Introduction to the work
Lin Xingwan, eighteen years old, amazes the whole school with her painting "Star in a Cage", a cool school beauty. Her paintings are full of soul tremors, but she is like a lonely bird in a cage. Under the perfect appearance, there is a heart longing to be truly "seen".
Shen Xubai, 27 years old, is the youngest associate professor of psychology. Reason is his armor and professionalism is his yardstick. It wasn't until a public class that he accurately pointed out the loneliness of "desiring to fly but being imprisoned by oneself" in the painting, and the gears of fate began to turn.
The accidental loss of a picture album and the subtle approach of a communist umbrella in the rain kicked off this period of testing on the edge of reason and emotion. He is her teacher and the interpreter of her lonely starry sky; she is the unexpected variable in his rigorous world and the first ray of spring that quietly melts on his rational ice sheet.
However, the price of "seeing" is turbulent scandals, pressure from the school and worldly vision. When the storm struck, he chose to bear everything on his own in order to leave the starry sky that fulfilled her. Two years later, she was dazzling in the spotlight of an international art exhibition, and he reunited with her at her peak as an independent scholar.
This is a story about "seeing" and "healing". When you are truly understood by someone, even the gaps in your soul will become places where starlight shines in.
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