[I can't think of a title, argh! This will do for now! I've never written a modern romance, so I want to give it a try!]
Blurb:
Jiang Lu made her debut as a child star and won Best Actress at sixteen. After that, she only took a guest role in one art-house film a year, successfully acting her way into poverty.
Luckily, an old classmate of hers was a producer at a neighboring TV station,
and before long, a variety show invitation landed in Jiang Lu's hands.
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The day Jiang Lu appeared on the variety show,
there were six guests in total.
One was a rising young actress who'd lost to her in the race for Best Actress. One was the person she'd secretly loved in college. One was her former crush's current girlfriend. And one was a popular young actor who'd once tried to take advantage of her on a film set and ended up getting beaten badly.
Jiang Lu immediately went into social-anxiety mode and drooped her head: ...
The last guest arrived late. He looked at the river everyone had to cross and frowned. "Want me to carry you over?" Then he hoisted Jiang Lu onto his shoulder.
The comments exploded.
Jiang Lu: ?
The new guest was a famous top-tier star in the industry, who'd just made a successful transition this year and won Best Supporting Actor. What was his name again?
After that day, Jiang Lu, the "veteran artist" with an impressive resume who'd been in the industry since childhood, returned to the public eye.
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Half a year later, Jiang Lu appeared on another dating show, called Limited-Edition Heartbeats.
By the second episode,
her assigned male partner had been replaced at the last minute.
That day, all the viewers saw the handsome young man with sharp, unruly features sitting properly in front of Jiang Lu and saying, "Hello, I'm Bai Ximing. I'm your male partner."
Bai Ximing debuted at eighteen and became a top-tier star in the industry at twenty, winning countless fans with his incredible stage presence and creative talent.
Before his debut, he was on the school swim team. On the day he was disqualified from competitions for fighting, he swam back and forth irritably in the school pool.
The moment he surfaced,
he saw a girl who was sweet, soft, and damn beautiful, crouched at the edge of the pool with a sketchbook, drawing him.
- Only after I reached the top did I earn the right to come to you.
- When I spoke to you for the first time, my voice was shaking, but the stupid microphone didn't pick up a thing.
A somewhat socially anxious acting genius and adorable sweetheart x a genuinely cool, aloof top-tier male star.
Just a sweet, fluffy little romance.
Theme: Everyone is a star someone else looks up to