The World-Weary Beauty Was Reborn and Finally Learned to Let Go

■ Updates are slow and irregular, but I won't abandon the story. Red-envelope compensation in the comments. ■ World-weary, aloof beauty bottom x possessive, chaste, deeply devoted top with an S-type vibe Lin Ling has a stunningly beautiful, aloof, world-weary face. After years of struggling in showbiz, he somehow became the universally disliked one. He worked hard to hone his acting and enter the entertainment industry, but his distant expression led people to say he came from a lowly background and acted like a diva. His features were exquisite and his gaze cool, and he never smiled during auditions, so people mocked him for having plastic surgery and being up to no good. He treated others sincerely, but when he turned down a guest's invitation on a variety show, people accused him of putting on an act. When he saved someone on set, people called it a publicity stunt. When he went to audition, they accused him of trying to stop his cousin from getting ahead. When he worked hard on his acting, they said he was pretending to put in effort to steal scenes. Everyone around him used him as a target for trending topics and bullied him without restraint. His ex-boyfriend used him as a stepping stone for his career, then turned around and got involved with his cousin. The star he'd risked his life to save repaid him by turning on him, leaving him despised by everyone. He'd done nothing wrong, yet somehow everyone hated him. Later, he was forced into a contractual marriage with a top-tier star. He thought things might finally turn around, but in the end, he still met a tragic death. - Reborn in this life, Lin Ling comes to his senses and realizes he's merely the universally disliked foil in a book, destined to be a cannon-fodder no matter what he does. So Lin Ling lets go. He sheds his ingratiating facade and stops indulging in wishful thinking. Yet he remains refined and elegant, with a proud, cool gaze and a languid bearing. In this life, he just wants to do as he pleases. But... something about this life doesn't seem right. He stops trying to please everyone. His world-weary face and bare-faced, lazy glances leave people yearning for more, and he goes viral online. He stops following variety-show scripts and lets his rebellious, flirtatious, world-weary side show, leaving the guests infatuated and the show in chaos. He stops trying to win over those around him and acts coldly as he pleases. Yet the very people who once hurt and bullied him all come crawling back, begging for forgiveness. And whenever he comes into contact with Jian Ci, the plot goes off the rails. He still ends up in a contractual marriage. Lin Ling: ... - Everyone thinks Jian Ci and Lin Ling have no feelings for each other, and that their relationship is nothing more than a business arrangement on paper. But much later, during a livestream of their marriage variety show, the production crew unexpectedly knocks on their door, hoping to catch them off guard. When the door opens, clothes are scattered around the room, and on the bed... A tall, stern figure steps in front of them, blocking the view of everything behind him. Jian Ci looks over with a dark gaze and a raised brow, clearly displeased. His voice is low and husky. "What is it?" Behind him, Lin Ling has shed his cool reserve, his whole body bathed in a hazy, warm glow. Leaning against the bed, he asks casually, "Who's there? I'm not finished painting..." Only then does everyone notice the ink on Jian Ci's skin beneath his loosely tied bath towel. Someone has dipped a calligraphy brush in ink and painted flowing strokes, like a landscape rendered in freehand style, while red marks from being scratched crisscross his waist... The whole scene is like an erotic painting, wanton yet elegant. Netizens: Aah! That's so hot!!! #This couple really knows how to have fun# #Sophisticated play, tasteful and vulgar all at once# #I'm not laughing because I was born with no sense of humor# The reader's guide is in the author's note of Chapter 1. The first version of this blurb was screenshotted on March 1, 2022. Aaaah, check out my upcoming story in my profile. Please bookmark it! ↓↓↓ ★★★ "Caught Wearing Women's Clothes, Now the Cold Campus Heartthrob Has His Eye on Me" ★★★ ■ A beautiful design student who unknowingly flirts x a cold, jealous art student and campus heartthrob Ye Subai is a design student at Jiangdu University. He has fair, innocent features, a slender waist, long legs, and a fantastic figure. Online, he's a moderately popular fashion influencer. He can easily pull off all kinds of women's clothes, especially JK uniforms and Lolita dresses. With his polished, flirtatious video style, he has won countless fans without ever showing his face, and every fashion video he posts goes viral. To make filming outdoors easier, he rents a spacious duplex apartment with roommates off campus. He becomes roommates with Ji Jinnian. Ji Jinnian is the heartthrob of the art department next door, a talented young man from a wealthy family. He started his own studio at a young age. Handsome, aloof, and self-possessed, he keeps everyone at a distance. On the first day he moves into the apartment, Ye Subai puts his dresses in the back of the closet. He never lets them show except when filming or livestreaming. After all, few people around him know who he really is. The apartment is spacious enough that the two of them rarely run into each other. Ji Jinnian would never find out about any of it. Until Ye Subai accidentally sends Ji Jinnian the photo of his bare legs that he meant to send his assistant. Ye Subai: [Sweetheart cutout maid dress.jpg] Ye Subai: [Is this showing a little too much?] After a long while. Ji Jinnian: [No, it looks great.] Aaaah!!! By the time Ye Subai realizes what he's done, he can't take it back! Ye Subai, feeling guilty: [QAQ This is a reference image for my fashion design class.] Ji Jinnian: [Mm.] - After that, Ye Subai is even more cautious. But when you live under the same roof, unexpected things are bound to happen. One day, Ye Subai has just finished livestreaming when he runs into Ji Jinnian, who's suddenly come home. They stare at each other in the living room. The air freezes. Aaaaaah!!! There's no hiding it now! Ye Subai clutches his skirt, his heart sinking and his voice trembling. "If I say this is an assignment for my fashion design class, will you believe me?" Ji Jinnian glances over coolly. "Mm." Ye Subai thinks that's the end of it. His roommate doesn't seem like the nosy, curious type. But nobody knows that Ji Jinnian, who seems so cold and reserved, is actually a leg and waist man through and through. Even he doesn't realize that his heart has started pounding uncontrollably, and won't calm down... - Recently, an active account has appeared in Ye Subai's comments. In just a few days, it shoots to the top of the livestream rankings as the biggest spender. This is a livestream for recommending and selling products, after all! After they exchange private messages [Did your new dress arrive?] [Show it to me, and only me.] [Turn down that suggestive ad.] [Payment pending | Transfer: 100,000.00 yuan. Note: Voluntary gift.] [Su Su, are you free to go out for dinner today?] The top spender doesn't say much, but his spending is outrageous. Ye Subai has never seen anything like it. He flusters and fumbles through a series of awkward refusals, saying he has a shoot. But that night, after Ye Subai attends a birthday party at a bar, he's drunk, and his friends bring him home. As soon as the door opens, he sees Ji Jinnian in the entryway, even though he should be asleep. His expression is unreadable, his eyes filled with an intense possessiveness that's nothing like his usual self. "Subai, didn't we agree not to bring outsiders home?" - Later on. Ye Subai clutches the lace hem of his skirt, his eyes reddened as if soaked in water. He can't raise his head from in front of the canvas. "Just this once... okay?" "Mm." Ji Jinnian raises his eyes. His long, pale fingers hold a paintbrush, and his gaze examines Ye Subai inch by inch. His voice is cool but teasing. "Baby, why are you trembling? A life model isn't supposed to move." My dears, please visit my profile and bookmark it. Thanks for your support =w= Theme: Love burns fiercely. You are my first choice and my only one.