Blurb, 4.10
Liu Shengnan has always looked down on her mother. She is too timid and never learns to fight back. She is a victim of an unhappy marriage, but Liu Shengnan hates her more than she hates her father, who can only impotently rage when drunk.
She hates her for not knowing how to fight back.
She hates seeing her beaten black and blue.
She hates that when she is being beaten, all she can do is protect Liu Shengnan.
Then, at the age of thirty, Liu Shengnan opens her eyes and finds herself in the body of her mother's older sister, who died young.
She sees the little girl ignored by her family and bullied by her cousins. After a long silence, she walks over and takes the child's hand. "Don't be afraid. Your big sister is here."
Just as her mother had done every day and night back then, despite being battered and bruised, she would still smile and say, "Don't be afraid. Mom is here."
This time, let me be the one to weather the storms of this world for you.
Just as you did for me back then, just as I do for you now.
Theme: Love and hope are rebirth and salvation.
