After the Scum Bottom's Crematorium, a Seductive Beauty Takes the Throne

[The main story is complete; bonus chapters updated daily] [Coming soon: "The Immortal Lord Reincarnates as a Worthless Male Zerg," and "The Real Young Master Goes Viral in the Entertainment Industry Through Farming [Book Transmigration]." Blurbs at the end] Blurb: Two years ago, newly crowned Best Actor Shao Yixuan's romance with his agent, Gu Nanhua, was exposed, setting the internet ablaze. Countless fans and onlookers rushed in to ship their fairy-tale love story. On the same day two years later, Shao Yixuan suddenly announced he was moving to Xinghai. His Weibo post contained just one sentence: "Let's go our separate ways and find our own happiness." Ten minutes later, Gu Nanhua logged on to Weibo and deleted every post related to him. And so, the "Clamor" ship officially sank. After two years together, Gu Nanhua had never known Shao Yixuan was the youngest son of Tianyu's CEO. That was a secret kept from him. Shao Yixuan claimed to be single, but in reality he had a fiancée. That was a lie. And leaving for another company with the resources Gu Nanhua had exhausted all his connections to secure was a betrayal. Gu Nanhua never told anyone why he and Shao Yixuan broke up. As his agent, it was the last shred of dignity he could leave his client. * They met again on a variety show. Shao Yixuan was a washed-up Best Actor with no more good roles to his name, while Gu Nanhua was a rising star at the height of his fame. But what people loved talking about most was the two Best Actors' past relationship. Only when he saw Gu Nanhua again did Shao Yixuan truly understand that Gu Nanhua was the only person in the world who had ever cared for him without asking for anything in return, and the only one who would stand by him no matter what. During a break in filming, Shao Yixuan clutched Gu Nanhua's sleeve, eyes red, and repeated over and over, "I regret it, Nanhua. Please come back to me, okay? Can we go back to how things were?" Gu Nanhua only smiled and shook his head. He freed himself from Shao Yixuan's grasp and walked away. Someone stood in the light, reaching out to embrace Gu Nanhua as he approached. With a bold, carefree smile, he shot Shao Yixuan a taunting look. "He's mine." Reader's Guide: 1. Steady, protective Best Actor gong (Gu Nanhua) x charming, flirtatious agent shou (Shen Beiting) 2. No cheating or messy love triangles. They each have one ex-boyfriend, and only one! No fooling around! 3. No real-life inspirations. The author isn't a celebrity fan; any similarities are purely coincidental. Coming soon: "The Immortal Lord Reincarnates as a Worthless Male Zerg" Lu Xingchen was hunted by everyone in the cultivation world for possessing a secret treasure. Gravely wounded, he died beneath a lightning tribulation. Before his soul scattered, Lu Xingchen had only one thought: The cultivation world isn't worth it. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a member of the Zerg Empire: the most famous male zerg on the capital planet, Lu Xingchen, a beautiful, useless noble. The treasure the cultivation world had coveted had come with him: a Heaven-ranked cultivation manual for refining the mind, body, and soul. * This was a nation where strength came first. The capital planet had no place for useless beings below C-rank, even if they were the most beautiful, male zergs, or nobles. On the star network, there was a trending topic: #HasLuXingchenLeftTheCapitalPlanetYet?# It was full of citizens eager to watch the drama unfold. But they waited from spring until fall and never heard that Lu Xingchen had left. Instead, they got a different headline: "Freshman Representative at the Capital Military University: Lu Xingchen." That day, the star network, which had stood strong for a hundred years, crashed. * The citizens didn't know that even if Lu Xingchen remained a useless C-rank, he would never leave the capital planet. The day after he came of age, he had registered his marriage to Lou Xifeng, heir to the Lou family and one of the empire's marshals. [Capital Planet Ordinance 23: The spouse of a high-ranking officer is granted permanent residency on the capital planet.] [Lou Xifeng was devoted and sincere toward his male spouse his entire life. There was only one thing he hid from him: their prenuptial agreement stated that after marriage, they would not interfere in each other's lives and would have no obligation to fulfill their marital duties.] Reader's Guide: 1. The worldbuilding is the author's own. This is not a setting with many females and few males, nor is there a queen mother. 2. The plot follows a cultivation-and-leveling format; the romance is a marriage-first, love-after story. Recommendations for friends' ongoing novels: Romantic cultivation novel "The All-Purpose Pill Cultivator" by Yingzi Hui Facai: Become the greatest woman in the cultivation world. Strong shou, equally matched couple: "As a Rabbit, I Conquered the Entire Galaxy" by Zhuo Ying: A herbivore rises to the top of the food chain. Coming soon: "The Real Young Master Goes Viral in the Entertainment Industry Through Farming [Book Transmigration]" Lu Zhongwen was a max-level wood ability user in the apocalypse. He had finally achieved his dream of living a peaceful farming life, only to die at the hands of an infected ivy plant he had grown himself... When he opened his eyes again, he had become the real young master from a beloved entertainment-industry novel. Unfortunately, the protagonist was the fake young master. In the novel, the fake young master was aloof and elegant, with an unyielding pride. He was hailed as the most popular male star and the strongest actor of the new generation. His wealthy parents favored him, his childhood friend and fiancé doted on him, and a ruthless Best Actor, a puppy-like idol, and a domineering CEO all fell for him. The real young master had dropped out of high school and was timid and withdrawn. After being brought back to the wealthy Lu family, he repeatedly schemed against the fake young master out of jealousy, earning the hatred of his wealthy parents. After hiring someone to hurt him, he was cast out of the Lu family by his parents and the fake young master's admirers, then sent to prison. Newly transmigrated Lu Zhongwen looked at the barren mountain his adoptive parents, who had died young, had left him. Then he discovered that his wood ability had come with him, and his heart filled with joy. Who cared about wealthy families? Or the entertainment industry? Or being everyone's favorite? Could any of that be as fun as farming? To repay a friend's kindness, Lu Qingfeng agreed to be a regular guest on a slow-paced farming variety show. He never expected to find his parents' biological child there, much less to develop such a deep connection with him. [Bonus Scene] On the closing night of the variety show, everyone had drunk quite a bit. After the livestream ended, Lu Zhongwen escorted them back to their bedrooms one by one, leaving only Lu Qingfeng in the living room. One was drunk and the other was busy, and neither noticed the camera in the living room quietly switching on. When viewers poured into the livestream, they saw Lu Zhongwen about to take Lu Qingfeng back to the bedroom. The aloof, elegant idol they knew had clung tightly to Lu Zhongwen. His flushed cheek rested against the other's neck, and his lips brushed lightly against Lu Zhongwen's earlobe as he murmured, "Zhongwen, don't go. Don't leave me behind." The livestream chat went wild. Reader's Guide: The couple is the real young master x the fake young master. They're each other's only one, in body and heart. Theme: Even when trapped by hardship, keep striving toward a better life.