Falling for You Again

While other actresses were making headlines for dating young heartthrobs, Qiao Qi fell for an online friend she had met through the internet.

The friend lived overseas and had an elite career.

Later, at a cast dinner, everyone else sang and drank while Best Actor Liang secretly played on his phone, a smile lingering at the corners of his lips.

Qiao Qi happened to glance over and saw that the person he was chatting with on the screen was herself.

Qiao Qi: “...”

Lives overseas?

Elite career?

Yeah, right.

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In an entertainment industry full of beautiful women, Liang Yan fell in love online.

So when the whole internet started spreading rumors that he and Qiao Qi were together, he used an interview to say that his ideal partner was someone outside the industry.

Every word was meant to distance himself from Qiao Qi.

Later, they worked together again, and the rumors started up once more.

At an interview, Qiao Qi smiled and said frankly that she would prioritize her career. Then she linked arms with the film's second male lead, leaving Best Actor Liang, the male lead, behind.

That night, Best Actor Liang pinned a post on Weibo.

[Ideal partner: @Qiao Qi V]

Qiao Qi herself... posted a still of Best Actor Liang's character dying horribly in the drama?

Ongoing novel: Partiality

Overnight, Chen Jiayao became an orphan.

In a hospital filled with the smell of disinfectant, Chen Jiayao met that man for the first time.

The man wore a finely tailored suit, with gold-rimmed glasses perched on his high nose.

Behind the lenses was a pair of unfathomable eyes.

Chen Jiayao asked softly, “Then from now on, I...”

The man rested a hand on her head and said, “Come with me.”

“Call me Uncle Zhou.”

As he raised his hand, a breeze swept through the corridor, and Chen Jiayao caught a hint of a distinctive tobacco scent.

On the day Chen Jiayao graduated, Zhou Yanli was slumped on the sofa, reeking of alcohol. He tugged impatiently at his tie, removed the gold-rimmed glasses from his high nose, and glanced up. “You're all grown up now. What gift do you want?”

Chen Jiayao stared at his alcohol-reddened lips, but what she smelled wasn't alcohol.

It was hormones.

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Zhou Yanli had lived alone since he became an adult, and in ten years, he had never brought a girl home.

Later, because of Chen Jiayao, the house gradually filled with things girls used.

When friends came over and saw that the innocent young girl had somehow blossomed into a graceful young woman, they always teased him in private. “Professor Zhou, have you ever thought about making the girl at home your, ”

Professor Zhou himself cut them off without mercy. “I'm a professor, not a beast.”

Not long afterward, Chen Jiayao returned from studying abroad.

Professor Zhou, whose social media posts were always about math and science competition problems, made a rare post: a little red marriage certificate.

In the photo, Professor Zhou, usually so aloof and expressionless, had the faintest curve at the corner of his lips. His tenderness practically spilled off the screen.

Caption: Thanks. I went beast mode.

His friends: “...We knew you were a beast in human clothing!”

Professor Zhou's students: “...Good heavens! Our professor's wife is the campus belle from the university next door?”

His upperclassmen and underclassmen: “Thanks. Now I finally know why I always get called on in class.”

Age gap / refined scoundrel / secret crush / possessiveness

Also known as: The Sweet Fragrance Journey of Professor Zhou

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