The Lazy Stand-In Won't Listen

[The story is complete!] Please add me to your author collection. Thank you! [1] Word has it in high society that Pei Huaizhi, the cool and unfeeling CEO of Xiangshen International, keeps a little beauty at home who looks just like his white moonlight, Song Jiani. Zhou Jiu has been in a humble relationship with him for four years. She lets the Song sisters use her as a stepping stone, smear her, and steal her opportunities, pretending not to care. No matter what, Song Jiani is set to marry someone else, so Pei Huaizhi's future wife can only be her. That is, until Song Jiani returns to the country after her divorce. Pei Huaizhi cuts off Zhou Jiu's opportunities and terminates her contract in one fell swoop, desperate to see her disappear from the entertainment industry and from his life entirely. While everyone sighs over Pei Huaizhi's cold-heartedness, they eagerly wait to see Zhou Jiu make a fool of herself. Instead, during an awards ceremony, they see the aloof, high-and-mighty man kneeling on one knee in the shadows, holding the ankle of Zhou Jiu, the newly popular actress making a comeback, and carefully applying medicine. The young woman kicks him in the chest in protest, but he grips her even tighter. Rather than getting angry, Pei Huaizhi smiles. "Wait until you're healed to kick me. Don't hurt yourself again." The whole internet: ?? [2] After breaking up with Pei Huaizhi, Zhou Jiu decides to stop being a stepping stone for the Song sisters and stop giving haters the chance to curse her out. She'll just be a lazy couch potato. Forced to join an acting competition show, she does her best to avoid the cameras, give away her lines and scenes, and call on viewers to vote for her rivals, hoping to get eliminated early and go home, far from the entertainment industry. But the whole internet sees right through her: Want to get eliminated? Not a chance! Zhou Jiu, who only wants to laze around, suddenly becomes a huge star. Even the male celebrities who used to dislike her and avoid appearing with her because of her scandals now rush onto the show to fake a CP with her and ride her wave of popularity. Pei Huaizhi finally can't sit still. "Come home with me. I'll get you any opportunities you want." Zhou Jiu: "?? Jiujiu doesn't want to be famous. Jiujiu just wants to laze around..." Netizen 1: "Isn't this what they mean by being blessed with talent from birth?" Netizen 2: "No, this is clearly entertainment-industry big shot Pei Huaizhi chasing after her and spoon-feeding her success!" [Bonus scene] After their relationship is exposed, plenty of people envy Zhou Jiu and claim she's clinging to Pei Huaizhi for money, only to get dumped within a few months. A few days later, a reality show crew visits Pei Huaizhi's ultra-luxurious mansion in Jiangcheng to film Zhou Jiu packing. The famously aloof and refined big shot Pei Huaizhi is the only one doing any work, folding clothes, packing snacks, and finally slipping a bank card into her luggage. Zhou Jiu lounges on the sofa, eating the fruit he's cut for her. "I can't use a card there." Hearing that, Pei Huaizhi starts packing cash, bundle after bundle. Zhou Jiu: "It's too heavy." Pei Huaizhi, still worried: "Take it with you, please. If it's too heavy, I'll send someone to carry it for you. If it isn't enough, I'll bring you more." Zhou Jiu: "Why not just say you're coming with me?" Pei Huaizhi: "Can I? That sounds good." Netizens: "?? Is this what you call groveling?! I want to grovel like this too. Please let me bear this kind of weight!" Please add my upcoming novel, "As Long as It's You," to your collection! [Mutual pining | Redemption | Reunion after years apart | Marriage before love] Rebellious bad boy x gentle, well-behaved girl Architect x junior design assistant [1] When she first meets Chen Ji, the young man is arrogant and unruly. Though he is the only son of an illustrious family in the capital, envied by countless people, he lives secluded in a large old house in a small town, carving beams and repairing pillars, smoking and drinking through the endless darkness. In a seaside old town where every flying eave and interlocking bracket seems full of feeling, a pampered young lady arrives from the capital that summer. She comes to stay at Chen Ji's house while recovering from an illness. Zhou Fu is gentle and obedient. At first, she often tells him, "You should study hard. Then one day, you can leave this place." Chen Ji frowns impatiently. "Get lost. Quit bothering me." But just a few months later, the rebellious young man is learning to brew medicinal soup with his own hands, sitting by Zhou Fu's bed and patiently feeding it to her, spoonful by spoonful. On the eve of the girl's return home, Chen Ji's face darkens. "Where are you going?" Zhou Fu replies softly, "Back to the capital." "Is the capital far?" "Far." "Will you come back?" "Probably not..." That day, Chen Ji personally sees her off on the boat that carries her away from him. [2] When Zhou Fu meets Chen Ji again, he has become an untouchable figure at the pinnacle of the architecture world, and her direct supervisor as a junior intern. He passes by her in a tailored suit without even glancing at her. The girl's eyes sting. He really has forgotten her. But only a few days later, Chen Ji rescues Zhou Fu from some thugs near her shared rental apartment. With a stern face, he helps her pack that very night, then bundles her and her luggage into what he calls the "staff dormitory": his home. Zhou Fu never expected Chen Ji to be the man she was arranged to marry. On the day they register their marriage, she asks, "What can I do for you? I can handle hardship." The man simply says, "I don't want you to suffer. I only want you to be my wife." Later, at a banquet, the legendary architecture mogul Chen Ji stands beside the obscure junior intern Zhou Fu, attentively holding medicinal soup for her. The young woman looks upset and acts spoiled. "You said you wouldn't make me suffer." The man gently coaxes her. "Just one last sip, then you can have candy." -I don't want you to suffer. I only want you by my side, forever held high above the world. -If you don't come back, I'll come find you. -What you thought was a chance encounter was the only thing I ever schemed for in my life. 1. A few school-day flashbacks in the beginning, but mostly a sweet modern workplace romance after marriage. 2. The protection of the material culture of ancient Chinese timber-frame architecture. Theme: Hard work pays off.