The Apple of Eden

Synopsis:

Xia Ya is an illegitimate daughter. She has known that since she was little.

No one knows this secret except her late mother and Xia Ya herself.

Her mother was an orphan. When her mother died, Xia Ya became an orphan too.

You could say their paths led to the same destination.

At five years old, she gently wrote in a notebook, "Xia Ya, age seven."

It was the first lie of her life.

At twenty, she would tell the second lie of her life.

[Key Highlights]

An illegitimate daughter seeks revenge, takes another's place, and makes her lover suffer before winning him back.

A romance with multiple potential love interests; the final pairing has not yet been decided. The main story is about revenge and resistance.

Xia Ya has hidden traits: she's a yandere, a beauty enthusiast, and extremely narcissistic, lost in self-admiration and self-intoxication.

She lost her mother young and grew up in an orphanage. She longs for intimacy, wants love in the early stages, and later wreaks havoc everywhere.

The heroine is clever and resourceful, and takes a forgiving view of human nature. She is good at disguising herself, values feelings and promises, and has a somewhat idealistic innocence. She grows over the course of the story.

The apple of Eden [with multiple meanings]

The pursuit of ideals and wisdom

The awakening of desire and the exploration of free will

She wants the world to be not an Eden for only some people, but a utopia for everyone.

Theme: Lies, desire, and love.