The host asked, "Could you share what you gained from working on this drama?"
Shen Xuanrun thought for a moment, then said in a rather low voice,
"I really like this drama's producer or screenwriter. I think they're an incredible person."
The host asked in puzzlement, "Could you share why?"
Shen Xuanrun said, "Because this person, he or she, boldly wrote about the things women fear today-or, to put it more directly, the circumstances they face."
"We all know why the male lead sought revenge. It was for his lover, who took her own life. We also know why she killed herself: because of sexual rumors."
"Sexual rumors can destroy a woman with ease. They can invisibly tear down every defense she has."
"A lot of people might ask how it could possibly be that bad. But they're wrong. It really is that bad."
"Few people can withstand accusations coming from every direction. It's a kind of social death."
"We're born beneath women's skirts, yet so many people refuse to let those skirts flutter."
"My only purpose in acting in this drama was to hope that more people would show them understanding and feel what they feel."
"They aren't being oversensitive or putting on an act. This is the reality of their lives."
Not a single person in the venue spoke. They quietly watched the young man onstage, watching him speak each word.
Spreading sexual rumors was one of the most common and effective ways to bring about a woman's social death. It could easily destroy a radiant young woman.
The more sensitive girls in the audience already had tears filling their eyes.
Few people understood them. In those people's eyes, women were sensitive and always overthinking things, yet they never considered why this society placed such tremendous pressure on