To protect her job, her daughter Zhang Ruoshui did not dare to resist her boss Zhang Cheng, so she allowed him to come to coerce her mother Shen Weilan. In order to protect her daughter, the mother endured the humiliation in secret, languishing behind closed doors, eating melon seeds all day long, and was eventually tortured and died. Zhang Ruoshui couldn't return to his family, and he was reputed for being unfilial. He spent the rest of his life guarding his old house with regrets, and spent the rest of his life in endless pain.
Profile
• Zhang Ruoshui: The heroine is cowardly and forbearing. She dares not resist power for the sake of survival. She watches her mother being humiliated but cannot protect her. She is trapped in guilt and pain throughout her life.
• Shen Weilan: Zhang Ruoshui's mother, gentle and kind-hearted, timid and cowardly, loved her daughter deeply, endured mental torture alone, traded humiliation for her daughter's stability, and finally died of illness in despair.
• Zhang Cheng: The company boss is selfish, bullies others, uses his power to coerce and harass the weak, and treats the dignity of human life as nothing. He is the initiator of the tragedy.
Intent: The silent tragedy of the weak under the oppression of power. Cowardice and forbearance eventually lead to the tragedy of family love.