I think what Mary lost was not Cheng Jinyun, but that era. In the pretender's TV series, Mary can be charming and pure, tough and naughty, and neat, making her look like a wife in the kitchen. The most important thing is that she dares to move mountains and fill seas for love, regardless of life and death. If it is not time to bind them together and become partners, then the past life experience will not really affect the emotional gap between the two.

After coming out of the military school in the play, it can be seen that Mingtai is trying to suppress his feelings. He can't let his partner be mixed with any love factor. At that time, it was not allowed, and the responsibility of national disaster in his heart was not allowed. After a long time, even he felt that he didn't love Mary. But when he woke up after being fainted by injection, his first thought was the wedding photo with Mary. After Mary died, he gently wiped the dirt off her face and covered it with a handkerchief. After receiving the wedding photos from Acheng, he turned around and shed tears gently, saying, "It's beautiful."

They can't be together, not because there is no love, but because they are life and death partners, because Mingtai is destined to join the revolution, and Cheng Jinyun is one of the traction lines. Mary is very clever. She knows that confession is also goodbye and never quarrels with Ming Tai. What do you do, I will follow, you are engaged, I will, as long as you remember me, as long as I can follow you, what does it matter if we are together or not?

I haven't seen the original novel of the pretender, but the plot shown in the TV series makes it impossible for Ming Tai not to love Mary. Even if the affection between two people can't be called love, they struggle for life and regard each other as a part of life, which has surpassed the existence of love.