After Leaving the Group to Assist the Best Actress, My Former Teammates Regretted It Like Crazy

Five years spent running alongside the others, only for the lyrics she wrote through sleepless nights to bear a bandmate's name, and for the choreography she practiced while sick to be cut out entirely.

Chu Qinghe finally understood that not everyone deserved her wholehearted devotion.

When she handed over her dorm key and quit her hit girl group to become the assistant of an aging actress rumored to have a "difficult temper," her former teammates thought she was just chasing attention. They were sure she would come crawling back, begging for a spot as a backup dancer.

But later, on the red carpet at the Starlight Awards, they watched the aloof, proud, award-winning actress bend down just to straighten the hem of Chu Qinghe's dress after she accidentally stepped on it. In a gentle, helpless voice, she said, "Careful, sweetheart. Take it slow."

At that moment, Chu Qinghe's former teammates panicked. Forgetting all dignity, they desperately begged her to return to the group and save their performance.

Chu Qinghe simply brushed their hands away, her gaze utterly calm. "Sorry. A pearl covered in dust doesn't belong in a shoddy jewelry box."

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