[Showbiz] The Stars Can't Compare to You

As a surprise addition to a top girl group, Ding Yinhe was branded a "useless rich girl" from the moment she debuted.

She was also widely boycotted online after her sudden fame led her to reveal, "Although I'm of mixed Chinese and Korean heritage, my nationality is Chinese." People expected to watch her gradually flop into irrelevance, but to their surprise, a year-end award show collaboration stage put her on the trending list three times.

The following year, her first self-composed song, "I Just Want to Go Back to Childhood," made a comeback into the top ranks and reached a peak position of number four, bringing her back into the spotlight.

People thought that was as far as the Green Card could go, but then her self-directed short film was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival and the Oscars, ultimately winning two awards. Next came news that she would become the next Disney princess.

No matter how much people boycotted her, she always managed to turn things around.

No matter how much her antis called her "fake," "affected," or a "feminist," people still called her the next "ACE." In her three years since debut, she had always worked hard and never slacked off. Though she started out as a main vocalist, she trained herself into a main dancer.

She wasn't at the center of dating rumors, but the rumors found her anyway. When a senior accidentally liked a post about her and her ideal type, she simply said, "I won't fall in love with anyone."

She has the most level-headed fans, as well as some of the most obsessive stalker fans. As a foreigner, she has the highest level of public recognition and popularity, but she's also a spokesperson whose every word and action in front of the cameras is judged.

Faced with all of this, she looks down at the audience below the stage.

[Love is so fickle, and so casual.]

Ding Yinhe was the first experimental subject chosen by Heartbeat Dokidoki. She thought it was a life simulation game, only to discover she had been placed inside an interactive dating game. But this time...

Starting over once again, she wants the stars to come rushing to her.

"People are always eager to make gods, then pull them down from their altars. They think love can hold a god captive, but gods don't love mortals."

Reader advisory:

The news these past few days has left me devastated, so I can't be bothered to give TG a fair perspective. I don't care anymore. I just want my daughter to be loved like crazy. Who cares about fairness? Whatever. I don't want to write anything realistic anymore. In the end, I'm the one who's getting hurt.

Warnings: Everyone has unrequited feelings for her. The setting is TG. Make sure you understand what TG people are like. You know the type.

Update, November 2, 2023: I suddenly realized this novel has gradually become a prediction thread. All the problems in the idol industry I've planted in the story, and the plot ideas I've saved for later, are gradually becoming reality. After my exams, I went online and saw that the country of kimchi really is filthy and ugly, and doesn't seem to care about anything. Then I thought about how the things I wanted to write have already happened. Writing them now would just be confirming my predictions. I don't feel like updating anymore. If I have time, I'll polish the earlier chapters a bit. Maybe I'll start another story or write a quick transmigration world.

Theme: Deep obsession? No. A sustainable relationship between fans and idols.