The Midnight Beacon Will Never Shine Again

[All the scenes featuring the supporting characters have been revised. Their names are now Fang Lingling and Xu Dongyan. Everything on piracy sites is inaccurate, so please don't leave random comments. Thank you.]

I wouldn't dare lie before the Buddha, much less set up a scheme to make you fall in love with me.

So let us be bound together by fate.

After receiving a love-luck charm, I smiled and asked him, "If you really ended up falling for me in this lifetime, would you regret it?"

He only held me tighter. His warm breath seemed to sear my heart, like a brilliant light descending from the boundless heavens to save all beings.

"How lucky I am to have been conquered by you."

Amid the endless mortal world, fame and fortune drifted by, and every passing cloud seemed like shackles, binding a heart devoted to love. She was like a blinded fighting beast, trapped in his sea of love for six whole years.

Did she regret it? No. She savagely tore through her chains and ran toward him.

Amid the rustle of fine clothes and gleam of jeweled hairpins, he was her most scorching, searing heartbeat.

And he personally built a tower of love for her. The midnight beacon would never shine again.

[Cool, disillusioned actress and arrogant heir of the capital's elite]

A beacon that goes dark at midnight, though it once shone only for you, is still a love story steeped in the world of fame and fortune.

Tips:

1. Happy ending. This is a sweet fairy tale for adults, focused on romance rather than the entertainment industry, and told in the third person.

2. The story has two parts. If you want what seems like a modern romance but is actually a long-planned scheme, start with Chapter 1 for the reverse-chronological perspective. If you'd rather begin from the male lead's long-planned perspective in chronological order, start with their first meeting twelve years ago in Chapters 51-56. Choose whichever you prefer.

Theme: Pursue a better version of yourself as you search for true love.