Wen Mian has returned from a palace-intrigue novel. She was originally the pure-hearted first love in a melodramatic novel about a substitute taking her place, and was destined to become entangled in a love-hate relationship with the male lead before dying to save him.
Wen Mian, back in the real world: Oh my god, was I an idiot or what!
She immediately ditched her adoptive mother, who was pretending to have cancer so she could sell Wen Mian for an astronomical price, and avoided the original story's plot by going into acting.
After joining the crew, Wen Mian focused on her career, but her ex-boyfriends kept showing up around her:
Her wealthy ex, the male lead: "I want to bring Mianmian the first cup of milk tea of winter."
Her ex before him, a gifted director: "We can fake the kissing scene. Just don't get too close to anyone else."
Her ex before that, a lovesick supporting male character: "Mianmian, I'm sick. Could you come take care of me?"
Just as Wen Mian was about to go look after him, the green tea male supporting character, who had deliberately taken a cold shower to give himself a fever, grabbed her by the hem. His eyes were red with fever. "Mianmian, I heard they're going to blacklist me. Sob... I'm scared."
Wen Mian: "...Don't be scared. I'll stay with you."
Later, when the series aired, its behind-the-scenes footage became a huge hit. Fans noticed that the male supporting character and Wen Mian were especially close.
He was the one who kept bringing her milk tea, the one who deliberately messed up the kissing scenes, and the one who, burning with fever and speaking in that affected, helpless way, wouldn't let Wen Mian leave!
The whole internet was baffled: Why was Wen Mian always with the male supporting character? Were the other actors ostracizing her?
Wen Mian's ex-boyfriends: Do you think I don't want to see Mianmian? That green tea guy keeps hogging her!
Wen Mian, who knew exactly what he was like: "Stop pretending."
The arm around her waist tightened slowly. In an innocent voice, he said, "Didn't you used to like me best when I acted like this, Mianmian?"
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When Wen Mian died in her previous life, the one thing she regretted was that she had returned to life by killing herself. The young eunuch she had once saved on a whim turned out to be a treacherous minister. When he led his army into the imperial city to rebel, Wen Mian took poison and killed herself rather than risk being violated. So she never knew that after her death, Fu Wenshen, dressed in cold armor, held her body and kissed her again and again in unbearable grief before taking his own life.
From beginning to end, he had rebelled only so he could make her his empress.
Theme: Work hard, become independent, and keep striving
