The ending of The First Half of My Life was different in the novel and the TV series. In the novel " The First Half of My Life," Ling Ling finally chose to break up with He Han and leave Shanghai. She returned to Canada and started a new life. The novel did not explicitly mention whether Ling Ling would get together with He Han, but it could be seen that she finally chose to let go of the past and start over. Ling Ling's ending in the TV series " The First Half of My Life " was also different from that in the novel. In the novel, Ling Ling eventually got together with He Han and had a child. In the TV series, although He Han and Ling Ling finally got together, their relationship went through some twists and turns and they didn't have children in the end.