 The film, adapted from Li Ke's bestseller of the same name which is about a young woman's growth in society, is Xu's first attempt at commercial production.Xu continued to direct romantic features "Dear Enemy" (2011) and "Somewhere Only We Know" (2015), which were moderately successful at the box office.Deviating from her former productions which mainly focuses on romance and family, Xu returned with action cop thriller "The Missing" in 2017.