My First of May

Lin Xiaohui returns to her hometown after her father's death to settle the inheritance—an old photo studio. Among the dusty negatives, she finds a portrait of an unfamiliar woman whose face is a mirror image of her own. This photograph sets off a chain of events, forcing Lin to dig through family archives and question elderly relatives who guard their silence. Gradually, the story of her grandmother emerges, a woman whose fate was rewritten by war and whose love was sacrificed to duty. The investigation becomes a journey through time, where every discovered letter or old object becomes a key to understanding not only the family's past but also Lin Xiaohui's own unresolved questions about choice and belonging.