Xie Mi remembered.
The name Xiqing Mountain had indeed appeared in the original novel.
It had appeared in Liu Woxing's memories.
According to the original plot, Liu Woxing had accidentally revealed "another side of herself" on the show and suffered a period of online harassment as a result.
The Liu Family considered her an embarrassment. Completely disregarding the torment she was already enduring, they humiliated her with words even crueler than the online abuse, tearing her down until she was worth nothing.
That was also when Liu Woxing wavered for the first time.
She couldn't understand why she had to be treated so horribly just because she had accidentally shown her true self.
She couldn't understand why she wasn't allowed even the slightest temper, why she had to be a caged songbird who maintained perfect manners at all times.
She couldn't accept it. She couldn't accept spending the rest of her life behind a mask.
And so she recalled a time twelve years earlier, when she was still a child, before the Liu Family's shackles had fully imprisoned her, when she had first wanted to escape.
That day, twelve-year-old Liu Woxing had just attended a family banquet at the ancestral home with her family and was in the car on the way back.
Her mother wore a dark expression as she picked apart every mistake Liu Woxing had made at the banquet.
She had played a wrong note on the piano, for instance. She had acted far too excited while happily chatting with a younger female cousin she hadn't seen in ages, losing the poise expected of a well-bred young lady. And she had actually eaten a little cake in one bite instead of elegantly taking several bites like her older female cousin, as if she were the