Thirty-two-year-old Shen Jianing has a job that she has held for ten years, a husband who has been married for seven years, and a five-year-old daughter. In the eyes of outsiders, she was doing well. Only she knew that she was marginalized in the workplace, her marriage was only polite, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was tense. Under all the seemingly calm waters, cracks had already spread.
When a young director lands in the company, when her husband is habitually silent, and when her mother-in-law's "for your own good" becomes a shackle, she tries to change, but finds that every step she takes is like stepping on quicksand.
This is the story of an ordinary woman who, caught in the double trap of career and marriage, learns not to please anyone and finally reconciles with herself. There is no counterattack, no golden fingers, only the dignity and embarrassment of adults, and persistence day after day.
