Burnt Orange [Entertainment Industry]

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I caught the bug going around and have had a fever and chills. I'll be taking some time off. Please take care and protect yourselves. This really isn't an ordinary cold. (Bows)

Mainly set in the city, with school memories woven in

[Gentle, clear-headed actress x possessive, proud, sharp-tongued young master]

Gu Tangli, a little-known actress, has a secret: she has been keeping tabs on the account of an old classmate from the class next door for years. In internet slang, she's been “stalking” him online. She's never told anyone.

1

Their first meeting

The first time she saw Fu Xicheng was on an early autumn evening. She caught sight of the boy on the bridge at a glance.

His skin was as white as jade, his eyes amber, like colored glass or a sunset. His features were strikingly beautiful.

The moment their eyes met, she seemed to catch the faintest, clean, cool scent.

The boy was aloof and proud, so she lowered her gaze and turned to take the long way around.

The next day, in the stairwell, he drawled with a roguish air, “Hey, classmate. You see me and don't even say hello?”

The instant their eyes met again, time seemed to freeze, and the dust settled.

Gu Tangli surrendered to fate.

For seven years, through countless days and nights, she was tossed about in her dreams. As she lay awake, consumed by thoughts of him, all she saw was that fiery, rebellious boy.

Reunion

She saw him again backstage at a variety show.

The boy in her memories seemed to have shed all his aggression overnight, wearing a refined, gentle mask. He was distant, noble, and beyond reach.

At the time, he was the favored son of heaven, while she was just a struggling little star at the bottom of the industry.

By an unlikely twist of fate, the two became an unexpectedly popular ship.

After seeing a fan-made pairing video online, Gu Tangli swore that things between her and Fu Xicheng couldn't be any more innocent.

He didn't even remember her.

2

Fu Xicheng, the only son of the Fu family, foremost among the elite, returned to China after seven years abroad.

Strikingly handsome and elegant, with a proud, refined air, he was a beautiful flower growing on a sheer cliff, all thorns and impossible to reach.

Though still young, President Fu was decisive and ruthless in business, and no one in the industry dared underestimate him.

Until one day, a gossip story popped up on the screen during a meeting.

“Breaking news!”

“Actor Yao spotted meeting Gu Tangli late at night! They were acting intimate, possibly going public!”

Everyone in the conference room saw President Fu, always so composed and self-controlled, suddenly turn red-eyed.

3

Rumors in the industry say that President Fu had a “moonlight” from his youth.

They say she was breathtakingly beautiful, gentle and radiant, with snow-white skin, like an elf. Her beauty could shine through even a photograph.

They also say that, to make her smile, President Fu once took out a treasured piece of jewelry from the Fu family collection and let her play marbles with it. When Mr. Fu found out, he gave his son a sound beating.

And to this day, the name of his moonlight is still engraved on that priceless emerald.

Bonus Scene

Fu Xicheng arrived late to the Fu Group's anniversary celebration.

The host teased him, saying that President Fu must have been held up by an important meeting, given his busy schedule.

The elegant, cool-headed President Fu raised an eyebrow, his leisurely tone not without a hint of pride. “Oh, I was late because I took my wife to the airport. Sorry about that.”

Everyone: “He just announced it like that?”

The media outlets rushed to break the exclusive story, combing through half the financial and entertainment industries as they tried to guess the identity of the mysterious Mrs. Fu.

Meanwhile, the once-popular pairing tag for the doomed couple quietly started shipping them again, only for netizens to mock them and send the tag trending.

That night, the usually low-key Fu Xicheng V reposted a post from a fan account shipping the couple, then seemed to accidentally tag Actor Yao.

“It's real [smiling face].”

The industry was in an uproar.

The boy once crossed a boundless darkness, his eyes glinting with a sky full of stars. He rushed toward her, radiant, setting the whole city ablaze with his passion.

She could no longer escape, and at last kissed those shining, star-bright eyes.

1. [Reunion after years apart, mutual secret crushes, healing]

2. HE / both are each other's first

3. The male lead has been planning this for a long time, and is a stubborn, sharp-tongued, jealous tsundere

4. School memories are interspersed throughout

5. This story is entirely fictional and is not based on anyone

Theme: Embrace a better tomorrow