Xu Weiwei was born into a family that favored boys over girls. Her mother always took her younger brother’s side, while her taciturn father never spoke up for her. She was put down at every turn from childhood, and her mother would blame her without even asking what had happened. Having always been the one no one chose, she dreamed of growing up, leaving her hometown, and going somewhere far away. She studied hard to escape, and finally left her unloving parents behind when she went to university. There she met Xu Zeming, and they dated for many years. After all those years of deep love and tangled emotions, she still couldn’t have him. In the end, he married someone from a family of equal standing.
