This Affection Is for Ling [Showbiz]

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1.

Jian Tingling is a gorgeous girl who takes life easy, goofs off, and never studies. Laid-back by nature, she's both beautiful and bold.

She has always been famous throughout the school for ranking near the bottom. Whenever exams come around, she hands in a blank paper. Then one day in her third year of high school, she turns over a new leaf and eventually gets the same score on the college entrance exam as the cool, handsome academic star Ke Yizhi, earning a place at one of the country's two best universities.

When it comes time to choose a university, she asks around to find out whether Ke Yizhi plans to apply to Qingyuan or Beihua. Whichever one he chooses, she'll go to the other.

The reason is simple: right before the college entrance exam, the two of them nearly got into a fight.

On the rooftop at sunset, the summer breeze ripples through the air, while golden clouds glow across the horizon. The girl is as delicate and picturesque as a painting.

Just as she strikes a pose, a top talent scout rushes upstairs. "Hey, miss! Would you like to join the entertainment industry? You're absolutely the next top-tier star!"

Jian Tingling: "What? Not interested. I'm out."

The talent scout leaves dejectedly. Ke Yizhi says helplessly, "I'll let you have three moves first."

Jian Tingling nods. The hem of her petal-like uniform skirt flutters in a wave as her long, straight leg shoots out, ready to plant an ornate shoe print on his white shirt.

The head of discipline rushes over after hearing the commotion and takes them both to the office to write self-criticisms.

The sky darkens to an ink-washed blue. The moon and stars shine in the boy's eyes, making him look even more aloof and handsome, like a deity from legend.

A message lights up his phone screen: [Hey handsome, with a face like yours, not making your debut would be such a waste! The entertainment industry would be missing its next breakout legend!]

Ke Yizhi: "No thanks. There's no point. Money doesn't interest me."

Five years later, top-tier star and singer-dancer Ke Yizhi is invited to be the head mentor on the variety show Breaking Free.

He takes the trainee list and sees the very first entry:

Vocals: F. Dance: F. Rap: F. Looks: S++. Jian Tingling.

He remembers her, famous throughout high school for a string of unbelievably low scores, and senses that this familiar trick is back again.

Ke Yizhi's expression remains as cool as ever, his tone betraying no emotion.

"I'll be her mentor."

2.

Ke Yizhi started out as an idol, but became the youngest winner of the Golden Melody Award almost as soon as he debuted.

His debut album's sales ushered in a new dynasty. When he appeared on the cover of a century-old magazine, the interview's title was only two words: "A Miracle."

The man on the cover has deep, dark phoenix eyes, like two shadowy seas holding starlight within.

Already famous in the entertainment industry for his cool, indifferent nature, he is aloof as an immortal banished from heaven, bringing to mind snow on a lofty peak and a lonely moon above the clouds.

Yet a faint beauty mark sits at the corner of his eye.

Half-hidden by the dark shadows cast by his long lashes, the pale mark has an inexplicably bewitching, almost uncanny allure.

One day, Ke Yizhi attends the overseas G.A. Awards wearing a mask.

Everyone suddenly notices a flush rising around that faint mark. Against his cool, pale skin, it looks especially vivid, like rosy clouds embracing a solitary white moon.

Reporter: "May I ask if you are feeling unwell, Mr. Ke?"

Ke Yizhi pauses. His elegant index finger bends and lightly brushes the corner of his eye. "You mean this?"

His dark phoenix eyes curve slightly, dimples forming beneath them as he smiles. "It's a kiss mark."

That one sentence sets every major platform ablaze that night, and the servers crash again and again.

Jian Tingling, who has just won G.A.'s Best New Singer-Songwriter award, refreshes the page eight hundred times before finally getting online and sending her fans the promised selfie.

In the photo, the girl wears her school uniform, with a high ponytail and white shirt. She looks back amid midsummer blossoms, her smile free-spirited and radiant.

Not long after, the person who brought the whole internet crashing down casually reposts the photo.

@KeYizhiV: [Look at her little sharp teeth.]

A songwriting genius who's both laid-back and wild × a cool, aloof beauty and top-tier star

A sweet story of two first loves reaching the top together.

Reading tips:

1. The story opens with a reunion in the entertainment industry. School memories will be told in flashbacks.

2. The variety show's competition format is based on Produce 101, with plenty of nonsensical changes made for the sake of the plot. None of the characters are based on real people. Please don't bring real-life celebrities into the discussion.

3. The heroine is just as clever as the hero. She used to deliberately hand in blank exams and rank near the bottom for her own reasons, and later turns things around because she changes her mind. Read the story to find out why!

4. The plot and romance take up roughly thirty and seventy percent, respectively.

5. Everyone is welcome to share their thoughts and suggestions in the comments! Please keep your superiority-seeking sarcasm and personal attacks to yourself.

6. Enjoy reading :)

Coming soon: Lu Li Fan Ying [Entertainment Industry]

1.

When Jiang Hanying was thirteen, a photo of her admiring cherry blossoms on a snowy night went viral. A renowned director soon noticed her, and she stood out among thousands of auditionees to land the lead role in a beloved fantasy drama franchise.

For the next five years, one film came out each year. The whole country watched Hanying grow up, and she went on to enroll at a top film academy.

That was also the year Hanying met that man.

2.

When a reporter asks Hanying what troubles her most, she doesn't dare say that she's too famous.

But her teachers and classmates all treat her like a celebrity. She longs to experience relationships between people as equals.

So she throws herself into every social media app on the market. Her closest online friend is called [Congo Peacock].

Peacock is an eccentric, unpredictable person, but they get along especially well.

They can spend an entire afternoon laughing over a video of a raccoon washing cotton candy.

One day, he asks what a guy needs to do before confessing to a girl.

Having never dated, Hanying searches the whole internet and puts together 108 surefire ways to win a girl's heart for him.

At the end of the document, she adds a timid note: [I think a pink diamond necklace carved into the shape of a monkey is romantic... but it seems like nobody mentioned that.]

3.

Jiang Hanying takes a deep breath and steps into a brand-new production filled with superstars.

This is the comeback project of an eccentric international director. The whole entertainment industry is fighting for a place in the cast, and even the extras are top-tier stars.

She is nervous and treads carefully, but still manages to cause trouble, knocking a box off the makeup table where film emperor Qiao Luli had set it down.

Qiao Luli holds the top spot in the film industry. He is stunningly handsome and has won the Best Actor award five times.

His cool, aloof temperament is so well known that major media outlets have tearfully called him "someone too extraordinary to imagine in this world."

Jiang Hanying wouldn't dare offend a star of his stature. Her hands trembling, she reaches for the box. A crystalline pink gleam catches the light.

A lifelike monkey carved from platinum holds a three-carat pink diamond shaped like a peach, its eyes meeting hers.

4.

Later, in a private estate somewhere in Yuncheng, the master of the house clears away all the trees and plants cherry blossoms everywhere.

Sweet and elegant × a cool, aloof peacock

Luli: Vivid and elaborate colors.

Peacock: Lives in trees and stays faithful.

Congo Peacock: A mysterious bird that's hard to understand.

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Reading tips:

The story begins when she is thirteen. Her underage years won't take up much of the story, and she'll move on to university in no time.

A story about a film emperor and a film queen who both love unusual animals =w=

The brief description of the Congo Peacock in the blurb is adapted from Baidu Baike~

My new novel, Rose and Ink Smoke, is now underway. A radiant beauty like an oil painting × a brooding powerhouse. Come visit my profile and add it to your favorites~

1.

When Wen Xuegui was nineteen, a painting she had made as a practice piece sold for tens of millions, making her famous in the art world.

In the oil painting, a delicate rose lies languidly beside a dark rock. It embodies everyone's dream of flowers blooming like a vision, and soon spreads across the internet.

But someone posts anonymously: [The painter herself is even more beautiful, with a graceful, radiant charm. She's already engaged to the Yu family, the most powerful family of all.]

The poster doesn't know that she never showed up at the engagement banquet.

2.

Xuegui refuses to submit to an arranged marriage, and flies back overnight to her alma mater, the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, to clear her head.

Amid the glittering lights and lively crowds, she meets a handsome but poor Chinese international student, Aaron.

Aaron is warm and sincere. He takes her by the hand to dance the foxtrot, gives her roses, and feeds her Cartellate drizzled with wine syrup.

Beneath a shower of fireworks, he confesses his love to Xuegui with infinite tenderness, the Milky Way reflected in his eyes.

For the first time, Xuegui experiences the boundless beauty of being in love.

After spending several romantic nights together, she is pressured by her family and leaves without saying goodbye.

Half a month later, she is taken to meet the man she is engaged to.

The man is handsome and refined, his features blurred by curling tea steam. All she can make out are the eyes that once reflected a starry night.

"Miss Wen, it's been a long time."

His eyes are calm and still. "I'm Aaron, Yu Mohuai."

3.

Everyone knows that the head of the Yu family is shrewd, refined, and brooding.

Xuegui smiles bitterly, admitting that the rumors are well deserved.

She has been pampered all her life and has not a shred of cunning. If she really marries into that family, they will devour her without leaving a bone.

As spring gives way to winter and heavy snow blankets Yuncheng, she says goodbye to Yu Mohuai.

The news spreads, shocking half of Yuncheng. There have always been plenty of people eager to marry into the Yu family, and now their hopes flare up again.

Countless people wait eagerly for him to announce the end of the engagement.

But Yu Mohuai not only keeps the ring on his middle finger, he also stops showing up at banquets more and more often.

A reporter comes to interview them. After returning, the reporter enlarges a photo and notices what seems to be the corner of a richly colored nightgown flickering behind the door.

After the reporter leaves, the girl wraps herself in a coat, flustered and annoyed, and zips it all the way up.

"I'm going home!"

"Didn't Meimei promise to tell me about the Renaissance?" Yu Mohuai says with a smile. "You haven't finished yet. You're not allowed to leave."

He draws Xuegui close, and they kiss in the evening breeze steeped in the scent of roses.

The Renaissance brought art back to life, and you brought me back to life.

An oil-painting beauty, gentle yet strong × a brooding powerhouse

The title, Ink Smoke, comes from the line "The mountains wither, revealing ink smoke." It originally means a black mark and can refer to dark rock.

You are music, the sky, palaces, rivers, angels,

Deep roses, concealed and endless, revealed before my blind eyes by God., Jorge Luis Borges, The Deep Rose

Theme: Love makes the years gentle.