short series

Thorns Under the Qipao

share time: 2025-12-12 06:01:08

Lin Wan, a rising qipao designer, stumbles upon a blood-written letter in the lining of her grandmother's Republic of China-era qipao while replicating it—revealing her grandmother was framed for treason by her fiancé Lu Bainian, who stole her family's fortune and drove her to suicide. To clear her grandmother's name, Lin Wan enters a contest with her "Thorn Qipao" collection, only to clash with Gu Huai, Lu Bainian's grandson and CEO of a fashion conglomerate. Gu Huai initially aims to suppress the "outdated" retro designs, but as he delves into Lin Wan's work, he uncovers his family's dark secrets. From bitter rivals to unlikely allies, they unravel the truth together. When Lin Wan presents her grandmother's blood-letter qipao at an international fashion week, a buried Republic of China feud and a love-hate saga spanning two generations emerge, thread by thread, from the qipao's buttons and stitches…

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