Fifteen-year-old Lin Zhaixing was the most unremarkable girl in the mountains in the 1970s.
Before her aunt pushed her down and split her head open, she thought the best future she could hope for was to get into a technical secondary school, land a factory job, get married, and spend her life by the stove.
But while unconscious, she stumbled into a new world.
There, women could open studios, run businesses, and lead major corporations. They could choose not to marry. Some even wore crisp suits and stood on the world stage, speaking for their country in fluent English.
When she woke up, Lin Zhaixing no longer wanted to accept her fate.
To hell with technical school! To hell with getting married!
She would go to high school. She would leave the mountains. Under the moonlight, she pressed forward, step by step, along the rutted road.
Along the way, she met outstanding teachers, kindred friends, and worthy rivals. Some reached out to help her, some stayed by her side, and some pushed her to grow stronger.
From the production brigade to Mingshi, then to the capital: from a country girl everyone looked down on to standing on the stage of her dreams.
Someone asked her, "Zhaixing, have you ever regretted it?"
She raised her head, her gaze unwavering.
"My name is Lin Zhaixing. I was born to pluck the stars from the sky. How could I regret it?"
[1970s Comeback] [Women's Awakening] [Path to Diplomacy] [Passionate Coming-of-Age]
#She came from the mountains, but she was determined to carve her name onto the world stage.
(Family squabbles, romance, and an intellectual love story. This isn't purely a study-focused novel.)
Reader advisory: This story includes fictionalized details, and its depiction of education policies and real-world circumstances may differ from reality. Please don't nitpick.
