 Upon arriving at her old apartment, however, both women discover that the home has long since been torn down, and Xiaolan's parents moved to another part of the city.Chen Jie, however, is now determined that Xiaolan will spend the holiday with her family and the two set out in search of parents who may not want to see their only daughter...The idea for "Seventeen Years" is said to have emerged after Zhang Yuan watched a television program of a criminal's reunion with his family after many years in prison.