Listen "A long lie of love"
Episode Synopsis
When Shanghai police officer Jiang Jingwei was mistaken for a long-lost son, he made a decision that would change the life of a family 1,000 miles away. In 2003, in north China's Shanxi Province, an accident claimed Liang Qiaoying's eldest child and left her paralyzed, with the cognitive level of a young child. To protect her from the devastating truth, her husband, Xia Zhanhai, told her their son was away working in a city. Years later, Xia saw a man on TV who looked exactly like his lost son – Jiang – and reached out in desperation. Jiang agreed to step into that role, and that promise has lasted for 12 years, bringing hope and comfort to a family he had never met.
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