[Cool on the outside, warm on the inside teacher x devoted, obsessive male singer | Mutual salvation | Secret love becomes reality | Older woman-younger man romance]
1
When Jiang Xue was eighteen, she went with her school to teach in a remote mountain village.
One of her students was named Yan Nianchao. He was a gloomy boy.
He was an abandoned baby found by an old villager, and was often bullied by kids his own age.
His family was too poor to pay his tuition, so he could only stand outside the classroom and listen to lessons.
She brought him into the classroom, sternly reprimanded the people who bullied him, and helped him get a student loan.
When he was falsely accused of theft, Jiang Xue refused to believe it. In a torrential downpour, she found him in the old school building, which looked ready to collapse at any moment.
That night, the boy curled up beside her and clutched the corner of her clothes, like a little dog who depended on its owner.
But on the eve of the end of Jiang Xue's teaching stint, Yan Nianchao disappeared without a trace.
Ten years later, they meet again. Jiang Xue is now a teacher at a private high school and gets caught up in a sham-marriage scam.
Yan Nianchao, meanwhile, has become a top-tier star who dominates the music charts, performing under the stage name Jinye.
Under the spotlights, he is dazzling and unrestrained, cheered on by countless fans.
But the moment he sees Jiang Xue again, his eyes show the same panic and helplessness as the boy he once was.
2
Things have been lively at Jiang Xue's school lately.
Top-tier star Jinye has come to film a school variety show, and he happens to be a student in her class.
Her young colleagues are envious that Jiang Xue gets to spend every day with a top-tier star,
but they also worry about the students' gossip and remind her not to get too close to Jinye.
Jiang Xue feels helpless.
Because she's not the one approaching Jinye. He's the one clinging to her.
When it rains, he waits outside the school all night in his car for her to finish work.
He records his musical ideas as demos and asks her to be the first to listen.
He even uses script discussions as an excuse to linger at her home and refuse to leave.
As expected, someone eventually photographs them together and posts the pictures online, causing an uproar.
Only a few people ship them, while an avalanche of abuse comes pouring down.
His manager hurries to find Jinye and calls him crazy.
"Your career is at its peak. What can a woman who's divorced and older than you possibly offer?"
Jinye remains calm. "All I know is that the feelings I've kept hidden for ten years deserve to see the light of day."
No one knows that he fought his way to the top, giving everything he had, for no other reason than to stand beside her.
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