Everyone knows there are two divas in the Chinese music scene, two darlings of heaven: Shen Mingzhu, born with every advantage, and Jiang Yu, a musical genius.
Shen Mingzhu is called a darling of heaven because, just like her name suggests, she's the apple of her family's eye. She's the eldest daughter of the Shen Group, born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
Look up her biography: from childhood, she's won so many major music awards she's lost count. She attended elite schools all the way through and lived a life everyone envies.
The one time Miss Shen's smooth life hit a snag was because of Jiang Yu.
After returning to China, Shen Mingzhu watched Jiang Yu win the awards she wanted and effortlessly get the opportunities she longed for. Even the idol she liked publicly said he admired Jiang Yu.
And Jiang Yu seemed to flaunt it on purpose, going out of her way to make her presence felt.
She'd wear the same clothes Shen Mingzhu liked and often wear the same jewelry she did. She even got a matching phone case in a different color. She was a total copycat!
Frustrated, Shen Mingzhu switched to acting, only to find Jiang Yu going into acting too, with even more talent for it than she had.
Jiang Yu outshone her at every turn. Shen Mingzhu was furious, but there was nothing she could do.
At 28, Shen Mingzhu finally beat Jiang Yu and won the Best Actress trophy. At the celebration banquet, Jiang Yu raised her glass to congratulate her.
Shen Mingzhu sneered. "Why are you pretending, Jiang Yu? Everyone knows I can't stand you."
The woman froze. Jiang Mingzhu turned and left. Not long afterward, news broke that Jiang Yu had died in a car accident caused by drunk driving.
Her only rival was dead. Jiang Mingzhu thought she'd be happy, but from that moment on, it felt like a piece of her heart was missing.
Five years later, Shen Mingzhu won a Golden Melody Award. At the ceremony, a butterfly landed on her trophy.
At the same time, a news story about Jiang Yu's life shot to the top of the trending searches.
Only then did Shen Mingzhu learn about the person she'd hated most.
Abandoned by her parents at age three, deaf in her left ear at ten, and a high school dropout at seventeen, she entered the entertainment industry at twenty and became famous with a single song.
At 28, unable to bear her biological parents constantly asking her for money, she drank heavily on her birthday and died in a car accident.
After her death, she donated her entire estate to girls in impoverished mountain villages and orphanages.
Fate had never been kind to her.
That night, after the awards ceremony, Shen Mingzhu received an unexpected package. Inside was a diary that had been sealed away for five years.
It belonged to Jiang Yu. Every word overflowed with love for an unknown "her". Jiang Yu had loved her desperately.
When Shen Mingzhu opened her eyes again, she was six years in the past, a year before Jiang Yu's death.
The blurb may be revised. Dated April 6, 2025.
Theme: Love others, but love yourself too
