Episode: 2
Ethan's grandson brings a cliff orchid to the dying patriarch. Ethan tells Zoe Brooks that in the next life he will still hold onto another woman. Zoe leaves in fury and ignores her grandson's pleas to protect their family name. She skips Ethan's funeral entirely. Three years later, an elderly Zoe dies after forbidding a joint burial. She suddenly wakes up in her youth, reborn into the third year of their marriage.
Ethan's grandson brings a cliff orchid to the bedridden patriarch. Ethan speaks directly to Zoe Brooks. He admits he kept his promise about concubines, but he will never release the other woman in his next life. Zoe storms out.
Ethan's grandson runs after Zoe Brooks and drops to his knees. He begs her not to care about a dead woman or damage their household's reputation. Zoe calls the family members fools and keeps walking along the path.
Relatives and mourners kneel in white clothing before Ethan Parker's coffin inside the Parker memorial hall. Zoe Brooks narrates the scene from afar. She confirms that she stayed away from Ethan's final breaths and refused to visit his funeral.
Three years after Ethan dies, an elderly Zoe lies sick in her bedchamber. She speaks to the young woman attending her bedside. Zoe strictly forbids anyone from burying her beside Ethan. She shuts her eyes and passes away.
Zoe Brooks snaps her eyes open in a bedroom from her past. She is young again and living in the third year of her marriage to Ethan Parker. Recognizing the moment, she decides right away that she will run.
“If there's a next life, I'd still marry you. But I'd never let her go.”
“After I die, don't bury me with Ethan. Do you understand?”
“Not too early. Not too late. Just in time for me to run.”
Zoe Brooks awakens in her youthful bedchamber, having traveled back to the third year of her marriage to Ethan Parker. Instead of suffering through decades of betrayal again, she prepares to flee the estate. Will Ethan notice her sudden change in behavior, or will Zoe manage to break free from the Parker household before he stops her?