Proud and Thorny

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[Shocking! The moonlight of her youth and the big bad wolf are actually the same species.]

Everyone knows that the first two and a half minutes of actress Ji Yuxin's breakout film depict something that really happened to her as a teenager.

After the film was released, Ji Yuxin said in an interview,

"I couldn't make out what that boy looked like, but this experience often appears in my dreams."

*

New Year's Eve.

The whole world raised their glasses to celebrate the arrival of a new year.

Chi He, the entertainment industry's famous king of hard evidence, posted a 37-second video on social media.

In the final few seconds,

Ji Yuxin, who her fans saw as proud as a queen, took off her mask, grabbed the tie of the man beside her with one hand, and tilted her head up to kiss his thin lips.

Even her lowered eyelids couldn't hide the sensual look in her eyes.

The man showed only his profile. A pair of cool silver wire-frame glasses rested on his high-bridged nose, and his jawline was sharp and handsome.

A faint smile played at the corners of his eyes as he let the woman in his arms do as she pleased.

His arm around her slender waist discreetly drew her closer, and he lowered his head to return her kiss.

In an instant, the whole internet was ablaze.

*

A little over twenty minutes later,

Ji Yuxin updated her Weibo.

[Ji Yuxin:

Don't ship it, it's expired. We broke up.]

A highly liked comment appeared.

[Xiao Xiao Xiyao]: It's expired candy, but I still can't help getting hooked. Is there really no chance of getting back together? I respectfully petition for a reconciliation.

Perhaps because the comment had gotten so popular, Ji Yuxin herself replied.

[Ji Yuxin]: Replying to @Xiao Xiao Xiyao: No. Don't even think about it.

*

A few months later,

After finishing a surgery that had lasted nearly five hours, Li Shijun habitually checked his messages. He saw the topic #JiYuxinIsMadlyInLove# at the top of the social platform's trending list, followed by a dark red "Viral" tag.

He tapped into the topic and read the exposé.

Li Shijun's eyes narrowed halfway, and a cold smile curled his lips.

An account that netizens had long since dug up everything about, and that had been silent for over six months, posted an update.

[noacsd7lahyuisf:

@Ji Yuxin, I'll be home in an hour. Looking forward to hearing your excuses.

#JiYuxinIsMadlyInLove#]

The netizens feasting on the gossip: "???"

*Roses are born with thorns, and the moon, clear and bright, has a proud spirit as cold as frost.

For each other, in the end, they both laid down every last one of them without a word.

2022.12.27

Theme: When I was young, I once caught a glimpse of the hem of your white shirt, by chance.