After secretly loving her boss, Lu Beichen, for three years, Lin Qingyue thought the light in the dark would eventually reach her. Then he made his relationship public, and she realized she was nothing but a stand-in for the woman he truly loved. When that woman returned, he tossed Lin aside like an old shadow. Heartbroken, she wiped away her tears and tore off her gentle mask. She would no longer be anyone's shadow; she'd be the star of her own story. She gave back the opportunities he offered and the possessive affection he called care. Faced with Lu Beichen's guilt and mixed signals, Song Yu's admiration and advances, and Jiang Lan's betrayal from behind the scenes, she understood that true redemption wasn't being loved, but reclaiming the self that had been crushed. Once she had made herself small for love. Now she would make him look up to her.
