There Was a Valley

Lu Yao, a “career woman” who left home to make it in the capital, jumped on the short-drama bandwagon. In two years, she burned through her savings and racked up a mountain of debt. She had hoped to turn things around with the scripts she had on hand, but a car accident sent her straight back to her hometown. Gu Zheng, the “overbearing CEO” of a real estate company, struggled to pivot as the industry became a sunset business, but had no idea where to turn. At home, his wife was demanding a divorce. Chen Lingyi, a “rich and beautiful” woman who had been a full-time housewife for over a decade, had gone from a campus romance with her husband to a “boss and subordinate” relationship. Even the children she had raised from birth looked down on her. She tried to reclaim her career and prove herself, but who would give her a chance? Zhou Shuang, a single woman well past the usual marrying age, only wanted to lie flat and get through her days, but life kept throwing one upheaval after another at her. At the most confusing point in their lives, these middle-aged folks in their forties stumbled upon “a valley.” And so began their second startup venture, along with a daily life full of chaos.