After Dumping My Jerk Ex, My Childhood Friend the Movie Star Drops the Act!

Billionaire heiress on the run × her wildly popular childhood friend, an actor who has half-retired from showbiz

Two years in the industry, with no fame or connections to speak of, and Li Manqi was cheated on by her boyfriend, a C-list nobody, then slandered for good measure.

The dating show she was supposed to join as a couple with the scumbag was suddenly going to feature him and his mistress instead...

Not only had she lost her spot on a hugely popular dating show, the whole internet was tearing into her.

After two years in the industry, Li Manqi had returned with nothing. “Does this mean I really have to go home and inherit my family's billions?”

Her family would never let her live it down. This is so unfair! Aaaah!!!

To her surprise, her manager called that very night. “Manman, the director just called. You can still join the show! Don't do anything rash. Get ready, we're going back to work!”

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On the dating show, the scumbag and his mistress laid the sweetness on thick to sell their couple image, and viewers said they were so sweet it made them dizzy.

So far, Li Manqi was the only one without a partner, sitting alone off to the side with a polite smile.

The scumbag gave her a fake-sweet look. “It's okay, Manman. You'll find true love too.”

Just then, award-winning actor Jiang Chengjin arrived late. “Sorry, I'm late.”

The livestream exploded, and for a moment, everyone got kicked out...

Wasn't this her considerate childhood friend? Li Manqi's eyes lit up. He'd turned aloof after entering showbiz, but surely that was just his public persona.

She found a quiet corner and whispered to Jiang Chengjin, “It's really you! Would you mind pretending to be a couple with me?”

Jiang Chengjin gazed at her with longing, holding himself back. After a long moment, he nodded.

She might never know that he had come for her.

But now he had found her, and he would never let her go.