The Tree of Jin

The heroine's monologue:

It was snowing heavily when I was born. My mother sat alone at the head of the bed, holding me and gazing out through the glass window. Outside was a vast expanse of white, devoid of color, and the chill seeped straight into my heart.

When I was thirteen, I met a man who placed the most beautiful things in the world before me, only to destroy them with his own hands later on.

Mother said that people live like spinning tops. Whether they are willing or not, they must endure the blows of fate.

Will you keep spinning, or fall? Which will you choose?

I am Mu Xuan, a spinning top that never stops turning, defying the whole world with cries of despair. Until that day, when the sky, stained with blood, finally took on my color...

I am Mu Xuan, a whirling wooden horse, searching for a fairy tale with a smile.

Plot summary:

Yang Jin and Tang Yizhi grew up together in the military compound. Their temperaments were worlds apart, yet they shared a bond few could match.

Yang Jin once said that even if Tang Yizhi fell for the woman he loved, he would gladly step aside for him. That was because Yang Jin had once gotten into terrible trouble, and Tang Yizhi had silently taken the blame for him.

Unlike the flamboyant Yang Jin, Tang Yizhi was reserved yet perceptive, indulging Yang Jin's reckless behavior as if he were his own little brother.

That was, until they met fourteen-year-old Mu Xuan...

One drunken night, Yang Jin inflicted a wound of shame on Mu Xuan that would never heal, planting the dark seed of their ill-fated relationship. Seven years passed in a flash. At twenty-one, Mu Xuan had become the darling of the traffic police, and when she met Yang Jin again, sparks flew.

When the truth comes to light... can anything still be changed?