DEEP QUIET ROOM

Each of us carries a secret too heavy to name—until the day it demands to be spoken.

Yu-Ming and Yi-Ting first met in the “Deep Quiet Room” of their university library. They fell in love and eventually got married, believing that a stable life awaited them. However, after Yi-Ting became pregnant, her emotional state began to deteriorate. Past traumas and the weight of familial expectations gradually resurfaced, altering their relationship. Yi-Ting eventually asked for an abortion and a divorce, shattering Yu-Ming’s dream of a happy family.
Soon after, Yi-Ting’s physically disabled father moved in with them. Determined to hold the family together, Yu-Ming did his best to keep things afloat. Yet he found himself suffocated, sharing a home with a father-in-law who felt more like a polite stranger than family. Unable to truly understand what was going on in Yi-Ting’s heart, it wasn’t until Yu-Ming stumbled upon a manuscript she was editing that he realized the burden she carried far exceeded what he had ever imagined.