Lan Yan, the only daughter of the Lan Group, is famous for being spoiled and domineering, with a sharp tongue and a soft heart.
Everyone thinks she joined A Slow Life in the Mountains to experience rural living and stir up trouble in the entertainment industry along the way.
Nobody knows that one dusky evening, three months before filming began, she fell in love with Shen Li at first sight.
Shen Li is one of the most highly regarded actresses in the industry. Cool and gentle, restrained and courteous, she maintains a dignified distance from everyone. With Lan Yan alone, though, she takes the initiative at every turn, knows exactly how to flirt and put on a show, and plays favorites shamelessly.
A room-drawing lottery brings the two together by fate in the only private courtyard room meant for two.
Lan Yan acts aloof, but inside she's already in turmoil. Shen Li, meanwhile, sees right through every inch of her protestations without letting on.
Then, one night with no cameras around, the door locks, and Shen Li corners both her haughty act and her secret crush:
“Would you like to get a little closer to me?”
Before Lan Yan can answer, Shen Li kisses her.
Lan Yan is completely stunned, her ears burning red. “Why... why are you kissing me?”
Shen Li leans close to her ear, her voice low and tender, tinged with deliberate reproach:
“I just want to be closer to you.”
“Baby, don't you want to be closer to me?”
That one “baby” leaves Lan Yan's pride and stubbornness, built up over the entire season, in complete disarray.
Later, the whole internet ships them. Haters launch online attacks, gossip accounts spread rumors, and powerful interests get involved. The Lan Group's legal letters dominate the trending lists, one after another. But the two of them stand together through it all. Shen Li says, “She's more important than my career.”
Later still, they make their relationship public, star in a series together, return for the second season of the variety show, and step out before the world.
In the eyes of the world, Shen Li is the leading lady who dazzles everyone.
