Three years ago, Wang Chu’an and her younger brother Xiaoyuan drowned together. She survived; he did not. From that day on, she was stripped of her identity. Her hair was cut short, she was forced into boys’ clothing, and her mother treated her as both the murderer of her son and a living substitute. For three years she endured this half-life, a shadow of the brother she could never replace.
The final blow comes when her mother joyfully announces another pregnancy, convinced that it is “Xiaoyuan coming back.” Completely shattered, Wang Chu’an quietly swallows the poison her mother had kept hidden years ago, believing she is finally giving her mother what she wants.
After death, her spirit lingers and watches. She sees her parents crumble with grief, the buried truth behind the drowning finally surface, and the family’s agonizing, halting journey toward redemption. When a newborn girl is named “Si’an” — meaning “longing for Chu’an” — love and remorse finally intertwine. In that moment, Wang Chu’an at last re
