At eighteen, Wei Zhao nearly got traded by her family for a bride price of 188,000 yuan. She neither argued nor made a scene. She simply investigated the prospective groom's background, item by item, and laid it all out on the dinner table. When she left the village, her mother pressed 200 yuan into her hand and told her to go to school.
In Qian City, she handed out flyers, worked as an event hostess, and joined livestreams. She knew how to film and edit, and she knew how to read people. Little by little, she found her way into circles that had once been closed to her. Some praised her intelligence, while others secretly put a price on her. She once thought that being noticed meant someone would take her away. Then her number appeared on a price list that rated girls.
What others give can always be taken back. From that day on, she stopped waiting for someone to choose her. She would take back her name, her account, and the road ahead, one by one.
Theme: The right to set the price of your fate must be fought for yourself.
