At sixty-eight, Zhao Xiulan tore up her will on her deathbed and donated her entire million-yuan estate to an orphanage. Her three children, who had been kneeling and wailing, were instantly stunned. They had thought their mother would give in as she always had. This time, however, Zhou Mingyuan accepted the estate on behalf of the orphanage and exposed the children's years of indifference. Faced with the empty box their mother had left behind and a diary filled with disappointment, eldest son Zhou Jianguo, eldest daughter Zhou Lihua, and second son Zhou Jianguo, the youngest child, were forced to confront their own selfishness. As they fought over the inheritance and their family ties frayed, they gradually understood that their mother's donation was not just money. It was also a stinging slap that jolted three hearts blinded by greed awake.
