A top university graduate suddenly went missing. Her parents sold their house and searched everywhere but couldn't find her. 12 years later, they found her wandering around her old school.

Tieu Quyen comes from Hubei (China), and has been famous for being a good student and filial since childhood. Although her family's economic conditions are not very good, her parents always try to work hard so that their children can be equal to their friends. Because of her love for her parents, Tieu Quyen studies very hard. She hopes that through her efforts, she can bring a better life to her parents.

Thanks to her tireless efforts, Xiao Quyen was admitted to a famous university in Wuhan and graduated smoothly. Seeing her success, her family believed that she could definitely succeed. But in reality, these expectations inadvertently created psychological pressure for Xiao Quyen. 

Years of high family expectations forced Tieu Quyen to set a series of heavy goals for herself. She believed that, with just her university degree and her own efforts, she could certainly quickly find a good job and make her parents proud of her.

However, after Xiao Juan graduated in 2007, she realized that finding a job was not easy at all. There were many talented people in Wuhan, and there were also many graduates from good universities. Her introverted personality made it difficult for her to find a good job.

Xiao Juan didn’t seem to want to do other “normal” jobs. She always felt that, as a graduate from a prestigious university, doing a normal job would be embarrassing. Moreover, her parents always believed that she could get a good job, if she did manual labor, she would definitely disappoint her family.

So she ran back and forth between major job fairs every day to apply for jobs, but her hopes were met with disappointment. Seeing her friends around her finding jobs one after another, her anxiety grew even more intense.

As the days passed, Tieu Quyen's savings gradually dwindled, and she had no job. She began to save every penny, lived in a shabby rented room, and continued to send out job applications.

Just when Tieu Quyen felt most stuck, a person with an inexplicable "enthusiasm" appeared before her. This person said that he was an HR staff and could help her find a good job with a good salary and good prospects.

Without hesitation, Tieu Quyen believed that person's words. But she could not have imagined that she would be taken to a location of a multi-level marketing network. 

After escaping from the MLM organization, she accidentally lost her ID card. At this time, a normal person would go home to get a new ID card, but Tieu Quyen did not dare to go home or contact her family for fear of worrying them. With no way out, Tieu Quyen began a life of wandering on the streets of Wuhan.

In order to survive, she could only rely on collecting scraps to make a living. She became slovenly and dirty, her clothes were torn, completely different from the image of a vibrant university student like before.

Tieu Quyen felt that she had no face to face her parents, and did not want them to see her current state, so even though she knew her parents and sister were looking for her, she still did not return home.

She wandered like that for 12 years, until in 2019, when Wuhan began collecting information about the homeless, Xiao Quyen was found in an abandoned old building at her old political school.

At that time, the police thought that no one could live in such a dilapidated house. They were extremely surprised when they saw Tieu Quyen with messy hair and slovenly clothes picking up trash.

After the police interrogation, Tieu Quyen revealed the real reason behind her wandering. To help Tieu Quyen, the police took her to the police station and after some effort, they were able to contact her family.

When Tieu Quyen's parents received the call from the police, they could hardly believe their ears, and even suspected that the police were scammers. After all, their daughter had been missing for 12 years, and during that time, many scammers had called them to blackmail them.

After several confirmations, Tieu Quyen's parents finally believed that this was their daughter. They rushed to the police station, feeling both nervous and anxious on the way, their daughter's different appearances constantly appearing in their minds.

When they entered the police station and saw their daughter with disheveled hair and torn clothes, tears immediately welled up in their eyes. They trembled as they walked towards Tieu Quyen and hugged her tightly. Tieu Quyen bowed her head, not daring to look at her parents.

Parents did not blame Tieu Quyen but only said: “It's good to be home, it's good to be home.” They took Tieu Quyen back to the old house. Her older sister had been waiting at home, and when she saw Tieu Quyen, she rushed to hug her. Finally, their family was reunited.

After returning home, Tieu Quyen learned what her parents had been through over the years. It turned out that in order to find her, her parents had traveled all over the country, and had no money to rent a hotel, so they could only sleep under a bridge. In order to find Tieu Quyen, her parents even sold their only house and lived in a simple rented room. 

Now Tieu Quyen has overcome the darkness of the past and found a stable job. Tieu Quyen's parents no longer put pressure on her, only hoping that she can live a happy life.

The story of Tieu Quyen is a clear example that the pressure of parental expectations is not only a motivation but sometimes also a heavy psychological burden for children. The important thing is not success according to other people's standards, but happiness and self-respect. Families need to create conditions for children to find their own path, both to develop their abilities and to be able to live fully as themselves.