*No golden finger, just a fearless heart that keeps moving forward
*Romance included, but the love interest appears later: a clever, lively, beautiful designer ✖ an arrogant, sharp-tongued Hong Kong businessman
*Baolan is the sole protagonist
In 1992, Wu Baolan earns excellent grades, but her parents, who favor boys over girls, deny her the chance to attend high school.
Her hard-earned savings are all confiscated by her parents as a matter of course;
even the secure factory job she was due to inherit is handed over to her good-for-nothing younger brother.
She gives ground again and again, staying silent day after day, all because she wants to live a life of her own.
Until her brother causes trouble and blinds someone.
Her mother falls to her knees with a thud. "Baolan, just marry that man. Otherwise your brother will go to prison!"
Her father silently smokes, giving his consent, while her brother watches with cold indifference.
Wu Baolan finally stops waiting, flees overnight, and heads south to the special economic zone.
From the lowest apprentice in a tailor shop to the star sewing-machine operator at a garment factory;
from an unknown pattern maker to a dazzling fashion designer.
Set up at work? She brandishes her work tickets and sample records in front of everyone, striking back hard!
Her designs stolen? She presents the original drafts as evidence at a press conference, slapping them in the face on the spot!
Her parasitic parents come looking for a share of her success and want to claim her as family? She draws a clear line without hesitation!
From then on, Baolan can go anywhere in the world.
"Baolan, Baolan, don't linger, run, run as fast as you can!
Girl, girl, don't linger, run, run as fast as you can!"
