The Milky Way in Daylight

1

At Jiang Xianye's third-anniversary concert, the host suddenly walks up to a girl and asks her which band member she likes best.

It's Xia Yao's first time facing a camera. Surrounded by thousands upon thousands of galaxy lights, she doesn't know what to do.

Helpless, she turns to look at her friend's hints, then finally manages to say a name. She lowers her eyes, looking awkward. "Sorry, I came with my friend... I'm really sorry. I don't know them very well. Sorry."

Much later, Jiang Xianye happens to see the video online. His voice is casual. "You don't know me?"

Xia Yao pauses for a second, then asks considerately, "A Ye, don't you have a competition that needs votes soon?"

Jiang Xianye raises an eyebrow. "Why?"

Xia Yao says softly, "I think someone as famous as you might lose. How about I get all my aunts and uncles to vote for you? Then they'll all know who you are."

Jiang Xianye: "..."

Thanks a lot. :)

2

Healer, a popular band known for its wild, irreverent style, rapidly takes the music scene by storm with the song "Lover Who Crosses the Line." On the day of the Kongye Music Festival, the streets are deserted as thousands of fans flock to see them.

The band's lead singer, Jiang Xianye, enters the public eye at eighteen and suddenly comes to dominate half the music industry. At the height of his fame, he quietly disappears, driving his fans wild with worry.

A year later, he posts a photo on a social media page and officially joins Healer.

On the day Jiang Xianye releases his new song, someone films two people kissing beneath a black umbrella at the entrance to an apartment complex. Seen from afar, they are pressed close together, their temples touching.

The young man looks bashful, his unruly nature softened into docility.

Before long, the video sets the internet ablaze. Nobody expected the seemingly reckless, carefree Jiang Xianye to have a first love etched so deeply in his heart.

At the music festival's closing show, Jiang Xianye performs a new song that leaves fans in tears and screaming. The moment he steps offstage, before the host can ask him anything,

he takes the microphone. His tall figure towers over the crowd, his expression open and honest. With a helpless smile, he says, "You're all that curious?"

Afterward, his very first pinned post, the three words "Want to confess," is dug up again, as if it had silently answered what he said as he left the stage.

Jiang Xianye reposts the post, putting an end to the internet's storm of rumors.

"I couldn't win her over before. She thought I was annoying."

"I've been pursuing her for ages. She's outside the industry, so don't scare her."

"He doesn't need the whole world watching. He is the center of his world."

*A quirky, gentle comic artist x a decadent, straightforward band frontman

Theme: Don't chase profit or empty fame.