Before the age of twenty-five, Chenglan lived like a bystander in this world.
After graduation, she continued her part-time job in college and became a tutor. She was completely isolated from the edge of society. Her mobile phone list did not even have a hundred people.
After all, what matters most to her is that if she talks about it, she will be regarded as mentally ill - "Dream Reading"
The antique shops around an old community are the "connecting points" for dream readers. They are gathered together by the ruthless web of fate, not for money and fame, but to find relief and comfort from ancient dreams.
"Ancient dreams are begging us to interpret them, and we are also begging for ancient dreams, because we are imperfect people. Our imperfections bring us together and make dream reading meaningful."
In the dark, she lacks emotion and is indifferent to fate, but she is inexplicably obsessed with the historical stories that are silent in the pile of old papers.
She lived the same ordinary life for twenty-five years, until this day, in an ancient dream, she met the man she had read about countless times in history books - Jichuan.
The subjugated king whom she loves to favor but hates because he cannot become steel.
History books say that he was stupid, weak, and dissolute, which led to the collapse of the Heng Kingdom.
But when she really stood in front of him, facing the treacherous court and the beacon smoke of the battlefield, she saw the devastated truth of a hundred years ago, and Jichuan's helpless attempts to do something despite knowing that he couldn't change it in the unchangeable historical trend.
Warm reminder: None of the national characters mentioned in the novel have any prototypes. The setting of Dream Reader comes from "The End of the World and Grim Wonderland" by Haruki Murakami.
Intention: A scholar will die for his confidant