Long Time No See: Cast Away in the Wilderness of Time

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When her parents threatened to die if she refused, Wan Xiwen chose to let go.

Five years later, after divorcing and leaving with nothing, she finally learns that the man she left behind had never gone away.

But this is more than a story about two people reuniting after a long separation.

It's a story about how to break away from one's family of origin and redefine the meaning of family beyond blood ties;

a story about crawling out of the mire of emotional manipulation and rebuilding oneself;

a story about maintaining a marriage under the pressure of class-conscious expectations;

a story about women supporting and inspiring one another in the workplace;

and a story about two people growing in their own ways across the wilderness of time, then finally finding each other again.

This isn't about putting a broken mirror back together.

The mirror shattered long ago, but together, the two of them turn its fragments into a painting.

[Reunion After a Breakup + Family of Origin + Building Family Bonds + The Realities of Marriage + Fighting Emotional Manipulation + Women's Mutual Support + Career Growth]