Top-tier star Xu Yizhou, once riding high, is on the verge of seeing his carefully crafted image collapse. A loss of control on set, a late-night trip to the emergency room, and a string of negative headlines have thrust him into the eye of the storm. Caught in a maelstrom of career troubles and inner turmoil, he makes a reckless decision: flee somewhere the paparazzi can never find him.
By the banks of the Li River in Guilin, Zhou Gu, owner of a guesthouse called “Riverside,” is doing his best to maintain a quiet life. Four years ago, a devastating online harassment campaign drove him to leave behind the celebrity spotlight and live here under an assumed name, his wounds buried deep.
An unexpected downpour. An uninvited “guest.” Xu Yizhou drags his suitcase into Zhou Gu’s world once more, forcefully booking the guesthouse’s best room in the most caustic way possible, even though he’s not welcome.
Old wounds are ripped open. One is a top-tier star who hides his true feelings behind arrogance and cruelty; the other is an innkeeper who protects himself with coldness and distance. Their past misunderstandings are like hidden reefs beneath the Li River, dangerous and unseen. One carries four years of unresolved resentment and obsession; the other hides four years of trauma and fear that have yet to heal.
He complains that the guesthouse bed is too hard, while Zhou Gu remembers all his old habits. Xu Yizhou makes him serve as a tour guide and revisit familiar places, while Zhou Gu secretly photographs his silhouette when no one is around. When Xu Yizhou falls into the water, Zhou Gu jumps in without hesitation; when he gets sick, Zhou Gu stays up all night to watch over him. Love and hate, guilt and revenge, the push and pull of drawing close only to push away collide fiercely amid Guilin’s world-famous scenery.
As the truth of the past is gradually revealed and a crazed sasaeng fan once again turns a camera on their peaceful sanctuary... will they repeat history this time and be swallowed by public opinion once more? Or can they break
