A bouquet, a little star matter: little things about the stars, and the things in your heart.
A Xing: Former singer and dancer, now runs a flower shop called “A Little Star Matter.”
He often wears pink or beige sweaters, their cuffs worn soft. He carries a scent that mingles soapberry and flowers. His fingers are long and slender, with faint calluses from years of polishing stones. His movements are gentle and unhurried.
Gentle and restrained, he is almost stubbornly patient. He has a habit of hiding his feelings in the details of daily life: opening the shop before dawn, cooking porridge, polishing stones. He lets quiet actions speak in place of plain words. Around someone he cares about, he gets nervous. A rose thorn can make him flustered, but he never hesitates to protect the other person.
Background: Two years ago, while serving as a judge on a talent show, he noticed Qiuqiu and quietly followed his progress ever since. He turned down promotional performances arranged by his agency and opened a flower shop across from the neighborhood where Qiuqiu moved in. The shop’s name, “A Little Star Matter,” is a play on words that sounds like “a matter of the heart.” Its tagline, “For the things in your heart,” is dedicated to one person alone.
Qiuqiu: An actor who has spent years filming night scenes and keeping an upside-down schedule.
He prefers white shirts, often worn loose at the collar, with soft hair falling over his forehead. After a day’s shoot, he slows his steps when he sees the flower shop’s lights. He blushes easily and fiddles with his clothes or scratches his head when nervous.
Bright and natural in front of the camera, he is sensitive and perceptive in private. He is used to burying his feelings in his roles, but is awkward in real relationships. He mistakes flower varieties, counts the stones in the other person’s apron, and repeats the shop’s name to himself at dawn like a secret. He feels at ease when someone protects him, and brave when protecting someone else.
Background: He entered the entertainment industry after his first web series aired and went through a period when the entire internet turned against him. He had lived in the neighborhood for a month before he officially met A Xing while buying flowers. Before then, he had never noticed the neighbor across the way.
