I'm Not a White Lotus [Showbiz]

Internet sensation Xu Yingjie worked himself to the bone to avoid going home and inheriting a fortune worth tens of billions. He became an aloof beauty on a high peak, the kind of man everyone admired from afar but no one dared approach.

Gu Yang, a minor actress, had appeared in thirteen melodramas in three years, playing the same scheming innocent every time. In the end, though, she made it big through her side hustle.

One day, Gu Yang noticed a car following her. When a bodyguard asked her to get in, she didn't hesitate. She took off running.

A few days later, Gu Yang was cornered in a strange room.

Xu Yingjie: Miss Gu, don't misunderstand. I just have a few questions I'd like to ask.

Gu Yang: ??

Xu Yingjie opened the melodrama he'd paused last time. “As a seasoned scheming innocent, how can you act like this?”

Gu Yang: ...

#A nontraditional CEO whose parents keep hoping he'll go bankrupt x an actress who’s thriving at her side hustle and loves to bluff#

#Both each other's one and only#

[Bonus scenes]

1. A little gossip in a media interview: “We hear that you and Mrs. Xu are very much in love. If she and one of your brothers invited you out at the same time, what would you do?”

Xu Yingjie: “As the old saying goes, brothers are like hands and feet, women are like clothes.”

He caught sight of Gu Yang approaching out of the corner of his eye.

He quickly added, “Hands and feet can be broken, but you can't go around without clothes!”

2. Xu Yingjie walked past the venue and waved at Gu Yang through the iron railings.

Gu Yang wondered what kind of stunt he was pulling, then heard him say, “Don't we look like people who found true love through shared hardships?”

Gu Yang: “No.”

Xu Yingjie: “Then what do we look like?”

Gu Yang: “Tears Behind Bars.”

3. Xu Yingjie prepared two milk teas and drank the pomelo-and-mango sago drink she liked. He just couldn't figure out what was so good about it.

Seeing the young master frown, the butler ingratiatingly asked if he wanted to throw it away.

The young master Xu ignored him. He took a sip, thought it over, and swore he would figure it out!

Gu Yang's eyes lit up at the sight of the milk tea. “Mr. Xu is truly extraordinary! He always gets milk tea in pairs.”

Xu Yingjie took the drink he'd originally prepared for her and said, “Yeah, I think this is really delicious.”

Gu Yang gritted her teeth. “Milk tea, done in by talking too much!”

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