The story follows a liberal arts graduate who unexpectedly enters the engineering industry. Starting at the grassroots level, she throws herself into project surveys and fieldwork, struggling through emotional turmoil and workplace setbacks. She continually strengthens herself in adversity, devoting a decade to high-speed rail construction, growing as a person and finding love along the way.
Through a true-to-life story, the novel evokes the sweeping panorama of an era, portraying in a down-to-earth way the collective struggles and deep emotions of ordinary people against the backdrop of great change.
