He Lijuan has long been pressured by her mother to support her younger brother. Without her husband’s consent, she drained their family savings and borrowed 200,000 yuan to fund her brother’s shop, nearly ruining her own small family.
Her husband Zhou Zhiyuan starts to draw clear lines on their finances. It is her daughter’s heartbroken words that wake He Lijuan up. She puts an end to this endless, one-sided support, breaks away from her toxic birth family, and embarks on a new, independent life.
