Falling for the Older One
Original Chinese title: 年上沉沦
The relationship between Li Gan, Wu Ziyi, and Zhang Xue extends into the commute and the office, and the once-familiar daily routine begins to shift as each of them harbors unspoken feelings.
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Work summary Work summary My Lawyer Wife
Original Chinese title: 《我的律师娇妻》
The story of Xiaoyao and Linxi draws to a close in everyday life in Shanghai, as a trip back to their old café brings back memories of their many years together.
Original story concept The Corner Flower Shop · Reunion 005
Original Chinese title: 街角的花店·重逢 005
As Xu He prepares to hand over the corner flower shop, an order comes in to restore an old flower stand — and the person delivering the blueprints turns out to be Lu Chuan, the startup partner with whom Xu He had lost touch for years.
Work summary Plum Rain
Original Chinese title: 梅雨
Facing a job-hunting briefing at her Japanese university, Yezi wavers between finding work, continuing her studies, and returning home, while Hayato's appearance entwines personal relationships with her plans for the future.
Original story concept The Restaurant After Hours · Reunion 009
Original Chinese title: 下班后的餐厅·重逢 009
Before the restaurant closes for the night, a customer orders a dish long since removed from the menu, and head server Cheng Lan recognizes him as Meng Qiao, an old friend from the days when the two of them prepared to open a small restaurant together.
Original story concept The Park at Dusk · Reunion 010
Original Chinese title: 傍晚的公园·重逢 010
In a park at dusk, Jiang Yao searches for records of migratory birds that have vanished, encounters Gu Ning, who once argued with them over observation results, and discovers that the old birdwatching spot has been closed off.
Original story concept The Station Before Parting · Reunion 011
Original Chinese title: 离别前的车站·重逢 011
While changing trains with her theater troupe, Su Li recognizes the maintenance worker Han Qiu; two people who once promised to leave their hometown together now have only the time of one train to revisit the past.
Work summary Shimmering Water
Original Chinese title: 水光
His mother needs long-term dialysis, while Lin Shen faces unemployment, unpaid rent, and debt collectors all at once; holding on to his poetry manuscripts, he searches for a way forward under the weight of reality.
Original story concept The Bookstore After Rain · A Letter 013
Original Chinese title: 雨后的书店·来信 013
Among old books left out to dry after the rain, Su He finds a letter addressed to the bookstore; the reading event it mentions is the very one Xu Yan canceled at the last minute back then.
Original story concept The Weekend Exhibition · A Letter 016
Original Chinese title: 周末的展览·来信 016
As the weekend exhibition is being taken down, Lin Yuan receives a letter from a visitor pointing out that an illustration on the wall hides an old street's door number, while its creator Chen Ce refuses to talk about its origin.
Original story concept The Living Room Under the Lamp · A Letter 018
Original Chinese title: 灯下的客厅·来信 018
While helping He Yuan tidy the living room, Wen Lan finds, behind the bookcase, a letter to an old business partner explaining his withdrawal from the partnership—stamped and ready, but never sent.
Original story concept The Old-Town Cinema · A Letter 020
Original Chinese title: 旧城区的电影院·来信 020
The old cinema receives an audience letter with no return address; following the seat description in the letter for clues, Qi Yue discovers it is connected to a mistake once made by the projectionist Luo Shen.
Work summary What Can Save You, My Unfaithful Wife
Original Chinese title: 拿什么救你，我出轨的妻子
The narrator goes out together with his wife and Huang Fei; behind the familiar family routine, the question of how to rebuild trust after the marriage was damaged still remains.
Original story concept The Bakery at Dawn · A Letter 024
Original Chinese title: 清晨的面包店·来信 024
Opening up at dawn, Tian Shu finds in the bakery's door crack a letter canceling a breakfast subscription; the regular customer Cheng Jing explains his job transfer, yet leaves behind a new delivery route.
Original story concept The Bookstore After the Rain · Keeping the Appointment 025
Original Chinese title: 雨后的书店·赴约 025
Gu Zhi rushes to the bookstore through the rain for a readers' meetup, only to find that Zhou Lin has prepared a two-person old-book exchange—each had been misunderstanding the meaning of the invitation all along.
Work summary I Accompany My Girlfriend to Her Wedding
Original Chinese title: 我陪女友去出嫁
Jiang Wanqing returns from out of town and sees Lin Nianchu at the airport, visibly changed; as they spend time together after the long separation, the lingering effects of past relationships gradually come to light.
Original story concept The Corner Flower Shop · Keeping the Appointment 029
Original Chinese title: 街角的花店·赴约 029
Shen Yue goes to the corner flower shop as arranged to return the borrowed vessels, but Lin Xu brings a failed dessert and hopes she will keep him company for one final test batch.
Work summary Muzhu Fairy Paradise
Original Chinese title: 木珠仙子乐园
After the Muzhu Sect's decline, it tries to keep running by offering classes, but the gap between cultivation level and teaching ability forces the sect to face questions of livelihood and transmission all over again.
Work summary Green Love: A Lawyer Wife's Ordeal
Original Chinese title: 绿爱之律妻劫
The Zheng father and daughter suddenly withdraw their lawsuit and move away from their homeland, raising questions for the lawyer Wanning and her husband; behind the case, originally a search for justice, lies pressure that has never been explained.
Original story concept The Morning Bakery · Keeping the Appointment 036
Original Chinese title: 清晨的面包店·赴约 036
Ye Ning arrives at the bakery for their date after finishing her night shift, but because the program runs long without warning she misses the first batch coming out of the oven, and the seat Cheng Yu saved for her is piled full of delivery boxes.
Original story concept The Last Bus · Confession 038
Original Chinese title: 末班公交车·告白 038
Wen Sui has ridden the last bus with Gu Ze for weeks on end, and only on the night she prepares to confess does she learn he is about to switch shifts—the familiar stretch of riding side by side is about to end.
Original story concept The Weekend Exhibition · Confession 040
Original Chinese title: 周末的展览·告白 040
Yu Qing hopes to confess to Mo Zhiyan by way of a two-person portrait at the weekend exhibition, only to find that he is more concerned about the private details painted into the work without his consent.
Original story concept The Corner Flower Shop · Confession 041
Original Chinese title: 街角的花店·告白 041
Jiang Yin prepares a bouquet for Ji Qiao, but before confessing she discovers he is allergic to pollen, and an elaborately planned surprise becomes a reminder of how little she knows about him.
Original story concept The Living Room Under the Lamp · Confession 042
Original Chinese title: 灯下的客厅·告白 042
While sorting the magazine proofs she completed with Xu An in the living room, An Yun says she likes him, only to find he has always understood their closeness as the rapport of a long-term working partnership.
