Top-Tier Star's Secret Marriage Blows Up

[The companion novel, Waiting for a Star, is now available. Visit the author's page to check it out.] As a top-tier star in the entertainment industry, Jiang Mingzhi has both beauty and talent, and rumors and scandals follow her everywhere. Nine days out of ten, she's trending. The latest trending topic is #JiangMingzhiIsMarried#. Fans are stunned and haters are buzzing. Just as they're gearing up to dig into the identity of her husband, the source drops another bombshell: her husband is Lu Qian. "..." The gossip-hungry crowd loses interest and scatters. The old-school capitalist Lu Qian is cold, ruthless, harsh, and arrogant. In his eyes, the entertainment industry is beneath him. The only time he ever showed his face was to kick his starstruck younger sister back through the Lu family gates. The entire entertainment industry assumes Jiang Mingzhi picked the wrong person to use for publicity, and is about to be rewarded with the triple threat of being shelved, banned, and sued for defamation. Until one day, on a relationship show, Jiang Mingzhi says that if a couple can't get along, they should just get divorced. Halfway through the show, a mysterious person whisks her away backstage. Through the microphone, the man's voice sounds unbearably tempting: "Besides [censored], what else don't we get along about?" Comments: ??? We want to know what else you don't get along about, too. What's with that friend over there suddenly changing color? Good grief, the scandals were actually true. Blurb for Waiting for a Star: Song Xing has been in love with Jiang Mingchong since childhood, pining after him for more than twenty years. Jiang Mingchong likes quiet, gentle girls, so she bought a wardrobe full of white cotton dresses. He doesn't like bright colors, so for more than twenty years she kept her long, straight hair black. Jiang Mingchong was an outstanding student and a model member of the school discipline committee, so she was a well-behaved student and exemplary young lady from childhood. But Jiang Mingchong still didn't like her, just as he didn't like cilantro. There was no reason. He simply didn't like it. Then one day, Song Xing finally came to her senses, put an end to her unrequited love, and decided to live differently. She brought back her smoky makeup and rainbow hair, rode a heavy motorcycle, never went a day without a cigarette, and could change boyfriends three times in one day. Whenever Jiang Mingchong came up, she would just shake her head and say, "He's great, just not right for me." The underground rock band Kill the Roses has recently entered the public eye. Its lead singer, Song Xing, is a fiercely independent rebel who sounds so cool when she opens her mouth that nobody can compare. When a fan asked her what she looked for in a boyfriend, she bluntly said that any of the 3.5 billion men on Earth could be her next one. The whole crowd erupted in cheers. The rock-and-roll rebel really was born to break the rules, until someone dug up old school photos of Song Xing. In the photos, she had long, straight black hair, a cotton dress, a crystal hair clip, and big, doe-like eyes. She looked sweet, pure, and lovely. The rock-and-roll rebel had a past like that? Everyone in the industry was stunned, and started guessing she must have a long-lost twin sister. At last, Song Xing spoke earnestly into the microphone: That was me. I was young and foolish and made a few mistakes. Please delete my embarrassing past. ∠( ?"∠)_^ That day, in the pouring rain, Jiang Mingchong stood drenched, his pride in tatters, and asked her, "Am I part of your embarrassing past?" Song Xing held up her umbrella. "Umm..." How could you not be? Theme: Love life