After All That Hard Work, I Didn’t Reach the Top. I Went Insane

Most people in this world are rewarded for their hard work, but Zhou Haiyu was unfortunate. After giving it her all, she was left with madness. She went crazy.

From top student to excellent teacher, then to a happy marriage, she had lived out the dreams of countless women. Her life was beyond the reach of so many, yet she ended up completely insane.

During the time she was ill, she endured inhumane treatment: her mother's scolding and accusations, her husband's betrayal, her mother-in-law's snide remarks and cold indifference, her relatives' ridicule and apathy, and personal attacks from other teachers. She had never experienced any of this before.

Can hard work really change one's fate? Her story offers a real-life lesson.

Through the hard times, she also found wonderful friendship and love again. Slowly, she came to her senses and stood once more at a new starting line, moving toward her ideals. But this time, what were her ideals? What had she come to realize?