A Fish in the Pond

[I don't have the time to finish this, so I've taken it down. I'm very sorry. I hope you find more stories you love.]

Younger love interest / five-year age gap / female second lead becomes the heroine / redemption

Obsessive younger wolf-dog x radiant, slow-to-realize beauty

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Yun Zhan has been in the entertainment industry for ten years, enjoying boundless fame and never having a scandal.

Everyone says she's the industry's prettiest vase, and she agrees.

From the moment Yun Zhan began her journey in show business, someone had already paved the way for her.

The road was glamorous and dazzling, but lined with thorns.

To the person controlling her from behind the scenes, she was an insignificant, dispensable canary, forced to wear a perfect smile onstage no matter how much she was hurting.

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Yan Yizhi is a gifted young actress.

When Yan Yizhi first entered the industry, she acted opposite Yun Zhan. Yun Zhan's dedication and love for acting became the motivation that pushed Yan Yizhi forward.

Yan Yizhi said Yun Zhan was as gentle and enchanting as a mermaid, but Yun Zhan shook her head. "I'm no mermaid. I'm just a goldfish who blows bubbles."

"Who says that? Ah Zhan is a mermaid!"

Yan Yizhi was furious. She wouldn't let Yun Zhan talk about herself like that!

As if soothing a child, Yun Zhan relented. "All right, all right. If you want me to be a mermaid, then I'm a mermaid. But mermaids seem to have pretty tragic endings."

Yan Yizhi grinned triumphantly and gestured toward the sky. "Then we'll kick the prince out! I'll carry Ah Zhan ashore! We'll be together forever, anyway!"

"Sure. Let's talk when you're strong enough to carry me."

Yun Zhan didn't take Yan Yizhi's childish words seriously.

After all, being with someone forever was something Yun Zhan believed could never happen.

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Yan Yizhi won several Best Actress awards for the film Rebirth. When someone asked what she most wanted to do now that she was an award-winning actress, she stared earnestly into the camera and spoke each word as if joking:

"I know a mermaid who thinks she's a goldfish. She doesn't belong in a pond, but her owner keeps her in a sealed, cramped fish tank. I want to shatter the glass, lead her away from convention, and help her return to the sea."

"Ah Zhan, I'm strong enough to carry you now. Will you turn around and look at me?"

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"What love itself has joined, time cannot part.", Germain Nouveau

*Place names are adapted for the fictional setting. Please don't apply the novel to real life.

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Blurb written on 2021.11.9

Theme: Faith should not depend on any one person.