After Rekindling Things with the Cool Beauty

In the seventh year after Lin Yue vanished, Gu Songxue finally found her.

In a dark alley in a waterside town, Gu Songxue pinned her against the wall. The pungent smell of cigarettes made her cough repeatedly, bringing a faint flush to the corners of her eyes.

Gu Songxue smiled wickedly. "Sister, after all these years, you still haven't learned how to kiss?"

Lin Yue finally looked up. "What, still can't forget me?"

*

The year she met Lin Yue, Gu Songxue was eighteen.

On set, Lin Yue radiated a chill. Though cool and mistlike, she was a tyrant who always had the final say.

Meeting her gaze, Gu Songxue hooked her little finger under the table. "Sister, could you run through the scene with me tonight?"

Lin Yue allowed her to draw closer. "Little girl, don't push your luck."

*

In a dim bedroom, the moon beyond anyone else's reach was bound, bent, and set alight by her.

"Sister, you sound so sweet when you cry out."

She bit Lin Yue's lip, forcing her to whimper, tremble, and cry.

"I want to hear it forever."

I want to make you mine, keep you by my side, make you look only at me. No one else should even be allowed to touch your fingers.

On the day filming wrapped, Lin Yue vanished, completely and utterly.

*

In seven years since her debut, Gu Songxue had never had a scandal. She had won award after award, and rumors claimed she had no interest in romance, that she was completely frigid.

Then, while on vacation by the sea, a tabloid photographed her gripping a woman's chin and kissing her until the woman's fingers curled tight and she trembled in Gu Songxue's arms.

The moment the news exploded across trending searches, someone recognized the woman: Lin Yue, the talented director who had taken the country by storm years ago and become the unattainable ideal of countless people.

*

That night, Gu Songxue updated her long-abandoned Weibo account.

Their fingers were intertwined, their rings gleaming.

@Gu Songxue: "What's so surprising? Never seen someone with a wife before?"

* Rekindled love after a breakup / the one who left pursues the one who stayed / the moon shines solely on me

* Seven-year age gap | Sickly-sweet, deceptively obedient, wicked younger woman x cool, gentle, tempting older woman

* Powerful leads, two scheming bad women, love and hate between women who both give as good as they get, a restrained one giving in and a proud one bowing her head. Includes mutual top/bottom scenes, forced-love scenes, and a storyline where she chases and the other can't escape. If you can't handle that, please leave. Don't force yourself to read it.

* The official title is Love and Death. It will be changed after completion.

Theme: No matter what hardships you face, as long as you hold on to hope, you can always see a beautiful tomorrow.