You Are My Starlight

Summary of the You Are My Starlight

That’s what Su Mianmian always thought of her life – a long, winding path filled with unexpected turns and moments you can’t explain. Looking back over the last twenty years? You know... it feels heavy, like carrying an invisible weight made from disappointment and heartbreak.

Her father… well, he never really saw her as anything more than background noise in his own world. And then there was the stepmother. On the surface, she seemed all kindness, putting on this whole act that felt fake sometimes, but Su Mianmian knew better. She sensed the carefully constructed walls hiding something colder.

You see, Su Mianmian had a simple dream back then: just work hard, study hard, save up her strength, and one day… walk out of that home completely on her own terms. It felt like freedom, right? Escape from what felt like an endless cycle of being overlooked or mistreated.

But fate has this strange way of twisting things, doesn’t it? The money she saved wasn’t enough to buy the peace she needed; instead, it was the stepping stone into a world defined by her own strength and choices – away from that suffocating family dynamic. That harsh reality, which felt like a tragedy at first glance… maybe you could say it became her anchor, pushing her towards independence in ways she hadn't planned.

Now, thinking about those times, some of them painful, some confusing? It's funny how perspective shifts after everything she went through and discovered truly defining herself outside the shadows.