The Secret of Growing Up

Synopsis of the novel "The Secret of Growth": In a small, gray isolated village in the distant mountains, Qiu Yu grew up in the coldness of her native family. The trivial injuries such as being beaten, scolded, and ridiculed by "broom star" made her fall into the dilemma of lack of love and suffer from borderline personality disorder. The company of her childhood close friends, the secrets under the big tree, and the glimmer of poetry recited in the corner were the thoughts she kept deep in her heart, and "getting through it" became her obsession for half her life. Fate shows no mercy. Although there are many suitors, Qiu Yu, who does not know what love is, chooses to marry Zhou Mingxuan, who has a narcissistic personality disorder. This small county marriage has become a prison for twenty years. Zhou Mingxuan took advantage of her vulnerability and slandered her. Her husband's indifference made her even more isolated and helpless. For the sake of his son Haoyang, Qiu Yuyin reluctantly gave in and fell into the quagmire of self-PUA. Haoyang grew up into an upright young man in his mother's tears and knew his mother's pain well. When he was seventeen years old, he firmly promised, "I will take you away instead." Qiu Yu ignored the dissuasion and decided to divorce. On the day when the results of the college entrance examination were released, Haoyang accompanied her with the admission notice in hand. The gold-plated school badge was the first light that shone into her life in twenty years. From the coldness of the mountain village to the prison of marriage, and then to her son leading her out of the haze, Qiu Yu lost her confusion and fear and was reborn in the ashes. The struggle of stepping on the broken glass finally made an unbroken stem emerge from the mud. Together with Haoyang, she rushed to the new mountains and seas.