Cold, proud, controlling actress x gentle, tactful, steadfast manager (they work for different companies)
Rekindled romance
Lin Jianyue is the black-hearted manager condemned by the entire internet.
Her reputation is so bad that everyone wants her gone, yet she has incredible access to resources. She greets everyone with a smile and never explains the rumors that she has a sugar daddy.
No one knows her sugar daddy is Ying Shanqing, a popular actress, and her ex.
But times have changed, and everything is different now.
“No label, no going public, and keep your distance in public. We each get what we want, understand?”
Ying Shanqing sat on the sofa with raised brows and folded arms. Her usually cool eyes were full of interest, and every glance was captivating.
“Understood,” Lin Jianyue replied, lowering her head.
Lin Jianyue strictly fulfilled her duties as the contracted party and followed the agreement to the letter, always keeping at least two meters of distance from Ying Shanqing on set.
Even if she had been laughing and chatting with her own artist moments earlier, she would stand up properly the next second she saw Ying Shanqing. “Good afternoon, Ms. Ying!”
“Good afternoon.”
Ying Shanqing’s expression was solemn. She strode forward, eyes straight ahead, her steps brisk, never sparing Lin Jianyue a glance.
That night, Ying Shanqing leaned against the bed and lifted Lin Jianyue’s chin with her fingers.
“Very good. Just like today, we won’t have anything to do with each other.”
Then she warned her, “Keep your distance from other people.”
“Okay.”
Lin Jianyue kissed Ying Shanqing’s collarbone again, feeling it tremble beneath her lips.
The past, when Lin Jianyue and Ying Shanqing worked as extras together, was exposed. But the romantic part was left out, and the two appeared on the same variety show as old friends.
Lin Jianyue maintained her professionalism, but the actress who insisted they couldn’t go public kept breaking the rules.
On camera, Ying Shanqing rubbed the back of her own neck and caressed her thigh. When there weren’t enough beds, she even said, “We can share a bed. We do it all the time.”
Lin Jianyue was on tenterhooks. Fortunately, their overly intimate interactions were all interpreted as a moving, heaven-sent friendship between besties and the clumsy antics of a straight woman who didn’t know her own strength. No one thought they had ever been in love.
By contrast, people who had only met once were constantly paired up as couples, and netizens loved discussing Lin Jianyue’s outlandish ships.
Lin Jianyue laughed. She had been too busy lately and had neglected to care about Ying Shanqing. Naturally, she also missed the displeasure on Ying Shanqing’s face whenever she saw those comments.
The contract was over. It was time to leave.
She turned off all her communication devices, so she never learned that Ying Shanqing had proposed to her at a globally livestreamed awards ceremony.
The biggest mistake Ying Shanqing ever made was dating Lin Jianyue.
As the daughter of a wealthy family, she had been fawned over her entire life. Even after hiding her identity and entering the entertainment industry, she had made her own way. She couldn’t accept that Lin Jianyue had left her because she was poor.
So this time, it wasn’t a relationship. It was a contract. If they didn’t talk about feelings, she couldn’t be abandoned.
When Lin Jianyue hit rock bottom, Ying Shanqing took her home and bound her to her with resources, making her willingly wag her tail for her alone.
Didn’t she want money and resources? Ying Shanqing had more than enough.
So why would Lin Jianyue still leave her?
Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting. A bit melodramatic.
Theme: Work makes me happy
