Setting the Evening Star Ablaze

A brooding, scheming CEO who is an expert at putting on an act x a little star who is blinded by his looks and has a sharp tongue

As a twenty-eighth-tier actress, it's not easy to land a good role.

She worked diligently in seclusion for three months, only to have the role snatched away right before filming began.

The other party was rich and powerful. Ji Ning couldn't afford to offend them, so she could only swallow her anger.

Then, on the very night she received her compensation for breaking the contract, a luxury car pulled up outside her shabby old apartment building.

The person who stepped out was dressed in black and stunningly beautiful.

"For three months, help me out, and I'll take care of your problem in return." The other person gently pushed a contract for a fake marriage toward her.

Ji Ning usually kept well away from this kind of inexplicable trouble.

But faced with a face like that, she simply couldn't refuse.

Who could have guessed that special circumstances would keep extending the contract's term?

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At first, it was just a whim. He used her identity to deal with some problems, and it was more about taking advantage of her than anything else.

Wen Zhifei looked at her like a pretty, delicate little pet.

But even a pretty little pet could stand in front of him, fiercely scold those who made things difficult for him, and do everything she could to win him the justice he had been denied.

Everyone said Ji Ning had risen to success by relying on him.

But in truth, Wen Zhifei was the one who needed her more.

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Ji Ning had always found it hard to believe that the person in charge of the Wen Group could be such a gentle gentleman.

Who could have guessed that once his mask came off, the real Wen Zhifei would be cold and detached, skilled at scheming, and treat her like a tiny pawn in his plan, casually moving her wherever he pleased between his fingers?

After learning the truth, Ji Ning angrily declared their contract over. No matter how gently Wen Zhifei apologized, she refused to give in.

Wen Zhifei followed her to the film set to coax her. After sending everyone away, he began taking off his suit jacket in front of Ji Ning, revealing a perfectly tailored vest and lean waist. Smiling, he opened his arms to her.

"I'm here to apologize," he said in a low, measured voice. "You can do whatever you want."

Ji Ning, whose eyes were glued to his chest: …

Damn it! So he's using his good looks to seduce me!

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Coming soon: [Who Says Being a Master Is a High-Risk Profession?] Check my profile.

Yu Qianyuan transmigrated into a book and was recruited by the System to do menial labor inside an angst-filled cultivation novel.

The novel's hero and heroine spent nearly a million words in a torturous romance, facing a never-ending series of obstacles from supporting characters. Just as they were about to finally get together...

The second male lead, who everyone believed had died and who had become a villain, suddenly appeared and stabbed the heroine to death.

Yu Qianyuan: What? Wait, what is going on?

System: I don't know. The villainous second male lead broke the storyline, so we summoned you to fix it.

Yu Qianyuan: What have I done to deserve this?!

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Yu Qianyuan carefully read the novel and discovered that the villainous second male lead had nearly the same setup as the hero: a tragic past, an unhappy childhood, and a bunch of cannon fodder characters who bullied him before he became powerful.

She figured this would be easy. With a grand wave of her hand, she hauled him over as soon as he joined the sect and took him as her disciple. She would heal him with the warmth and boundless love of a teacher and student, while making sure he never encountered the heroine or any of those cannon fodder characters.

The System quietly warned her: You'd better stay away from the villainous second male lead. Don't you know being a master is dangerous?

Yu Qianyuan replied sarcastically: Come on, System, this is a romance novel.

System: ...Fine.

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She worked diligently and tirelessly, raising her little disciple into an upright, handsome young man. He had a few encounters with the heroine, but showed no sign of eagerly making himself her backup lover, so Yu Qianyuan finally relaxed and comfortably waited for the hero and heroine to get together.

Until one day, Yu Qianyuan accidentally caught her disciple in a dark room, pinning one of the cannon fodder characters who had once bullied him beneath his foot, his sword pointed at them.

Hearing her approach, her usually obedient little disciple turned toward her, his eyes full of sinister malice.

Yu Qianyuan: ?

She watched as her little disciple walked toward her with his sword, eyes reddened, and pinned her against the wall.

System: Do you think he'll give you his life?

Yu Qianyuan: … There is way too much going on here.

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In Xie Chi's previous life, Yu Qianyuan had never appeared.

He had tried everything to escape the so-called Heavenly Dao. But just as he finally succeeded, he unexpectedly returned to the past.

He suppressed his viciousness and sharp claws, pretending to be obedient. He wanted to use Yu Qianyuan to achieve his goal, nothing more than a means to an end.

But when she truly discovered his real nature, all Xie Chi wanted was to hold her down and kiss the red mole between her brows.

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#Being a master really is a high-risk profession

#What do you do when the puppy you raised turns into a wolf?

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Coming soon: [Talent Scout] Check my profile.

A thousand-mile horse is common; a talent scout is not.

Lin Ge has a peculiar habit: she only casts unknown newcomer actors in her films, giving these highly promising newcomers a chance.

Yet this talent scout, who had helped make many film actors famous, overheard people gossiping about her at a private party.

"See that female director? Word is she's using filmmaking as a cover for dirty business!"

"I also heard she calls male actors to her room every night to discuss their scenes. That's an unspoken rule, isn't it?"

Lin Ge: …

When she got back to the set, the male actor who shamelessly came to her room every day to talk about scripts greeted her excitedly, looking as if he had a tail wagging furiously behind him.

Lin Ge expressionlessly pushed him away. "Don't come hug me."

Wen Beici's eyes instantly welled up like a puppy's. "You don't want me anymore?"

Lin Ge took a deep breath. "You know people are saying I'm using my position to sleep with male actors, right?"

Wen Beici: "So you don't want me anymore?"

Lin Ge: ...

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