A Ruined Future

Qiao Mu is in her late twenties, has achieved nothing, and refuses to pay for her younger brother’s marital home despite being the eldest daughter. She’s also a sinful lesbian. For years, this family has been like a tiny boat adrift in a storm-dark sea: a violent, hard-drinking father and a mother who wallows in self-pity In the leaky ruins of their home, Father Qiao berates Qiao Jiabao, the sole male heir of the Qiao family: “You disgusting thing. You don’t like women?” Qiao Mu, who hardly ever speaks, answers, “I like women.” Life goes on, one day at a time. Qiao Jiabao keeps taking traditional medicine, and at last, one day, he announces that he’s getting married. In the back room at the wedding, Qiao Mu grabs a heavy object nearby and smashes Qiao Jiabao over the head, leaving him bleeding. Qiao Jiabao lies sprawled on the ground. The person who walks through the door is his fiancée, He Tianran. Wearing her wedding dress, He Tianran takes the hand of the sister-in-law she’s barely exchanged three sentences with, steps over her fallen fiancé, and says, “Let’s go.” Where are they going? Why does the navigation say a city 1,500 kilometers away? In a daze, Qiao Mu takes He Tianran out to her battered secondhand car. He Tianran says, “We’re going to find my ex-girlfriend.” - Three people and a dog, on a ramshackle road trip. The road is rough, just like someone’s life. - Theme: There are countless roads, but safety comes first