Watching from the Shadows [Entertainment Industry]

A little ad for my new novel! Click into my author page to find it! Six-year age gap! QAQ If you’re passing by, please give it a little heart. Waaah!! Domineering, insecure researcher girl X saucy, snake-like crown prince Yu Zhengqing had always been “someone Ji Xiang could admire from afar.” As her best friend’s older brother, he had given her protection and support without hesitation when she was at her lowest and most vulnerable. He was the moonlight in her heart; He was too sacred to lay a finger on; He was her biggest secret as a girl. She never imagined that after “admiring him from afar,” she might also be told, “don’t even look at him up close.” Only after Yu Zhengqing shed his moral disguise, that charming, witty, pure and upright facade, did Ji Xiang realize amid the heat and confusion: the so-called “admire him from afar” wasn’t to protect him, but to protect her. They say that if you believe in love, you’ll get divorced five times in this life. As someone who’d never dated, Ji Xiang had planned things out perfectly: first marriage to a promising young academic, second to a rising academic star, third to an academician, fourth to a sophomore athlete. Her best friend laughed herself silly when she heard this, saying Ji Xiang was one marriage short, then recited an internet meme: “‘On a rainy night, the heir to a trillion-yuan pharmaceutical company speeds along the elevated highway in a Maybach. Before you can enter the lab, he pins you against the metal locker in the changing room and kisses you hard. He stuffs the court ruling in your patent lawsuit into your bra and bites your ear: Dump him, and I’ll build you a P4 lab tomorrow!’ Hahaha, what’s wrong with this stupid AI? How much X Clan has it read? Isn’t it afraid of getting sued?” Ji Xiang said nothing. Because if you swapped out the patent lawsuit ruling for high-end jewelry worth over a hundred million, that was basically what had happened last night. As Yu Zhengqing pinned her against the bedroom door and kissed her until she was nearly senseless, her best friend’s worried voice came from outside: “Xiangxiang, are you okay?” The man rubbed the thick traces of his lover’s affection between his fingers, then whispered like a snake flicking its tongue: “Want to say a few words to her?” You are my once-in-a-lifetime love. I will love no one but you. Blurb One: As the secret girlfriend of award-winning actor Lu Jia, Yan Xi finds her life exhausting. Not because she has to keep their relationship hidden, but because Yan Xi: I really think Lu Jia has something going on with my brother! Agent: … Yan Xi: I messaged Lu Jia that night, but he wouldn’t reply. (Lu Jia: I was running at the time.) Yan Xi: Then I finally got through to him on the phone and heard him panting. (Lu Jia: You don’t pant when you run?) Yan Xi: Then I heard my brother’s voice growl, “I’m about to finish!” (Lu Jia: What, I’m not allowed to work out with my future brother-in-law? He finished his five kilometers before I did!) Yan Xi: Finally, I told him not to go out that night and said I’d buy him a treadmill. He proceeded to curse me out without mercy. (Lu Jia: If “silly girl” counts as a curse…) Yan Xi’s triple combo: wronged, innocent, and wearing a green hat. Blurb Two: After the romance between award-winning actor Lu Jia and rising star Yan Xi became public, everyone realized that the entertainment industry’s famously old-fashioned Lu Jia had revealed more than just his relationship. Reporter: Brother Lu, if you were to act opposite Yan Xi now, what kind of project would you want? Lu Jia: A rom-com! One where they fall in love! Reporter: …You mean a romantic drama? Lu Jia: No! A rom-com where they do nothing but fall in love all day! Lu Jia’s triple combo: Make it sweet! Make it swoony! Make it romantic! A daydreaming, eternally overlooked queen of the silver screen X an award-winning actor whose old-fashioned public image has crumbled (and whose hands have gotten bold). Sweet, sweet, sweet! Theme: