Countdown to Goodbye, Countdown to a New Life
Synopsis
Adrian Ward is told his wife Hazel Moore and their daughter love him, and he builds his life around that. On his deathbed he learns neither of them ever did. He wakes up again seven years into the marriage, memory intact. This time he steps aside. He tells Hazel she is free to be with Liam, her childhood sweetheart, and he goes back to the laboratory and the cancer research he gave up for the family. He bakes a cake himself for his daughter's birthday and finds her already celebrating with Hazel and Liam. The cake he brought ends up on the floor. Dropping his daughter at kindergarten, he sees the research institute on fire. In his previous life the records burned, so he goes in after them, and inside he finds Hazel, who has run into the fire for Liam. After the institute is destroyed he files for divorce and follows Professor Wan to the research institute in the capital to work on brain cancer. There a girl with brain cancer mistakes him for her father, and he goes with her and her aunt to the hospital. Hazel comes to regret the divorce. She turns down Liam's proposal and travels to the capital with their daughter, again and again, looking for Adrian. He leaves the country to continue his studies, and comes back ten years later.

Where to watch
“Countdown to Goodbye, Countdown to a New Life” (52 EPS) is available on DramaBox · StardustTV. Checked 2026-09-09.
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Ratings & Reviews

Episode 1 might make you go "what IS this lunatic" and bail. He's my favorite short-drama actor and even I hesitated. Please stay with it!! The acting is unreal, the way his eyes go, the way he smiles, each one gets me >_<
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