Jian Su was born with a hard fate. To the adults, she was a cursed, ill-starred child who had brought her parents to their deaths. To the other kids, she was an antisocial little weirdo.
But Jian Su didn't care.
After her uncle and aunt adopted her, Jian Su carefully hid her wild thorns and went to school and grew up like an ordinary, normal person.
Until she was seventeen, when her nine-year-old younger brother pretended to cry and said his sister had stolen his toy and hit him.
In that moment, Jian Su knew with perfect clarity that she had no home again, if that place could even be called a home.
The thorns that had been pulled out grew back, just as they should.
Jian Su went all in and fought desperately to survive.
She was a thorn that hurt others and herself, tough as nails and merciless.
After an accident, she was thrust onto the most cutthroat talent show around.
As the show exploded in popularity, viewers called her too calculating, while the mentors called her too selfish.
Under a deluge of vicious smear campaigns, she became the villain everyone loved to hate.
Jian Su stared at the camera without expression and said, "I don't care."
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Bai Yanwan thought she was only going to make a guest appearance, but she never expected to witness the most outrageous rigging scandal in history.
When she saw the frail young girl lift a microphone with trembling hands and stubbornly stand against the whole world,
Bai Yanwan admitted that her heart softened again in that moment.
She protected Jian Su, gently guided her, and helped her understand the rules of the industry.
Watching the wary girl gradually soften and come to trust her, Bai Yanwan was delighted.
Until, just as she felt her task was done and tried to walk away, the girl cornered her.
Jian Su's voice was hoarse. "Teacher Bai, are you going to leave me and do this for someone else next?"
Bai Yanwan: ...What???
Theme: Love can help us become whole
