A heroine’s healing and transformation | Fairytale style | Clear-headed, marriage-free heroine | A touch of ensemble cast
Lan Yang has always been cheerful and forthright, with the unyielding pride of someone from the northwest deep in her bones.
In her senior year of college, all her close friends left for other cities. Holding fast to her ideals in interior design, along with her innocence and stubborn determination, she threw herself into the fast-paced life of Shenzhen.
The dazzling neon lights of the bustling metropolis were beautiful, but they could wear you down to the bone.
During a full year of internships, she stumbled through workplace relationships, industry rules, and the gap between her expectations and reality. She watched as the edges that once defined her were worn away, her once-unshakable pride faded, and her pure, unspoiled innocence quietly disappeared.
She is a committed individualist and a clear-eyed advocate of staying unmarried. She refuses to be bound by conventional expectations or trapped by romance.
The story ends without a perfect love or a marriage of compromise.
Instead, when she turns thirty, she reunites with old friends over barbecue and raises a glass in celebration.
They celebrate the growth of ordinary young people, and all the women who have weathered life’s trials yet remain true to themselves, becoming the brightest versions of who they are.
