A Promise of a Thousand Years

In the late autumn of 1977, Zheng Yiming, a substitute teacher for educated youth, and Tian Zhijie, deputy secretary of the party branch of the brigade, worked together in Litchi Bay. In order to rescue teacher Chen Dongsheng and his daughter who were buried in the rubble due to the collapse of the school building, Zheng Yiming was seriously injured. While in the hospital, Ai Yu, a smart and beautiful female high school student, came to review her homework with him every day to prepare for the newly resumed college entrance examination. Four years later, both Zheng Yiming and Tian Zhijie, who graduated from college, were assigned to be teachers at Dezheng Middle School in Nanzhou City. Zheng Yiming's lover Ai Yu also started her career as a teacher at Beiguan Middle School. Zheng Yiming, who is busy, often has no time to take into account Ai Yu's emotional changes. In contrast, Tian Zhijie seems to be more considerate. However, when Tian Zhijie met Gan Mei, the daughter of Gan Shaowu, director of the Municipal Education Bureau and a reporter for the Evening News, he launched an offensive against her and soon married her. Ai Yu committed suicide for this. As time went by, Zheng Yiming became the new principal of Dezheng Middle School, and Tian Zhijie also successfully became the principal of Beiguan Middle School. Because of his position as principal, he met Guan Yani, the most powerful woman in the city, the president of the Municipal Development Bank, and quickly gained her favor. Time flies, Zheng Yiming and Ai Yu have both entered middle age, and it seems easier for them to communicate than before...