"Born to Run" tells the inspirational family ethics story of two mothers and daughters who rebuild their souls and ignite their lives after a car accident hit the bottom of their lives through a female perspective.
Xiu Fang and Xiu Li are a pair of completely different sisters. Xiu Fang is optimistic and tenacious. After losing her husband, she opened a fried chicken shop for a living . All the while going through depression. Xiu Li is pessimistic, depressed, patriarchal, and has a strong desire to control her two children.
After Xiu Fang's 60th birthday party, a car accident claimed the legs of her daughter An Xin and the life of Xiu Li's son. How to start life again has become the biggest problem facing the two families...
When fate made a big joke with you, what would you choose to do? The future is blocked by a wall of resentment, fear, helplessness, hesitation, despair so what will you do?
(Source: Chinese = Douban)
Adapted from the novel "Ru Guo Ben Pao Shi Wo De Su Ming" (如果奔跑是我的宿命) by Ji Jing Rong (纪静蓉).
Episodes: 28
Duration: 45 min.
Xu Keyi is an established manager. On New Year's Eve, she brings her artist Gao Junyu along with her to a resort for a performance. She thought that her ten years of contribution could reap her a beautiful relationship, but she was sorely let down. While drinking alone at the beach, she meets Hou Hao, a man that has been watching silently over her. Suffering from the setbacks in her relationship and career, Xu Keyi finds herself healed from the warmth and comfort brought by Hou Hao.
Also at the resort is Song Xiaoke and Chen Binbin, who has been married for years and has two children. Song Xiaoke, who is now a strong career woman, can no longer stand Chen Binbin's idleness and decides to get a divorce. However the couple has no choice but to put on a pretense due to their children and family. Chen Binbin, who regretted his rashness, tries his best to win back his wife.
Diao Shun Zi leads a team behind the scenes that engage in a stage production. He has a gentle and virtuous wife in Cai Su Fen and a hoarder of 'worrisome' family members, thus making way for a story filled with laughter and tears.
Diao Shun Zi devotes himself to every aspect of stage work to ensure that the stage will always be perfect. They've worked with opera troupes, weddings, and funerals to encounter people from all walks of life. No matter what others think, Shun Zi is passionate about what he does and believes that his job is an art form.
In his middle age, he is surrounded by many people. His fierce eldest daughter Ju Hua who is spoiled and stubborn, his non-blood-related second daughter Mei who is innocent and kind, his big brother Diao Da Jun who has wandered about for half a lifetime and finally, the kind-hearted Cai Su Fen who suddenly appears in his life.
Even as their neighborhood is in danger of being demolished, what remains unchanged is Shun Zi's principles and his responsibility towards his loved ones.
