After award-winning actor Chen Xiangnan finishes filming a hit drama, his itinerary takes him all the way north, with his co-star, leading lady Li Nan, following close behind.
When paparazzi catch wind of it, the story explodes across the trending charts under the headline: “Falling in Love on Set, Traveling to Greenland Together.”
But when the people involved see it, one is shocked and the other terrified.
Two hours into an anxious discussion at the studio about how to handle the PR crisis, they unexpectedly receive a message from the award-winning actor:
[Hello, this is Chen Xiangnan. May I ask whether the rumors about me and Ms. Li Nan need to be clarified?]
“...”
That one message hits like a dragon crossing a river, stirring up a storm.
They look at one another, each waiting for someone else to act, staring at the message without daring to do anything. Then another message from Li Nan arrives:
[What’s going on? It’s been hours. Does nobody have any ideas?]
[Or should we just leave it up for now?]
Li Nan remains calm.
She hasn’t been in the industry long and came to acting halfway through her career. She studied engineering, then became an assistant, where Chen Xiangnan spotted her and recommended her for a role. Her very first production was a film by renowned director Qiao Wen’en, in which she played the second female lead.
The outcome was easy to imagine.
She shot to fame overnight, and her acting career took off. Rumors kept swirling, endorsements kept coming, and she was inundated with acting offers.
But Chen Xiangnan was different. At twenty-eight, he had already spent twenty years in the industry, making him a senior in every sense.
Qiao Wen’en’s film Hui Ding’an won him the Best Actor crown at the highest domestic and international awards of the year when he was twenty-five.
Of course,
Li Nan also won Best Supporting Actress at a domestic awards ceremony.
A dark horse had burst onto the scene, but the people involved were nowhere to be found.
After that, the two had no further contact. Chen Xiangnan retired from acting, while Li Nan’s career flourished.
That is, until this drama aired.
Reader’s guide:
Their characters are roughly: a loyal, and very good at pretending, award-winning actor and a radiant, yet restrained, award-winning actress. Probably.
A romance between a woman one year older and a younger man.
No real-life inspiration.
Reading and understanding:
The characters are not idealized and perfect.
Every plot point is a fictionalized, highly dramatic portrayal. Please do not imitate.
Theme: Walk south, and live like a nanmu tree
"Xu Huan knows something about her and Chen..." This is a big bug for the author~ Anyway