Zhao Pandi, who came from a family that favored boys over girls, relied on his beauty and grades to get into Beijing Normal University. When childhood sweetheart Li Jianxu held wild flowers and said he wanted to marry her, she turned around and held the hand of Wang Chen, the son of a wealthy businessman in Beijing.
The crystal lanterns at the wealthy wedding banquet were shining brightly, but after the wedding, I realized that they were gilded cages. Her mother-in-law's cold face, her husband's perfunctory attitude, and countless family calculations overwhelmed her. After dreaming back at midnight, the figure of Li Jianxu waiting for her at the entrance of the village became increasingly clear, but those pure heartbeats had already been shattered into regrets that could not be pieced together at the moment she chose to marry high. How much does this transactional marriage cost her?
