Resource-Backed Star [Entertainment Industry]

Clear-headed, gentle, free-spirited, lucky newcomer vs. calculating, scheming senior with the outward appearance of an office drone

Ever since the film “Shadows Meet Spring” was nominated for the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, its leading actress, Zhuang Xiaomeng, had been saddled with the reputation of being an actress backed by powerful connections.

A nobody from the bottom of the industry had landed a leading role in her film debut, working with a renowned director and a popular young star. Even a three-year-old wouldn’t believe she had no powerful backers.

People dug through eighteen generations of her family in search of the big shot behind her. The paparazzi followed her for over a month but didn’t manage to photograph even a male mosquito.

Later, at the film’s premiere, the newly crowned Best Actress, surrounded by controversy, was jostled by staff. A video of a usually gentle and elegant man wrapping an arm around the slender, delicate woman and striding away with a cold expression was posted online. Millions of fans wailed, “Brother Jiang, how much did you invest in this lousy movie to go this far?!”

Later still, during the film’s promotional tour, an actor from the cast brought up Zhuang Xiaomeng and Jiang Jinming’s first meeting and teased her, half-joking, “I heard Teacher Zhuang turned pale with fright.”

Zhuang Xiaomeng explained without batting an eye, “When a super handsome man you’ve only ever seen on a big screen suddenly appears right in front of you, not many people can keep their cool.” She gave a shy smile, her limpid, peach-blossom eyes darting away from his tender, heart-melting gaze.

She really was afraid of him.

On a summer night filled with lightning and thunder, he had once forcefully pinned down her fragile pulse. “Who sent you? Hmm?”

In a situation like that, who wouldn’t be afraid?

But he was also the one who helped her lift the trophy so many people envied while she was still so young.

He taught her how to play golf and took her skiing.

He bought her designer dresses and taught her how to handle social situations.

He pampered her until she felt like a prized lady, grew more and more greedy, and even began to covet his heart.

At the premiere, a sweet, excited girl gazed at him with adoration and called him Brother Xiao Jin.

People said she and he had known each other since childhood, their parents were close, and they came from well-matched families...

She called him Brother Xiao Jin without a care in the world, coquettishly asked to use his dressing room, and was so openly intimate with him that everyone knew.

With no right to care, all she could do was smile.

[I won’t be the other woman.]

Before the promotional event began, Jiang Jinming received a WeChat message from Zhuang Xiaomeng.

The little girl was wonderful in every way, but she was always overthinking things.

She wouldn’t be the other woman? Fine, then she could be Mrs. Jiang.

The man, who hadn’t even had time to change his clothes, advanced on her step by step. His feverish gaze frightened Zhuang Xiaomeng into backing away. His deep voice struck her ears with unstoppable force.

“Let’s get married.”

This story is not based on real people! Do not compare the characters to real people! Do not!

Theme: Life’s turning points always come when you least expect them