On a rainy night as her marriage fell apart, Lin Wan clutched her rain-soaked divorce papers and fled in a sorry state with her daughter, Yueyue. Betrayal tore apart the happiness they had once shared, while workplace troubles and the wounds of her childhood followed her like shadows. When her daughter developed psychological problems after witnessing their family break apart, and her mother’s harsh criticism left her hurting, Lin Wan finally realized that before she could heal anyone else, she first had to save herself.
Psychological counselor Shen Anru, whom she happened to meet in the emergency room, became a turning point in her life. From discovering that her mother’s medical records had been altered twenty years earlier to uncovering the dark dealings behind Zhou Mingyuan’s family, Lin Wan gradually pieced together the fragments of her own childhood trauma as she pursued the truth. Amid one crisis after another, she and her daughter saved each other. With courage and wisdom, they turned a teddy bear hiding secrets and a dry well that held memories into weapons for exposing evil, ultimately bringing the truth to light.
Having emerged from the darkness, Lin Wan began a new chapter in her life. In Volume Two, “Tune Your Life to the Channel You Like,” she stopped living to please others. She wore the dresses she loved, tried the foods she craved, and set out on the journeys she longed to take. In the romance of living alone, amid unexpected scenery, and through gentle conversations with herself, she learned to put her own feelings first, let go of her expectations for how life should unfold, and embrace every delightful surprise.
This is not only a story about a woman overcoming a troubled marriage, but also a journey of healing that spans generations. Through her own experience, Lin Wan reminds us that the point of life is to be happy. No matter when, we can always find the courage to begin again and, through the trials of time, become the people we want to be.
