A video edited down to fifteen seconds plunged Su Jianxia, a top student in the mathematics department, into a storm of online rumors.
Misleading clips taken out of context flooded every corner of the internet. Misunderstandings piled up like mountains, and curses came in waves. The whole world had decided she was guilty before hearing her side. Her innocence weighed no more than dust against the roaring public outcry. Standing on the edge of an abyss, she thought she could only sink into it alone.
What no one knew was that Shen Yanci, the head of the Shen Group, had already noticed the scandal spiraling out of control from the city’s tallest building.
Hidden in the shadows, she held the evidence. Her seven years of buried feelings and desire to protect Su Jianxia suddenly awakened. She couldn’t reveal herself recklessly, so she could only become an invisible shield, deflecting the sharpest blows for her.
Rumors reach sky-high, and hearts hold both light and darkness.
One grits her teeth and searches for the truth in the mire, while the other silently holds the line and protects her from beyond the storm.
From watching each other from afar, they come to stand side by side, tearing away the falsehoods manipulated by public opinion and retrieving the sincere feelings buried beneath prejudice.
It turns out that surviving against all odds is never a battle fought alone:
When I fell into the depths of a sea of people, someone happened to cross the years and walk steadfastly toward me.
Theme: Expose the prejudice of online public opinion and celebrate mutual salvation and tender devotion in times of hardship. Even in the depths of a storm of rumors, always keep the courage to believe in kindness and fight back together.
