Xia Ziling’s childhood was never touched by light.
Abandoned by her family as a little girl, she drifted through the streets until a kind grandmother took her in and gave her the only warmth she had ever known. But her adoptive father was harsh and cold, relentlessly making her life harder. In the end, he destroyed even that last bit of warmth with his own hands: the grandmother was driven to her death, and Xia Ziling’s world collapsed.
On the street, at her most desperate, when she could barely carry on, she happened upon a group of fans holding light boards and calling out the same name with heartfelt devotion: Ren Jialun.
That distant, brilliant light reached into her pitch-black life, and from then on, he became the only faith and support she had through her darkest years.
Her grandmother was from Qingdao and had secretly bought her a small house there before she died, giving Xia Ziling the one place she could turn to. To escape her adoptive father’s relentless harassment, Xia Ziling set off for Qingdao alone, hoping only to live a quiet, peaceful life.
She never imagined fate could be so extraordinary.
The moment she moved into her new home, she discovered to her astonishment that she lived in the same residential complex as Ren Jialun, now a top-tier star and the idol she had cherished for years. They were even neighbors.
From a fan and an idol who could only gaze at each other from afar, to neighbors who saw each other every day, to two people slowly drawing close, healing one another, and choosing to stay together.
Thus begins a fated romance that starts in darkness and ends in light, spanning mountains, seas, and crowds.
