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00:00It was the girl's first day working collecting letters for Juliet,
00:03and she accidentally dislodged a piece of the wishing wall,
00:07revealing a letter hidden inside from 50 years ago.
00:10The letter was yellowed by time,
00:12but the girl could never have dreamed that this letter,
00:15surviving 50 years, would completely change her life.
00:19Verona in northern Italy holds an ancient and mysterious legend.
00:23Touching Juliet's bronze statue will help you find your destined true love.
00:28Countless tourists flocked there drawn by its fame,
00:31but besides touching Juliet's statue, there was an even more enticing legend.
00:36Leaving your emotional dilemma on the wishing wall would get a personal reply from Juliet.
00:40People deeply believed this legend, and the girl Sophie was no different.
00:45However, during a chance encounter,
00:48Sophie was surprised to discover that those letters were actually being collected by a mysterious woman.
00:54Driven by curiosity, Sophie followed this woman through streets and alleys,
00:57eventually arriving at a hidden room.
01:00Inside, several women were busily sorting the day's replies.
01:03It turned out these replies weren't written by Juliet,
01:06but by a group of women respectfully called the Secretaries of Juliet.
01:11And they had clear roles.
01:13Some specialized in resolving marital conflicts,
01:15others focused on soothing the heartbreak of the lovelorn,
01:18and one experienced woman could effortlessly craft replies to even the most complex emotional problems.
01:24Out of curiosity and enthusiasm, Sophie decided to join this special team.
01:29Yet, on her very first day of work,
01:32she unexpectedly discovered a love letter sealed away for 50 years.
01:36The letter told a love story full of regret.
01:39American girl Claire fell in love with an Italian youth,
01:42but struggled to choose due to her parents' opposition.
01:45So she asked Juliet for advice on what she should do.
01:48Please, Juliet, tell me what I should do.
01:52My heart is breaking,
01:54and I have no one else to turn to.
01:56Love, Claire.
01:58Faced with this love letter traversing time,
02:00Juliet's secretaries debated.
02:02They felt 50 years was long enough to change everything,
02:05and the writer had likely found her place in life long ago.
02:08But Sophie insisted this persistent love still deserved a reply,
02:12and she deeply believed the letter's owner might still be waiting somewhere for Juliet's answer.
02:17As night slowly fell,
02:19Sophie sat alone at the table,
02:21her pen moving lightly,
02:23filling the lines with her emotions and thoughts.
02:25After finishing the letter,
02:27she mailed it together with the old one to the woman who had written it,
02:30so long ago.
02:32However,
02:32a few days later,
02:34a dashing young man sought her out.
02:36He introduced himself as
02:37Charlie,
02:38Claire's grandson.
02:39He inquired about who had written the letter that touched his grandmother's heart,
02:44and Sophie calmly and firmly admitted she had.
02:47But Charlie hadn't come to thank Sophie.
02:49Instead,
02:50he said she was meddling.
02:51I was thinking that she deserved an answer.
02:55Yeah, 50 years ago maybe,
02:56not now.
02:57I'm sorry,
02:58I didn't know true love had an expiration date.
03:00True love?
03:02Are you joking?
03:03Charlie was worried that if they couldn't find the person from that memory,
03:07his grandmother's disappointment would be even deeper.
03:09Faced with Charlie's reproach,
03:11Sophie was momentarily speechless,
03:14but she knew she had started this chain of events
03:16and must find an answer to take responsibility.
03:18So she quietly followed Charlie,
03:21finally arriving at Juliet's house and meeting the elderly Claire.
03:25Excuse me,
03:26Claire?
03:27Hi.
03:27Hi,
03:28my name is Sophie.
03:29I wrote you the letter.
03:32The letter?
03:33From Juliet?
03:34Thank you,
03:34but however did you find us?
03:36Well,
03:37your grandson found me actually.
03:38You did?
03:39All right,
03:39well,
03:39but the thing is,
03:40I thought you should.
03:41No,
03:41he's very sweet
03:42and very charming
03:44and he thought that you might like to meet me.
03:49Night fell
03:50and a romantic atmosphere
03:51filled every corner of the city.
03:53Claire tightly held the promise ring given to her by Lorenzo,
03:56complex emotions flashing in her eyes.
03:59With a touch of sadness,
04:00she began recounting their story.
04:02Memories honed by time unfolded in her heart like exquisite paintings.
04:08Past regrets had weighed on her like a heavy burden,
04:11but now,
04:12back in this city,
04:13she was determined to mend that long-standing regret.
04:16Claire firmly announced that the next day she would begin her journey to find Lorenzo,
04:20the man who had never left her heart.
04:22Sophie was moved by Claire's determination
04:24and decided to join this quest for love,
04:27to witness this love spanning half a century
04:29and planned to write a book about it.
04:32Grant,
04:33a journalist,
04:33trying to pry into our private lives,
04:35Grant.
04:36Charlie,
04:36come on,
04:36it's hardly state secrets,
04:38is it?
04:38I'd love to have you with us.
04:40At the first light of dawn the next day,
04:42they eagerly set out on their search.
04:44They first arrived at an old mansion in the suburbs.
04:47A frail old man slowly came out,
04:50but Claire only glanced at him and confirmed
04:51he was not her beloved Lorenzo.
04:54Though disappointment was inevitable,
04:56her resolve remained unshaken.
04:58Sophie urgently searched online,
05:00astonished to find an astonishing 74 Lorenzos in the region,
05:05but luckily,
05:06the Lorenzo they sought
05:07only lived in the countryside,
05:08so Sophie narrowed the search.
05:11They continued their journey.
05:12They encountered a chess-playing Lorenzo,
05:15but his character was too playful.
05:17Next,
05:17at the docks,
05:17they came across a Lorenzo busy flirting,
05:20who also did not meet expectations.
05:22Then they came to a grand castle
05:24owned by a Lorenzo from a prominent family,
05:27which was even further from their known information.
05:29And so,
05:30under the glow of the sunset,
05:32their first day of searching
05:33came to an end.
05:35Returning to the hotel,
05:36Claire suggested Charlie share some experience
05:38from his charity work at the law firm
05:40to ease the tension between her grandson and Sophie.
05:43However,
05:44upon hearing this,
05:46waves of emotion stirred within Sophie.
05:48She never expected Charlie would be involved
05:50in justice advocacy work,
05:52defending rights.
05:53Charlie knew that in Sophie's eyes,
05:54he might have left a terrible impression,
05:56so before leaving,
05:57he took the initiative to apologize to her
05:59for his earlier rudeness.
06:01Forgive me.
06:02Where are my manners?
06:03You know,
06:04I've been wondering that since I met you.
06:06Yes, well,
06:06I don't know what it is,
06:08but
06:08you seem to bring up the very worst in me.
06:12Somehow it's my fault.
06:13All of this is your fault.
06:15You wrote that blasted letter.
06:17While walking Sophie back to her room,
06:20Charlie sincerely bared his heart,
06:22admitting his previous words and actions
06:24weren't malicious,
06:25but stemmed from not wanting his grandmother
06:27to feel the pain of disappointment.
06:28As the warm morning sun spread across the land,
06:32the group arrived at a tranquil nursing home.
06:34Claire,
06:35full of hope,
06:36softly introduced herself
06:37to the elderly gentleman.
06:39But when he slowly removed his sunglasses,
06:41those eyes didn't awaken any memories in Claire's heart.
06:44This eliminated another wrong possibility,
06:47and a touch of disappointment
06:48welled up in Claire's heart.
06:50Sophie keenly sensed her mood
06:52and offered gentle words of comfort.
06:54Though the light of hope hadn't gone out,
06:56a shadow of melancholy inevitably crossed their faces.
06:59Tonight's moonlight was like water.
07:01Sophie sat alone in her room,
07:03transforming the details of this search
07:05into flowing words on the page,
07:07weaving a deeply moving story.
07:09And just then,
07:10Charlie's knock at the door broke the quiet.
07:13He enthusiastically invited Sophie to dinner,
07:15but Sophie was immersed in her own story
07:17and politely declined his invitation.
07:20So Charlie had no choice but to leave.
07:22Disappointed.
07:24But he didn't give up.
07:25Early the next morning,
07:26Charlie found Sophie again
07:27and extended another invitation,
07:29hoping she would join him for an outing.
07:31Sophie understood the deeper meaning
07:33behind Charlie's gesture,
07:34but she was captivated by the city's beauty.
07:37So they strolled together
07:39through the romantic streets of the town.
07:41Charlie confided in Sophie
07:42when he was only 10 years old.
07:45His parents tragically died
07:47in a car accident,
07:49and he had lived with his grandmother ever since.
07:52It was this deep bond of family
07:54that made him silently stand by his grandmother's side,
07:57even when he disagreed with her decisions.
08:00Charlie's narrative seemed to resonate with Sophie,
08:02so she handed him the story she had written.
08:04Charlie read it,
08:05utterly enchanted,
08:07completely captivated by Sophie's talent,
08:09and so he became Sophie's first fan.
08:12The search continued.
08:13They met several more Lorenzos,
08:15a fruit seller at a stall,
08:16a priest at a church,
08:18and a busy chef in a restaurant,
08:19but none were the right one.
08:21As the sunset's glow bathed the earth,
08:24the evening for the young people quietly began.
08:27Charlie and Sophie met at a lively bar.
08:29After a few drinks,
08:30Sophie softly asked Charlie a question.
08:32Do you believe in destiny?
08:35Do you?
08:37Yeah, I think so.
08:38I think it's destiny that I'm here right now.
08:43In the hazy night,
08:44Sophie's sudden words struck a chord
08:46deep within Charlie's heart.
08:48With Claire.
08:50In truth,
08:51Sophie had already developed feelings for Charlie,
08:53but perhaps due to reasons hard to express,
08:56she chose to keep this affection hidden.
08:57As their search deepened,
08:59they came before an old manor house,
09:01but no matter how hard they knocked,
09:03no one answered.
09:04A neighbor led them to a cemetery,
09:06informing them that this Lorenzo had long passed away.
09:09Charlie's worst fear had finally come true.
09:12He began blaming Sophie for subjecting his grandmother
09:15to the pain of this fruitless search.
09:17This isn't just a clever story with a clever ending.
09:20Stop it, Charlie.
09:20It's our life.
09:21It's my gran's life.
09:23Charlie, it's not about a story.
09:24No, no, no.
09:24She's already lost the man once.
09:26How many more times would you have her lose him?
09:31You know what?
09:32I don't expect you to understand any of this
09:34because you don't know a thing about real loss.
09:37Charlie urgently wanted to end this journey,
09:39unaware his words had deeply wounded Sophie's heart.
09:42Actually,
09:43Sophie had lost her mother when she was only nine years old.
09:47Though her experience somewhat resembled Charlie's,
09:49at least Charlie's parents had loved him,
09:52whereas Sophie had been abandoned by her mother.
09:54Therefore, she yearned even more for a warm light
09:57to illuminate her lonely path through life.
10:00Sophie sat dejected in her room,
10:02a sense of loss like never before spreading through her
10:05until Claire entered and soothed her wounded spirit
10:08with comforting words.
10:10Yet Sophie's strength and kindness
10:11made it even more heartbreaking.
10:13Compared to her own sadness,
10:15she cared more about the pain Claire was enduring.
10:17Under Claire's loving comfort,
10:27Sophie's mood gradually eased.
10:29She and Charlie lay together on the starlit grass,
10:32gazing up at the vast, boundless night sky.
10:35Facing Charlie's apology,
10:36Sophie said she didn't mind,
10:38because having lost her mother's love since childhood,
10:41she always loved lying on the grass on summer nights,
10:45making countless wishes upon the stars.
10:48Each star carried a different wish,
10:50but what she desired most
10:51was to have a forever happy and complete family.
10:55This deep longing resonated within Charlie's heart too,
10:59so he understood Sophie's inner hopes and wishes
11:01even more profoundly.
11:03And this tacit understanding,
11:05this mutual resonance,
11:07quietly fostered an ambiguous atmosphere
11:09in the silent night.
11:11They couldn't help but kiss.
11:12However, moments later,
11:15Sophie suddenly became aware of something,
11:16and quickly got up and left.
11:19And Claire witnessed it all.
11:20To foster feelings between the young pair,
11:22Claire voluntarily gave up the front passenger seat
11:25for Sophie,
11:26instantly filling the car with an awkward atmosphere.
11:29Yet, when the car turned into a vineyard,
11:32Claire's eyes suddenly became urgent.
11:34She eagerly signaled Charlie to stop.
11:36A young man working diligently in the vineyard
11:38caught her attention because he carried the aura
11:41of the young Lorenzo.
11:43Upon Sophie's inquiry,
11:44they learned the young man's grandfather
11:46was the very Lorenzo they had been searching for.
11:49At this moment,
11:50Sophie and Charlie were overjoyed,
11:51but Claire seemed slightly hesitant.
11:54After all, time had passed,
11:55and youth had faded.
11:57Ridiculous.
11:57He knew me when I was 15 years old,
12:02a girl.
12:03That girl's gone.
12:06Oh, my God.
12:10This true love,
12:12missed for 50 years,
12:13was finally reunited at this moment.
12:16With just an unintentional glimpse,
12:18Claire recognized him
12:19as that young man from long ago.
12:20An irresistible embrace
12:22dissolved 50 years of regret and sorrow.
12:25But Sophie seemed somewhat lost,
12:27leaving alone with tears in her eyes.
12:30Charlie was puzzled by Sophie's action
12:31and immediately drove after her,
12:34only to unexpectedly witness
12:35Sophie embracing a man.
12:37In that moment,
12:39Charlie finally understood
12:40Sophie's long-held concern.
12:42It turned out she was already engaged
12:44to someone else.
12:46Watching Charlie's departing figure,
12:47complex emotions welled up in Sophie's heart.
12:49But their connection wasn't over yet.
12:52Back in New York,
12:53Sophie gave the story she wrote to her boss,
12:56who was full of curiosity about its ending.
12:58However, due to emotional entanglements,
13:01Sophie hadn't contacted Charlie for a long time,
13:03so the story's ending remained unresolved.
13:06But Sophie ultimately realized her dream.
13:08She became a writer.
13:09She excitedly shared the news
13:11with her fiancé Victor.
13:12But Victor's reaction was lukewarm.
13:15Actually, Sophie and Victor's trip
13:16to Juliet's house was meant to be
13:18a pre-wedding journey.
13:19But shortly after they arrived,
13:21they instantly went their separate ways.
13:23Victor abandoned Sophie
13:24to attend his beloved wine auction.
13:27When Sophie mentioned possibly delaying
13:29a few days due to Claire's matter,
13:31Victor actually said it worked out perfectly for both.
13:34Recalling Victor's various behaviors,
13:35Sophie felt lost about what to do.
13:37Yet the gears of fate
13:38are always full of surprises.
13:41That day,
13:41she truly received Claire's wedding invitation
13:43with that 50-year-old letter tucked inside.
13:46Looking at this letter from 50 years ago,
13:49then seeing the warm scene
13:51of an elderly couple supporting each other
13:53in the distance,
13:54Sophie made a brave decision.
13:56She refused to spend her life
13:58with someone she didn't love,
13:59so she resolutely broke up with Victor.
14:02Though Victor tearfully swore to change,
14:04it was now too late.
14:06Then Sophie journeyed back to Italy
14:07and attended Claire's wedding as promised.
14:10Meeting again,
14:11Sophie had shed all her burdens.
14:13Her eyes shone with determination and confidence,
14:17but a woman's appearance
14:18shattered all her illusions.
14:19Great to see you.
14:20I'm going to go in.
14:21I will, um...
14:23I'll see you after, okay?
14:24Yep.
14:25The wedding bells rang as scheduled.
14:28Claire,
14:28holding the reply Sophie had written
14:29in Juliet's name,
14:31read it affectionately before the guests.
14:33That letter not only helped Claire
14:35rediscover the key to happiness,
14:37it also made her determined
14:38to pass that happiness on to Sophie.
14:40Sincerely wishing that Sophie
14:43would one day find her true home
14:45and no longer be hurt by love.
14:48Yet when Sophie's gaze fell upon
14:49the woman beside Charlie,
14:51her heart involuntarily sank
14:53and she left her seat with a heavy heart.
14:56Seeing this,
14:57Charlie immediately chased after her.
14:59Sophie stood on the balcony now,
15:01just like Juliet in the old tale.
15:03I love you.
15:05I can't believe I just said that.
15:07But I do.
15:08I love you.
15:09It doesn't...
15:10I mean,
15:11this shouldn't matter to you
15:12because you're...
15:13you're here with Patricia.
15:15Patricia?
15:16And you should be back
15:17with her right now.
15:18Patricia is my cousin.
15:20She's my cousin.
15:21How is that legal?
15:23No.
15:25Ah.
15:25Charlie climbed up the vines,
15:27trying to explain everything to Sophie.
15:29It's the truth is, Sophie.
15:30I am madly,
15:34deeply,
15:35truly,
15:36bashing.
15:36Oh my God!
15:38Ah!
15:40Hi.
15:42Nobody saw us.
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