In that world, beauty was not a blessing, but something that would bring disaster. She needs to be able to bow her head, be patient, and play dumb. She also needs to be able to keep accounts, read, and read people's faces. She thought that a woman's life was nothing more than changing from one cage to another.
Until she escaped from the Zhao family and went to Shanghai.
The lights in the concession are very bright, and the lives of the poor are very cheap. Students take to the streets, workers go on strike, and gunshots are heard from the streets. Women still have to find a way to survive in the eyes of men. Qin Heng has seen people die for their beliefs, and he has also seen people sell anything to survive.
At first she only wanted money and her own life.
But later she realized that what she wanted was not to be bought by someone, nor to be rescued by someone.
She wants to be free.
Intent: In the old era of cannibalism, even if women were repeatedly oppressed by poverty, trade, male dominance and war, they could still use their sobriety, tenacity and choice to find a way out for themselves.