Su Wan is the heiress to a vast fortune. After spending seven years inside a campus novel, she willingly became the number-one fan of the CP between Qi Qingyue and Lin Yan. She spent money setting up dates for them, repeatedly made excuses for Lin Yan's lack of boundaries, and kept urging her softhearted best friend to be understanding and give in. All the while, she wasted her entire fortune and confidence.
During the freshman-year class representative election for Chinese, Su Wan spent a week working late into the night on her speech. Lin Yan stole all the goodwill and the position simply by crying in public. Her lingering resentment over that humiliating incident was suppressed for seven years by her obsession with shipping the couple. Then, one day, she woke up, her sealed memories came crashing back, and her seven-year rose-colored filter shattered completely.
She saw that Lin Yan's boundless kindness had never had any sense of limits. He casually lent personal belongings to girls, and as a boy, used tears to get everyone to take his side. As an adult, he stopped crying, but still used his "integrity" to guilt-trip those around him. For seven whole years, Qi Qingyue swallowed her hurt and dealt with all the bitterness alone, worn down by this unequal relationship.
Once, Su Wan had shipped them fanatically, doing all the work out of love. Now her heiress identity was restored, and she had money and confidence to spare. She was determined to break up the toxic couple that was draining her best friend. No more smoothing things over: she called out Lin Yan's shortcomings, used every resource she had to protect Qi Qingyue, settled the grievances and regrets that had accumulated over seven years, and stopped her friend from continuing to tear herself apart.
Theme: Reject blind shipping driven by romantic delusion. Recognize that kindness without boundaries can hurt people. After waking up, protect those around you. Women can save one another without sacrificing themselves to please others.
