No Tears in Wancheng

In 2010, Tian Xiaocao’s own father sold her for 66,000 yuan to a lame old bachelor.

On the eve of her wedding, she climbed over a wall and fled in the middle of the night, clutching 200 yuan as she squeezed aboard a slow train heading south to Guancheng.

She went to stay with her cousin and entered a brutal factory, believing that working herself to the bone was the only way to survive.

Then a machine crushed her hand on the assembly line, her boyfriend from back home ran off with all her savings, and a crooked boss set a trap that nearly left her bankrupt…

Everyone was waiting to watch her fall.

With her scarred hands, she started selling food at a night market and fought her way forward one bloodied step at a time.

When her ex-boyfriend finally knelt before her and begged for mercy, she said just one thing:

“Chen Shilong, in my eyes, you’re worth less than a stray dog on this street.”