Expired Feelings

1.

He Ran, a leading young actor who shot to fame in a hit mystery drama over the summer, was once asked in an interview whether he would take on more youth idol dramas.

He lifted his eyes with a faint smile and parted his lips. "No."

That interview clip, just 18 seconds long, with a two-word answer to one question, became one of the ten most widely discussed viral moments on Weibo that year.

And yet

One day, He Ran reposted the announcement for the campus youth idol drama I Really Do Like You with great fanfare.

He Ran: [smile] My face doesn't hurt at all.

2.

The production began filming, and that very day the female lead was announced: a newcomer with no agency contract.

In behind-the-scenes photos from the set, the new actress and He Ran never spoke to each other.

Fans unexpectedly discovered that the screenwriter he had tagged was He Ran's stepsister, and breathed a sigh of relief.

They thought: Brother Ran must be showing up to support his little sister!

Later, He Ran revealed the truth himself.

A late-night Weibo post with two photos.

One was a screenshot of a high school class photo, cropped to show two faces side by side. The other was a group photo of the leading actors at the production's opening ceremony.

Caption: It's always been you.

3.

After the trailer ended,

He Ran asked, "Do you think it works?"

Cheng Yu thought he was asking about the trailer. "I guess so. Look how beautifully my brother shot this scene! It's all pink bubbles. Nothing like us back then, when we were probably just an Oreo."

He Ran asked, "What about me?"

"You?" Cheng Yu paused, then suddenly laughed. "With that sour face of yours, you're not really suited to an idol drama."

A few notes:

1. No real-life inspiration. The male lead is an actor, and the female lead will only act in this one drama.

2. It opens in the city, with school memories interspersed.

3. This is not a getting-back-together-after-a-breakup story, but I can't promise there won't be melodrama. The heroine is slow to realize her feelings.

4. Thanks for supporting the official release. Everything in this story is fictional and exists only to serve the main characters.

Theme: Meeting again after many years