short series

Storm Over the Second Child

share time: 2026-03-08 06:04:39

Lin Xiaoman, a 32-year-old working mom, just clinched a promotion to supervisor—only for her husband Chen Mo to come home with tonic soup from his parents, pressuring her for a second child. Caught between her hard-earned career and the elders’ “perfect family” expectation, she’s even more crushed when her 7-year-old son Xiaoyu turns sensitive: hiding her maternity clothes, skipping school to hide in a toy store, weeping, “If you have a brother, you’ll abandon me.” When Lin smashes the hot soup bowl and yells, “I’m not a baby-making machine,” Chen Mo finally sees her exhaustion beneath the toughness. But Xiaoyu’s secret letter to “future sister” brings tears to her eyes—it’s a drawing of a family of four, with the words: “I’ll teach her to build blocks and stop her from taking your phone.” In this storm, there’s no winner or loser—only the true hearts they’ve hidden for too long.

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