(New Book) (Feel-Good Period Novel) Chen Tinghu, an economics student, finds his marriage falling apart because he and his high-school-graduate first love have incompatible values. He meets Li Xiaomei, his wife's younger sister, who is also a university student with modern ideas. The two overcome social conventions, the sister's opposition, and vicious gossip, and ultimately end up together. A forbidden romance set in a bygone era, with the ex-wife regretting everything and begging to reconcile, only to be rejected.