Zhāng Zhùyān came to Jin City specifically to go straight to her older sister's production crew. They were right in the middle of shooting a Republic-era drama, where her sister played a young lady of that era. Confined within the courtyard walls during her childhood, she could only gaze at the white magnolia stretching in from beyond the wall and look up at that patch of blue sky.
Yet one day, a young figure leaned over the wall. Enthusiastic and brave, knowing she could not go out, he would send over novel little things from time to time from across the barrier. Separated by the courtyard wall, sometimes it was tanghulu or flatbreads, and other times newspapers or illustrated books. He taught her how to read and told her stories about the outside world.
The girl learned quickly, and gradually she too began to yearn to leave, longing to step through that courtyard gate and see another world.
Chapter 131