Pre-publication: The Succubus Lord Disguised as an Angel. Click the author's page to read the blurb
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Pei Lingxuan made his debut at sixteen in the crime film Doubt, becoming an overnight sensation. At the awards ceremony that same night, he beat a host of veteran actors to win Best Actor, becoming the youngest Best Actor in history.
Under the spotlights, the young man had elegant features and bright, sly eyes. Holding his trophy, he spoke with effortless confidence, his charm becoming a celebrated anecdote in film history. From then on, his fame soared and he became an A-lister. If anyone was born to shine, it was him.
But no one can stay at the top forever. At twenty-six, after his manager pleaded with him, Pei Lingxuan took a supporting role in an S-tier historical drama.
The announcement caused an uproar on Weibo. Trending topics appeared one after another: “Movie star stoops to play second fiddle to a traffic idol” and “The genius Best Actor has fallen from his pedestal.”
Netizens lamented that they never thought their idol would lower himself to star in a costume romance for an astronomical paycheck. The entertainment industry was doomed!
On set, Pei Lingxuan lounged beneath a parasol, idly waving a prop fan as he watched the director reprimand the popular leading man, who lacked the horsemanship to handle his scenes. He snapped the fan shut and pointed at a young herdsman leading a fine horse in the distance. “Director Zhang, what about that guy?”
And so, the grasslands gained a part-time stunt double dressed in the male lead's costume: tall and long-legged, with sun-bronzed skin and handsome, rugged features. He looked even more dashing than the star himself.
On a cold, bleak autumn night beyond the frontier, Pei Lingxuan, still in costume and makeup, stopped the young man outside his tent and asked with a smile, “Do you drink?”
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A fleeting affair is beautiful because it blooms at dawn and dies by dusk, like a dream.
After finishing the first costume romance of his career, Pei Lingxuan returned to the glittering, clamor-filled world of fame, once again a star shining beneath the neon lights.
His manager handed him a carefully selected new script and urged him earnestly, “Lingxuan, just go audition. This is the first feature film since the most promising young director returned to China.”
Pei Lingxuan had spent years dominating the film industry on the strength of his talent. Which famous director hadn't he worked with? Some brash upstart, famous only because the age had no heroes…
But when he arrived at the audition, distracted, the young man sitting in the chair said arrogantly, “This role isn't right for you.”
Pei Lingxuan's eyelid twitched. He tensed as if facing a formidable enemy. “Why is it you…?”
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At nineteen, Ning Zeyuan took a leave of absence from school and traveled through remote regions, documenting the customs and local life. During those three years on the road, he edited his first short film and met a very nice man.
But before winter was over, the man dumped him.
Later, Ning returned to school, made films, won awards, and worked in the industry. At last, he saw that man again. This time, he would get revenge for being seduced and then abandoned.
“Mr. Ning, Director Ning, please pick someone else. I can't do it.”
“No. I only want you.”
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[Shipping Them to Death] Can anyone describe the relationship between Best Actor Pei and Director Ning?
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1L: Two words: they've slept together.
2L: Uh, why is he putting his arm around his waist? Flirting with an over-the-hill actor, Director Ning? Aren't you afraid your own dad will beat you to death when you get home?
3L: Congratulations to Goddess Pei! Even at his age, he managed to land a rich husband. Please give us a tutorial, so the girls in this group can learn from you.
4L: Don't just talk about it, people! Make some fanworks!
[Quiet and composed, a dog that bites doesn't bark, director gong X wild and unruly, a flirt who needs taming, Best Actor shou]
Reader's guide:
◎ Shou-focused / younger gong / slow burn / 1v1 / happy ending
◎ The shou is a seasoned flirt who loves to tease and have fun, with a genuine history of romantic escapades.
◎ The gong is an innocent virgin who gets played in his first relationship and becomes mildly darkened later on.
◎ No real-life inspirations or allusions; completely fictional, and not meant to be taken seriously.
Friendly warning: There is a messy ex-lover situation. Not recommended for readers with a low tolerance for drama.
Theme: Life is like crossing mountains. We must weather storms, and may also sink to low points. Don't get arrogant in victory or discouraged by defeat. Regain your strength and rise to the top again.
Finished spreading flowers! It takes one day to read it in one go! I really like this feeling of being bloody but not so bloody. This article often gives me two completely different feelings at the same time, which is such a wonderful feeling. The people in the story sometimes make me feel normal and sometimes make me feel crazy, violent and forbearing, drunken and dreamy while awake, going crazy in the ordinary, and finally calm (yes, the emotional tone I feel is actually crazy and flat, maybe I am also influenced by Pei Ning hh, maybe he is violent) The side effects of staying up late in the afternoon to read novels hhh) I always complain about the men in the novel who like to "torture themselves", "violate themselves", "psychologically distorted" and "have violent tendencies", but I still want to read on and I always feel like there is something to be continued at the end, hahaha. Maybe I am a standard East Asian (female fan), I like this kind of awkward, dark and unforgettable relationship that seems calm but is entangled and tormented by each other from the bottom of my heart, and I wish I could love and hate intertwined until death! I can't love but hate it to the bone, torture myself, and entangle each other, but in the end Return to mediocrity. It's hypocritical to laugh at yourself, but not too hypocritical. I want to live or die, but I don't really want to live or die. Who would have thought that when I read the copy, I just wanted to read a slutty and cool article. I didn't expect that it would be even more fun to read a masochistic article!
I'm so touched. I have an indescribable feeling. I hope Pei Ning will live a good life in the future.
As far as the character of this victim is shown, I feel that people in the workplace will really like him. With such a colleague, to be honest, no one has enough time to gossip to the point that it affects the work, and ordinary gossip cannot hurt him enough to resign.
This kind of good novel can be said to be a legacy. I've had enough of the protagonist in Persona and I like this kind of flesh-and-blood protagonist. The protagonists can be said to be a perfect match, let them entangle each other to death, and hope that perverted teacher goes to shit! !
When I saw the ending sign, I thought this chapter was at least 30,000 words long! ! !
First of all, I am surprised, and secondly, I am still surprised. To be honest, the author vigorously describes Ning in the front, but rarely mentions it in the later chapters, so I never really know what kind of person he is, so I don't understand the logic of his behavior at all. This is what makes me surprised.
At what angle, look at the strength
Rather than having a stable relationship, I am more happy that the two of them have produced a good work together.
This is probably a career fan.
But when I think about the twists and turns of their relationship and careers... This work really has a different meaning.
The two of them each have their own neurotic qualities, and they feel like a perfect match (…)
Well, what else can I say... These two are not (normal) people...
Finished spreading flowers! It takes one day to read it in one go! I really like this feeling of being bloody but not so bloody. This article often gives me two completely different feelings at the same time, which is such a wonderful feeling. The people in the story sometimes make me feel normal and sometimes make me feel crazy, violent and forbearing, drunken and dreamy while awake, going crazy in the ordinary, and finally calm (yes, the emotional tone I feel is actually crazy and flat, maybe I am also influenced by Pei Ning hh, maybe he is violent) The side effects of staying up late in the afternoon to read novels hhh) I always complain about the men in the novel who like to "torture themselves", "violate themselves", "psychologically distorted" and "have violent tendencies", but I still want to read on and I always feel like there is something to be continued at the end, hahaha. Maybe I am a standard East Asian (female fan), I like this kind of awkward, dark and unforgettable relationship that seems calm but is entangled and tormented by each other from the bottom of my heart, and I wish I could love and hate intertwined until death! I can't love but hate it to the bone, torture myself, and entangle each other, but in the end Return to mediocrity. It's hypocritical to laugh at yourself, but not too hypocritical. I want to live or die, but I don't really want to live or die. Who would have thought that when I read the copy, I just wanted to read a slutty and cool article. I didn't expect that it would be even more fun to read a masochistic article!
I'm so touched. I have an indescribable feeling. I hope Pei Ning will live a good life in the future.
As far as the character of this victim is shown, I feel that people in the workplace will really like him. With such a colleague, to be honest, no one has enough time to gossip to the point that it affects the work, and ordinary gossip cannot hurt him enough to resign.
This kind of good novel can be said to be a legacy. I've had enough of the protagonist in Persona and I like this kind of flesh-and-blood protagonist. The protagonists can be said to be a perfect match, let them entangle each other to death, and hope that perverted teacher goes to shit! !
When I saw the ending sign, I thought this chapter was at least 30,000 words long! ! !
First of all, I am surprised, and secondly, I am still surprised. To be honest, the author vigorously describes Ning in the front, but rarely mentions it in the later chapters, so I never really know what kind of person he is, so I don't understand the logic of his behavior at all. This is what makes me surprised.
At what angle, look at the strength
Rather than having a stable relationship, I am more happy that the two of them have produced a good work together. This is probably a career fan. But when I think about the twists and turns of their relationship and careers... This work really has a different meaning.
The two of them each have their own neurotic qualities, and they feel like a perfect match (…)
Well, what else can I say... These two are not (normal) people...