I Went Viral After Breaking Up with a Big Shot [Entertainment Industry]

[My next story, He Died the Year She Began to Love Him, is now underway. Stand-in x white moonlight / winning back the love of your life / second chance at love / entertainment industry. Please add it to your collection!] 1. After breaking up with a powerful tycoon, Hao Yanyu expected to become a has-been, and the entire internet was waiting to laugh as the once-famous resource darling faded into obscurity. She figured they were right. After all, her wealthy ex-boyfriend used to put international opportunities right in front of her, and even when she shared top billing with an overseas Oscar winner, she still didn't become famous. As the saying goes, in ancient times there was Adou, who couldn't be helped, and today there's Hao Yaping, whom nobody can make famous. Now that she'd lost her rich boyfriend too, she could imagine how things would turn out for her. Who knew... fortunes would change. 2 The moment she woke up, a bare-faced photo of her, taken without her knowledge, appeared everywhere. The entire internet saw it, then fell silent. Then the frenzy began "Holy crap, she's unbelievably gorgeous! How can anyone resist that?" "Where has this face been all this time? Why didn't you show it off sooner and let everyone worship you? So what if you can't act? With a face like that, even if you played a dung beetle, I wouldn't complain. I'd watch every second!" "Don't ask. I just want to cherish her and put her on an altar. Also, drag that blind makeup artist out and execute them!" It couldn't be helped. No one had ever seen a female star look this much better without makeup than in a retouched photo with makeup. She was at the absolute pinnacle of beauty. Hao Yanyu: "..." Take it all off, hurry up and remove every bit of makeup! If I'd known this was what you people liked, I could have spared myself all those scoldings over the years. The incident later became known as the most insulting scam ever perpetrated on people's intelligence: the "fake photo" scandal! 3 Hao Yanyu became a sensation, famous across half the country and firmly at the top of the A-list. Then it came out that she was truly a "flower of wealth and status." Her family owned a mine, and someone had seen her father give her a spending card with a balance starting at a hundred million. Her fans... celebrated across the land. No one could ever again criticize their idol for her background or claim she'd gotten ahead by clinging to a rich man. Clinging to a rich man? Cling to your grandma's ass! Later, the tycoon she'd supposedly clung to, her mysterious ex-boyfriend, appeared in public and said, "Please take me back!" The exclamation mark said it all: he couldn't wait. Hao Yanyu: "..." I'm busy making money. No time. 4 A financial program on national television was lucky enough to invite Yi Anyang for his first-ever public appearance. The female host gazed at his broad shoulders, narrow waist, and long legs, then threw professional ethics to the wind and asked: "We all know now that you were the mysterious boyfriend of the goddess Hao. But since you've already broken up, why do you regret it now?" Yi Anyang didn't mind at all. He crossed his legs, propped his hand against his face, narrowed his eyes, and pretended to light a cigarette, looking world-weary. "We dated for five years. I felt Ayan was gradually getting tired of me and loving me less and less, so I impulsively said we should break up." "I wanted to provoke her a little. I thought I'd always treated her so well, so surely Ayan would try to stop me. But then... well, everyone knows what happened next." The host: "Uh..." She was utterly bewildered and at a loss for words! Then he shook his head and sighed, rubbing his forehead helplessly. "Sigh. Ayan treated me so coldly. She used me and tossed me aside. It really broke my heart." Even the viewers watching at home looked at that face and thought, "..." He's so shameless, but why do I kind of feel sorry for him? Hao Yanyu saw it and angrily threw a cushion. "Yi the Dog has ruined me!" As expected, the next day she was trending again, with one more nickname: "The Century's Goddess: Heartbreaker." Countless people started urging them to get back together. Hao Yanyu: Heh. Hehehe. ☆ Story blurb photographed for posterity on July 17, 2021. ☆ [My next story is now underway: He Died the Year She Began to Love Him. Please add my first story in the author's collection to yours!] [Stand-in x white moonlight / winning back the love of your life / entertainment industry] 1. Nian Yunyi first met Wu Yu when she was twenty. At the time, Nian Yunyi was a complete newcomer who had just entered the industry, but an established agency had already signed her for her face alone. That day, she had come with her manager to entertain investors at a business dinner, and Wu Yu happened to be seated at the table. Legend had it that this young master from one of the most powerful families in the capital had the face of a celestial being, yet was proud, cold, and ruthless. But the moment he lazily raised his eyes and saw Nian Yunyi for the first time, the crimson cigarette between his fingers trembled, scattering ash. No one knew whose heart it burned. After that, wherever Nian Yunyi went, Wu Yu was sure to be there. Everyone knew Nian Yunyi was the woman Wu Yu cherished above all else. From her debut, she had enjoyed the most privileged status, with the best opportunities always within reach, while staying clear of the industry's worst scandals and sordid affairs. She was a wealthy, independent flower whom every woman in the business envied. No one dared offend her. 2. At first, Nian Yunyi didn't like Wu Yu. She thought that a nobody like her had only caught the young master's eye thanks to her naturally beautiful face. A woman might win someone over with her looks, but it could never last. And with a family like his... she was sure she wasn't good enough for him. Though she might be a nobody, she had her own hopes for love. She absolutely did not want to end up as nothing more than a mistress, or a little toy someone kept around for amusement. But Wu Yu was good to her, year after year. He treated her well, consistently, for a full three years. It was as if he were proving through his actions that the two of them really could spend their whole lives together. He picked her up and dropped her off without fail. If he was in the country, he drove her himself. If he wasn't, he sent a private car. He invited her to meet his friends. She didn't have to fit in; they would come to her. He took her to meet his family. When three generations of relatives, from the oldest to the youngest, stared down at her with suspicion and judgment, he stepped in front of her. Then, as if no one else were there, he handed her a piece of candy. "Eat. It's sweet." Across from them, his aunt accidentally knocked her elbow off her chin. Impossible! Who was this person, acting so tenderly that she could hardly bear to watch? He added, "Don't be afraid, Yiyi. The whole Wu family belongs to me. If you don't like them, just think of them as a fart and let it go." Even the stern, old-fashioned patriarch was so startled that he dropped his dragon-headed cane. The family is doomed, the family is doomed! Nian Yunyi looked up at Wu Yu in surprise, then smiled softly. She also thought of how this man, who normally couldn't tolerate the slightest defiance, had faced her repeated rejections without a trace of anger and had never once used his power to pressure her into giving in. Instead, he kept his claws retracted, gentle and obedient, as if he would always be there whenever she turned around. He protected her so she never had to worry or fear, yet remained restrained and courteous, never crossing the line. He gave Nian Yunyi more special treatment and affection than she could have imagined. At the time, she thought that perhaps she could trust a man with a heart so sincere. Starting in the fourth year, Nian Yunyi tried to fall in love with Wu Yu. Once she did, she discovered it was surprisingly easy. After all, he was so wonderful that Nian Yunyi had come to believe he deserved to be loved. That night, when Wu Yu's cold lips tentatively came down on hers again, Nian Yunyi tilted her neck to accommodate him. The calm self-control he'd maintained for so long crumbled into a burning heat buried against her chest. Until, later on, Wu Yu went abroad... 3. The next news she heard was that he had been injured badly enough to be hospitalized. Nian Yunyi rushed over, but all she saw in the hospital room was another woman with a face so lovely it made one's heart ache, her eyes brimming with tears. When the woman turned around, Nian Yunyi saw a familiar face that resembled her own by at least seventy or eighty percent. Nian Yunyi's heart jolted violently. Then she was told that Wu Yu had lost his memory, but only the memories of the previous three years, everything connected to her. All Nian Yunyi could do was smile bitterly. She had no choice but to accept the truth: she really was nothing but a pathetic stand-in, someone he had used to fill the dreary void while his white moonlight was away during those three years. Now that the real person had returned, she could leave with her job done. From that moment on, Nian Yunyi knew that the Wu Yu who belonged to her was dead. He died in the first year she began to love him, and she was the one who buried him. A year later, word spread through the capital that Nian Yunyi was going to marry Fu Chenye. Fu Chenye was a legendary figure in the capital's elite circles, someone whose very name inspired fear. Even Wu Yu had to bow his head respectfully and address him as "Ninth Master." Wu Yu received the news just as he impatiently slapped the medicine bowl out of Shi Yan's hands. It was supposed to restore his memories, but he'd taken it for a whole year without the slightest improvement. That was when his good friend showed up with an unreadable expression and personally delivered a wedding invitation. Wu Yu opened it in confusion. When he saw the bride's name against the gold-leaf background and the large red character for "joy," something seemed to stab him. That day, Wu Yu went on a rampage, smashing nearly everything in the Wu family estate. Wu Yu remembered everything. That night, he raced recklessly to Nian Yunyi's residence, arriving in a wretched state, eyes bloodshot with fury and despair. The rain poured down, but he didn't care. He stood stubbornly below her building, waiting for the girl he'd lost to turn back and look at him, even just once. He loved her. He had already fallen in love with her long ago. But the only one to blame was... his own karma. He waited and waited. By the time he collapsed unconscious, his girl still hadn't come. She didn't turn back for him. The wedding went ahead the next day. Beneath that grand wedding, someone wanted to love her until death. Theme: Women are better off relying on themselves than on men.