Shen Zhi has spent five years chasing a celebrity daydream all by himself. He left home to make his way in the film industry, only to return as an extra all the same.
Until, in his fifth year, he brings an Alpha home from the film lots.
The man knows nothing when asked, but is as strong as an ox.
Shen Zhi takes him from set to set. They've played corpses, monkeys, and two of a million soldiers, tirelessly chasing their dreams.
They embrace in the wind, kiss in the rain, and share a bowl of noodles, thinking they are destined to spend the rest of their lives together, supporting each other through thick and thin.
Unexpectedly, the Alpha accompanies Shen Zhi to an audition, lands the role, and then disappears without a trace.
Shen Zhi is terrified, not because he's afraid the Alpha will make it big and leave him behind.
He's afraid the Alpha has been tricked into joining a telecom fraud ring, where he'll be starved and beaten, so he searches for him day and night.
But before he finds the Alpha, he learns that he's one month pregnant.
When he sees the Alpha again, Shen Zhi's baby has been stillborn. The production crew sends him to a private hospital, but he can't even afford to stay there.
Gu Yanchuan has come with his fiancee for a prenatal checkup.
Gu Yanchuan: "My fiancee saved my life when I was at my lowest."
Tears well in Shen Zhi's eyes.
Shen Zhi is the kind of person who, even if he fell into the sea, would believe he could swim to shore on his own.
But at this moment, he finally understands that falling for a man will really bring you misery to the point of death.
It really will.
Optimistic, strong, kindhearted sunshine Omega x lofty, untouchable Alpha
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Reader's guide:
A melodramatic story, three parts sweet and seven parts angst overall. An Omega-Alpha romance. (There are no Enigmas in this world. Top Alphas are the strongest.)
One-on-one romance, both leads are virgins from beginning to end
Includes a groveling arc
The top isn't quite that awful, but the bottom suffers no less for it
Theme: What we gain is more precious than what we lose
