The Scandalous Actress Is a Clingy Sweetheart

Actress Jing Xi has a face that could bring ruin to a kingdom, but her reputation in the industry is terrible. She gets a new rumored boyfriend every half month, always a fresh young heartthrob. She accounts for half the scandals and rumors in the industry.

Later, people noticed that the actress who was always in the tabloids seemed to have "turned over a new leaf." This regular trending-topic fixture hadn't appeared on the hot searches for over half a year.

At long last, when Jing Xi got a new rumored partner, an enterprising media outlet interviewed her about her impression of the young heartthrob in question.

In a change from her usual evasive answers, Jing Xi said very seriously, her face cold: "There's nothing going on. Don't make things up. The kid at home will get mad."

The whole internet exploded. Actress Jing had really "turned over a new leaf"...

At the same time, Jing Xi looked at the person who wasn't saying a word and drew out her voice in a coaxing tone. "Shengsheng, he was deliberately trying to get close to me. I don't even know him at all~"

Gu Niansheng: "Oh."

Jing Xi: "..."

Later, Jing Xi took her little darling onto a talk show. Only then did her fans learn who the "kid" their actress kept mentioning actually was. It was Gu Niansheng, who had mysteriously left the entertainment industry after filming a movie about a same-sex couple with Jing Xi four years earlier!

The host asked, "Niansheng, why did you leave the industry after making just one movie?"

Gu Niansheng glanced coolly at the beaming Jing Xi. "She tricked me into making it."

The host then turned to Jing Xi. "Teacher Jing, could you tell us what Niansheng has done that left the deepest impression on you?"

Jing Xi ground her teeth slightly and gave an awkward yet polite smile. "Shengsheng is face-blind. Every time she sees me, she has to ask, 'Who are you?'"

*An age gap of two and a half years [almost]

*Love that dawns late often starts with inexplicable affection

*She is the exception, and the one I favor

*The timeline is three years before the completed novel [She Always Thinks I'm Straight]

A quick guide to the character relationships:

Grandmother generation: Shi Chen, Gu Yijin

Mother generation: Shi Yusheng, Gu Qingchen, Gu Qingluo (The three are unrelated by blood. The first two are childhood friends who fell in love over time. Gu Qingluo is the eldest.)

Younger generation: Shi Wannian, Gu Niansheng

Many names appear in the first few chapters. It's recommended that you read the author's note after chapter one first, where the older generation is explained.

Coming next: [A Daring Crime] (no blood relation)

Ruan Xinyi had never known the pain of love in her twenty-three years, until she fell in love at first sight with a woman at a bar.

The woman looked as if she had been made to match Ruan Xinyi's tastes, perfect in every way.

For the first time in her life, Ruan Xinyi whisked someone off to a hotel.

After a night of passion, she received an exorbitant service fee and unexpectedly learned that the woman was her direct superior.

What Ruan Xinyi had least expected was that the woman was also her long-lost aunt!

In response, Ruan Xinyi decided to defy convention. She climbed into her aunt's bed in the middle of the night and asked with a cheeky grin, "Auntie, can I be your little husband?"

"..."

[She Just Wants to Be a Quiet, Lazy Fish]

Rumor has it that the eldest princess is carefree by nature, stunningly beautiful, extraordinarily talented, and powerful enough to dominate the court. She acts recklessly and lives a dissolute life, and even before she was married, she had a little burden in tow.

But no one knew that three years ago, one of the eldest princess's most cherished treasures ran away. She searched every inch of the coastline but never found the treasure she longed for.

Later, Song Zheng returned after hiding for three years.

At court, the emperor intended to arrange a marriage for Song Zheng.

But Song Zheng shook out his sleeve and, in an impassioned display of devotion, declared through tears, "My wife has been dead for three years, and I am still in mourning. I beg Your Majesty to revoke your decree!"

The eldest princess was so furious she laughed. The next day, she had the little burden dressed in mourning clothes and kneel outside Song Zheng's residence, claiming it was to observe the mourning period.

Theme: Give everything your best, including being happy.