No One in Yanshi Knows Me Anymore

[Ice-cold actress X renowned Peking opera dan performer]

Dai Guilai is a top-tier actress, beautiful and aloof, never causing a scene. She's been a star ever since her debut, and her popularity has never waned.

This icy beauty is careful to protect her reputation. Aside from her countless stunning photos, which are always trending, she's had hardly any scandals.

Cold, distant, and reassuring.

Until someone dug up the little account “Good Luck Guilai,” which Dai Guilai had used for years.

By an incomplete count, during the seven years since the Capital Peking Opera Theater opened its official account,

“Good Luck Guilai” left Li Qintai, the leading dan performer of the opera troupe:

147 outrageous, over-the-top compliments, naming him outright;

203 fairly reasonable expressions of admiration, naming him outright;

and 365 instances of calling Li Qintai “wife” by name.

But among the trending topics stamped with the red-purple “explosive” tag,

no matter how hard people dug or how many connections they called in, they couldn't find a single trace proving Dai Guilai was dating in secret.

Half an hour later, Dai Guilai V:

“Dear Teacher Li Qintai and the Capital Peking Opera Theater, I sincerely apologize to Teacher Li and the troupe for my inappropriate remarks…”

Half a month later, Dai Guilai joined a production.

When she saw the drama consultant without makeup, dressed in ordinary clothes, she froze for a moment.

Excuse me?

The peerless, radiant diva on stage, the breathtaking beauty who could captivate an entire kingdom, with every glance alive with charm…

And the quiet man in front of her, wearing a white shirt and black pants…

What was the connection between them?

The other person held out his hand first. “Hello, I'm Li Qintai.”

When the renowned painter Qi Baishi first arrived in Yanshi, few people knew who he was.

Grateful that the Peking opera master Mei Lanfang, already famous throughout the capital, had invited him despite his own renown, he wrote:

“Here in Yanshi, no one knows my name yet; how glad I am that Mei Lang calls me by it.”

Less than a hundred years later, a similar story played out again.

Only this time, the person no one knew was a celebrated contemporary Peking opera diva.

Li Qintai has only one wish in life: to help more people discover Peking opera.

But after meeting Dai Guilai, there's another question he can't stop thinking about:

How can he make Dai Guilai see more than just Peking opera when she looks toward the stage?

A few notes:

1. The male lead is pure and innocent.

2. The characters are absolutely, truly, genuinely not based on real people. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Theme: Carry on traditional culture.