Amid the turbulent reforms of the early 1990s, Lin Wan, a beautiful and clever county guesthouse attendant from a humble background, uses her extraordinary courage to navigate the political jungle. By her side through every rise and fall is Chen Ming, her high school classmate, a rational, cool-headed elite lawyer who has fallen deeply in love with her. Their love and hatred intertwine: they are each other's sharpest weapons and most vulnerable weakness. This urban tragic romance, which begins in the innocence of youth and ends in fate, is not only an epic of a woman defying destiny, but also a lament for an era, about love, betrayal, and redemption.
Good book recommendations, officialdom elegies, various battles of wits and courage
A good book, a woman's dream, wandering between power and men.