= "The way she kept her was by pushing her away."
Xu Yaoran, a perennial supporting actress, offended the investor's precious leading lady. Her manager dragged her off to apologize to the leading lady's sugar daddy.
Xu Yaoran had a fiery temper. She had already decided that if the guy tried to lay a hand on her, she'd splash wine in his face.
But when she pushed open the door, she saw Pei Shu.
He wore a black suit, his features cool and distant, while producers and directors fawned over him.
Years had passed, but he was still the one everyone adored.
In her second year of high school, Xu Yaoran had her own mother committed to a psychiatric hospital. The court found her a new guardian, and after searching high and low, settled on Pei Shu, a distant acquaintance.
According to their agreement, she had to leave the Pei family once she turned eighteen.
The Pei family was rich and powerful, and Xu Yaoran didn't want to go. So she carefully planned it all and climbed into Pei Shu's bed on the night she came of age.
Xu Yaoran figured that after four years with Pei Shu, she should at least count as an ex-girlfriend, right?
But at the dinner table, she heard him say, "She's the girl next door, a little willful. Please bear with her."
The producer hurried to replace the wine in front of Xu Yaoran with juice, but she stopped him.
That night, she drank thirteen glasses. When she stood up, her legs were trembling.
In the hallway, she forced herself to keep walking. She stumbled and nearly fell, but a hand caught her in time.
The room was brightly lit, but Pei Shu's eyes were unfathomable. "You've had so much to drink. Can you get home on your own?"
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When Xu Yaoran was pursuing Pei Shu, she learned that the Shu in his name came from the Rhapsody on the Goddess of Luo River. She copied the poem again and again to show him how she felt.
She offered him a love poem and casually showed him her swollen fingertips, successfully drawing a look of sympathy from Pei Shu.
One night later on, Pei Shu took some ointment and meant to apply it to Xu Yaoran while she slept. By chance, he saw her diary:
[It's exhausting pretending to be affectionate with her every day.]
[She's disgusting.]
[I don't love her. I never have.]
Xu Yaoran once thought Pei Shu was a moon beyond her reach.
But later, she plucked the moon from the sky.
Then crushed it beneath her feet.
√ Fictional entertainment industry, happy ending, one true pairing
√ Sharp-tongued couple, reunion after a long separation, rekindled romance, no groveling redemption arc, they both love each other so much
Theme: Love