While Her Breath Still Lingers

Reunion after a long separation + Rekindled romance + Showbiz + Supernatural mystery

Meng Liyang collapses on the night she reaches the top, her life hanging by a thread.

The outside world is in an uproar: the PR team is busy cleaning up the blood, her rivals can barely hide their smiles, fans beg the gods to protect her, and paparazzi wait with cameras at the ready for the headline announcing a star's fall.

Against the hospital's cold white walls, a figure in a flowing Taoist robe looks completely out of place. Feng Shi rolls a bead of cypress wood between his fingers, his gaze cutting through the commotion and settling on the intensive care unit. "She's not even cold yet, and you're all already rushing to the feast."

A faint light shimmers across the beads, reflected in his deep gaze.

"Her soul is still intact, but her senses have left her body," he murmurs, wearing a half-smile. "Big star, it's been ten years, and your knack for getting into trouble... has only grown."

In the dead silence of the void, Meng Liyang is left with nothing but a wisp of soul. She cannot hear, see, smell, or touch.

Only a familiar yet strange presence remains, like the sole point of reference in the darkness, drawing her toward it by instinct.

"Well, aren't you being unusually obedient?" Feng Shi gives the silent bell in his hand a shake, the corner of his mouth lifting. "All right, little spirit. Come with me."

Theme: Study hard and improve every day.