In the modern Chinese literary scene, Lin Huiyin (1904–55) was a prominent woman writer who applied free indirect discourse (FID), a “new” narrative device, into her creative writing. In some of her works, FID is not only a new way in which to realize a modern narrative style but also a discreet way to provide her own voice. The existence of slippage between the narrator and character-focalizer deliberately destabilizes the reader, somehow swaying between the narrator’s authoritative and the character’s initial characteristics. In this way, this narrative strategy allows Lin to establish a kind of private space for herself within which to query authority, thereby escaping the material world dominated by male writers at that time. For instance, in her well-known short story, “In Ninety-Nine Degrees of Heat” (Jiushijiu du zhong), Lin Huiyin employed this typical narrative strategy, illustrating the modernity of her creative writing and revealing some meanings of social and gendered narratives.