A Billion-Dollar Love Announcement [Showbiz]

[My new story, Kiss at Four Corners, is now available!]

*Weibo: @Paoyouyu

Rekindled romance / long-planned scheme / mutual attraction / no real-life model

1.

A stunning photo of a popular actress and a top-tier star exchanging glances at the Starlight Gala spread everywhere.

Their shippers sprang up overnight, calling the couple "Billions."

The two responded:

Bai Yi: We really don't know each other!

Xie Wang: We don't know each other yet. Looking forward to working together.

Soon afterward, offers for variety shows and dramas came pouring in.

On the set of the promotional photos for Carrying On the Past:

Bai Yi casually draped a hand over the man's shoulder and leaned against him for support, bringing her lips close to his sexy Adam's apple and gently pressing them against it.

Xie Wang kept his gaze restrained as he wrapped an arm around her. "Don't be naughty."

The woman raised an eyebrow and gave a soft hum through her nose, even biting him playfully.

Xie Wang murmured, "Keep being naughty and I'll deal with you."

The photographer, completely unaware: Their eyes are practically touching! They've nailed it! No wonder they're actors!

2.

A paparazzo staked out the area and snapped a photo that could have sent the fans into a frenzy.

He posted it that night, thinking it would make him famous and start a war of insults. Instead, the cruel truth left him furious enough to faint.

3.

At the second leg of the tour, the crowd was going wild.

When the song ended, Xie Wang's gaze passed over the sea of people and landed on the woman in the center of the front row, holding a fan sign. "Above all the heartbeats, there's only you."

The next day, news broke online that Billions had dated in high school, and that she had been the one to pursue him.

Xie Wang personally reposted it: "It's my honor."

[Important reminder, in bold: No real-life model, no real-life model, no real-life model.]

[The author isn't part of the entertainment industry. The plot is entirely made up and does not reflect the real state of the entertainment industry. This is just an entertainment-industry novel!]

Blurb for the upcoming story Kiss at Four Corners:

Rumor had it the new season of a rural-life variety show was doomed. Two regular cast members had been poached by a famous director to star in a historical romance drama, and couldn't participate because of scheduling conflicts.

People offered all kinds of opinions on Weibo, and the comments piled up.

The most-liked comment read: "Director, if you've got the guts, invite Xu Shuning or Shen Quanyi. Otherwise, I'm not watching. [Dog-head emoji]"

A week later, Xu Shuning arrived at the countryside house with her suitcase to repay the director for a favor.

She pushed open the door, and the moment she lifted her eyes, she suddenly met a pair of beautiful dark eyes.

Xu Shuning froze, unable to understand why he was here.

Shen Quanyi stepped forward to take both suitcases, his tone casual. "Are you here on vacation?"

Xu Shuning blushed. "No."

·

A few days later, Xu Shuning was catching loaches when her foot slipped. She went straight down on her knees in the mud, smearing her face, and accidentally knocked Shen Quanyi over too.

Silence fell all around them.

Everyone else silently mourned for Xu Shuning.

The next second, Shen Quanyi gently held her and helped her up, half embracing her as he murmured, "Be careful. Don't fall."

After the footage aired, the hashtag "Be careful. Don't fall" exploded on the trending list that night.

Netizens: ...

Later, a photo from a high school sports meet trended online. Netizens recognized the boy standing not far behind Xu Shuning: Shen Quanyi.

They stood out brilliantly among the crowd.

Netizens: So they were high school classmates!

Netizens: No wonder...

Blurb for the upcoming story The Ones Who Run Toward Danger:

A warehouse in City A caught fire and exploded. Firefighters rushed fearlessly into the flames. After eight hours, the surviving heroes emerged from the blaze, their faces black with soot.

The reunion Wen Yuli had dreaded most took place in a hospital.

Jin Zebei had been hospitalized with burns, and she was his attending doctor.

During the examination, the man clenched his teeth and endured the pain seeping through every part of his body without making a sound. Sweat dampened his temples.

Wen Yuli moved very gently. Wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a white coat, she looked pure and lovely.

She told him earnestly, "Jin Zebei, don't hold it in if it hurts."

Jin Zebei froze, and for the first time, he stared at the young woman, momentarily lost in thought.

He couldn't help turning his head with a smile, but the movement tugged at his wound and made him hiss. "All right. Then be gentle with me."

·

One day after they got together,

Jin Zebei, who finally had a rare day off, went to the hospital to pick Wen Yuli up after work.

He made his way to her office with practiced ease. The door was ajar, and Wen Yuli was on the phone.

A gentle yet solemn woman's voice drifted out:

"I never imagined that the love I felt as a girl would become the person I spend my life with."

Jin Zebei leaned against the wall, his eyes lowered and unreadable.

The luckiest thing in his life was meeting Wen Yuli and having a home with her. The thing he felt most guilty about was that this home could be shattered at any moment.

From then on, whenever he went out on a rescue, he began to fear death and to fear Wen Yuli having to endure grief alone.

Theme: Stay positive and keep moving forward