At thirty-five, Lin Tiao had been in the industry for twenty-two years and had brought home forty weighty film awards.
Without a doubt, she was a landmark figure in the entertainment industry.
She was surrounded by countless accolades: queen of arthouse films, the youngest Best Actress at Cannes, four Hong Kong Film Awards, three Hundred Flowers Awards, and the most unconventional acclaimed actress around.
Aside from her troubled love life, with none of her marriages lasting more than a year, her life was practically a bona fide wish-fulfillment story.
At last, after her third divorce, she resolved to kick out every man who might get in the way of her career.
But at a party thrown by friends in the industry to celebrate her newfound single status, she unexpectedly spent a night of passion with an obscure boy-band idol.
The morning after.
When he woke, she was sitting on the windowsill, rubbing her lower back and smoking, her face full of worry. On the bedside table, a fresh check for five hundred thousand yuan was held down by a glass of milk.
“I only sleep with people I like. Sleeping with you was purely an accident,” she said. “So take the money and go. If you see me again, don't say you know me. Understand?”
The young man said nothing. He only stared at her with a pair of pitch-black eyes. After a long moment, he picked up the check and flipped it over, then scrawled a string of numbers on the back. He immediately got dressed and left without looking back.
On the back of the check, the following was clearly written: [1380124****, Xie Nanxing]
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Later, a friend asked her how on earth she and Xie Nanxing had gotten together.
Lin Tiao replied, “He threw himself at me, wouldn't take no for an answer. How could I refuse such ardor?”
With Xie Nanxing as a witness, this was absolutely true.
Content warning: The female lead is not a virgin.
[Special thanks to my dear friend @OnlyEarlySummer for making the cover ^^]
Theme: A secret crush comes true.
