Story Synopsis
- **A Lone Shadow in the Fishing Village**: The fisherman Cui Ming lives alone in a small fishing village on the shore of the East Sea. He spends every day by the water, secretly longing for warmth but never daring to hope for it, until a storm changes his fate.
- **A Strange Encounter at Sea**: On the morning after the storm, Cui Ming finds a mysterious woman named A Li unconscious on the beach. She wears exotic clothes and has an otherworldly air about her, along with a faint lotus fragrance that not even the sea breeze can disperse.
- **The Mystery of Her Identity**: A Li claims her memories are hazy, yet she adapts to village life with unusual ease and displays abilities unlike those of ordinary people, arousing Cui Ming's suspicions and curiosity.
- **Feelings Begin to Blossom**: As they spend their days together, Cui Ming is drawn to A Li's innocence and kindness, while A Li grows attached to the warmth of human company. A subtle affection blossoms between them.
- **The Truth Emerges**: When Cui Ming is injured protecting A Li, she heals his wound with immortal magic in her desperation, revealing that she is the Third Princess of the East Sea Dragon Palace.
This part of the story focuses on Cui Ming and A Li's first encounter and the feelings that gradually develop between them as they spend their everyday lives together, leading up to the pivotal moment when A Li accidentally reveals her identity as a celestial maiden.
