A Bowl of Cold Porridge, Half a Lifetime of Dusty Fate
On the day career-woman Zhou Mengyu retired, her live-in husband and their two children unexpectedly wanted to change their surnames back to their father's, and even forced her to take on household chores and apologize to her husband. Heartbroken, she cut off financial support, only to be met with cold indifference from her family when she begged for help on her deathbed. After their divorce and severance of family ties, her former husband was scammed and suffered a stroke leaving him paralyzed, and the desperate children came to her doorstep begging bitterly. Zhou Mengyu stood firm on her bottom line and refused to bail them out, drawing up a will to donate all her assets, breaking free from thirty years of entanglement, just to live out the rest of her life for herself.
Main characters: Zhou Mengyu, Meng Yu
Supporting characters: Xiaoxuan, Xiaona
Also known as: 一碗凉粥，半生尘缘
Semangkuk Bubuk Sejuk, Separuh Hayat Takdir Berdebu (58 episod)
Pada hari persaraan wanita kerjaya Zhou Mengyu, suami tumpangan dan dua anak mereka tiba-tiba mahu menukar kembali nama kepada nama bapa, malah memaksa beliau…
Pada hari persaraan wanita kerjaya Zhou Mengyu, suami tumpangan dan dua anak mereka tiba-tiba mahu menukar kembali nama kepada nama bapa, malah memaksa beliau menguruskan kerja rumah dan meminta maaf kepada suami. Dengan hati yang hancur, beliau memutuskan sokongan kewangan, namun diabaikan dengan dingin oleh keluarganya semasa meminta pertolongan di ambang maut. Selepas perceraian dan pemutusan hubungan keluarga, bekas suaminya ditipu hingga diserang angin ahmar dan lumpuh, manakala anak-anak yang buntu datang merayu di pintu rumah. Zhou Mengyu kekal teguh pada prinsipnya untuk tidak menjadi penyelamat mereka, menulis wasiat untuk mendermakan semua harta, melepaskan diri daripada ikatan selama tiga puluh tahun, semata-mata untuk menjalani sisa hidupnya demi diri sendiri.
一碗凉粥，半生尘缘 · A Bowl of Cold Porridge, Half a Lifetime of Dusty Fate
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