Sun Yi was so excited that she cried when she won the award. Dong Zijian applauded in the audience with a proud look on his face. His eyes were more addictive than the script. He really smelled like expired candy.

Wearing a black tube top dress, she stood on the podium. As soon as she took the trophy from Liao Fan, she burst into tears with excitement. She covered her mouth with one hand and held the trophy with the other, her shoulders shaking slightly.

Then, the director cut the camera to the audience, and it happened to show her ex-husband Dong Zijian.

Dong Zijian in the camera was sitting there, looking at Sun Yi quietly on the stage, and then calmly raised his hands to applaud, his face full of pride.

In just a few seconds, the entire network exploded!

This look is comparable to an idol drama!

To be honest, this lens does have something. Since the two officially announced their divorce in August 2022, it has been more than four years now. They have never had any disagreements or quarrels, and they have rarely even met in public. Not only were they together this time, but they were also photographed looking at each other so calmly. No wonder netizens started to dig up old scores again.

The time goes back to 2016. Dong Zijian posted a group photo and officially announced his relationship, “What should I do? I am trapped.” At that time, the two were in their best years. Dong Zijian officially announced his relationship without any preparation and magnanimity. It was so sweet that the little girl went crazy and scored 99.

At that time, Dong Zijian became famous at a young age and had outstanding acting skills. He was also recognized in the industry as a talent star and a talented young actor. She comes from a wealthy family. Her mother is Wang Jinghua, a gold medal manager in the industry. She has half of the entertainment industry’s connections and resources, and can crush most artists from her starting point.

But he never takes advantage of his family fortune. At the age of 19, he became famous with the movie “Youth Party” and was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer. He has established himself on the big screen at a young age. His follow-up films include “Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers”, “Cafe in Alley Six” and “Dajiang Dahe”. He has stable acting skills, good popularity among the public, and is low-key and not impetuous. He is recognized in the industry as a new generation of powerful young talent.

In her early years, Sun Yi was one of the most popular idol drama heroines in the country. He has no academic background, no background and no connections, and relies solely on his aura and good looks to get out of the industry.

What really made her break out of the industry and secure her position as a traffic star was the hit sweet pet drama “Because I Met You” with Deng Lun. At that time, this drama swept the satellite TV ratings, dominated the entire network, and led the broadcast volume. Sun Yi played Zhang Guoguo, who was gentle and smart, had strong empathy in crying scenes, and had countless fans with her pure and sweet appearance, which completely opened up her national popularity.

She should have been rising through the ranks thanks to her works, but because of a public love affair, she was labeled as “climbing high, relying on her husband’s family, and relying on resources”, which lasted for eight years.

After the official announcement, the two were together sweetly. There was no hype or marketing, they were low-key and stable. Sun Yi gave birth to a daughter, and the two quietly lived a small life that belonged to each other.

Precisely because the two kept a low profile throughout and had never had any scandals or disputes, when the two suddenly officially announced their peaceful divorce in August 2022, the entire network was shocked and everyone was caught off guard. Dong Zijian said “We are all fine” and Sun Yi said “I wish you well in the past and I wish you well in the future”, which brought an end to the six-year relationship.

In fact, if you review the details, you will find that all the separations have been traced for a long time!

2022 is a critical year for the relationship between the two to completely cool down, and various details of their alienation have already been quietly exposed.

The first real detail is Sun Yi’s mobile phone case. One month before her divorce, Sun Yi posted daily selfies in the mirror. The most eye-catching thing in the photo was not her outfit, but the four straightforward and eye-catching characters on her phone case – “Stay away from men.”

At that time, fans thought it was a joke and a joke, and they all joked in the comment area, “Including Dong Zijian?” But no one took it seriously. But looking back now, this is not a joke at all, it is her most real state and mood at the time, which has already hinted that the relationship has already turned red.

The second detail is that the special holiday atmosphere is completely cleared. In previous years on May 20th and Chinese Valentine’s Day, although the two did not show off their affection in a high-profile manner, they always had subtle interactions and tender dynamics. But on the Chinese Valentine’s Day and 520 in 2022, there will be zero interaction, zero blessings, and zero sharing. While other couples showered each other with sweets, Sun Yi’s posts on social media were lonely and cold. The words between the lines were full of low emotions, without any sweet atmosphere, and her status was visibly depressed.

The third most heart-wrenching change is that Dong Zijian’s birthday greetings have completely changed.

In previous years, Dong Zijian celebrated Sun Yi’s birthday with a gentle, doting, sweet, and intimate nickname. But on Sun Yi’s 29th birthday in 2022, Dong Zijian posted some blessings on time, but the copy was cold and distant. There were no nicknames or gentle words throughout the whole process, and he only bluntly called “Dafu Mom, happy birthday.”

From an exclusive nickname for lovers, to a polite and unfamiliar “child’s mother”, one word difference completely draws the line between lovers. Netizens noticed something was wrong at that time: A truly loving couple would never use such polite and distant terms. Sure enough, just two months later, the divorce was officially announced.

The fourth detail is that social traces have been cleared over a large area and interactions have completely stopped.

Half a year before the divorce, the two had quietly deleted a lot of their sweet past events. They no longer got together, visited classes, or interacted with each other. They had a tacit understanding throughout the variety show interviews to avoid suspicion. The “most low-key loving couple in the entertainment industry” who was once envied by the entire Internet has quietly become the most familiar stranger.

On August 8, 2022, the studios of both parties jointly issued a statement, officially announcing a peaceful divorce, officially ending their six-year marriage, and jointly raising their daughter Dafu in the future.

Breakups and divorces in the entertainment industry are mostly accompanied by revelations of house collapse, property disputes, mutual public opinion, and friction. Only Sun Yi and Dong Zijian are not decent enough to be a couple in the entertainment industry. After they separated, they never said a bad word to each other, never used each other’s popularity to hype each other, and left the show quietly, focusing on their careers and living seriously.

After the divorce, Sun Yi completely broke away from all the shackles of public opinion. She was no longer bound by the status of “Dong Zijian’s wife” and “Wang Jinghua’s daughter-in-law”, and completely tore off the stereotype of “relying on her husband’s family for resources”.

She no longer takes roles in mindless sweet girl idol dramas, and concentrates on polishing her acting skills. She takes root in the crew to cultivate herself, and silently polishes the layering and tension of small characters. In “Love Joke”, she challenged the role of a literary film that completely jumped out of her comfort zone. She delicately interpreted the character’s dilemma, brokenness and relief. She conquered the Pingyao professional judges with her highly empathetic acting skills and won the prestigious Fei Mu honor for Best Actress.

This Best Actress trophy is her best proof: she has never been a vase dependent on others, she is Sun Yi, an actress who can stand on the stage by herself.

And Dong Zijian has always maintained a gentle and magnanimous attitude. At this Pingyao Film Festival, he was a member of the jury, and his status was aloof, so he could avoid being suspected of being absent, but he attended as usual and sat down calmly. Seeing the girl who had walked through youth side by side, going through wind and rain, and reaching the top of Nirvana, there was no grudge or embarrassment in his eyes, only pure joy and pride.

After four years, there is no bloody speculation about the rekindling of an old relationship, no hype to deliberately sell feelings, only the highest level of decency and tenderness of an adult: don’t slander when you love, don’t get entangled when we say goodbye, you are great, I am sincerely happy for you, and I applaud you quietly when you reach the top.

From the youthful and affectionate words of “I’m trapped” in 2016, to the peaceful farewell that ended gracefully in 2022, to the gentle applause of meeting at the top in 2026.

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