Lijiang: A Song of Regret for the Love of Gardenia

[One heroine; contemporary urban realism; not a wish-fulfillment story]

Lin Chen was a graduating university student on the verge of a brand-new life. But fate had other plans, and certain events cost him his degree.

Facing the scorn and mockery of everyone in his village, Lin Chen doesn’t want his parents to be shamed because of him. At his cousin’s strong recommendation, he resolutely sets off for Lijiang. And that is where our story truly begins.

There, he has an unexpected encounter with a wealthy heiress, leading to a uniquely romantic meeting;

he finds mutual understanding with a bewitching woman, sparking a distinctive emotional connection;

and he becomes entangled in a tangle of love and hate with his childhood sweetheart, a knot that can’t be cut or unraveled...