A devastating earthquake in Tangshan destroys the town, killing Da Qiang and trapping his twins Fang Da and Fang Deng under a collapsed beam. Yuan Ni is forced to choose between saving her son or daughter, and she chooses Fang Da, but Fang Deng miraculously survives and is adopted by a soldier and his wife. Thirty-two years later, Fang Deng, now married to a Canadian lawyer, returns to China and joins the rescue team after an earthquake, where she reunites with her long-lost brother and mother, finally resolving the family's bitter past.

Aftershock
A devastating earthquake ravages a family's life, irreparably altering their futures.