Zhu Zhaohe’s WeChat Moments have been frozen for half a year. No one knows that this seemingly sunny, cheerful girl has long suffered abuse and insults from her stepmother and bullying at school. Her father is like a ghost, and she doesn’t have a single friend.
Zhang Yuchen has always pushed everyone away with his coldness and sharp tongue. After witnessing his father abuse his mother as a child, he and his younger brother barely survived under their father’s fists. He believes violence runs in his blood and that he doesn’t deserve to embrace anyone.
Two people covered in wounds meet by chance in the comments section of Douyin. She pretends to be cheerful, and he pretends to be indifferent. Then, on a rainy night, her misery collides with his bloodied state. At last, they drop their masks and see each other’s raw, bloodied wounds.
While they are apart, she works desperately to save money and studies the law, then takes her stepmother to court. He defies his father, starts a business from scratch, and takes his mother and younger brother away, escaping the abyss for good.
They both strive to grow and become better people. This is a clear-eyed story of two people choosing each other, and of two broken people who ultimately piece together a whole, loving family.
Theme: This story focuses on trauma from dysfunctional families and school bullying, showing how the protagonists save themselves through their own efforts and the power of the law, and ultimately find happiness as they heal each other.
