parasitic relatives, puts gossipy neighbors in their place, and tears down the scumbag who comes crawling back to bother her.
Amid the everyday struggles of the era, she slowly warms Cai Junting’s frozen heart and helps them both resolve their lingering hurts. The two go from an arranged couple merely sharing a life to beloved partners who choose and save each other. Gao Wanqiu finally breaks free from the shackles of her birth family and puts down roots and grows in those difficult times, standing by Cai Junting as he overcomes the challenges of his career...
