Everyone laughed at Lin Wan, calling her a woman doomed to misery. Her husband had left to join the army and never returned, leaving her behind in the village to work like an ox and a horse.
When Lin Wan woke up one day, she overturned the oppressive table her in-laws had laid before her, decisively demanded every bit of compensation she was owed, and fled far away with her twins.
Relying on no one, she went from trading in mountain goods to opening a thriving breakfast stall. Soon, she was the most dazzling sight outside the military compound.
Just as her awful relatives waited to laugh at her and the people in the compound hoped to see her driven away, the decorated officer stationed there strode up to her stall amid a commotion. The iron-willed man’s eyes were red, and his voice hoarse as he said, “Wife, I’m sorry. I’m here to take you all home.”
