Startling by Each Step, also known as Bubu Jingxin is a Chinese television series based on a novel of the same title

Startling by Each Step (novel)

Startling by Each Step is a science fiction romantic novel written by Chinese novelist Tong Hua. It was the author's first book. It was first serialized online in 2005 in Jinjiang Original Network , before being published by Ocean Press , National Press , Huashan Arts Press , and Hunan...

 by writer Tong Hua

Tong Hua (author)

Tong Hua was born in 1982. She is one of the most famous contemporary romance novelists in China. She used "Zhang Xiaosan" as her pen name. She was graduated from Peking University and went to America in 2005...

 . Filming for the series started on 6 December 2010 in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

 and wrapped up on 22 March 2011. It was first aired in China on HBS on 10 September 2011.

Plot

Zhang Xiao, an ethnically Han Chinese

Han Chinese

Han Chinese are an ethnic group native to China and are the largest single ethnic group in the world.Han Chinese constitute about 92% of the population of the People's Republic of China , 98% of the population of the Republic of China , 78% of the population of Singapore, and about 20% of the...

 girl from the 21st century China, accidentally travels back in time to the 18th century Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

 during the reign of Kangxi after experiencing a deadly combination of traffic collision and electrocution. She finds herself trapped in the body of one of her previous incarnations, Ma'ertai Ruoxi, a young daughter of a Manchu

Manchu

The Manchu people or Man are an ethnic minority of China who originated in Manchuria . During their rise in the 17th century, with the help of the Ming dynasty rebels , they came to power in China and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which...

 general. Her avatar’s sister, Ma'ertai Ruolan, is a concubine of the emperor’s 8th son, Yinsi. Initially, she tries to return to her own time but after a while, she settles in. She meets the 4th prince Yinzhen, 10th prince Yin'e, and 14th prince Yinti but becomes best friends with the 13th prince Yinxiang. During Rouxi stay at Yinsi's residence, he falls in love with her and she has a crush with him as well. However, she rejects him due to her disapproval of polygamy

Polygamy

Polygamy is a marriage which includes more than two partners...

 and her knowledge of his terrible future.

Rouxi eventually enters the Forbidden City

Forbidden City

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the middle of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum...

 and becomes the emperor's tea-serving head maid. When Ruoxi finally admits her affection for the 8th prince, her condition of becoming his concubine is that he give up the fight for the throne. His refusal leaves her heartbroken. In a last-ditch effort to save Yinsi from his fate, she warns him to be wary of Yinzhen and a number of his men who in the future would pose a threat to Yinsi. Her stay in the Forbidden City brings her closer to Yinzhen, and eventually she falls in love with him. However, Yinsi and his followers sets a trap for Yinzhen which Yinxiang bravely steps forward to take blame. The result is 10 years of solitary confinement. The Crown Prince is eventually stripped of his position as the crown prince after the discovery of his crimes. The emperor starts to show preference for the 14th prince, Yinti, and eventually bestows Ruoxi to him. Her adamant refusal to the emperor’s order results in her being stripped of her title and sent to the laundry department.

The emperor eventually dies and Yinzhen becomes Emperor Yongzheng. He immediately sets Yinxiang free and makes Ruoxi his lady-in-waiting. Though finally together, her happiness is greatly marred by the brutal tactics that the emperor uses against his enemies, since many of them are close to Ruoxi. Finally, Yinsi’s gang reveals to Ruoxi that their hostility toward Yinzhen stemmed from Ruoxi’s warning many years ago. Rouxi finally realizes that, under a predestination paradox

Predestination paradox

A predestination paradox is a paradox of time travel that is often used as a convention in science fiction. It exists when a time traveller is caught in a loop of events that "predestines" or "predates" them to travel back in time...

, she became the instigator of the tragedy she had tried to avoid. Her despair results in a miscarriage. She eventually tells the emperor that she was to blame for everything. Knowing that everything is over, she asks Yinti to help her leave the palace. The 14th prince, produces a decree from Emperor Kangxi that bestows Ruoxi to Yinti. Yinzhen is forced into obeying this order and Ruoxi is finally able to leave the Forbidden City.

Despite Yinti's excellent care, Ruoxi’s condition worsens. During her last days, she sends a letter to the emperor and asks him to come see her one last time. Unfortunately, a series of events prevents him from doing so. Despite Ruoxi's struggles to stay alive, she concludes that Yinzhen's absence is proof that his love for her is over. She dies sadly in Yinti's arms. When her death reaches Yinzhen, the emperor rushes to Yinti’s residence with Yinxiang. They scatter her ashes to the wind in honor to her last wishes.

In 2011, Zhang Xiao wakes up in the hospital, where she is informed that she had been in a coma for weeks after her accident. She questions whether everything that happened was all a dream. After she recovers, she visits a museum exhibiting artifacts from the Qing Dynasty. She discovers that she is able to recall many artifacts on display. At the same time, a man who bears an uncanny resemblance to Yinzhen visits the exhibit as well. Even though the man does not recognize her, she is unable to contain herself. It ends with Zhang in tears as the man walks away from her.

Deviation from the novel

The producers have reportedly claimed that the television series will remain faithful to the original story by Tong Hua, but with a new ending. In the novel, Ma'ertai Ruoxi is unable to return to her own time and ultimately succumbs to her illness, while the Yongzheng Emperor

Yongzheng Emperor

The Yongzheng Emperor , born Yinzhen , was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the third Qing emperor from 1722 to 1735. A hard-working ruler, Yongzheng's main goal was to create an effective government at minimal expense. Like his father, the Kangxi Emperor, Yongzheng used military...

 dies years later in hope of reuniting with Ma'ertai Ruoxi in death. However in the serial, after Ruoxi and Yongzheng die, the former's soul returns to her incarnation in the 21st century. While struggling to get over the trauma from her experiences in time traveling, she ultimately meets a man who resembles Yongzheng, possibly a present-day incarnation of the Yinzhen. Despite the fans' anticipation that there will be a romantic involvement between them, they did not fall in love. Instead, Zhang is heartbroken as she realizes that her romance with Yinzhen is truly over, and his appearance merely gives her necessary closure to move on with her life, yet the story has a sad ending.

Cast

Cast	Role	Brief description
Cecilia Liu Cecilia Liu Liu Shishi , better known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese film and television actress and ballerina.-Biography:...	Zhang Xiao (张晓 / 張曉)	A non-descript white collar worker from the 21st century. She travels back in time after encountering a near-fatal accident, stranded in the 18th century for nearly 15 years. Despite her modern outlook, she was forced to adapt to life in the 18th century. Her modern woman realism and caring nature resulted in two romances with tragic outcome. Upon returning to the present, she wakes up in a hospital, chronologically only weeks passed after her accident from a coma. After she recovers from her injuries, Zhang obsessively research the details of the past to verify whether her experiences in the 18th century was real or just a dream. She ultimately confirms her time traveling and past existence based on a museum's historical painting. The painting shows a lady-in-waiting wearing Yinzhen's headpin serving tea to her beloved. She later meets a man who is possibly a present incarnation of Yinzhen.
	Ma'ertai Ruoxi (马尔泰·若曦 / 馬爾泰·若曦)	The young daughter of a 18th century Manchu aristocrat and Zhang Xiao's previous incarnation. She dies after being pushed by Guoluoluo Mingyu from the stairs, causing her future incarnation (Zhang Xiao) to take over her body. As Ruoxi, she is 10th (Yin'e) and 13th (Yinxiang) bosom friend. She is romantically linked with the 4th (Yinzhen), 8th (Yinsi), and 14th (Yinti) Princes. She has an early crush with Yinsi, loves Yinzhen but eventually marries Yinti a few months before her death. Her romance with the princes are complicates by her knowledge of their political struggles and feuds. Despite Yinzhen's promise to rule the country well, she knows that Qing Dynasty would fall centuries later. She is aware that a historical saga, known as the Entropy of the Nine Princes (九龙夺嫡 / 九龍奪嫡), is about to happen. This is the renown rivalry among the Kangxi Emperor's sons to be the next Qing emperor. She attempts to change history for the better but later discovers that she is predestined to become the unwitting instigator of the tragedy she is trying to prevent from happening. This shocking discovery also causes the miscarriage of her unborn child with strained romance with Yinzhen. She suffers a mental breakdown and falls critically ills for months and ultimately died with disappointment believing Yinzhen hated her. After her death, those whom she is closely associated with begins to believe her claims to be a time traveler. A pensive Yinzhen and Yinxiang hope that her demise is not really an end but a way to allow her to return to her time period.
Nicky Wu Nicky Wu Nicky Wu is a Taiwanese singer and actor. Wu found fame in 1988, by joining the Taiwanese boy band, Little Tigers Team, performing alongside Alec Su and Julian Chen. Since then, his career has also expanded into film and television in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China.-Childhood:Nicky Wu is the...	Yinzhen (胤禛)	The fourth prince. He is destined to succeed his father as the Yongzheng Emperor Yongzheng Emperor The Yongzheng Emperor , born Yinzhen , was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the third Qing emperor from 1722 to 1735. A hard-working ruler, Yongzheng's main goal was to create an effective government at minimal expense. Like his father, the Kangxi Emperor, Yongzheng used military... . He is protrayed initially to have no overpowering desires to becomes the next Qing emperor. However Ruoxi's warning to Yinsi inadvertently forces him to be embroiled in the power struggle among his brothers for the throne. After attaining absolute power, he becomes more power-hungry and cruel as he sought to punish his brothers who he accused of meddling with court matters or harming Ruoxi. He is Ruoxi's true love but ultimately breaks up with her due to his increasing paranoid and ruthless means to achieve his objectives, only through a devastation of her death he would realizes of how much he still loves her. Towards the end, he slowly begin to regret of his extreme behavior and choice of power over love and family after Ruoxi's death. He withdraws in a pensive state knowing his indirect but major role of Ruoxi's demise. Ruoxi has agree to bear children which strained her health. He hopes that upon her demise that she has travels back to her time period and would be free from his family's power struggles, even if it means that they would forever be apart.
	Mystery 21st century man	Meets Zhang Xiao in a museum weeks after she had returned to her own time. He is speculated to be a present-day incarnation of Yinzhen. However, he did not recognise Zhang/Ma'ertai, leaving her heartbroken when Zhang Xiao spotted his uncanny resemblance to the fourth prince. This makes her painfully realize that her romance with Yinzhen is never meant to be as they are from different time periods.
Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Kevin Cheng Ka-wing is a Chinese American singer and television actor from Hong Kong. He is currently an artist under the management of TVB. Kevin Cheng rose to fame in late 2004 after his first lead role in Hard Fate as "Ken"...	Yinsi Yinsi, Prince Lian Yinsi, the Prince Lian to avoid breaching the tradition of naming taboo on the Yongzheng Emperor's name; Akina after losing his peerage title) was born to the Kangxi Emperor and Imperial Consort Liang of the Wei clan As the Kangxi Emperor's eighth son, he was the Eighth Imperial Prince.After... (胤禩)	The eighth prince. A capable son of Kangxi and a strong contender for the throne who enjoyed support from many influential Mandarins. He is Ma'ertai's Ruoxi first love interest and also brother-in-law. They break up after he refuses to give up competing for the throne and Ruoxi paradoxically reasoned that she cannot live in a polygamous relationship with the man she love or cannot accept his eventual demise after Yinzhen's political victory. He is destined to die in custody after being found guilty on 40 counts which allegedly endangered the ruling of the Qing Dynasty.
Lin Gengxin	Yinti Yinti, Prince Xun Yinti , born Yinzhen of the Aisin Gioro clan, was the 14th son of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He was born to Empress Xiaogongren and was a full younger brother of the Yongzheng Emperor. As his original name was similar to Yongzheng's personal name, Yinzhen , it was changed to Yinti... (胤禵)	The 14th prince. Yinti and Yinzhen are full blood bothers. He is a childhood buddy of Ruoxi. He is Yinsi's political ally and displays sublime and military leadership qualities. He volunteered and led an successful military expedition against the Dungars and was widely toted to be the Crown Prince after Yinren's demotion. He admires Ruoxi and slowly falls in deep love with her. Yinzhen placed him under house-arrest in their mother's quarters after his ascension to the throne as Yongzheng Emperor. He is grateful for the 'punishment' in his later life because he finally appreciate the serenity and leisure of his lifestyle. He befriends his half-brother and former political foe, Yinxiang. His short time spent with an ailing Ruoxi was the life Yinzhen may have initially hoped to enjoy with Ruoxi. He eventually 'marries' Ruoxi to allow her to leave a paranoid and ruthless Yinzhen after their tumultuous break up.
Damian Lau Damian Lau Damian Lau Chung-yan is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV.-Early career:...	Kangxi Emperor Kangxi Emperor The Kangxi Emperor ; Manchu: elhe taifin hūwangdi ; Mongolian: Энх-Амгалан хаан, 4 May 1654 –20 December 1722) was the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the first to be born on Chinese soil south of the Pass and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1661 to 1722.Kangxi's... (康熙帝)	The ruler of the Qing Dynasty
Justin Yuan Justin Yuan Yuan Hong , also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.-Biography:Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei. He graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, where he met and made friends with a fellow actor Hu GeYuan Hong , also known as Justin Yuan, is a Chinese actor.-Biography:Yuan was born in Wuhan, Hubei....	Yinxiang Yinxiang, 1st Prince Yi Yinxiang, 1st Prince Yi of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro clan was a noble of the Qing Dynasty born as the 13th surviving son to the Kangxi Emperor... (胤祥)	The 13th prince. Of Mongolian heritage, his mother passed away when he is young boy and is brought up by Yinzhen's mother. He is a bold, staunch supporter of Yinzhen and historically provided military support to Yinzhen during his political battles against his brothers to succeed Kangxi. In the serial, he is also a close confidant of Ma'ertai Ruoxi. He has a beautiful daughter, Chenghuan with the ill-fated companion Lüwu. Due to Ruoxi's warning and Yinsi's intrigue, he took the rap for Yinzhen and was imprisoned by Kangxi for 10 years. Yongzheng Emperor promoted him as First Class Prince Yi, a hereditary title. He worked tirelessly for Yinzhen in all important court matters. In the serial, he eventually befriends his half-brother, Yinti. He dies of illness in April 1730, and was given the posthumous name Xian (贤/賢), with an additional eight characters (忠敬誠直勤慎廉明/忠敬诚直勤慎廉明) added.
Mu Tingting	Lady Ulanara (乌喇那拉氏 / 烏喇那拉氏)	Yinzhen's wife and Ma'ertai's love rival
Zhang Lei	Yinreng (胤礽)	The heir apparent to the throne. His grandfather helped Kangxi purge Ao Bai in the earlier Kangxi reign. A grateful Kangxi named him as Crown Prince after his mother's death despite having another elder son. An unstable and unruly prince, he schemes to marry Ma'ertai Ruoxi due to her connections with the Mongolian princes and close ties with Kangxi. He was indicted and demoted twice for serious crimes, and sentenced to life imprisonment by Kangxi.
Ye Zuxin	Yin'e (胤䄉)	The 10th prince. Hotheaded and uncouth but adored by Ruoxi for his care and concern for her. He is usually portrayed as Ruoxi's childhood protector, feuding against princes and princess who mistreat Ruoxi. He has a unrequited crush on Ruoxi and was forced to marry Guoluoluo Mingyu. Constantly feuding with Minyu but finds true love with her after his purge by Yinzhen towards the end of the serial. He provides comic relief in the earlier part of the show is one of the few princes that managed to find happiness.
Han Dong	Yintang Yintang Yintang was the ninth son of the Kangxi Emperor. He was one of the most beloved princes of the emperor although he never held any important office during the reign of his father... (胤禟)	The 9th prince. His mother hailed from the illustrious Guoluoluo clan. He is a favourite son of Kangxi. A fact demonstrated when Kangxi forgave him despite his role in a huge corruption scandal. A petty schemer and venomous manipulator masked a silky voice that charmed Yutan. Devoid of feelings and gratitude, he was perplexed by Yutan's devotion to him despite causing her death. He is destined to be disgraced by Yinzhen and died in house arrest prison. In the serial, Ruoxi avenged Yutan's needless sacrifice by passing the latter's last letter to Yintang. The condition was Yintang must read Yutan's letter before committing suicide as a form of release from his suffering. In the note, Yutan declares her love for Yintang and accepted her fate and death. Yintang realised the message's objective babbled that Ruoxi more vindicate than Yinzhen before dying.
Annie Liu	Ma'ertai Ruolan (马尔泰·若兰 / 馬爾泰·若蘭)	Ma'ertai Ruoxi's older sister and second wife of Yinsi. She had a lover before marrying Yinsi and therefore, could never truly love Yinsi and be his wife. Perplexed, Yinsi sent minders to General Ma'ertai's hometown to gather more information to unravel the mystery of Ruolan's coldness towards him. An anxious General Ma'ertai immediately transfered Ruolan's lover to the frontline only to see him killed in action. Ruolan blamed Yinsi for her lover's death and vowed never to reciprocate Yinsi's affections. She passed away by Ruoxi side. Yinsi, on Ruoxi's request, grant Ruolan a divorce so that she can reunite with her lover in the netherworld.
Shi Xiaoqun	Guoluoluo Minghui (郭络罗·明慧 / 郭絡羅·明慧)	Yinsi's wife. She committed suicide after divorcing him because of her extreme love for him. Minghui dislike Ruolan from the beginning and think of her as a rival, but realized that she have been competing for nothing when she found out that Ruolan never loved Yinsi. Her revelation of Ruoxi's warning that caused YinXiang to be house arrest for 10 years caused Ruoxi to be in extreme shock and had a miscarriage.
Guo Zhenni	Lüwu (绿芜 / 綠蕪)	Yinxiang's love interest. Descendant of the Lü clan who was purged for their involvement in an unsuccessfully revolt against the Manchu Qing dynasty. She is initially a close companion of Yinxiang and accompany the latter during the 10 year solidarity confinement by Kangxi. Both became lovers and had a daughter Chenghuan. She later commit suicide because she knew her background will present grave political baggage to Chenghuan, Yinxiang and Yongzheng Emperor.
Chai Wei	Chenghuan (承欢 / 承歡)	Yinxiang and Lüwu's daughter. In the serial, Yinzhen, seeing the joy Chenghuan brought to Ruoxi, summoned enough courage to profess his love to Ruoxi. In Tong Hua's epilogue, Yongzheng Emperor married her to the son of Mongolian Princess MinMin. Princess Minmin was the admirer of her father, Yinxiang and Yinzhen knew the former will treat Chenghuan with great love.
Cao Xinye	Qiaohui (巧慧)	Ma'ertai Ruolan's faithful maid from home who accompanied on her marriage into the Aisingoro family. She later becomes Ruoxi's maid and then ChengHuan's maid/caretaker. She was entrusted with the heartbreaking task of telling Yinzhen that Ruoxi yearned to see him and died disappointed during her last days. Her curt description of Ruoxi's devotion to Yinzhen despite suffering from fatigue and illness, brought the stoic Yinzhen close to tears. Before Ruoxi died, she requested Qiaohui to be Chenghuan's caretaker. Qiaohui promised Ruoxi that she divulge to Chenghuan's her mother's identity and death anniversary after Yinxiang's death.
Ye Qing	Yutan (玉檀)	Ruoxi best friend. Unknown to Ruoxi, Yu Tan was 9th Prince Yintang's sleeper mole in Kangxi's palace. After the death of Kangxi, despite many subtle warnings from Yinzhen, Yu Tan persisted in gathering intelligence for the 9th Prince. Yinzhen tolerated her because of Ruoxi but had her killed by steaming when she influenced Hongshi to challenge his father and brother for the throne using the 'Rule of the Eight Banner Kings' petition. Despite knowing her eventual demise, she has no regrets helping Yintang and pleads with Ruoxi to pass her final letter pledging her love to an ungrateful Yintang. Yinxiang claimed Yutan's subversion of Hongshi was a taboo act. Ruoxi ruefully commented it was the politicking between Yintang and Yinzhen that truly caused Yutan's death.
Kang Mingtong	Yunxiang (芸香)	Maid in the palace working with Yu Tan under Ruoxi.
Cristy Guo	Suwangua'erjia Minmin (苏完瓜尔佳·敏敏 / 蘇完瓜爾佳·敏敏)	Prince Suwangua'erjia's daughter. She develops a crush on the 13th Prince and befriends Ruoxi. They develop a sisterly bond. She eventually marries Yi'ergen-Gioro Zuoying. She latter become Chenghuan's mother-in-law.
Ba Sen	Prince Suwangua'erjia (苏完瓜尔佳王爷 / 蘇完瓜爾佳王爺)
Zheng Kai	Yi'ergen-Gioro Zuoying (伊尔根觉罗·佐鹰 / 伊爾根覺羅·佐鷹)	Minmin's suitor and eventual husband.
Deng Limin	Li Dequan (李德全)	Kangxi Emperor's personal attendant. He was Ruoxi's benefactor and mentor when she was Kangxi's tea stewardess. He played an important role to bring Ruoxi back to Kangxi's palace from the imperial laundry. He was killed by Yinzhen because his privy knowledge of Kangxi's choice of successor proved to be a liability.
Zhou Yancheng	Wang Xi (王喜)	Ma'ertai's Ruoxi best eunuch friend and Li Dequan's godson. He helped delivered Yutang last message to Ruoxi.
Hu Zhonghu	Gao Wuyong (高无庸 / 高無庸)	Yongzheng Emperor's personal attendant. He was in charged of delivering many items from Yongzheng to Ruoxi.
Chen Jingyu	Yinzhi Yinzhi Aisin Gioro Yinzhi was the third son of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. His mother, the Consort Rong , was of the Manchu Magiya clan . He was born on the twentieth day of the second lunar month in the twenty-sixth year of the Kangxi era... (胤祉)	The 3rd Prince.
Wang Xiaodong	Yinqi (胤祺)	The 5th Prince.
Gao Sen	Li Guangdi (李光地)
Lian Teyue	Imperial Physician He (何太医 / 何太醫)
Liu Yuxin Liu Yuxin Liu Yuxin is a Chiness actress most known through her role as Gorolo Ming Yu in the 2011 Chiness series Startling by Each Step.-TV Series:* Chu Han Chuan Qi as Lady Qi * Tai Ping Gong Zhu Mi Shi as younger Wu Ze Tian...	Guoluoluo Mingyu (郭络罗·明玉 / 郭絡羅·明玉)	Yin'e's wife. She is also the sister of Yinsi's wife, Guoluoluo Mingwei. She had a horrible relationship with Ruoxi at the beginning. Mainly because of her sister's disliking Ruoxi's sister and because of her knowledge that 10th Prince has a crush on Ruoxi which caused her jealousy. Many gave hints that she's the caused for Maertai Ruoxi to fall down the stairs at the very beginning.
Dai Chunrong	Empress Xiaogongren (孝恭仁皇后乌雅氏 / 孝恭仁皇后烏雅氏)	One of Kangxi Emperor's favourite consort. Lady De is the mother of Yinzhen and Yinti. She took Yinxiang under her wing when his mother died. In the serial, she favours Yinti over Yinzhen. Kangxi remarked that Yinzhen's stoic nature was due to her bias towards Yinzhen. She removed Ruoxi from the Imperial Harem selection list upon her sons' request.
Liu Jie	Consort Liang (良妃)	The Kangxi Emperor's consort and mother of Yinsi. A consort of lesser social standing. She always blamed herself for Yinsi's plight because Kangxi has high regard for lesser sons of illustrious consorts despite Yinsi's competence. She rejects medical treatment to seek death so that Yinsi will have better future.
Ma Tianyu Ma Tianyu Ma Tianyu is a Mandopop artist who rose to fame after winning sixth place and "most popular" at the 2006 My Hero Competition, a Chinese talent competition...	Huang Di (黄棣 / 黃棣)	Zhang Xiao's boyfriend in the 21st century. They break up after Zhang discovers that he cheated on her with her best friend.

Featured songs

• Yinian Zhizhuo performed by Hu Ge
  Hu Ge (actor)
  Hu Ge , is a Chinese actor and singer. Hu is best known for his role as Li Xiaoyao in the 2003 television series Chinese Paladin.-Biography:...
  
   and Alan Dawa Dolma
  Alan Dawa Dolma
  Alan Dawa Dolma , professionally known as Alan , is a female Tibetan-Chinese singer active in the Japanese music industry....
  
  
• Aide Lianyi performed by Ailiya & Alicia
• Sancun Tiantang performed by Yan Yidan
• Dengni De Jijie performed by Cecilia Liu
  Cecilia Liu
  Liu Shishi , better known as Cecilia Liu, is a Chinese film and television actress and ballerina.-Biography:...
  
  
• Diaoke Aiqing performed by Zheng Jiajia
• Xuehua Hongmei performed by Gong Shujun

External links

Startling by Each Step on Sina.com

Sina.com

SINA is an online media company for China and Chinese communities around the world. SINA operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, SINA Mobile, SINA Online, and SINA.net. SINA has over 100 million registered users worldwide...

 Startling by Each Step official website Startling by Each Step on HBS Startling by Each Step page on CTV website