Softly Plucking the Strings

From the day she was born, Wei Shufang gave her the stigma of being an illegitimate daughter, the scorn of the neighbors, and a beautiful face.

After turning eighteen, Wei Wan chose to work as a stand-in on film sets to support herself.

On set, a stunt actor once shoved her off a platform, leaving her with a broken bone. A lead actor once ground her face beneath his foot.

She had lost count of how many times she had been bullied and hurt. At last, it earned her a chance to appear on camera, disguised as a man.

It was only one ugly-costume shot, but it was enough for him to notice her.

At twenty-five, Su Qiyu was as noble as a god. He held out his left hand to the eighteen-year-old girl.

“Come with me. I'll make you the center of everyone's attention.”

Wei Wan believed him.

Blinded by the illusion, the girl worshiped him as a god, never knowing whom he was longing for when he looked at her.

At twenty-one, Wei Wan threatened to take her own life to escape him.

She learned to smoke and drink, tearing apart, little by little, the pure and innocent image he had created for her.

She swore she would never be anyone's stand-in again.

The entertainment industry is the most cutthroat place of all. Someone once asked a famous director, renowned for his colorful private life, why he never “bothered” a beauty like Wei Wan, a celebrated actress known for her elegant roles.

The director's face turned livid.

“She's that young master's woman from the Su family. Who the hell would dare touch her?”

Someone else asked, “But hasn't Wei Wan left Qian Entertainment?”

She may have left, but how many times has that young master gone mad over her?

Later, rumors that Wei Wan, the award-winning actress, had rekindled her old romance with Su Qiyu, head of Qian Entertainment, grew ever wilder.

Wei Wan responded coldly, “It's fake.”

Su Qiyu personally attended a meeting with the PR department. “One thing: nail this trending topic to Weibo and keep it there.”

Later still, reporters witnessed the haughty, aloof Young Master Su kneeling by Wei Wan's hospital bed after she had been gone for half a year. In tears, he refused to let go, even if it killed him.

“Wanwan, if you're willing to keep the baby, can't you keep the baby's father, too?”

- Gently gather, slowly pluck, brush, and pick: first comes the Rainbow Skirt, then the Six Yaos -

- Two pipa performances, perfectly matched in skill -

*Entertainment industry, stand-in romance, groveling ex returns to win her back. Melodramatic, old-school angst. If that's not your thing, don't read.

*Happy ending, one true pairing. The male lead and his unattainable first love never went beyond a secret crush. Wei Wan

*Entertainment mogul x comeback queen

No real-life inspirations | Flawed characters | Hate on the author and it will rebound

Author's Weibo: Shi A Zhu Bu Shi A Zhu Ya

Blurb posted 2021-01-13

Theme: A love between equals