Republican Era: The Orphan Heiress, Blossoming Along the Way

In the Republican era, the storms sweeping through Jiangcheng carried the regrets and struggles of two generations.

Sixteen-year-old Xiang Yi had once lived a carefree life, but after her father’s business collapsed, her family fell into ruin overnight, unable to afford even the necessities.

Her mother had died young. Once the eldest daughter of the Cao family of Jiangcheng, she had broken with her family to marry a commoner and never been in touch with them again. With nowhere else to turn, Xiang Yi’s father had no choice but to send her to the Cao family. It was the only place she could go.

On entering the wealthy, bustling household, Xiang Yi was destitute and full of apprehension.

Her relatives, whom she had never met, treated her in very different ways: her grandmother worried about her yet felt conflicted, her uncles ranged from warm to cold, her aunt watched her in secret, and her cousins kept their distance and tested her.

Living under someone else’s roof, she walked on eggshells, forced to shed her youthful innocence as she struggled to grow amid the rules of the wealthy and the tangled hearts around her. She longed for her father and the past even as she fought to survive.

The misty rain of Jiangcheng could not hide old grudges, and a life of luxury could not warm the heart of a lonely girl.