At fifteen, Lin Zhizhi was the Lin family’s carefully groomed canary, a violin prodigy who shot to fame with a single performance, and a pawn in a marriage alliance with a price already set by her family.
At the Lu family’s glittering banquet, the eighteen-year-old award-winning actor Ji Yanye entered her world.
Under the shadow of her family’s watchful eyes, two hearts quietly drew closer in a hidden corner. Anonymous messages carried their secret feelings. In the cool moonlight, the faint sweetness of a mint candy became the only comfort in a bitter life.
On the night of the Golden Shadow Awards, she clutched her violin case and fled her gilded cage, her heart alight with excitement at the thought of their rendezvous.
No one knew that the fangs of fate had long been lying in wait in the depths of a dark alley.
The luxurious music and the boy’s starlight were crushed in an instant.
A blood-soaked wind swept through a foreign land’s cage, and cold moonlight glinted off the barbed wire. The hands that once played music from heaven could now only touch the edge of despair.
Ang Kun’s shadow was everywhere, imprisoning her in a silent purgatory.
Could the violin that once poured forth the world’s most beautiful melodies still find a tune to break free from Ang Kun’s cage on this blood-soaked land?
