[Reader's Guide]
1. The timeline spans a long period. The story begins when the heroine is a child, and the male lead appears much later.
2. The setting is partially fictionalized; the events cannot be verified against historical records.
[Scene One]
An Yining had always been different, and of course, she knew it.
She met all kinds of people: those who admired her, worshipped her, followed her, or helped her; those who looked down on her but couldn't defeat her; those who envied her, and those who felt inferior because of her...
But she didn't care. She was always searching for the path she wanted to take.
Was it literature, science, or art? She did well in all of them, but what did she love enough to devote her life to?
She had to figure that out.
[Scene Two]
When An Yining was in her first year of high school, her parents' jobs changed, and she moved with them to Lulou Alley.
The alley erupted in excitement when a great beauty arrived.
Only Jiang Yixing was unhappy, because An Yining had a dog, and he feared dogs more than anything in the world.
Theme: The social circle of the strong is this: wherever you are, all eyes are on you.
