Hunting a Narcissus

A story set in the entertainment industry. No real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations, no real-life inspirations.

Somewhere between realism and fantasy.

The heroine is confused yet clear-headed in love. She can marry one person, have a child with another, and go on to love someone else.

A touch of ensemble cast, with career and romance running side by side.

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It took Jing Qi many years to go from Qiqi to President Qi, a difference of just one character.

Along the way, she even lost her real name for a time, replaced by the title "Mrs. Wang."

If she had been in her twenties, she would surely have had the words "Mrs. Wang" engraved in gold and framed on the wall. Out of the world's four billion women, how many could marry into a wealthy Hong Kong family without shedding blood or breaking their heads?

But she was in her thirties now, and being a man's appendage was no honor.

No man was good enough to change that.

Besides, this man had one fatal flaw: he didn't love her.

As for all the schemes she'd used for his sake, STOP. Even thinking about them made her feel like a dumbass.

Wang Mingqiao had once read Jing Qi's novels, or rather, the reviews readers had written about them. Beautiful, sensitive, full of imagination, as if she had an inexhaustible supply of love and devotion.

After reading them, he could only laugh. Those readers had never seen Jing Qi's exquisitely self-serving side.

She was clear-headed, rational, and fierce. She wanted more power and resources. She was even lucky, and had always been good at getting revenge.

Thinking of this, Wang Mingqiao couldn't understand why he was laughing.

Dumbass. Tang Run agreed with Jing Qi's own assessment of herself.

Back then, when he'd finally gotten popular, landed the male lead in an S-tier TV series, and secured three endorsements in one month, she acted as if her work was done and told him she was quitting the industry. When she left the studio, she was practically skipping. She couldn't even be bothered to put in eye drops and pretend she was sad to leave.

He thought she was going off to pursue some dream. As it turned out, she was just going to be Wang Mingqiao's assistant.

He admitted that Jing Qi was a good person. Later, she even helped him land that big-name endorsement and that film project.

But... hmph. She liked relying on men, but he didn't like relying on women.

At first, Yao Jiale only knew the name "Ricky." Then he learned about "Jing Qi," "President Qi," and "Qiqi."

He had never told her that he envied her. She had everything and could do anything, like a full moon capable of filling in its own missing pieces.

In her presence, he even felt insignificant.

He had to hide that feeling of inferiority every moment of every day.

Without Jing Qi, he thought, his life would have been so much worse than it was now. He might never have had the chance to appear on screen, let alone have crazy fans and camera flashes going off nonstop.

But later, people told him that he and that person had the same birthday. Some fans even said they looked a little alike...

He refused to be a stand-in.

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A one-on-one relationship for certain phases of the story.

The plot is connected to "Little Narcissus." "Little Narcissus" mainly tells the story of the heroine after she graduates.

Theme: Live life with care