Lin Yizhao grew up with her grandmother, selling ducks at a street stall.
As a child, she couldn't afford new clothes, so scraps of fabric she found were all she had. They planted the dream of becoming a fashion designer.
Carrying her grandmother's wish with her, she went to Paris alone to make her way in fashion design.
After pouring everything she had into winning a haute couture show, and overcoming countless obstacles to reach the runway, she caught the eye of Shen Xiuyuan.
This wealthy man with capital at his command became obsessed with her wild-grass-like resilience.
He cut off her supply of fabrics, barged into her apartment to seize her graduation collection designs, and set obstacles in her path at every turn, determined to pull her into the wealthy-family drama he had written for her.
But Lin Yizhao refused to follow his script.
She was willing to meet him head-on on a bungee-jumping platform. When her apartment was surrounded, she kept up appearances and stalled him to his face, while secretly tossing her designs out the window and coordinating with Song Zhuo downstairs.
She first met Song Zhuo when they were seated next to each other on a flight to Paris.
One was responsible for the creative vision, the other for making it work in practice. They were kindred spirits and equal partners in business.
Together, they forged their own path in original design.
