Shush! (The Way Home) 嘘 (欢聚) by 亦舒 Yi Shu

When Wu Bu Wei, an architectural designer, was bidding for a project, her mother Lin Xiu Mei called her urgently. Her father Wu Ping Wei was seriously ill and asked the children of the Wu family to return home as soon as possible.

The eldest son Wu Bu Yu returned from studying abroad but had not seen their mother for ten years. His twin sister Wu Bu Lao had a tense relationship with their mother.

Wu Bu Wei used the family property as an inducement to make his siblings return quickly. However, the children of the Wu family had a knot in their hearts because of their parents’ “partiality”, and they often had conflicts after reuniting.

This time when they returned to their hometown, the life dilemma of the three siblings gradually emerged: Bu Wei faced the choice of leaving home to start a career or to take care of the elderly; Bu Yu’s company was in crisis and urgently needed funds, but it was difficult to borrow money because of the knot with his parents; Bu Lao’s husband was heavily in debt, but she was trying to maintain her dignity and didn’t want her mother to find out.

The Wu’s father woke up after the operation but had dementia. The three siblings cooperated with Wu’s father to reenact the warm times in the past, and in the process, they also relieved the knot in the past.

After his father passed away, Bu Wei realized that their parents’ “partiality” was to keep the secret of blood relationship. Bu Wei learned the truth and tried to melt the estrangement of the family, so that the three siblings reunited.

In the end, Xiu Mei, who concealed her serious illness, passed away peacefully, and the three siblings also rediscovered the direction of the second half of their lives. Although they were far away from home, they still had home in their hearts.

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