Soft-Thorned Rose

▲Complete. ▲My next story will be "Exclusive Star." Blurb: Meng Congzhou x Nan Yao A story where the second male lead wins. [You were never my second choice. You are the one starry sky I am determined and obsessed with reaching.] At twenty-six, Nan Yao went through a breakup, quit her job, and got married in a whirlwind. Her life felt like a roller coaster. Before the wedding, she already knew Meng Congzhou didn't love her, which was a relief to Nan Yao. After all, she wasn't marrying him for love, either. That was until, at a party, Meng Congzhou calmly said, "There's no one in this world you absolutely have to be with. No two people are destined to stay together." A friend played a recording of him from a few years earlier. In it, Meng Congzhou drunkenly confessed the truth: "Why won't she turn around and look at me? I would love her for the rest of my life." - Nan Yao's last audition had been seven or eight years ago, and she approached this one as if facing an enemy. On the day of the audition, a pretty young woman who was there with her shared some hot gossip: "I heard they added a judge at the last minute this year. The owner of Xingyao is incredibly handsome, and he gets a say in the decisions. I wonder which girl he'll bankroll for a role this time." She even pulled up a photo for Nan Yao. Seeing Meng Congzhou looking so respectable in it, Nan Yao fell into thought. She had only gotten halfway through typing a message to Mr. Meng when his arrived first. "Did you see me? I made a heart at you when I first came in! You didn't respond, but don't worry, I'm here. I'll make sure you beat out all the other investors." "All I wished for was my parents' health, a safe life through every up and down, and for you to be by my side. But sadly, not one of those wishes came true." Angst and everyday life Theme: My next story will be "Exclusive Star."