In 1970, Qin Ling, a descendant of the capital’s most distinguished family of military doctors, was sent to the countryside, to Chun Guang Brigade, a village in the north. He married Liu Chunxia, a young educated woman from the same settlement, and they had a daughter.
Later, Liu Chunxia met Zhao Haiming, another educated youth from the capital, and fell in love with him at first sight.
In 1975, Qin Ling’s daughter was five years old.
That year, Liu Chunxia left her daughter locked home alone so she could drink with Zhao Haiming. As a result, the child died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Qin Ling did not blame his wife. He continued to treat her lovingly and cared for her until she passed away.
While sorting through her belongings, Qin Ling found her diary. After reading it, he was consumed by rage and immediately spat blood and died. But then he was reborn, just minutes before his daughter’s death...