Chapter 5 The Unknown Tenderness
Chapter 5 The Unknown Tenderness
Jiang Tang suddenly opened his eyes.
The view outside the window is still the same as it was in Seoul in 2014.
The computer screen is lit.
Everything looked exactly the same as before he left.
But Jiang Tang knew things were different now.
He sat in the chair for a long time without moving.
My mind was filled with that waiting room, those nervous boys and girls, and Kim Tae-yeon sitting by the window.
Jiang Tang suddenly realized something.
He couldn't write romance novels before, not because he didn't know how to craft plots.
It's because he has never truly "seen" a person.
He wrote the female lead smile with her head down because that's how all romance dramas are written.
He wrote that the male protagonist's heart was racing because that's how it's described in novels.
But the moment Kim Tae-yeon sat in the waiting room, he realized for the first time that a girl who can make someone's heart flutter doesn't necessarily have to be stunningly beautiful, nor does she necessarily have to give the male lead a particularly special smile.
She was memorable simply because she refused to back down even when she was most afraid.
Jiang Tang deleted the original title.
A few seconds later, he typed a new line.
——"My Lover is an Idol Singer".
Jiang Tang frowned again as he looked at the name.
not enough.
Too ordinary.
It sounds like a name randomly picked from an idol drama ten years ago.
He didn't want a simple youthful romance.
What he wanted to write was—
If fate gives me a chance to go back to the time before you shone.
Will I see you before everyone else?
Will I become your white moonlight before you are anyone else's white moonlight?
Jiang Tang's heart suddenly started racing.
He was about to type the first line when the computer screen suddenly flickered.
The light blue system interface reappeared.
[The host has been detected to have obtained a real emotion sample.]
[The host has been detected to possess initial creative impulses.]
However, the current story structure lacks completeness.
[Should I enable the Inspiration Viewing Room?]
Jiang Tang was stunned for a moment.
"An inspiration viewing room?"
The system did not respond; it simply continued to display text.
A fake romance cannot create a truly moving story.
However, authentic emotions also require a sufficiently mature narrative structure.
[This time, we will show the host fragments of inspiration for future blockbuster works in similar themes.]
[Keywords: Time travel, idol, salvation, missed opportunities, reunion, closed loop of fate.]
[Future reference work – "Running with Seonjae on My Back"]
Jiang Tang's pupils contracted slightly.
A future blockbuster drama?
The next second, the lights in the room suddenly went out.
The computer screen seemed to have transformed into a giant silver screen.
Before Jiang Tang could even complain, a wave of cheers erupted in his ears.
The scene depicts a concert from the future.
A sea of lights stretches into a galaxy.
Countless fans held up support signs, crying and shouting a name.
At the center of the stage, the young man has become a top star attracting worldwide attention.
He stood in the light, his smile gentle yet distant.
Next scene.
The scene suddenly changed.
The boy who was loved by countless people returned to his forgotten past.
He was wearing an ordinary school uniform, sitting by the swimming pool, with no flowers, no flashing lights, and no thousands of people singing along.
Only one girl, who had come from the future, stood panting in the rain, as if she wanted to return all the love and regrets that had been delayed to him.
Jiang Tang paused slightly.
He couldn't see the specific plot clearly.
The system seems to have deliberately erased the character details and lines, leaving only the most core emotional fragments.
The female protagonist knows the future.
The male protagonist doesn't know.
The audience knows he will shine.
But at this moment, he was still just a boy who had not yet been truly seen by fate.
And so all the moments that stirred the heart became exceptionally unforgettable.
Because every time the female lead gets close, it's not just because she likes him.
Or is it about saving?
Every run wasn't just to see him.
They are still fighting against fate.
Jiang Tang sat in the screening room, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
He finally understood why the system had shown him this.
What truly captivates people about this kind of story isn't "I'm dating a big star."
But -
After I fell in love with you all over the world, I returned to a time when the whole world didn't know you.
I know how high you will stand in the future.
I know how much pain you will experience in the future.
That's why I'm trying so hard to get closer to you, not to possess your light.
Rather, it's to shield you from the darkness before you become light.
Jiang Tang swallowed.
Isn't that him and Kim Tae-yeon?
In 2014, Kim Tae-yeon was already the leader of Girls' Generation, a goddess in the hearts of countless people, and a lonely goddess who could sing in the eyes of her fans.
But in 2004, Kim Tae-yeon was just a little girl who came to Seoul from Jeonju, clutching her number and fearing that she wasn't one in nine thousand.
Everyone knows that Kim Tae-yeon will shine in the future.
But only Jiang Tang saw what she looked like before she started to glow.
This is the sense of destiny.
The images in the screening room gradually faded away.
The system text reappeared.
[End of inspiration viewing.]
The story that truly belongs to you must begin with the woman you see with your own eyes.
Jiang Tang's vision blurred.
The next second, he was back in his room.
The document remains blank.
But in his mind, it was as if a whole field of fireworks had been lit.
He finally knew how to write it.
The sound of keyboards clicking filled the room.
……
It wasn't until the door was pushed open again that Jiang Tang snapped out of his reverie.
My mother stood at the door, holding a cup of hot water in her hand.
"Still not asleep?"
Jiang Tang looked up, his face full of weariness.
His mother had originally wanted to persuade him to rest, but when she saw the look in his eyes, she suddenly stopped talking.
"You've finished writing it?"
Jiang Tang decided to put on a little show in front of his mother.
"Of course, your son is a genius!"
The mother laughed: "So those online dating tips are really useful?"
Jiang Tang gave an awkward laugh.
He couldn't very well tell his mother that it wasn't the dating tips that worked, but rather that he had been thrown back ten years by an unreasonable system, where he met Girls' Generation's Kim Tae-yeon at an SM audition.
He couldn't tell her that the system had just opened an inspiration viewing room for him, allowing him to see a time-traveling idol romance drama that would become a huge hit in the future.
So he could only vaguely reply:
I guess so.
The mother placed the hot water on the table.
"Don't stay up too late. The script is important, but your health is important too."
"understood."
After her mother left, Jiang Tang picked up a glass of hot water and took a sip.
Then he looked down at what he had already written.
Twelve thousand words.
It doesn't resemble a complete script.
It's more like a mix of a novel, storyboard, character sketches, and a TV series proposal.
But it is very fresh.
Jiang Tang could even imagine how the camera should be shot.
"It's 2 a.m."
Jiang Tang rubbed his sore eyes and was about to save the document when the screen suddenly flickered slightly.
The light blue system interface reappeared.
[Settlement in progress for the actual creation phase....]
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