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What Break The Maternal Bond is about
Prodigy Su Yue endures long-term emotional abuse and domestic violence from her mother Lin Wanru under crushing parenting. During the Tsinghua and Peking University independent recruitment exam, her mother forces her to drink milk, making her submit the paper early. Even so, she scores full marks and becomes the top candidate.
It runs 34 short episodes on HappyShort and leans on romance tropes, with each episode ending on a hook.
Is it worth watching?
The draw here is the push and pull between two leads who shouldn't work but do.
At about 41–75 minutes in total, it's quicker to finish than most full-length series.
How to watch it
Start from episode 1 below; autoplay takes you to the next episode when one ends, and nothing needs a sign-up. It was added to DramaNext on Oct 17, 2026.
