Qin Yuan is a beautiful, socially anxious man who entered the entertainment industry after appearing in a commercial as an ordinary person. For years, his career has gone nowhere.
When he can't find acting work, he livestreams himself grocery shopping, cooking, and making little cakes. His handful of fans say he lacks ambition, but he doesn't take it to heart. With a smile, he says, "Not everyone in showbiz can become famous. I'm doing fine as I am."
Still, his years of livestreaming have earned him a few loyal fans. One of them has a cool, aloof style and is very generous with donations, so the other fans call him the Boss. Qin Yuan is curious, too, because the Boss gives him so much...
They've never met, but Qin Yuan thinks having a close online friend is pretty great.
What he doesn't expect is that, somehow, the Boss turns into a genie.
He complains that the crew's boxed lunches are terrible, and the next day the whole crew gets an upgrade. When his birthday comes around, he even receives a seafood feast flown in just for him.
He says he envies the actors in his show who get to play complex villains, while he always gets typecast as a naive sweetheart. Soon after, he receives several scripts he likes.
He says he really wants to take a long vacation and travel. Before long, a TV station invites him to join a dating show, filming in the Nordic country he's always dreamed of visiting.
On the first day of the show, Qin Yuan arrives with his suitcase and sees the person he least wants to meet in the world.
It's Zhou Fang, the ex-boyfriend who hurt him deeply five years ago, made him lose faith in love, and turned him into a socially anxious person...
Zhou Fang's perspective: Spoiled by the doting of the older generation, Zhou Fang was rich, got good grades, and had the whole world revolving around him. Then, when he was seventeen, a transfer student appeared and stole all his thunder.
Zhou Fang noticed that Qin Yuan had an excessively beautiful face. He smiled sweetly at everyone, and rumors about him were everywhere at school.
When Zhou Fang saw him acting intimately with an older student, he believed the rumors and hated him even more.
...Later, he realized he didn't like Qin Yuan smiling at other people.
Just as he realized he'd fallen for a man, Qin Yuan transferred schools again.
As an adult, Zhou Fang reflects on his mistakes and decides to take the indirect route: he'll love you under a different identity.
Your childhood friend is you, the Boss is you. After breaking up and getting back together, when I look back, my first love and my current love are still you.
A fluffy little story about an overthinker who never says what he means, trying to win back a socially anxious beauty.
Theme: People must take responsibility for the mistakes they made when they were young