Over time, Hsiao Fen lost interest in school, became increasingly detached from the world around her, and had difficulty making friends. Every day for three years she lost herself in pulp romance novels, seeking solace in their fantasy-like happy endings.
漸漸地，小芬開始出現不在乎學業、生活脫序、交友困難等問題，每天沈溺在羅曼史言情小說的世界中，在虛構的快樂結局裡尋求安慰，長達 3 年。