May She Stand Strong, May She Shine Bright

A resilient, innocent heroine in the entertainment industry x an obsessive hero with an extreme knight-in-shining-armor complex [Both reborn]

[Plot-focused blurb]:

Ji Yueming was reborn. This time, she made a different choice and joined a wilderness survival reality show. To her surprise, the survival skills she had picked up while fleeing in her previous life made her shine on the show, and her popularity soared.

But instead of the rise to fame and status she had imagined, she was met with malicious rumors, stolen audition roles, and brand events canceled for no reason.

"Ji Yueming, why are you always luckier than me?"

"Yueyue, do you know that in this industry, you can only get further by playing by the rules?"

"You've gotten too big for your boots. You don't listen to a word I say anymore, do you?"

A fellow rising star who opposed her at every turn, a scheming ex-boyfriend who played the innocent, and an agent with ulterior motives.

Everything seemed like a warning from fate, forcing her to follow the script of her previous life all over again.

But who said she had to bow to fate? She refused.

She searched for her companions from her previous life, secretly investigated her agent, and gathered leverage to get out of her contract.

Step by step, she took back control, determined to forge a path completely different from the one she had walked before.

But the deeper she investigated, the more a chill crept down her spine.

A new actress at her company disappeared without a trace while overseas for an audition.

A younger schoolmate was tricked into going abroad and needed an exorbitant ransom to get home.

Her agent kept trying, both openly and in secret, to lure her overseas again.

Who was pulling the strings behind it all?

How much evil was hidden in the shadows?

How many innocent lives were being ruthlessly snatched away?

She dealt with her agent while secretly working with a detective.

She swore to expose the entire human trafficking network hidden in the shadows,

and to win justice for herself in her previous life and for countless other victims.

It was destined to be a difficult road, full of thorns.

But she would never give up easily.

Her life would shine again.

[Romance-focused blurb]:

[One]

On the day Ji Yueming's agent arranged an overseas audition for her, she never imagined it was a trap designed specifically for her.

Knocked unconscious in an instant, she awoke to a flight with no end in sight.

As a bullet pierced her and she fell from a cliff,

all she could remember was a pair of eyes, still burning with warmth in the howling, bitter wind.

[Two]

Reborn, Ji Yueming would rather die than go abroad. She managed to get herself onto a wilderness survival reality show instead.

When a crowd of netizens saw her fair hands deftly rubbing wood shavings and making a fishing spear, they were stunned: [What kind of new persona is this for an entertainment industry newcomer?!]

Only the male guest who had joined the show for a few episodes asked her with a focused look, "Ji Yueming, do you believe in legends about past and present lives?"

"The legend says that if two people in love jump into a fire together, they can both be reborn."

"Do you think the two of us might have been reborn that way too?"

Ji Yueming dared not believe it, but his familiar eyes and her own racing heart told her clearly that she did.

[Three]

Ji Yueming was filming on set when someone sabotaged her safety harness. As she suddenly plunged from a great height, she thought she had returned to her previous life.

Those familiar eyes rushed toward her. This time, she knew his name was Qi Feng: the guest who had joined the show for a few episodes, and her fan.

It turned out every seemingly perfect encounter had been his carefully planned approach.

When she investigated the truth and wanted to take revenge on her agent, he helped her.

When she wanted to set that evil manor ablaze, he helped her all the same.

She could not understand. "Qi Feng, do you know that the manor where I was imprisoned in my previous life is also your home?"

Qi Feng moved the torch aside and smiled calmly behind the blazing flames. "So what if I do? Anyone who has ever hurt you deserves to die."

Together, they seemed truly invincible.

All the crimes, filth, and ugly dealings of her previous life were exposed.

Together, they really did turn fate around, ensuring that everyone who deserved punishment was judged fairly.

[Reader's guide]:

1. The heroine has a hypocritical ex-boyfriend who appears at the start and makes life miserable for her. He gets what's coming to him later, so proceed with caution if that bothers you. The hero is devoted to the heroine in both body and heart.

2. A coming-of-age story. Neither lead is perfect, and both have their flaws.

3. The hero is not very mentally stable. He hides it well around the heroine, but readers who are sensitive about dysfunctional families may want to take note.

4. Plot-driven, mainly focused on the heroine uncovering the truth about her previous life. Plot 6, romance 4.

5. A realistic take on the entertainment industry, with criminal investigations and courtroom cases.

[Both reborn / Together through life and death / Intense push and pull / A mix of sweetness and angst]

Theme: Love overcomes every obstacle; fighting human trafficking is everyone's responsibility.