Marginal Women -- Ice Woman

Author: Qu Shen
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Navigating the entertainment world, she repeatedly turns danger into safety. She feels a mix of relief and hidden anxiety, knowing she can do much but cannot betray herself. In the pink glow of lights, she anxiously awaits.
Xiali Li is a beautiful girl who, after high school, enters a university in Northeast China. Due to her father losing his job and her mother being chronically ill, the family struggles financially, lacking enough money to support her education. Her childhood dreams shatter. Through a relative's introduction, she takes a job at a hotel and is assigned to a dormitory shared by four people. She braves numerous risks, venturing into karaoke halls, nightclubs, prisons, and rural areas. With her intelligence and quick wit, she navigates among selfish, stingy, fickle, arrogant, and indulgent people. The story is thought-provoking.