Cao Yu is a pioneer of modern Chinese drama and a well-deserved master of modern literature. "Thunderstorm," his masterpiece, completed at the age of 23, marks the maturity of modern Chinese drama, earning him the nickname "Shakespeare of the East." "It's incredibly hot, incredibly stifling. This life is truly unbearable. I wish today I could transform into the mouth of a volcano, erupting with intense heat once, burning everything to ashes. Then, I'd plummet into the glacier, freezing to ashes. Burning just once in my lifetime would be enough." One sweltering summer day, Lu Shiping, having traveled from Jinan to visit her daughter Sifeng at the Zhou Mansion, encounters the owner, leading to a painful recollection of events from over thirty years earlier...