Don't Hide [Band Story]

[Naturally Airheaded Bunny Sweetheart Guitarist x Tsundere, Devilishly Charming Fox Band Vocalist]

[Long-Planned Love → Reunion After Years Apart | Marriage Alliance Between Powerful Families → Dating Contract | Unrequited Love Comes True → Mutual Secret Crushes | Double Secret Identities → Secret Identities Exposed]

[You Are My One and Only R&B]

If Song Li had known that her arranged-marriage partner was Chen Dongnan, she probably wouldn't have run away from home.

As she sat alone on a plane bound for Beicheng, pulling her suitcase along, a message arrived on her dusty QlQ.

Chen Dongnan: [Little Chestnut, there's snow tonight, perfect for eloping. It's cold, so remember to dress warmly and keep cozy~ Greetings from NGC 6302~ For details on the elopement plan, add me on V: NGC 6302~]

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Song Li thought Chen Dongnan's account had been hacked. It was only years later that she learned that he had loved her for many, many years, doing everything he could to make her notice him, all while she remained unaware.

– I told myself to let things happen naturally, while secretly hoping to spend every year of my life with you.

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A chance opportunity to escape her family's marriage arrangement brought Song Li face-to-face with Chen Dongnan, the man she'd secretly loved in college, on a band competition show.

The most outrageous things Song Li had ever done were, first, escaping an arranged marriage, and second, falling for Chen Dongnan.

Chen Dongnan was handsome, brilliant, excellent at everything, and from a good family. Wherever he went, all eyes were on him. He was famously the most popular guy on the school's confession wall.

To Song Li, he was her rival, the person who'd helped her out of a jam, the one who comforted her when her teammates ostracized her and invited her to join his band, and the one who cared for her at every turn. He was her friend, her fellow university student, and her captain.

Until Chen Dongnan confessed to her.

"The Chen family needs an alliance through marriage, and you're the best choice." He handed her a... dating contract.

Song Li kept a composed face and accepted it. "We both get what we want. Sounds good."

That night, she cried bitterly and decided she would stop loving him.

Then, one summer night not long after, the man carefully pressed a tender, feather-light kiss to her lips. "Don't hide from me."

– Meeting you was an encounter I'd planned for a long time.

– He said that tonight was perfect for eloping in the snow.

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"A rose needn't grow taller, for the Little Prince will bend down to it.

You don't have to run. The one who loves you won't mind traveling a thousand miles to reach you."

The Little Prince

P.S.

One-on-one romance, happy ending, sweet romance, both leads' first love. The music-show portions aren't the whole story; the romance is the main plot. Both leads have secret identities. The story is entirely fictional, with no real-life inspirations. Flashbacks are interspersed.

#Synopsis captured on 2023.06.19#

Theme: Love and protection