Just after winning a grand slam and becoming the youngest actor to win three major awards, Cen Jia transmigrates into an old-fashioned, sweet romance girls' love novel, where she becomes a universally hated cannon-fodder supporting character.
At this point in the story, the original owner is about to join a dating reality show. She'll be paired with a wealthy young heiress and rising star named Ruan Yizhi as a fake couple, serving as a foil to the protagonists. After provoking the protagonists, she'll be cursed across the internet until she quits show business, then killed when a crazed fan of the protagonists runs her over. It's a tragic end.
Ruan Yizhi is dragged down by the original owner and has repeatedly humiliated the protagonists with her spoiled personality. Her family connections protect her for a while, but even they can't overcome the protagonists' aura of success and their fans' fanaticism. In the end, she doesn't fare any better.
On the dating show, Cen Jia takes a look at the protagonist couple, who seem affectionate on the surface but are secretly seeing each other, then glances at Ruan Yizhi, whose face is full of pride and arrogance. She raises an eyebrow.
It's just acting, right? It's what she's best at.
And so...
When filming begins, everyone expects the spoiled heiress to refuse to interact with her fake partner.
Cen Jia takes Ruan Yizhi's fingertips in hers, gazing at her with deep affection and carefully restrained emotion as she calls her, "Azhi."
Ruan Yizhi: ...She, she really likes me?!
Netizens: Such deep devotion!
Before the room selection, everyone expects the heiress to refuse to play with them because the beanbag toss game is beneath her.
Cen Jia looks at her with gentle trust. "Our Azhi has been dancing since she was little. She's more agile than anyone else. Who could possibly take first place if not our Azhi?"
Ruan Yizhi: "Well... obviously, it has to be me!"
Netizens: So doting!
There's only one bedroom in the room. Everyone expects the heiress to send Cen Jia to the sofa and keep the bed for herself. Ruan Yizhi expects to do the same.
But when she comes out of the shower, Cen Jia is already in her pajamas on the bed. She sees Ruan Yizhi and gently pats the edge of the bed. "Azhi must be tired after such a long day. I lit some incense. Come rest, Azhi."
Ruan Yizhi sees Cen Jia curled up at the edge of the bed, leaving most of it for her. Maybe the incense just happens to smell like one of her favorite scents, but she doesn't insist that Cen Jia leave.
After the lights are turned off, Ruan Yizhi lies awake, unable to sleep. (She smells so good. (I want to cuddle her.)
Netizens who witnessed Ruan Yizhi's little gestures on camera: ! The heiress is actually like this!
I'm in love!
After the dating show ends, Ruan Yizhi, thoroughly confused by Cen Jia's acting, thinks: I feel like she used psychological manipulation on me, but I have no proof...
But as she feels her heart beating too fast
She likes Cen Jia. The evidence is conclusive.
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As filming goes on, the Cen Jia and Ruan Yizhi pairing, which no one expected to succeed, overtakes the protagonists to become the most popular couple. The whole internet ships them so hard that people want to bring the marriage bureau over and get them married on the spot.
The two of them also become famous thanks to the show.
The original plot falls apart, and now free of the story's constraints, Cen Jia no longer has to face the original owner's tragic fate. She happily starts saving for retirement.
Before long, she forgets all about Ruan Yizhi.
Then one day, someone storms into her house. Her usually arrogant, haughty face is flushed with indignation as she scolds Cen Jia for flirting with her without any intention of marrying her.
Cen Jia has always known Ruan Yizhi is beautiful, but looking at her now, she suddenly feels as if she's been struck by an arrow.
Maybe...
She's really starting to like Azhi.
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◎ One-on-one romance, HE
◎ Same-sex marriage is legal in this setting
◎ My take on the entertainment industry. No characters are based on real people
January 8, 2023
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