Long in the Making: My Boyfriend Is a Top-Tier Star

(Original title: There Is Someone in This World Who Cherishes Me as Life Itself)

She was a keyboard prodigy who debuted at fifteen and fell from grace at eighteen.

Blacklisted, betrayed, and forgotten. Eight years had passed, and no one remembered her name.

He was the singer and guitarist of a top-tier star band, adored by the public and never linked to any scandals.

Only he knew that he'd spent eight years looking for her.

When they met again, she wore a mask and work clothes, like a star hidden beneath a layer of dust.

He stepped on her headphones and broke them, then bought her a new pair.

Then he said, "Could you recommend something for me to listen to?"

Only later did she learn that he had a Steinway piano at home.

Only later did she learn that her sheet music collection sat on his bookshelf.

Only later did she learn that the love song he'd spent eight years writing was for her.

He waited fourteen years for her to appear, then spent the rest of his life waiting for her to be ready.

"Chen Mo, there's no shame in being hurt."

"I won't disappear."

Chen Mo, known as Teacher Xiao Chen: keyboardist, studio rat, socially anxious, and broke.

One day, she went to fill in for someone and accidentally ended up at the recording studio of NEBULA, a top-tier star band.

Lucas, the guitarist, stared at her for three seconds and said, "You play beautifully."

Later, he added her on WeChat and sent her songs every day.

Later, he waited for her in the hallway by the incubating eggs and brought her matcha chocolate.

Later, he called her during a fire and said, "I love you."

They lived together for two months. She paid him rent every day.

He cooked for her every day, wrote songs for her, and helped her plan for the future.

The whole company knew Lucas was in love. She was the only one who didn't.

"Teacher Xiao Chen, do you have no intention of treating me like family?"

"I wish you'd be a little more greedy."

A slow-burn, healing romance. The male lead is devoted and restrained; the female lead grows through her trauma. They take five months to learn to trust each other, then a lifetime to love each other.

Half the story is complete so far. Hope you'll enjoy it, mwah!

A story about musicians making music :) They'll be producing an album for them.

Theme: Love is the power that heals scars, and the courage to stand up again.