The Perfect Group Photo

When Li Tang was sixteen, the boy band Azazel, featuring her biological brother, debuted straight into the ranks of top-tier stars. Every one of the five members was breathtakingly handsome, especially Shao Bei and Xu Chen. Rumor had it that one of them was the heir to a powerful conglomerate. On the first day of high school, the two top-tier stars suddenly showed up at Jingzhong and became her deskmates. The good news: she was desk mates with top-tier stars. The bad news: she had just offended Shao Bei over the summer. Surrounded by envious looks, Li Tang had no way to explain herself. For all three years of high school, Li Tang diligently served as the two stars' school bodyguard. After graduation, they never got in touch again. She always thought Shao Bei held a grudge against her. Later, she became a trainee agent. After getting caught in the rain while filming, she came down with a fever and fell asleep on an IV drip at a small-town hospital. When she opened her eyes, she found herself leaning on the shoulder of Shao Bei, now a top-tier star and award-winning actor. The moment their eyes met, the usually aloof and haughty star looked unusually guilty. His voice was taut. "Your brother told me you were sick." Li Tang thought he was just being kind out of regard for their old friendship. Until rumors spread that she was dating one of her own male artists. Shao Bei, the actor whose looks had always put the entire entertainment industry in its place, suddenly got emo late at night and posted three Weibo updates in a row, only to delete them seconds later. [Is my nose bridge too high? Should I get it shaved down a little?] [Does anyone know a doctor who can lower my brow ridge?] [My mouth looks bad too. I wasn't born with a naturally smiling mouth.] The internet exploded. Fans and passersby quickly figured out what was going on. "If he got all that work done, wouldn't he look a lot like Yu Song, the artist under Li Tang?" The fans who had been cursing Li Tang for chasing clout just moments before rushed to her Weibo to welcome her as their sister-in-law. [Sis :) Shao Bei dares to pine after you with that face, and you still won't give him a chance?] [Sis-in-law! Look at my bro! He's gorgeous, with eight-pack abs you could slide down like a playground slide!] [Bei is obviously very capable (literally). Sis Tang, give him a try. If he's no good, come beat me up QAQ] Li Tang: "..." #TopTierStarHasBeenSecretlyInLoveWithMeForYearsAndStillWontSayIt# #ImDeadIThoughtYouHatedMe# *School life and entertainment industry *Celebrity x agent | Beloved younger sister | Mutual pining Shao Bei: a wonderful, fully automatic, self-deluding actor for home use XD A novel hiding among a mountain of memes XD Please add my upcoming stories to your collection~ "Not Gentle" At a company team-building event, Lu Zhixue turned down a male colleague's advances. Humiliated and angry, he sneered that she was decked out in designer labels, so she must be kept by someone. A hand with long, distinct fingers reached from behind her, picked up the glass in front of her, and splashed its contents in his face. She turned around and came face-to-face with a handsome man, a model's physique, and designer clothes from head to toe. "Sir, I know you mean well, but this makes me look even more like I'm being kept." The man raised his handsome brows slightly. The next second, he suddenly grabbed her wrist and burst into teary complaints. "Sis, you gave me everything I have. Don't leave me..." He held back for a moment, then choked out, "How could any man out there be as clean as me? I could wear those clothes too. If you really want to play with a scrubber, I could..." Lu Zhixue: "..." The rumor that she was being kept had been cleared up, but she'd also earned herself the nickname Scrubber Sis :) A rich young heir who'll humble himself for love :) "Married at First Sight" In her first year on the job, Qin Huaixu took part in an unscripted dating show called "Say You Love Me Without Restraint." When the production couldn't find enough contestants, they forced her to join as a crew member. The day before filming, the production team received a mysterious phone call. The next day, Zhao Siyu, president of the Nordic Group, made a sudden appearance among the men brought in to fill the numbers. The show was broadcast live, with no script, no contracted couples, and no aftercare. It was all about the thrill. The show's official fan page had only two slogans: If it works out, great. If not, split up. If you ship them, ship them. If you don't, take some stomach medicine and move on. The show was trending on its very first day. Everyone came for the spectacle, figuring that even if it was a piece of garbage, they might as well have a taste. In a livestream watched by nearly a million people, Qin Huaixu's cheating blind date suddenly knelt down and begged her to take him back. A former colleague sat below the stage, coolly watching as his parents harassed her. In the middle of this farcical chaos, the refined man who usually kept everyone at arm's length sat beside her. Zhao Siyu offered her a handkerchief. "Both my parents are dead, and I have no one. I'll hand over all my assets. Would you consider me?" The viewers, who'd suddenly found a Michelin-star meal in a garbage dump, wondered: What's going on here? Why is this kind of cute? *That winter, snow fell in torrents. His bird circled the entire south before returning to the depths of winter. This time, he was the one who wrapped her in his warm embrace. Marriage first, love later / The male lead has been plotting this for a long time. A man of power humbly begs for love. They heal each other. "Wildfire" For the first three years of college, Ruan Shuyin had a terrible reputation. People said she only dated rich men with six-packs, took their money, slept with them, then ran off. The rumors grew more and more outrageous, but Ruan Shuyin never cared. In her senior year, the rumors reached her and the campus heartthrob. With a sigh, Ruan Shuyin went to find the other person involved and clear things up together for the first time. This time was different: the campus heartthrob was only a freshman and her younger brother's good friend. At the basketball court in the evening, Ruan Shuyin watched from the sidelines as a man she'd rejected told Tan Yan, the campus heartthrob, that she'd spent his money, slept with him, and then dumped him. Tan Yan lifted his shirt to wipe away his sweat, and his pale, eight-pack abs flashed into view. At those words, his beautiful, peach-blossom eyes lit up. "Is that true? If I spend money on Sister Shuyin, will she favor me?" "I'm willing to let Sis rest her head on my abs every night. Would she like me?" Not only that, he glanced innocently at the man's hefty belly. "Just asking, senior: how can you worry about someone coveting something you don't even have?" "Sis has eaten pork before. Why would she want you?" Ruan Shuyin's mouth twitched. She'd come to clear up the rumor, only to find out the campus heartthrob had started it himself :) A cunning, younger green-tea wolfdog x a beautiful, kind-hearted older sister. Three-year age gap After they got together, Ruan Shuyin realized she wasn't much better than the rumors made her out to be. The man lifted the hem of his shirt to tempt her. "Sis, what's the rest of that saying about wildfire?" Her eyes grew hot. "It... it never dies..." "Spring breeze?" "Brings it back to life..." The man finally kissed her. "That's the yearning I've carried for you all these years." 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