[A pampered, max-level powerhouse x an arrogant, jealous top-tier star]
After breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, Luo Xi discovers that she's a throwaway side character in a feel-good entertainment-industry novel.
System notification 1: [You have three days of life remaining. To build a beautiful, harmonious home, please keep doing your best.]
Luo Xi: ...?
System notification 2: [Your lifespan is now linked to Jiang Yi'ang's popularity. The more popular he gets, the longer you'll live~]
Luo Xi: ???
...Of all the people, why did it have to be tied to her ex, who's so washed-up he's practically a nobody?
Until she's forced to invite the impossibly handsome, past-his-prime, washed-up top-tier star, Jiang Yi'ang.
"Oh? You think this is a shelter?"
With a cigarette between his teeth, the man glances at the olive branch Luo Xi offers and sneers,
"Luo Xi, you just can't stay away from me, can you?"
"..."
Honestly, she just wants to earn a little more lifespan.
On a travel-and-food show, Luo Xi avoids the cameras and effortlessly finishes the assigned dish, which is perfect in color, aroma, and taste. When the camera pans her way, she covers her mouth and pretends to gasp.
"Brother Yang made all this! He's so amazing!"
Meanwhile, Jiang Yi'ang has called in a top manicurist after spotting a scratch on her delicate fingertips: ???
The viewers who see through everything in the aerial footage: ! I'm shipping them!
On a horror survival variety show, Luo Xi efficiently takes down every obstacle in her path in the dark, then sobs as she throws herself beside Jiang Yi'ang.
"Waaah, Brother Yang, you're amazing!"
Jiang Yi'ang, who's terrified of ghosts but still protects her with all his might: ???
The viewers watching with night vision: ! I'm shipping them again!
On an acting competition show, Luo Xi edits a 13-minute-and-14-second solo cut to boost her ex-boyfriend's popularity, then uses an alt account to promote him online.
"Aaaah, I'll love Brother Yang for a hundred years!"
That is, until a helpful netizen digs up her alt account...
Jiang Yi'ang: Hmph, what nonsense. (Unable to stop the corners of his mouth from turning up.)
Helpful netizens: ! The couple I'm shipping really is real!
Even if the King of Heaven himself showed up today, they're still real!
After finishing all her scheduled appearances, Luo Xi walks away satisfied, with enough lifespan to last her whole life.
When the cohabitation observation show airs, viewers see this:
"Xixi," the tall man says, no longer his usual proud self. Head lowered, he hooks a finger in her clothes and speaks in a meek voice,
"...I'm the one who can't live without you."
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Jiang Yi'ang debuted at sixteen and spent eight years making it in the entertainment industry without relying on his family's fortune.
He was once a hugely popular "nation's boyfriend," but his lack of social finesse made others jealous, and they framed him.
Like a flower that blooms only briefly, he gradually faded from the public eye.
After his pampered girlfriend dumped him, he planned to leave show business and go home to inherit his family's immense fortune.
He never expected...
She'd come back to him.
1. A second chance at love, with both of them choosing each other.
2. Both leads are actors who rely on their talent, not idols.
3. The blurb was screenshotted on 2021/11/6.
4. The story is entirely fictional, and none of the characters are based on real people.
Theme: Don't let down anyone who loves you deeply.
