The Wayward Star

In high school, Jiang Xingqiao meets Duan Yan, bright and outgoing, and Xu Nanyu, distant and taciturn. Gradually, she discovers that Duan Yan is the childhood friend she lost touch with years ago. The way he keeps looking out for her makes her heart race despite herself. But just as she wonders whether to confess, Duan Yan suddenly cuts off all contact, leaving her with only one cold message: “Don’t contact me again.”

When she is at her lowest, Xu Nanyu, who has always been so quiet, begins showing up by her side more and more often. He brings her a cup of hot tea when she’s lost in thought, silently holds an umbrella over her in the rain, and even at her most miserable moment breaks through every defense with a simple, certain “I’m here.” Faced with this boy who was once distant but is now so gentle that she hardly knows what to do, Jiang Xingqiao’s heart begins to waver…