In 2004, Li Xiang, a 30th generation of roses, was in high spirits and his career was at its peak.
But at this moment, she chose to set off a whirlwind of "flash marriage" with diamond merchant Li Houlin.
Li Xiang has good vision and judgment, and although she likes Li Houlin's worth, he has unlimited potential.
She hopes that the two can work together to witness the success of both parties' careers.
However, the good times did not last long. After a short two-year marriage that ended in divorce, the young Li Xiang tasted the failure of love for the first time. Her face was wet with tears, and her eyes were red, asking why she had been wrong.
The breakdown of this marriage made Li Xiang realize a fact - she needs a man who can tolerate her strong woman style and has strength. So, she wiped away her tears and continued to stride forward in high spirits, ready to start another love.
In the spring of 2006, Li Xiang was fortunate to meet Wang Yuelun, who was studying at the Central Academy of Fine Arts as an undergraduate. After falling in love at first sight, Li Xiang happily discovered that Wang Yuelun, like her, had the dream of a filmmaker.
Li Xiang smiled happily, and she decided to go all out to help this aspiring young man realize his dream of film. So, Li Xiang personally took over the first film directed by Wang Yuelun, not only investing in shares, but also recruiting star resources everywhere to help.
With the joint efforts of Li Xiang and a group of friends, this debut film finally achieved box office success, and Wang Yuelun is also well-known in the circle. After a few years, Li Xiang tasted the sweetness of love again.
In 2009, she took Wang Yuelun into the marriage hall and became the strongest pillar behind Wang Yuelun's dream.
Wang Yuelun's status in the commercial film industry is not as stable as Li Xiang imagined. Wang Yuelun's strength is limited, and Li Xiang has invested a lot of energy and money to support him to shoot several movies, but the box office and word of mouth are not satisfactory.
Li Xiang suddenly realized that she had mistaken Wang Yuelun's ability, and there was still a long way to go before she became a successful director. Li Xiang felt a faint pain in her heart, she smiled bitterly and asked herself, why is her vision so bad.
However, the reality is that Wang Yuelun has been involved in her life trajectory, and Li Xiang knows that compromise and tolerance are necessary for lasting relationships. She shook her head helplessly, and decided to let Wang Yuelun marry and raise children at home first.
After 2010, Li Xiang returned to host the show, making money while giving birth to the dream of a second child. However, soon, there were rumors that she had an unfortunate miscarriage, which made Li Xiang taste the misery of fate again.
In 2018, when her career and family were both harvesting, Li Xiang saw a gossip entertainment account on Weibo with a weird title - her husband Wang Yuelun was photographed having a night party with a sexy actress! Li Xiang was so angry that her mobile phone fell to the ground, and she couldn't believe that Wang Yuelun was cheating on her behind her back.
Li Xiang angrily pressed her phone, and she held back her tears to warn Wang Yuelun to get out of the house immediately. Wang Yuelun, who was exposed, could only cry and beg for mercy, and the arrogant Li Xiang reluctantly nodded to say that he could forgive.
However, in 2022, Wang Yuelun's scandal will be on the hot search again! Li Xiang sat on the sofa dejectedly, she looked at her mobile phone and was distracted, and her heart was mixed. No longer young, she understands that even anger won't help.
So, 44-year-old Li Xiang was silent and did not forgive Wang Yuelun in the circle of friends until three days later. Her tolerance can't hide the cruel traces left by the years on her face, nor can she erase the helplessness and bitterness in her heart.
At the beginning, Li Xiang broke into the entertainment industry alone, and what she liked was Wang Yuelun's persistence and passion for the movie dream. So Li Xiang resolutely poured a huge amount of money and spared no effort to support Wang Yuelun to become a director, squandering his network resources.
She is willing to give time, money, and emotion in exchange for the complete joy of this home. Li Xiang thought with a smile, when Wang Yuelun becomes a great director, we will go hand in hand and share the glory.
However, the plot is always unexpected. Wang Yuelun's career is tepid, but Li Xiang has aged in the long river of years. She stared at the first wrinkle in the mirror and smiled bitterly, the youth she had paid for could not be recovered.
Wang Yuelun's every affair reminded her that her status in this family was precarious. Li Xiang bit his lip tightly, tears blurring his vision. She suddenly found that she no longer had the strength and decisiveness of the past, but was replaced by compromise and tolerance.
Because of this family, she is willing to endure humiliation.
Li Xiang stared at himself in the mirror, his face crawling with traces of time. She realizes that the years she had been the most attractive are gone. Wang Yuelun was frequently exposed to scandals, reminding her all the time that her charm in this family was gradually losing and her status was in jeopardy.
Li Xiang smiled bitterly, and she began to regret her choice when she was young.
In the dead of night, Li Xiang will recall the high-spirited self at the peak of his career. She will also ask what is it that is not good enough to be treated like this by Wang Yuelun.
She looked through the wedding photos of the two with red eyes, and all that was recorded in the photos was her wishful sweetness. Now, she no longer has the strength to be angry or decisively tell Wang Yuelun to get out.
Because this family is the fruit of her 44 years of hard work, her tolerance is the reluctance to give up this brainchild.