Popular actor Zhou Zhendong falls in love with Chen Yiqiao, a physics PhD candidate at a top 985 university.
Zhou Zhendong is one of China's hottest A-list actors, a favorite of film and TV productions, variety shows, and advertisers. Chen Yiqiao is a doctoral student at the School of Physical Science at a top 985 university, specializing in condensed matter physics.
Zhou Zhendong is phenomenally popular in today's entertainment industry. Tall and athletic, with broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and nearly perfect proportions, he has a sharply defined face, slightly sunken eyes, and a deep, captivating gaze. In the five years since his debut, his near-perfect image has won him legions of adoring female fans. From airport send-offs and welcome parties to fan events and buying products he endorses, wherever he goes, fans from all over the country greet him with deafening cheers, both online and in person.
Chen Yiqiao is the quintessential “other people's child.” Her academic career has gone smoothly, taking her straight from a top 985 university into a PhD program. Kind, pure-hearted, and indifferent to the outside world, she prefers life in her ivory tower, far removed from the world. After more than twenty years of study, she has become the “stern professor” her junior classmates call her: a woman with a doctorate.
These two people, who seem to have nothing in common, cross paths by chance. Behind the dazzling image of top-tier star Zhou Zhendong lies a pain he cannot reveal, and he has kept his heart locked away. But in the presence of the sweet and innocent Chen Yiqiao, he melts completely, falls for her, and finds himself helplessly swept into the warmth of a doctoral student's affection.
The writing style is very simple and not exaggerated. I really like this kind of quiet storytelling.