When the Evening Star Breaks

The leaky attic on a rainy night is Xia Wanxing's "living grave" for the eight years he has been in the Xia family. Eight years ago, her mother "fell" mysteriously. She witnessed the sneer on the corner of her stepmother Liu Mei's lips, and even saw her father Xia Jianming's abnormal silence. This "accident" became the beginning of her being thrown into the abyss. For the next eight years, she was the shadow of the Xia family: bullying by her stepsister Xia Mengyao was a daily routine, Liu Mei's harsh treatment was the norm, and her father's "sensible" shackles trapped her so tightly that even her studies and future became stepping stones for her stepsister to cling to. When the decision to "drop out of school and work to earn Xia Mengyao's tuition fees" was easily thrown out, Xia Wanxing's last hope for "home" was completely shattered. She clung to the porcelain whistle left by her mother, hid her humiliation and hatred for eight years, and broke through with amazing survival resilience: while pretending to obey and paralyze the enemy, she secretly collected clues about her mother's death, completed her studies with scholarships, and worked her way into the core of the Xia family's industry step by step. From the campus to the shopping mall, she lost her cowardice and transformed into a thorny blade: exposing Liu Mei's conspiracy to embezzle family property, tearing apart Xia Jianming's selfishness and conspiracy behind the mask of "loving father", and making the arrogant Xia Mengyao fall from the altar of "daughter of gold". In the process, she met Lu Shiyan, a business tycoon who was both an enemy and a friend. Through trial and cooperation, she got a glimpse of the complexity of human nature, and she also adhered to her inner bottom line - what she wanted was never destruction, but seeking justice for her mother and regaining the stolen life for herself. When all the truth came to light, and the interest entanglements and family secrets behind her mother's "accident" were exposed one by one, Xia Wanxing stood at the crossroads of fate and finally understood: real revenge is never about dying together, but about living a dazzling light with her mother's expectations. Eight years of purgatory have tempered not only hatred, but also the power of rebirth. When the star breaks through the haze at night, her dawn will eventually light up the entire sky. Intention: The proposition of "how trauma shapes people, and how people can transcend trauma" ultimately points to the pursuit of "complete self": true strength is not to never be injured, but to still have the courage to rebuild life and embrace love and hope on top of scars.