Handing Over My Pay, Leaving My Mother in Hardship

About the story

For years, Mingyuan has devoted himself to his household, quietly shouldering life’s burdens and working to keep his marriage strong. Then, by chance, he discovers that his wife Zhao Meiling has long been secretly transferring most of the wages to her younger brother Zhao Qiang, endlessly subsidizing her birth family. Meanwhile, his elderly mother Chen Guilan is unwell but cannot bear to spend money on medicine, enduring her pain instead. Unconditional support for her birth family stands against their own increasingly fragile household, creating a conflict that keeps pulling at them. Zhou Mingyuan’s long-held patience finally breaks. Seeing the situation clearly at last, he confronts it head-on and begins a difficult struggle over family responsibility and the choices people make.