Wen Xin sacrifices her artistic aspirations and dignity to serve her wealthy husband's household, receiving only cold neglect from him and relentless psychological cruelty from his haughty mother. The domestic abuse reaches a tragic climax when an untreated medical emergency causes the loss of her pregnancy while her husband ignores her desperate phone calls.
Refusing to endure another hour of quiet misery, Wen Xin packs her essentials, signs unconditional divorce papers, and vanishes to build an independent life as a master ceramicist. When her aloof spouse returns to find their home empty, panic shatters his composure as he hunts for her across cities.
