One reckless mistake in his youth cost Zhou Guangfu his entire youth as he paid for a moment of folly, but he also lost his son's most precious childhood through his own hands. After ten years in prison, he endured the scorn of the world and tasted every bitter hardship life had to offer. All that remained in his heart was remorse and a sense of debt. When he turned over a new leaf and returned to his family, battered and disheveled, he was met not with a loving embrace but with the resentment and distance twelve-year-old Zhou Xiaojie had spent years building up.
A decade of absence and years without anyone to save him had stripped Zhou Xiaojie of his childhood innocence. Insecurity, sensitivity, and anger now surrounded him. He grew up branded as the son of a convict, mocked and bullied at every turn, and blamed every hardship on his father. Sharing a room, father and son had only cold standoffs, sharp words, and a seemingly insurmountable gulf between them, filling their shabby rental home.
The theft of their two thousand yuan in savings finally ignited the conflict that had been building between father and son for ten years. Beneath their furious confrontation lay the father's heartbreak: he was doing everything he could to atone, yet his son could not understand him. To correct his son's troubled nature and protect the goodness at his core, Zhou Guangfu set aside all dignity and gave everything he had to make amends and shield his child from hardship.
Just as the ice between father and son began to thaw and warmth began to return, his ex-wife, who had been gone for ten years, suddenly came back. Armed with a comfortable life to offer, she aggressively sought custody, pushing the already hard-pressed pair to the brink once more. On one side was a fast track to a life of wealth and comfort; on the other, a poor but clumsy and heartfelt devotion. In this struggle over family and redemption, the down-and-out father uses sincerity as his armor and steadfast companionship as his strength, defying the odds to protect his only vulnerability. This is a father's love, ten years overdue. Across mountains, seas, and scars, it will finally heal a childhood left barren and make up for a lifetime of regrets.
