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Zhao Yuanyuan (starring Irene Wan), irrevocably in love with her husband as good as a wonderful wife and be supportive in both physical and emotional. When time passed, the society is changing too. While her husband's career is growing, the feeling has fate out gradually. From time to time, the values become increasingly evident. She finally chooses to leave, no longer confined to be a "service type" wife, but more into her dreams to achieve a perfect bloom. Such independence makes her life even more brilliance. In the era of reform and opening market in the Mainland, there are lots of women, who become an integral part and the main force of China's economic landscape.
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