The most unforgettable performance of her life as a B-list actress, Cang Xue's finest moment on screen, came the first time she met Qin Guanjiang.
Backstage at a banquet, Cang Xue was crouched in a hallway, touching up her lipstick. Behind a closed door, Qin Guanjiang was discussing business with someone who had brought the wrong person along. Annoyed by the unwanted guest, Qin fired three shots and cleared the room.
The door suddenly opened. Cang Xue stumbled in fright, and the warm barrel of a gun pressed against her collarbone. Qin Guanjiang looked down, recognized her, and chuckled.
"Miss Cang, I really like your work. Your acting is awful, but you look beautiful when you cry."
Cang Xue stammered out a thank-you, terrified and humiliated, the tip of her nose red.
That very night, she fled to the remote E Star System.
Several months later.
Cang Xue finally found a new job, with an outrageously high signing bonus on her contract.
The next day, she dressed up carefully to thank her new boss, only to come face-to-face with Qin Guanjiang.
He was the power behind the throne of a biotech empire in the E Star System, with connections everywhere and immense authority. It was said that even the Federal Security Bureau avoided crossing him.
To stay alive, the media described him as a refined gentleman, a paragon of virtue for the rising generation of powerful figures.
None of it was true.
On the way home, Cang Xue cowered in the corner of the aircraft. Qin Guanjiang reached out and pulled her into his arms, his presence dangerously intense as his thumb cruelly smudged her lipstick.
"Miss Cang, I found you a job. Now you'll repay me in the way you're best at."
By crying until she looked an absolute mess.
[Reading Guide]
A beautiful, resilient actress vs. a cold-on-the-outside, deranged villain. The cover was commissioned for Cang Xue.
Wolf and rabbit, older man-younger woman, possessive love.
A fictional future setting. The characters aren't based on real people, and the names don't refer to anyone in particular.
Theme: Love life.