Ding Yao was a newcomer to the entertainment industry, a professionally trained rising star who entered the business with a pure love of acting and astonishing talent.
Jiang Qi was a former boy-band top-tier star who had been in the business for eight years. At eighteen, his peerless looks won him tens of millions of fans, and he had become a legend in the entertainment industry, constantly trending online.
The two played a couple in their first movie together, and online commenters predicted it would be a flop.
Unexpectedly, the movie received rave reviews after its release, becoming the box office champion of that year's Qixi Festival season. The Qi-Yao pairing held the top spot on the couples-fandom charts for three consecutive months.
The whole internet was saying they had turned their on-screen romance into a real one. But on variety shows, they acted open and natural, without the slightest hint of flirtation, and the rumors quickly died down.
On Ding Yao's twenty-fourth birthday, she received her first Best Actress award. That night, Jiang Qi posted a video of fireworks on Weibo with the caption: "Celebrating."
The next morning at 10:10, Jiang Qi posted: "The movie isn't real. We are. @Ding Yao"
Netizens were stunned, while the Qi-Yao shippers celebrated wildly.
Ding Yao and Jiang Qi met through their film, and fell for each other without realizing it. They thought their feelings came from being too deeply immersed in their roles, and hid them away. But those feelings piled up like grains of sand into a mountain. Only then did they understand: the spark never died, and love could not be hidden.
Rising starlet × former boy-band top-tier star | No real-life inspiration, please don't make assumptions | Sweet romance, no angst
Theme: Dreams and growth
