Dressed to Please You

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Song Ning had spent years in the entertainment industry without ever becoming especially popular.

She wasn't famous, but she had high standards for scripts. So in all her years in the business, she'd only acted in a handful of acclaimed productions, and always in supporting roles.

Her agent was so worried about her that she was losing her hair.

One afternoon, Song Ning rushed into her agent's office and asked to take any acting job, as long as it paid.

Her agent stared at her in disbelief. "Are you short on money?"

Song Ning nodded vigorously.

Three days earlier, Song Ning had unexpectedly discovered that her ex-boyfriend of three years, whom she'd dated in secret, had cheated on her, and that she'd slept with the company's big boss.

The next day, Zhou Shiyan asked her unhurriedly, "How do you plan to take responsibility for me?"

Song Ning stammered, "I'll act to support you (?)"

It was supposed to be a casual joke, but to her surprise, he agreed. "Sounds good."

Song Ning was forced onto the path of acting to support the CEO.

Later, Song Ning found a post he'd made on Zhou Shiyan's phone:

#What should I do if the girl I like is in love with a scumbag?#

Top comment: Expose the scumbag's true colors so she understands how cruel the world can be. Then take advantage of her vulnerability, cling to her relentlessly, and good luck getting the girl, OP.

Song Ning remembered that she'd written that top comment.

Who could have imagined it?!

In the end, had she really set herself up?

◎Gentle, feisty little sweetheart X cold, old-fashioned gentleman

"Greedy Star" blurb:

1.

Tang Xing first met Lu Shijin at a police station.

Her clothes were disheveled, her hair clung to her skin with sweat, and her eyes were helpless and frightened. She was a complete mess.

After taking her away from the station, Lu Shijin gave her his phone number and told her to contact him if she ever needed anything.

Over the years, Tang Xing changed phones several times, and the number of people in her contacts dwindled. But Lu Shijin's number remained etched in her memory.

She never called it, though.

2.

Years later, Tang Xing learned that the Tang and Lu families planned to join their houses in marriage.

A union between Pingcheng's two biggest families should have been a glorious occasion. But Lu Shijin had suffered an accident and might never walk again, so Tang Xing's older sister, Tang Yue, refused to marry him.

Tang Xing hurried back from overseas and took her sister's place in the arranged marriage.

On their wedding day, Lu Shijin never showed up, and Tang Xing went through the ceremony alone.

She became a laughingstock throughout Pingcheng.

3.

Tang Xing stayed by Lu Shijin's side for a year.

As his legs gradually recovered and he became the proud, noble Lu Shijin once more, Tang Xing left, having fulfilled her purpose.

Lu Shijin went mad searching for her everywhere...

A few days later.

Lu Shijin stood outside Tang Xing's door, setting aside all his pride as he pleaded:

"Xingxing, I was wrong. Please open the door."

4.

When Liang Xinyue heard that her best friend had finally won over her own uncle, she hurried back to congratulate them. But the moment she spoke, Lu Shijin cut her off:

"Who said you could call her Xingxing?"

Liang Xinyue shot him a glare. Forced by someone's threat to change how she addressed her, she corrected herself: "Auntie."

"I Want to Spoil You" blurb:

Shen Cen is a newly hired physics professor at A University. With his cool, aloof voice and refined, ascetic looks, he inspires both respect and fear in his students.

The first time Hang Tian filled in for someone in his class, Shen Cen caught her in the act.

After class, Shen Cen took her to his office.

He asked, "Why were you filling in for someone?"

Afraid he'd be angry, Hang Tian hurried to explain. "No, I just like Professor Shen's lectures."

Shen Cen chuckled. "Really? I teach Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. You can come to all my classes."

To keep her lie going, Hang Tian ended up sitting in on his lectures for an entire semester.

At the end of the term, Shen Cen asked, "Do you still like them? Should I tell you when next semester's schedule comes out?"

Hang Tian: "..." Can I still take that back?

Professor Shen had been single for all twenty-eight years of his life. The students at A University all thought he was too picky to ever find a girlfriend.

But one day, as soon as class ended, the usually calm and composed professor hurried out.

He gently coaxed the girl by the door:

"I'll explain what happened that day when I get home. Please don't be mad, okay?"

The students in class: "???"

Fake-sweet comic artist X fake-cold professor. If you spot any plot holes, please point them out gently, everyone. Thanks!

Theme: Strive to be your own sunshine.