When her father was transferred, Bailuchuan Ling transferred to Shenghua Girls' Academy, a century-old school renowned for its "wisdom and elegance." She only wanted to be "Bailuchuan Ling," not "the former principal's daughter." But the label arrived before she did, and whispers in the halls had already pinned her to her father's shadow.
At the Quiet Reflection Pavilion, student council president Bailuchuan Feng, the perfect senior admired by the whole school, said to her, "The way you turn pages makes it look like you're arguing with the book." The two girls, both surnamed Bailuchuan, one hoping to take off her mask of perfection and the other wanting to escape her father's shadow, saw their true selves reflected in each other's eyes.
But Feng also had Shenguji Jin by her side. As vice president, Jin had been Feng's "shadow" since the age of five, and she couldn't stand anyone taking that place away from her. As Ling and Feng grew closer, undercurrents stirred behind Jin's smile: club evaluations and the disciplinary committee. The full-moon legend of Bailu Lake, the secret garden where confessions were made, curry bread on the rooftop: every corner of Shenghua bore witness to a youthful contest over truth and pretense, closeness and protection.
"My father taught me many things, but he never taught me who to listen to when 'the right thing to do' conflicts with 'what I want to do.'" At Shenghua, Bailuchuan Ling would write a story of her own, under her own name.
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