[Cool, aloof, beautiful boy top x resilient and kind-hearted bottom]
At sixteen, Song Zhinian leaves a small northern city for the country's most famous entertainment company, where he becomes an unknown trainee.
Not skilled enough? Practice! Bullied? Fight back!
The company's ace trainee, Lin Xun, is cold and proud toward everyone else, but warm and friendly toward him.
They become friends, then teammates, moving forward hand in hand and overcoming difficulties together. Their boy group goes from small-town obscurity to becoming a household name.
Just as Song Zhinian is congratulating himself on having both a successful career and a great friendship, Lin Xun sneaks a kiss while he's asleep. Only then does Song Zhinian realize how ardently and tenderly Lin Xun looks at him.
Play up their CP for publicity? Sure! Dating within the group? No!
"Xiao Xun, have you heard of a parasitic vine called dodder? It likes to grow beside other plants. But if it winds itself around low-growing weeds, aphids will come and eat away at their roots. How can its vines ever reach very far?"
Song Zhinian looks at Lin Xun's red-rimmed eyes. He doesn't say the even harsher words he had planned, and instead tries to soothe him.
"Your acting career is just beginning. You'll have a bright future. Don't get stuck here. We'll always be good friends."
The cool, proud boy he met at sixteen now gazes at him with shining eyes and speaks in an almost pleading voice.
"Please don't reject me, okay? You're not a weed. We're the same kind of plant, growing together. We'll bloom into beautiful dodder flowers. The sunshine and the glory are only meaningful if I can share them with you."
1. Unrequited love, happy ending.
2. Romance within the group. No real-life inspiration.
3. Reconciled after a breakup.
4. An underdog boy group rises to fame.
Theme: The journey of boys building their dreams and chasing them.
