Bian Liangjing was going to see his now two-year-old son, Haohao, for the first time in a year.

Mr Bian trained as a dentist. But the 28-year-old didn't have the money to open his own clinic. For that reason, he took a well-paid job at a construction site in Singapore to save up the cash.

On 8 March he boarded flight MH370. It was a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. He would be home within a few hours.

On the white-washed wall of the living room hang the couple's wedding photographs - the bride and groom dressed in a creamy white dress and suit respectively, a swing in front of them, and a forest-scene photo-shopped as the background.

They're the type of over-the-top romantic photos that are common in homes across China - a memory of happy times. But for the Bian family they're a constant reminder of what's been lost. Even the joy her own son brings cannot mask Ms Li's pain.

"Sometimes he calls other people 'daddy'," she says, tears forming in her eyes. "He just wants his daddy. I tell him daddy will be back soon that he just went out to earn money."

Most of those on board flight MH370 were Chinese. Some - like Mr Bian - were labourers seeking opportunities overseas, others were on business trips or attending conferences, a few were families returning home from their holidays.

But then the Malaysian airliner vanished with 239 passengers and crew on board.

"My life is a mess, it's so hard for me," says Ms Li, 24, cradling her son. "When I see his picture it breaks my heart."

She lives in a one-storey farmhouse that she shares with her husband's parents and brother.

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