Lian Xia, a minor actress who could hardly be faulted for her looks or personality and worked diligently at her acting, had remained a nobody ever since her debut.
Even the dogs on set had hundreds of thousands of followers, while she was still utterly obscure.
Someone on Zhihu even started a topic just for her: [Why hasn't Lian Xia become famous yet?]
The comments below offered all kinds of opinions. One answer caught her eye.
A netizen: I read her fortune, and Lian Xia's birth chart belongs to Metal and favors Fire. She needs someone with strong Fire energy to give her a boost.
Well, then.
Lian Xia quickly forwarded the post to her agent. "What should I do?"
A few minutes later, her agent calmly reminded her, "It means you should try to ride someone's coattails. Like Sheng Shubai, the top-tier star who greeted you at that brand event last month."
As soon as she heard that, Lian Xia couldn't help shivering.
Everyone in show business knew that the hugely popular Sheng Shubai was a famous ice-cold beauty: aloof, refined, and as pristine as the moonlight.
Female celebrities who tried to ride his coattails had come one after another, but every one of them left disappointed.
Lian Xia shook her head so hard it blurred. "Who am I to think I could ride Teacher Sheng's coattails?"
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Until they both joined the same countryside variety show.
On the show, Lian Xia greeted Sheng Shubai stiffly. "Long time no see, Teacher Sheng."
Sheng Shubai coolly pointed out, "We saw each other just last month."
"..."
On the show, Lian Xia cut her finger while cooking.
Sheng Shubai took her hand without hesitation and gently stopped the bleeding. "How could you be so careless?"
Lian Xia did everything she could to keep her distance on the show.
Offscreen, the audience went wild shipping the "Shengxia Couple."
Viewers: She runs, he chases, and she can't escape! Oh my, this is so good!
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At last, it was the final day of filming. Lian Xia breathed a sigh of relief, and her attitude toward Sheng Shubai had grown much more familiar.
She even casually draped an arm over Sheng Shubai's shoulder for a group photo and called out, "Say cheese!"
She never noticed that the man a head taller than her lowered himself to her height, his dark eyes dimming beneath his long lashes.
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Lian Xia thought that once filming ended, they would go their separate ways and never cross paths again.
Who knew that night, in the silent, still villa, when everyone else was asleep...
Lian Xia opened her bedroom door, still half asleep, and nearly jumped out of her skin at the towering shadow before her.
Sheng Shubai frowned impatiently, holding back the yearning and restlessness within him as he murmured, "Could you give me a hug?"
#How do I explain to my fans that I wasn't trying to ride their idol's coattails, he was the one always clinging to me and hugging me!
- Beneath the spotlight, he takes her hand without hesitation
And declares his love before a room full of guests -
In this surging summer
Reading tips:
1. An 18th-tier, strikingly beautiful, airheaded actress who is always trying to win over the public x an aloof beauty who holds himself to strict standards in public but turns into a clingy cuddle monster around the heroine
2. To avoid misunderstandings, here's some clarification: Baidu Baike gives two definitions of "skin hunger." One is "a passive need for hugs, caresses, and the like from others," and the other is "a psychological obstacle caused by a subjective lack of affection and intimacy." The hero has the second kind. He's not some clingy monster who hugs everyone he meets, and he eventually recovers through his own efforts and the heroine's help~
3. The blurb was revised on 2024.02.26. I'll tweak the details again before starting the novel, but the premise won't change. I've saved a screenshot.
Theme: Long live cuddles
