Hua Keng was a thirty-eighth-tier actor whose career was going nowhere. He'd spent six or seven years in the entertainment industry, and had played more corpses than he'd eaten cloves of garlic.
One day, the xianxia series in which he'd played a corpse became a hit. As an extra, he'd played someone killed by the male lead with a single sword strike, leaving only his back visible on screen. Hua Keng froze mid-bite as he ate his spring pancake. He pulled out his phone, its screen shattered to pieces, and posted a still from the show on his Weibo account, which had fewer than five hundred followers. The photo showed the walls of Hengdian. Caption: If I'd known this show would become a hit, I would've tried to get more screen time.
Hua Keng strolled along on his long legs toward the six-story old building he rented. At the foot of the apartment block, a fluffy white kitten was lying on the foot pedal of a rusty air-walker, swaying back and forth.
Hua Keng was puzzled. Maybe some old person's children had bought them a pet. Unable to resist, he walked over and stroked its fur. The little animal turned its head, its two long ears drooping. Uh... maybe it wasn't a cat, but a rabbit?
Hua Keng tore off a tiny piece of the spring pancake and minced garlic he'd packed up, then fed it to the rabbit.
Then he dusted himself off and left.
"I want to swing with you, all the way to the world beyond the heavens."
Bing Ning let her legs dangle from the swing and gazed at the vast blue sea before her.
"Brother, do you want to go beyond the heavens?"
"...No. I couldn't handle that."
"My magic power isn't strong enough yet. Even if I wanted to take you there, I couldn't."
P.S. A super-satisfying, sweet romance, with a golden finger. Anything impossible can happen. The plot comes first.
Core theme: Sweet romance