Star Grass

Chu Baiyan finally found a job where he didn’t need to deal with people. He worked at an aquarium, playing the role of a “male mermaid.” During the first “mermaid show” every day, he always saw a handsome man staring at him through the thick glass without looking away. A coworker recommended a video to Chu Baiyan. The video showed a ceramic plate modeled after him as a “merman.” The resemblance was perfect, and there was a small tag beside the plate that read, “Not for sale, for display only.” Following the address in the video, Chu Baiyan found the pottery shop located right outside his own residential complex, and he was shocked to discover that the shop owner was the same man who came to watch him perform every day. Yan Anqing’s life was very simple. He raised starfish, made ceramics, and went to the aquarium every day to watch jellyfish. He had always been waiting for SpongeBob, but instead, he encountered a “male mermaid.” This is the story of the performer who played the “male mermaid” and the pottery artist with high-functioning autism, two lonely people who slowly came closer to each other.