After Birthday Banquet
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The late-night alleyway after her father's birthday party became a turning point in Lin Sisi's life. She grabbed her father's antihypertensive medicine and accidentally discovered the secret affair between her husband Chen Mo and her stepmother Suru - the husband she treated sincerely, with a flustered tone but did not refuse; the stepmother she regarded as her family, whose words were full of contempt for her. From then on, details that had been ignored in the past came like needles: the encrypted photo album in her husband's mobile phone, the weekend when her stepmother "happened" to appear, the unintentional touch of her fingertips at the dinner table... For the sake of her father's happiness in his later years, Lin Sisi chose to endure it temporarily, but the "surprise" when she returned from a business trip allowed her to witness the unhappiness in the bedroom with her own eyes, completely shattering all pretense. Faced with her husband's sophistry and stepmother's provocation, Lin Sisi no longer remained silent and decided to drive them out of the house. Her father's guilt, Chen Mo's apology, and Suru's pale defense failed to shake her determination to rebuild her life. She replaces old things full of memories, buys flowers for herself after get off work, goes running on weekends to relax, and finds solace in tea conversations with her father. This is not a story about indulging in pain, but a healing process in which a woman breaks free from emotional shackles, refuses to be defined, finds herself step by step, and moves toward a new life after encountering betrayal.
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