The Light of Silent Stars

Five-year-old Shen Xun met Lin Chenxuan, a boy who had been kidnapped, in a dark, freezing abandoned brick kiln. The daughter of a retired special forces soldier, Shen Xun drew on her father’s lessons and became the calmest of the three children. She cared for Lin Chenxuan, who was badly injured, burning with fever, with a split brow and a broken leg. Wiping him with a pale yellow handkerchief, she gave him childish promises: “Big Sister will protect you” and “I’ll take you home.” This brief but profound time spent relying on each other planted in Lin Chenxuan’s heart an obsession and a light he called “Big Sister.” But after they were rescued, Shen Xun’s memories became hazy from a high fever, while the badly injured Lin Chenxuan was sent abroad for treatment. Their paths diverged.

After enduring years of painful treatment and rehabilitation in Switzerland, Lin Chenxuan was left with an old leg injury and a scar on his brow. The trauma also led him to develop severe PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Taciturn and withdrawn, he made finding “Big Sister” his sole reason to keep living. Taking the stage name “Silence Lin,” he entered the music industry and rose to the top on the strength of his astonishing talent and nearly self-destructive effort, all in the hope that “Big Sister” might see him.