Deep in the Eye of the Storm [Showbiz]

Zhang Shen is a die-hard fan of award-winning actor Li Xing. For six years, he has been obsessed with him, memorized every one of his films, and written countless books based on him, crazily and almost perversely engraving every inch of his body into his heart.

Zhang Shen thought he and Li Xing would never have anything to do with each other in this lifetime.

Until Li Xing decided to star in an adaptation of his new book. Zhang Shen had never sold the rights to any of his work, but now he broke that rule and volunteered to join the production as its screenwriter.

The day he first met Li Xing, he stood beneath the boundless night sky and glimpsed the bright moon.

When they first started working together, Li Xing wore his trademark faint smile and said politely, yet distantly, “You’re a few years older than me. How about I call you Brother Shen?”

His ears tingled as if an electric current had passed through them. How could he say no?

He nodded and agreed.

As they gradually got to know each other, Zhang Shen realized that Li Xing, that high-hanging moon, was actually a newborn hedgehog, covered in soft, not-quite-hard-enough spines, sensitive and fragile to boot.

Even when a single sentence shattered his defenses, all he could do was look up with reddened eyes and say, “Brother Shen, don’t look at me like that. I can’t take it.”

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Later, the hugely popular actor, who had kept himself above reproach since his debut, was photographed passionately kissing someone. Three trending topics exploded one after another, and then, amid a storm of scandals, he vanished from public view.

The day Zhang Shen couldn’t find Li Xing, he searched half of Beijing before finally finding him in the town where the film had ended. He stopped in his tracks. Li Xing, sitting against a wall not far away, slowly turned his head, his expression startled.

Rain suddenly poured down. In the darkness, their eyes met.

Soaked by the rain, Zhang Shen walked toward Li Xing one step at a time and grabbed him by the collar. “I’ll find you, even if I have to search to the ends of the earth.”

Li Xing’s voice trembled. “Brother Shen, you came.”

“I came to take you home.”

“Because you and I are destined to cling to each other until death.”

A shameless, insecure puppy of an actor as the pursuer x a socially anxious little madman of a writer as the pursued

Tips:

· A straightforward romance focused on feelings, with both leads saving each other. No real-life inspirations. One-on-one happy ending.

· Real place names are used in the story, but everything else is fictional and has no connection to reality.

Upcoming entertainment-industry novel: Everyone Thinks I’m Just a Pretty Face

He debuted in a group and became famous overnight.

At the height of his popularity, Yu Ming chose the wrong path and trusted the wrong person. One misstep ruined his life. He went from having a promising future to being condemned by everyone, suffering inhuman torment before meeting a horrific end.

Ice-cold water poured over his head, jolting him awake from the ruin and confusion of this life.

A game, a scam, a false love: they had destroyed his whole life.

Yu Ming closed his eyes and laughed almost maniacally, letting the cold water flood his insides.

If he could start over, he would never be a caged bird, played like a toy in someone else’s hands.

When he opened his eyes again, Yu Ming had returned to before it all began. He had just entered the entertainment industry and was still full of hope for the future.

The person in the mirror had a face that could ruin kingdoms, bright and full of life.

At that age, people were always fearless in their ignorance, seeing only the glamour and not the darkness. How could he have imagined all the unpredictable things he would go through?

Yu Ming’s gaze turned cold. He punched through the glass, letting the shards pierce his flesh as bright red blood ran down his fingers. The shattered mirror was stained with filthy blood, just like him: already broken to pieces, a wreck from head to toe.

Given a new life, Yu Ming was like a greenhouse rose: beautiful and obedient, with countless people falling at his feet, eager to worship him.

But they didn’t know that every rose has thorns. Even soft thorns can pierce you to the bone.

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Everyone knew that the head of the Jin family was a ruthless madman, a powerful man countless people wanted to curry favor with and win over.

Even young stars in the entertainment industry rushed to get close to him.

Yu Ming was no exception.

At a lavish gathering of the elite, he pretended to have been drugged, retreated to an empty corner, cut his palm with a piece of broken glass, and waited by the wall for the hunter to take him away.

A pair of polished leather shoes came into view.

Yu Ming smiled to himself. He raised his hazy eyes, used his bloodied palm to loosen his tie, then wrapped it around his wrist and held it out. “President Jin, are you going to leave empty-handed?”

Jin Jia'an gave an inscrutable chuckle and took the other end of the tie. “A bedraggled pet, of course, has to be taken home by its owner.”

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Jin Jia'an was notorious for his many lovers, changing them as easily as clothes. No one ever lasted half a month with him.

When people heard Yu Ming had become his new favorite, they all laughed, waiting to see the pretty face meet his inevitable end.

But a month passed, then half a year, then a year.

Not only did Jin Jia'an never take a new lover, he changed his ways for Yu Ming and willingly let a silver ring bind him.

· A twisted, ruthless, unhinged beauty as the pursued x a born-bad scumbag as the pursuer

Other works

· Other upcoming novels: We Won’t Get Back Together, Call Me Daddy and Say It Again [Esports], Rose Totem

· Completed novel: I Pretended to Be My Rival’s Fan and Got Bent [Esports]

· Ongoing novel: That Captain Is My Childhood Friend [Esports]

Theme: Keep moving toward the light