Word on the street was that Lu Zhaozhao, owner of a traditional pastry shop that had become an overnight sensation, was a sinner for turning culture into a business, and had become a public pariah, condemned by everyone.
They said she had fled out of guilt and hidden in the mountains, afraid to show her face.
But when the media followed the clues to find her, they were stunned. Her little courtyard was as picturesque as a painting, with tea, books, and a huge cat. A handsome man kept her company over tea as they leisurely watched flowers bloom and fade, and clouds gather and drift apart.
“???” Wasn’t she supposed to be so crushed by the pressure that she looked haggard and was on the verge of taking her own life?
From then on, Lu Zhaozhao was repeatedly forced back into the headlines. At last, she could take no more and made her comeback amid a storm of abuse.
She took on lawbreakers, became a content creator, joined forces with inheritors of intangible cultural heritage to revive her family’s Shu embroidery, and submitted her work to the United Nations. One strike sent her fame overseas, earning her hundreds of millions of followers.
They said every place she visited went viral and became a sensation.
Countries around the world were green with envy, offering sky-high sums to win her over.
Lu Zhaozhao was dumbfounded. “I just chased a man and ended up going to a lot of places. Do you really have to make such a big deal out of it?”
