• Xu Ji, 38: Partner at an architectural firm, his stepmother’s younger brother-in-law, and technically his “step-uncle.”
• Jiang Ke, 24: The “niece” Xu Ji’s older brother brought into the family when he remarried. She has post-traumatic mutism.
When Jiang Ke was eighteen, she was kidnapped, leaving her with an intense fear of physical contact with men. The only person who could make her let down her guard was her “uncle,” fourteen years older than her and unrelated to her by blood.
Three years later, after graduating from university, Jiang Ke returns to stay temporarily at the Xu family’s old home. A stormy night brings her old trauma rushing back, and Xu Ji becomes her only “safe haven.”
