The Little Fox of Heartbreak Valley Went Viral on a Talent Show [Entertainment Industry]

[My other ongoing novel is The Peach Blossom Sect Ancestor Wants to Be Universally Hated [Metaphysics and Showbiz]] [Reading advice: Ignore the blurb and dive right in. I’m hopeless at writing blurbs, please forgive me.] Linghu Xue is a nine-tailed spirit fox raised by the Hehuan Sect in the Valley of Heartlessness. Just after taking human form, she is struck by heavenly lightning and, in a daze, transmigrates into the contracted wife of a powerful business magnate. All she wants is to cultivate immortality. Looking at Xi Yunxiu, whose spiritual roots are overflowing with potential, she says blankly, “I’m in!” She’s in a strange place, but she’s already found a cultivation partner. Hooray! After they marry, however, Xi Yunxiu doesn’t love her. He spends all his time away from home. Her sweet little voice trembles. “Darling, when are you coming home?” There’s a din in the background, with women laughing nonstop. “Give it up. I’ll never like you,” Xi Yunxiu says coldly. “Our marriage is fake.” Linghu Xue looks at the table full of cold dishes and gives her snow-white ears a little shake. “Oh.” The female cultivators of the Valley of Heartlessness descend the mountain after coming of age to find cultivation partners. Every one of them is breathtakingly beautiful, bold in love and hate, and especially good at walking away without a backward glance. Their sect has had countless doors smashed in by male cultivators coming to demand their partners back. So that very day, divorce papers land on Xi Yunxiu’s desk. :) The next day, she cheerfully takes the stage on The Trainee Years. Faced with skeptical viewers and hostile looks from her teammates, she gets nervous. Will the little tune her senior sister taught her work? As the music starts, she reaches back to grasp a slender willow waist. Her snow-white feet sweep and lift, golden bells ring, and red silk streams through the air. At the end, her fox-like eyes sparkle with flirtation. Half-hidden behind a round fan, she glances back shyly and says, “My lord, it’s time for court.” That night, #LinghuXue_SexyAndSweetPerfection# dominates the trending searches. Suddenly, the whole internet is brimming with confidence: “Hi, wifey!” Before long, she becomes a runaway sensation with the title of the nation’s wife. Host: “So many people call you their wife.” In her sweet little voice, she answers matter-of-factly, “That won’t do. I can only marry one person.” The whole studio bursts out laughing. Xi Yunxiu, seated below, freezes, then smiles. The host asks nosily, “Would you join a dating show?” Her cheeks turn pink and her lashes flutter. “Hm? They have opportunities like that?” The studio erupts. A top-tier star, an award-winning actor, and a musical prodigy all raise their hands: Pick me! Pick me! Only Xi Yunxiu’s smile disappears. - Xi Yunxiu is a legend in the business world, having built a restaurant empire. His carefree womanizing is legendary, too. He has passed through a thousand flower beds, yet no one has ever seen him lose his composure over anyone. Except backstage at a talent show, where The once arrogant and reckless Xi Yunxiu falls to his knees and begs: “Wifey, don’t look at them. Look at me.” #OnceThereWasAMagnateWhoMadeHisWifeTheNation’sWife# #SeveralReadersSayTheBlurbSoundsClichedAndCheesyButTheStoryIsFreshAndCharmingSoPleaseGiveItAChanceGirlsHidingMyFace# An innocent, clueless beauty who knows how to reel people in X a CEO who’s a total softie once he falls in love [Content warnings]: Both leads are each other’s first and only love, happy ending, silly and sweet. The title and sect name have been changed, but the characters and plot have not been altered. There’s angst! The angst is the blade in the blurb. It serves the plot: sweet before the angst, then the male lead goes all out to win his wife back. Expect plenty of silliness. The heroine had not yet developed full intelligence when she transmigrated. She only talked big, and her values are not those of a normal person. The male lead seems like a huge player, but once he meets the heroine, he’s a model of virtue. There’s a twist, so readers who have zero tolerance for a man who seems like a scumbag should stay away. (More detailed warnings are in the author’s note for Chapter One.) The talent-show sections do not involve fan fundraising, chart manipulation, vote campaigns, comment control, or idol cultivation. The female cultivators of the Valley of Heartlessness do not cultivate through dual cultivation or using human furnaces. The “cultivate together” mentioned in the blurb means just that: cultivating together, making progress side by side, seeking common ground while respecting differences, and building the future through hard work. This story is not based on real people. ***Comments from readers of pirated copies will be randomly deleted or posted alongside subscription statistics. Please be aware. (Bows)*** [First draft of the blurb written on June 18, 2021. Screenshot saved.] [Some cover art assets are from Kimchimandu.] My other ongoing novel is The Peach Blossom Sect Ancestor Wants to Be Universally Hated [Metaphysics and Showbiz]. Visit my author page to check it out. Please add it to your collection ^^ The Peach Blossom Sect’s ancestor, Tao Mumu, has a spectacular run of romantic luck, but her peerless beauty brings her endless trouble. Countless wars have been fought over her in the human world, and even the Demon Venerable, Immortal Venerable, and Ghost King once battled for three days and nights. By a twist of fate, she ends up in a dating show as the contestant everyone hates. Having had enough of being universally adored, she thinks: Wait, this is an option? To play the part of the contestant everyone hates, she fawns pathetically over overconfident men: “How could someone as lowly as me dare to like someone as perfect as you?” She fires back at manipulative men: “Yes, I’m not good enough. But did I force you? You only failed to find a better female contestant because you weren’t good enough yourself.” [This girl really knows how to throw shade. I’m a fan!] [She’s so clear-eyed. Fighting manipulation with manipulation, and using their own tactics against them.] After all that, Tao Mumu’s fanbase grows instead of shrinking, and the dating show becomes a sensation. The award-winning actor and the top-tier star fight over her, while the Immortal Venerable, Demon Venerable, and Ghost King all return to the scene. Tao Mumu: Are they really this rebellious? Just as she’s about to turn from universally hated to universally adored, Tao Mumu reflects on her mistakes and takes charge If she can’t make them hate her, then she’ll have to make them afraid to love her. So she works hard to build real businesses and is named an Outstanding Female Entrepreneur by the Underworld, creating jobs for thousands of female ghosts. She develops bilateral trade with the Demon Realm and the Celestial Realm, creating a first-rate tourism economy. She actively promotes economic integration across the Six Realms, expands trade throughout the Eight Wastelands, and exports human culture to the rest of the world… That same year, her Peach Blossom Sect Limited Company goes public across all Six Realms and the Eight Wastelands. She becomes richer than a nation. At last, no men chase after Tao Mumu anymore! She gets the peace and quiet she wanted and finally becomes universally hated. Her would-be suitors weep at her doorstep: What the hell am I, to think I deserve to pursue her?! #RedefiningUniversallyHated #ToAvoidBeingUniversallyAdoredSheHasNoChoiceButToBecomeTheRichestWomanAround Theme: Seek common ground while respecting differences, and build the future through hard work.