Lin Qing, 35 years old, is an interior designer at a design company in Shenzhen. She has a seemingly happy family: her husband Chen Xu is a project manager at an IT company, her son Xiaoyu is 8 years old and is in the second grade of elementary school, and her mother-in-law helps take care of the child.
But only she knows what kind of tension is hidden under the glamorous appearance. She does not allow a trace of dust in her home, does not allow her children's test scores to be lower than 95 points, and does not allow any flaws in her work. She holds herself to the word "perfect" and holds the people around her to the same standard.
This weekend's cleaning was like a mirror, reflecting the qualities in her character that even she didn't want to admit. She led the whole family to work from morning to night and did not allow anyone to be lazy. When she saw her son's tired eyes, her mother-in-law's panting look, and her husband's silent protest, she suddenly realized that her original intention of making the home clean and comfortable had turned into a demand for speed and perfection.
This general cleaning triggered a series of chain reactions: a cold war with her husband, her son's rebellion, her mother-in-law's dissatisfaction, and frustration in the workplace. She began to reflect on her obsession, learned to let go of her control over perfection, and found a balance between "clean" and "comfortable."
This is not a story about house cleaning. This is a story about "let yourself go". Everyone who has ever wiped the stove late at night, had to do every little thing to the extreme, and always felt that what they did was not good enough, can see themselves in Lin Qing.
