In Jinlu Pavilion, a century-old embroidery family, a dispute over embroidery palms quietly started between the two daughters-in-law.
The eldest daughter-in-law Song Xiuhua is gentle and tolerant, while the second daughter-in-law Xu Huijie is competitive. A chase on a rainy night, a tragic car accident - the eldest son of Jin died, and Xu Huijie's six-year-old daughter Jin Yibei disappeared into the night.
After thirteen years of wandering, Jin Yibei was adopted by a British couple and slowly grew new flesh and blood from her "empty shell". She learned to be silent, draw, and play the piano, but she never dared to ask: Does my mother not want me anymore?
When she was nineteen years old, she returned to Jinlu Pavilion as an international student. The moment she opened the door, she didn't know that the person inside had been waiting for thirteen years.
This is a story about separation and return, concession and struggle, brokenness and repair. Some connections do not require memory, the body and instinct will complete it for the heart.
Intention: Not getting what you want is the normal state of life; and peace is the flower that blooms in the cracks. Through the fateful entanglement of two generations, the novel explores propositions such as "Can concessions really bring peace?" "Whether the injured must be forgiven?" And "Can a person have another home after losing his home?" Using gold repair as a metaphor - when an object is broken, there is no shame in repairing it. Instead, gold powder is used to fill the cracks, making the cracks a part of the beauty. Real peace is never the absence of cracks, but that after the cracks, there are still people who are willing to hold the light and wait for you to come back.