Heart Has a Thousand Knots

Su Qing, a young female university teacher who is deeply involved in the study of women's literature, was supposed to show off her talent on the podium and pursue the spotlight in the field of scientific research. However, she was accidentally diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer when her career was on the rise. The hair loss, fatigue and other discomforts caused by chemotherapy consumed most of her energy, but she still gritted her teeth to take care of her family and responsibilities - her 10-year-old son Muyang, who was ignorant of the growth stage, and her 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter Yutong who needed personal care at home. Her husband Ouyang Yan's early neglect of her condition and misunderstanding that she was "too busy" made the already difficult situation worse. Even daily diet and child transportation became difficult problems that she had to grit her teeth to deal with. Her life was cut into pieces: as soon as she took a break from chemotherapy, she would force herself to correct homework and polish application materials for provincial teaching and research projects; she would coax her feverish daughter to sleep late at night and get up to help her son with homework. The project had just begun to take shape, but its colleague Liu Manni maliciously made things difficult for her. She not only hindered the progress of scientific research, but also stole the research results. After her daughter was transferred to the intensive care unit due to acute pneumonia, Su Qing rushed frantically between the hospital bed and the podium, the chemotherapy room and the scientific research room, struggling to support herself under the dual pressure of illness, family and work. There is a glimmer of light in the desperate situation. Dean Lu of the college took the initiative to help adjust the course schedule to avoid weak periods, and recommended capable student assistants to clear scientific research obstacles. After witnessing her hardships and her daughter's critical illness, her husband came to his senses and took the initiative to share housework care. Her mother-in-law also put aside her prejudices and became a supporter of guilt and tolerance. Su Qing fights the disease with tenacity and protects her family with gentleness. In the test of scientific research breakthroughs and family reconciliation, she unties the thousands of knots in life, interpreting the unyielding resilience and responsibility of contemporary women.