An immersive dance-theater troupe suddenly arrives in Jiangcheng, with a style of decadent luxury and dazzling sensuality.
The lead dancer moves with delicate, graceful allure, her fingers dancing with endless charm. Her beauty leaves the audience spellbound.
Xie Yang wraps an arm around her waist and pulls her fiercely into his embrace, as if pouring all the strength of his life into the gesture.
Everyone knows Xie Yang is famous for his carefree, womanizing ways. Countless women long for his favor. He's lavish with his money, showering them with career opportunities and jewels, giving them anything they could want. But he's also ruthless and cold, never allowing women to get close to him.
When the music ends and the dance is over, the lead dancer's eyes turn cool, and every trace of warmth disappears from her face. She tells Xie Yang that her work is done and she has no intention of staying.
Xie Yang's mouth curls in amusement, and the tenderness vanishes from his face. He lets go of her with a courteous gesture. "You're back?"
The newly famous, elegant and noble goddess of dance is exposed as a fraud, supposedly a lustful woman with a chaotic past.
People are quick to tell the tycoon who supports her that she's not worth it.
Xie Yang laughs. "I know all that. I taught her to smoke and drink. And I was the one she had that chaotic past with."
What Xie Yang doesn't say is that he taught her something even worse: how to toy with people's feelings.
In the end, the student surpassed the master.
Description written on 2020.7.6.
Theme: When love takes hold, it goes bone-deep.