Gentle, two-faced, scheming villain and actor Gu Chi × worldly, tactful, sensitive actor Tan Jin
1v1, both each other's only one (no first kiss), transmigration into the book, a balanced mix of sweet and angsty, happy ending, supporting cast with an ensemble focus, no forced pairings
One day, Tan Jin transmigrates into the cringe-worthy scum seme and trash uke novel he'd spent half a month scorning. In it, there's a cannon-fodder bootlicker with the same name as him, who adores the male lead and willingly serves as his replacement. Despite being married, he even steals information from the villain's company for the scum seme protagonist. In the end, the villain takes revenge, and he dies miserably in the river.
The villain, Gu Chi, had been a diligent career-focused businessman. But after a love-struck cannon fodder stabbed him in the back, he got dragged into the protagonists' squabbles, inexplicably fell for the trash uke, and ended up in prison, physically and financially ruined, with everything he'd built left in tatters.
Tan Jin had originally been an orphan living under someone else's roof. Knowing that acting paid well, he spent all his time taking bit parts until he finally made a name for himself. He had just won a minor Best Actor award and was preparing to go after the top prize when a mudslide struck during a shoot in the mountains, bringing him to this novel's world.
Gu Chi was an illegitimate son who managed to topple the Gu family and establish his own company, so he must have used every means at his disposal. He married Tan Jin only to silence outsiders. Besides, Tan Jin was also an illegitimate son of the Tan family, making them “well matched in status.” Gu Chi also keenly noticed the changes in his spouse.
After the two reached an understanding, Tan Jin's popularity kept rising, and countless people who had once disliked him became fans, singing his praises.
As his popularity soared, more people took an interest in his private life. They noticed that his schedule overlapped with the Best Actor's on many occasions and caught on to the secret between them.
The story is interesting, although it has many shortcomings. But the further you look at it, the better it gets. Everyone's definition of "freedom" may be different. I seemed to have found my own "freedom" when reading novels. In the process of reading novels, I created a happy utopia for myself, which is a warm home for my soul. I really like this kind of warm and gentle story. If the author is destined to meet again, I will continue to follow up. [Sending my heart]
It's a feeling I can't describe, but my heart feels numb when I watch it. I know it hit my XP, and I'm looking forward to a big update 💕