Her Rainbow, His Light

[Mutual devotion + saving each other + bittersweet angst + each other’s first love] [Everyday campus life + entertainment-industry setting] [Superstar × young painter] [No real-life inspiration, no real-life inspiration, no real-life inspiration]

When Li Yu arrived in Ningcheng, he noticed that his younger brother, who had high-functioning autism, wasn’t afraid when Chen Zhaozhao patted his head.

On the first day of school, Chen Zhaozhao ran over and told him, “Zhao means bright.”

“Yu means bright, too.” He kept the rainbow-colored note she placed in his palm for three years.

Their four-year secret relationship couldn’t stay hidden forever.

“You should have died with them back then!” “You really think your paintings are any good? Losing the use of your hand is what you deserve!” “Anyone who tries to seduce my darling deserves to die!”

In the end, they couldn’t protect the person they most wanted to protect. Separated by distance, they silently lost touch.

Three years later, during his final interview before leaving the entertainment industry, beneath a red curtain: “When did you come back?” Li Yu sobbed softly. “Why didn’t you tell me?” “Zhaozhao, my dear Zhaozhao, don’t you want to see me?”