Tangled Up [Entertainment Industry]

Qi Shang was famous in his circle for keeping his distance from women.

He'd remained single throughout his career, with not a single rumor linking him to anyone.

Being too perfect was bound to invite suspicion that he was maintaining a false image. Some guessed he was only respectable on the surface, and might be a playboy in private, more wild than anyone.

Yet industry insiders who had worked with him all had the same surprising assessment.

He wasn't into playing around. His career was all that mattered to him.

He was a bona fide cold-blooded demon king.

But no one knew there had long been a girl living in the demon king's heart.

His high school deskmate, Yu Chuxi.

She was just as immune to rumors, yet since high school, she hadn't minded pairing up with Yu Chuxi in a hugely popular ship: the Academic Couple.

Even after Qi Shang debuted, the ship remained popular, and rumors that the two were dating came up time and again.

When rumors linking him to other actresses trended, Qi Shang would deny them immediately, and the clarification would stay pinned at the top of the trending list.

But when his ship with Yu Chuxi took off, he neither confirmed nor denied it, making their relationship all the more mysterious.

-

Just as the public was busy speculating,

Qi Shang unexpectedly announced at his concert that he was getting married.

The audience was stunned.

Fans of the Academic Couple ship, hidden in the crowd, shouted, "Is your bride the high school deskmate from all those rumors?"

They thought Qi Shang would brush it off again without confirming or denying anything, but instead he calmly explained into the microphone:

"Who else could have been rumored with me for this long, if not her?"

Reunited after years apart | You're still irreplaceable | I still love you more than life

Aloof, cocky top-tier star x first love, the one who got away

Please add the upcoming serial, Love Letters Hidden in Time, to your collection!

To gather material for her new novel, Huang Leli decided to take a temporary job at a film studio.

Unexpectedly, she landed a position on the team of rising top-tier star Lin Teng, who had been her high school classmate.

They hadn't seen each other in years, and hadn't been close back then, either.

She thought that once filming wrapped, she and Lin Teng would never cross paths again. But later, Huang Leli unexpectedly received the love letter he'd never managed to give her in high school.

After that, she and the famous Lin Teng began a secret relationship.

-

Lin Teng, a top-tier star and one of the most popular names in entertainment, had a face more beautiful than a woman's and alluring, foxlike eyes that captivated countless people.

He topped the online vote for sexiest male celebrity people wanted to sleep with every year.

Despite being a heartthrob who could charm women, he was a rare breath of fresh air in the industry.

Years into his career, he had no scandalous rumors, and no one online could even figure out his ideal type.

One day, a veteran paparazzo announced that a top-tier star's romance would soon be exposed, and almost every clue pointed to Lin Teng.

His fans couldn't be bothered to respond, and passersby couldn't be bothered to join in. That guy didn't even have an ideal type, so what romance could he possibly be having? But against all expectations,

that very night, Lin Teng posted on Weibo and revealed his relationship himself.

Lin Teng: My ideal type is @XiziFishy

She was, and always would be, the only one who fit his ideal type.

Reunited after years apart: You're still the first person who made my heart skip a beat.

Cool, reserved guy x bright, sweet girl

The second revision of this synopsis was screenshotted on August 4, 2026.

Theme: I'd rather envy mandarin ducks than immortals.