Summer Dream Rhapsody II

In the symphony of life, you are the most unforgettable, dazzling passage.

[Previously]

Pei Shi lost both her parents as a child and was adopted by a friend of her father’s. She hoped to become an outstanding violinist one day. Then she discovered why her father had taken his own life and resolved to avenge him. Just then, someone broke her left hand, robbing her of the ability to play the violin. She was rescued by Morikawa Hikaru, leader of Japan’s Morikawa Group. He told her that the person who had injured her was Xia Na, who had stolen her composition and used it to become famous. After leaving her adoptive mother’s home, Pei Shi returned years later under a new identity and went to work for Shengxia Group. She became a subordinate of Xia Na’s older brother, Xia Chengsi, and planned to get close to her enemy. By a stroke of luck, she healed her hand and made a powerful entrance into the classical music world, intent on competing with Xia Na for the orchestra’s concertmaster position. Xia Chengsi said they would decide who got the position based on album sales. But Xia Na exploited her late father’s name to promote her album. Pei Shi was furious, but she had already worked out how to strike back. That was because she had discovered something very interesting: the cold and unfeeling Xia Chengsi had fallen for her...

[Character Profiles]

Pei Shi: The protagonist. An emerging violinist known for her technically dazzling, fast-paced style. Daughter of the famous musician Pei Shao, she lost her father as a child, and her mother’s whereabouts are unknown. Proud and aloof, she is slow to recognize her own feelings and possesses exceptional musical talent.

Xia Chengsi: A real estate tycoon and executive director of Shengxia Group. He looks like a male model on the cover of a European or American magazine, and is as expressionless as one. Entirely rational, he is like a machine. Pei Shi’s superior. He likes Pei Shi.

Morikawa Hikaru: Heir to Japan’s Tsukada Group. He rescued Pei Shi after her hand was injured. Gentle and well-mannered, he nevertheless has many secrets. He is of Chinese-Japanese heritage, and his father is unknown.

Pei Qu: A pianist and Pei Shi’s twin brother. A soft, easy-to-bully young man who loves anime and has an intense sister complex.

Ke Ze: Yan Shengjiao’s only son and Pei Shi’s adoptive older brother. He and Pei Shi once had feelings for each other, but for some inexplicable reason he later gave her up and got together with Xia Na.

Xia Na: A renowned violinist known for her modern, lyrical style. The younger daughter of Shengxia Group’s chairman and Xia Chengsi’s younger sister, she is a domineering young lady with a difficult personality. She once stole Pei Shi’s composition, The Devil’s Lament, and shot to fame with it. She is Pei Shi’s rival.

Han Yueyue: A violinist with an elegant, flowing style. She was once Pei Shi’s student. After discovering that Pei Shi had kept many things from her, she felt deceived and later betrayed Pei Shi.

Adonis: A renowned violin prodigy with a huge influence in the classical music world. He has a solid technical foundation and a passionate, dramatic style. He is a cat-loving gay man.

Yan Shengjiao: A world-famous violinist and the real power behind Ke Music. Ke Ze’s biological mother, and the former adoptive mother of Pei Shi and Pei Qu.

Pei Shao: A renowned late master musician and the father of Pei Shi and Pei Qu. He jumped to his death when his children were very young.

Xia Mingcheng: Chairman and founder of Shengxia Group, and Xia Chengsi’s father. A womanizer with an extremely complicated private life and mistresses all over the world. His wife is Guo Yi.

Morikawa Shimajiya: Leader of Japan’s Tsukada Group. A ruthless, inscrutable underworld boss, and Morikawa Hikaru’s maternal grandfather.

Theme: Holding on to your dream is more important than the dream itself.