Lin Yue, 26, is one of thousands of "social animals" in Shanghai. She worked diligently for four years, but became the "screw" that was optimized in the company's wave of "cost reduction and efficiency improvement."
The blow of unemployment had not yet dissipated. Her mother, who had been a primary school teacher all her life in her hometown county, "cheated" her back home on the grounds of "physical discomfort."
What greeted her was not a warm harbor, but carefully planned "reformation plans": exams, blind dates, and running according to the "perfect life" trajectory planned by her parents. In this familiar yet unfamiliar home, Lin Yue found that she had become a "full-time daughter" who had to be on call 24 hours a day, had no salary, and was judged all the time.
When the declaration of "live for yourself" hits the shackles of family affection of "for your own good", the war between the two generations is about to break out. With a city she can't return to and a hometown she can't leave behind, Lin Yue stands at a crossroads in life. Should she choose to compromise or start her own "war of independence"?
