Sisters in the Storm

Yu'er and Lu'er are sisters, born into a family steeped in feudal beliefs that favored sons over daughters. When Yu'er was born, her grandfather was already unhappy, and when her mother gave birth to another girl, he stopped caring about the sisters altogether and never looked after them again. Their grandmother never looked down on them, but she was gravely ill. The sisters grew up in a poor mountain village. Their father was the eldest son in the family, and it took everything he had to raise them. Because her family was so poor, Yu'er dropped out before finishing junior high and went south to Guangdong to work. Through her tireless efforts, she eventually met Ajun, and the two found happiness together.

After her sister dropped out, Lu'er worked to support her schooling. She studied until she graduated from high school, but after enduring one upheaval after another and for a whole host of reasons, she failed to get into the university she wanted and had to drop out, too. She entered the workforce and eventually made her way to Shenzhen.

That night, Lu'er was deceived and brutally assaulted. Her life was changed forever, and the fate of Yu'er's family was rewritten as well. Through the storms ahead, the two sisters leaned on each other and kept moving forward…