The socially anxious composer Shen Tinglan has a secret: romantic drama soundtracks play automatically in her head, helping her escape reality. By day, she's a doctoral student focused on "academic composition." By night, she's the anonymous composer behind "Insomnia Radio," writing "commercial soundtracks." When she's forced to score Delusion Proxy, a deconstruction of romantic dramas, and meets Chen Yimo, a sharp-tongued producer and washed-up leading man, all the music in her head starts to fail. On one side are the expectations of her scholarly family; on the other, the call of her creative instincts. On one side is the PTSD left by two failed relationships; on the other, Chen Yimo's steady pursuit and earnest heart. In this boundary-crossing adventure about music, love, and defining oneself, she must learn to turn off everyone else's background music and compose her own theme song: imperfect, but true.
Theme: Through the story of a woman's growth, this novel explores the emotional patterns and self-perception of the post-90s generation, shaped by romantic dramas. It shows the journey from relying on emotional scripts supplied by others to listening to one's own true voice. The story deconstructs romantic fantasies and embraces the complexity of reality, ultimately conveying the core value that "true growth means becoming the composer of your own life."
