After I Dumped the Future Bigwigs

Blurb: The time has been captured in a screenshot. Ruan Tang, a member of the W boy group, suddenly announced his retirement and vanished without a trace. The other four members angrily quit the group and went their separate ways. The once wildly popular, top-tier boy group disbanded. Rumors of discord and infighting flooded the internet, and the group’s fans carved the name Ruan Tang onto the shameful pillar of traitors. The four members went on to become a triple-crown Best Actor, a top-tier idol, a breakout singer, and a big-shot director. Yet everyone around them knew that the name “Ruan Tang” was taboo in their hearts. It hurt to even touch upon, and no one dared mention it. * Ruan Tang was a mission-taker. If she maxed out the favorability of the big shots in the W boy group, she could exchange it for the identity of the heiress of the wealthy Ruan family and enjoy a life of endless luxury. She heard the big shots weren’t interested in women, so she decisively disguised herself as a man and joined the group. Raising the banner of brotherhood high, she planned to become the kind of good brother who would take a knife for them. On her first day dressed as a man, Ruan Tang worried she might fail the mission. But after maxing out the big shots’ favorability and decisively quitting the group, she chewed on a gummy, tore off her chest binder, and declared, “That was nothing.” But things weren’t so simple. The four former teammates’ factions were now hunting her down. It turned out she had thought of them as brothers, while they spread rumors that she had seduced them and then abandoned them! Ruan Tang: “I’m a woman, not a bottom!” * At a high-profile gala, four big shots watched the Ruan family heiress, surrounded by wealthy young men and bearing a striking resemblance to their former teammate Ruan Tang. Their eyes reddened, their gazes almost shattering. Ruan Tang was busy flirting when a chill suddenly ran down her back. She turned around, and ten eyes met hers. The red wine in her hand shook violently. * With nowhere left to run, Ruan Tang was cornered against a wall by the usually cool and restrained captain, his eyes red. Clutching her nearly slipping dress, she stammered, “Actually, I’m a woman. I don’t have one.” To her surprise, the captain wasn’t shocked at all. His voice was hoarse: “I have one. That’s enough.” [An epic love triangle, with the men competing and getting jealous] [Locked in rooms at every turn] [She runs, he chases] Theme: Pursue freedom