The Principal of a Girls' School in Republican-Era China

True virtue and talent come from being gentle and courteous, knowing right from wrong, and upholding goodness and integrity.

Having received a modern education, Fang Yanqing is forced to move in with her uncle along with her mother and younger siblings after her father’s sudden death. She has to suppress her yearning for freedom and live under someone else’s roof. Her cousin’s marriage, Ding Sanniang’s help, and the arrival of Feng Ranran and Wei Chao bring a glimmer of light back to a life that had seemed stagnant and hopeless.

A gentle, stubborn, and patient heroine; a gentle, calculating hero; a slow-burn romance.