The sky in Rust City is gray, the chimneys of the steel mills are like rusty nails, and the residential buildings smell of soot and pickles - this is the starting point for him and her, and also the place where the nightmare begins.
His father was addicted to alcohol and domestic violence after being injured at work, and his mother ran away early. At the age of 12, he picked up scrap metal to save money for school. The change in the glass jar was his only hope. She, whose parents favored sons over daughters, sorted scraps at the age of 6, was forced to drop out of junior high school, and put her younger brother first in everything at home.
They struggled at the bottom, but gave each other the only warmth they had: he used part-time money to buy hand warmers, and she took apart sweaters and knitted half-sleeves; he dealt with his alcoholic father, and she resisted her vampire family, but never said "give up."
From a rental house in Hezhou City to a two-bedroom apartment in Yunxi Town; from the tug-of-war of the native family to the birth of their daughter Nian'an - they carried scars all over their bodies, but they lived a sweet life.
Two bitter children heal each other with love and fight against fate.