The Me Before I Met You

Downcast and withdrawn x cheerful and upbeat

Ye Qimian is a nobody from the nineteenth tier of celebrity. She's got a pretty face, but even after paying to promote her fancams, her Weibo posts get fewer than ten thousand likes, reposts, and comments.

Lu Lince is a top-tier star and singer. He shows his face twice in three years and releases one song a year, yet his comments are still full of fans saying, "Husband, look at me!"

They're worlds apart, with absolutely no connection. You could scroll through ten thousand matchmaking edits without seeing their names together. Until one day, a Weibo post quietly appeared:

[Super Topic Community] A friend is applying to create #Qilin [Super Topic] and needs your support! Click the link to join the application and help create the Super Topic.

When the Super Topic feud was at its fiercest, the moderators were exposed one after another. The head moderator in particular only voted for Ye Qimian and fought for her. The moment a hate post about Ye Qimian appeared, the head moderator reported and blocked it. But when hate posts about Lu Lince sat on the front page for three days, the head moderator turned a blind eye. Solo stans, get out of the CP Super Topic!

Someone followed the trail and uncovered the head moderator's true identity: Lu Lince, the ultimate female-lead stan and hardcore solo fan.

The solo fans and CP fans who'd been fighting tooth and nail: fine.

Ye Qimian logged into an account she hadn't used in ages and discovered that someone with a default avatar had been messaging her year after year:

"You didn't come again."

"Why won't you answer me?"

"Answer me."

"Answer me."

"Answer me."

"Could you please pay attention to me?"

"Is it because I don't talk to you?"

"I've started practicing talking. Once I can talk, will you pay attention to me?"

Through the soundproof glass, a man was recording backing vocals for her new album in the studio. He looked up and saw her staring blankly at her phone. The next second, several new messages from that default avatar popped up:

"Which idiot is messaging you now?!"

"Answer me."

"Answer me."

"Answer me."

#Qimian is feeling her way through her idol-to-singer transformation from the start

#Ye Qimian's transformation has gone well enough already. Could she please give my brother a chance? He's about to fall apart.

#Could Ye Qimian break up with my brother? I haven't heard him sing a sad love song in ages.

Theme: Learn to seek out happiness.