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A woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of enquiries far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.

Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.

Hospital drama set in London during the early 1960s, following the staff of a busy gynecology ward at a time when abortion is illegal and the contraceptive pill is only just becoming available to married women.

After a painful divorce and battling severe depression, Jiang Nianhua finds an unexpected spark of hope through Lin Li, a young corporate professional recovering from a toxic relationship. As their paths cross at work, their shared emotional struggles bring them closer, reigniting Nianhua’s passion for life and offering Lin Li a chance at healing.