
Synopsis
Just because she arrived three minutes earlier in the world, the elder sister of the twins was separated from the other, and was sent thousands of miles away from home. The elder sister (Chan) was forced to leave their hometown, and struggled for her life in Chengdu. The younger sister (Juan) stayed in their rural hometown and continued her routine life. However, two girls who looked exactly like each other actually pursued distinct paths in two entirely different cities. Their experiences of growing up as women developed in parallel.
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