After being married for three years, Shen Luxi learned three things: being humble, submissive, and pretending not to be sad.
Her mother-in-law, Wang Guilan, is a retired teacher and a decent person, but her methods are more ruthless than scolding - she takes away her salary card, restricts social interactions, and makes her kneel down to serve tea in public. Her husband, Lu Chenzhou, is neither domestic violence nor cheating, he is just silent. And this silence is sharper than any blade.
Another New Year's Eve, her mother was diagnosed with early-stage gastric cancer, and Shen Luxi wanted to go home. The mother-in-law blocked the door: "Who will cook the New Year's Eve dinner if my married daughter throws water?"
At that moment she suddenly smiled. Then, she smashed the home where "everything goes well with everything".
Divorce, move out of the house, and start from scratch. She picked up her paintbrush again and returned to the construction industry from the disdainful home decoration design. Her ex-mother-in-law, who once suppressed her, was asked to leave the company by calling the police; her ex-husband, who was once a coward, learned to regret for the first time after she turned around.
And the senior Gu Shen, who had a crush on her in college, was standing at the intersection of her restarting her life, waiting for her to be ready.
This is not a "women are saved by men" story. This is a woman pulling herself out of the mud and discovering that she was meant to be on top.
The way home is not to go back to your parents' home, but to go back to yourself.
She smashed not just a home, but all the shackles of "you should".
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If the Chinese New Year wasn't just celebrated, why should we celebrate the Chinese New Year again?
If the Chinese New Year wasn't just celebrated, why should we celebrate the Chinese New Year again?