In the innocent, uncertain days of youth at school, Tang Yunxiang, with his rustic country ways, feels completely out of place in the bustling city. And the rich heiress Yu Lijuan, the principal's daughter, is so flustered by her budding feelings for him that she hardly knows what to do. Even more unexpected is that, after a chance encounter, he and his teacher, Xie Yuxin, fall for each other. The daughter of the Western restaurant owner where he picks up extra shifts is also drawn to this pure, refined beauty who adores literature, though their feelings remain ambiguous.
A pawn in his father's business dealings, Lijuan was promised in marriage by her father before she was even born, and has no say in her own fate. Fei Rihang, driven to hatred by love, sees Yunxiang as a thorn in his side and makes trouble for him at every turn. Hidden attacks are hard to guard against. Bound by the same constraints of morality and ethics, Yuxin is trapped by rules and conventions and cannot cross the line to love Yunxiang freely. The story twists and turns, tragic and achingly beautiful. The author has a rich vocabulary and plays with words, using the story to write a portrait of their own tragic life. Between the lines, a faint sorrow seeps through this anguished, blood-spitting youth.
