Her home, Blue Star, is destroyed by an asteroid impact. Li Shenlan, a high school sophomore, survives a turbulent stretch of interstellar space by sheer luck and crashes onto the ancient yet futuristic Black Jade Star. Here, pre-Qin ritual and music thrive, belief in ghosts and gods runs deep, and floating cable cars crisscross with suspended towers. The eerie romance of the old world coexists with the technology of the interstellar future.
Alone and adrift in Liuli City, she has no family or friends. She lodges in a neighbor's shipping container, barely makes ends meet with odd jobs, and searches for meaning in this strange world. In the midst of her dull, monotonous days, she unexpectedly meets Jiang Shuo. He is a cool, distinguished son of heaven, the beloved only son of the mayor, with years of repressed rebellion hidden deep inside him. He buys milk tea at the counter, then casually throws it away right in front of Li Shenlan, deliberately testing her. In an instant, he captures all her attention.
Two people trapped in the cages of convention secretly fall for each other and gradually draw closer. They begin a quiet romance, only to be cruelly torn apart by the hand of fate. Li Shenlan is forced to sever every tie. Using the destroyed Blue Star as the basis for her plays, she makes her way into one of the city's top theaters through her own efforts.
Four years after they part, the System suddenly binds itself to her and offers her salvation: complete four romance missions, and she can restore Blue Star and bring the dead back to life.
Li Shenlan, who has nothing left to lose, has long since stopped fearing death. With the reckless courage of someone who has nothing to lose, she returns. Her second target is none other than Jiang Shuo.
A secret car accident leaves him with a lifelong prosthetic leg. The boy he once was becomes restrained and detached, while beneath the mask, all that remains is a tangled, obsessive love and hatred. She pretends to pursue him and approaches him without restraint. As they struggle against each other, they both fall, lost beyond redemption.
Theme: After her home is destroyed, Li Shenlan, adrift and alone, takes the initiative to approach her former lover in hopes of saving her homeland. Between a false pursuit and genuine feelings spiraling out of control, she searches for an answer to why she should keep living amid their battle of love and hate.
