An angsty push-and-pull at first, followed by a slow-burn romance.
Zhong Qing pursued Qian Yinmeng for seven years, following her from the audience seats to the dressing room, and finally into her bed.
They did everything they should and shouldn't have done, but Zhong Qing still never got to call herself Qian Yinmeng's girlfriend.
Later, Qian Yinmeng abandoned Zhong Qing to answer a call from her ex and go meet them. Soon, posts accusing Zhong Qing of reaching above her station filled Qian Yinmeng's fan forum.
The night Zhong Qing packed her bags and returned to Guangzhou, Qian Yinmeng thought she was just throwing a tantrum. It wasn't until one day that she noticed someone else had taken Zhong Qing's place at work.
Not long afterward, the theater went on its customary tour of Guangdong, with Qian Yinmeng leading the troupe. After the performance, she waited until late at night beneath the apartment building where Zhong Qing's parents lived.
“Zhong Qing, can we give us another try?”
- A story about winning back the one you love
- Main couple: A Yue opera star who rose to fame young x a rookie theater fan, with a ten-year age gap and an older woman/younger woman pairing
- Secondary couple: A hedonistic heiress x a cold, impoverished girl with grand ambitions
* The characters are not based on real people.
* The characters' values do not represent the author's values.
A famous, haughty screenwriter x a penniless actress with no name recognition
They first meet on a Hengdian film set. Qiu Yining, a penniless actress with no name recognition, sets her sights on celebrated screenwriter Ye Enci: first, she wants to sleep with her; then, she wants to become famous.
As Qiu Yining navigates a world of fame and fortune where people fawn over the powerful and trample the weak, she even has to borrow decent clothes from Ye Enci. But she grits her teeth, says nothing, and keeps climbing.
Like a desert rose, she insists on blooming even in the mud.
Cold and aloof, Ye Enci sees her as a muse. The two throw themselves into every part of being a couple: living together, fighting, breaking up, getting back together... Ye Enci's novel, based on Qiu Yining, sells for millions in rights. Qiu Yining naively thinks she's finally going to get her chance on the big screen, only to be told just before filming begins that she's been replaced.
Three parts sincerity, seven parts scheming. After acting a part for long enough, no one can tell what's real anymore. One woman climbs her way up and dares to hope for genuine love; the other thinks herself above everyone and refuses to bow her head for love.
When morning comes and the dream ends, Qiu Yining dusts herself off and leaves, moving back into her shabby rental.
Until they meet again in the world of fame and fortune. Their glasses clink, and Ye Enci, emboldened by drink, grabs her wrist and refuses to let her go
Theme: Love is fluid.
The Coveted Cannon-Fodder Beauty [Quick Transmigration]
The Alluring Night in South City
My Roommate Is a Black Panther
Taking the Cool-Hearted Heroine Back Home to Raise Crabs [Farming]
After Being Dumped, the Ruthless Daoist Senior Sister Fell to Darkness
Teacher, Please Behave Yourself
After the Discarded Alpha Was Avenged by a Mad Beauty of an Omega
Mountain Demon
Four Love Interests Come Knocking
Spring Comes to the Nine Borders
After Being Forced into a Marriage with a Spoiled Omega
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The Young Lady Insists on Coming Back to My Village
Dangerous Mark
After Our Divorce, My Ex-Wife Started Chasing Me
The Sickly Beauty Only Knows How to Deceive Little Foxes
The Little Guard Alpha Is Always Being Coveted
A Fever on the Island
Entangled with the Paranoid Heiress
After a Little Mouse Finds a Sickly Beauty with Amnesia
I Married My Brother's Cool and Aloof Bride in His Place
Teacher Qian, you're hopeless! Look at the progress of the side couple, and then look at yourself—there are new characters dropping out every single day! 🐶
Teacher Qian's weekly flight is a bit self-congratulatory, huh? To win over a wife, you need to start by genuinely offering her benefits and showing your sincerity. A man who's neither talkative nor diligent will be sentenced to a life without a wife. 🤔
The rest of the plot is pretty clear. It was her last chance to salvage the situation after get off work, but Ms. Qian was called away by Xu Wenqiu. She thought she could talk to him later, but little did she know that Xiao Zhong was already preparing to resign. 🐶
It's ending so soon... I didn't see Qian pursuing Xiao Zhong at all, because she didn't actually take many concrete actions. I don't want to compare, but I really feel sorry for Xiao Zhong's past efforts. Two-thirds of her actions after the breakup can be categorized as self-indulgent sentimentality. I know this is biased, but I still can't see her efforts and hard work.
Tsk tsk tsk, serves you right! Why did Xu Wenqiu delete the post instantly when the same thing happened to her? Why do I have to contact you when it comes to Zhong Qing? Are you some kind of robot that only responds to a poke, Teacher Qian? It's not that you don't know how to date, it's that you don't care about Xiao Zhong at all! [Crying emoji]
…This is such a great development, so how did you, Mr. Qian, manage to lose your wife?
The story is finally finished! 🎉 I could feel that the author's writing improved significantly from beginning to end, with a deeper and more complex understanding and portrayal of characters and relationships. Although I only started following the story daily from the latter part, I was fortunate enough to finish all the previous chapters and better understand the entanglement, complexity, and…
You've worked so hard updating every day! I don't want it to end 😭. This Director Qiu is really a bit scary 🙏. Xiao Zhong and Qian Tuan love each other deeply but also resent each other intensely. Their interactions always feel like they're carefully defusing landmines, and they rarely have peaceful conversations. Lots of sweet extras—Mommy, Mommy, please stop arguing 😭😭😭
Cheng Lu drives on the highway all the time, and at breakneck speed, turning everything black and white into yellow. 😳😳😳
I still think it's entirely their own fault for coming here. 🌈