Left Behind Husband

This is a neglected group: wives go to the city to accompany them to study, while husbands stay at home. A large number of families are experiencing such a "lonely" life - men are not good at expressing loneliness, they will just sit in the empty yard and watch the sky get dark and light up again. Zhang Deshun, a 44-year-old bricklayer, is one of them. After his wife took her daughter to study with her in the provincial capital, he guarded the empty yard, his meal, and the pillow he couldn't hold at night. The days went from "finally free" to a long and unbearable emptiness until Ma Xiulan, who returned from a divorce in the next village, appeared. She opened a small supermarket, carried goods and ate alone. Zhang Deshun helped her patch a tire once, and she cooked him a braised pork meal. Two lonely people slowly fell in love with each other in a small convenience store. But Zhang Deshun is not divorced yet. His wife's phone calls, his daughter's college entrance examination, and the gossip in the village forced him into a corner. Between desire and morality, between loneliness and responsibility, this man who has been silent for most of his life must make a choice. This is not a story of betrayal of family. This is a story about a marriage that has long existed in name only but no one dares to admit it. It is a story about a man finding his dignity on the ruins and learning how to live again. Warm, true, and heart-wrenching - written for everyone who has been silent, lonely, or looking for an exit in marriage.