Limited-Time Control [Mending a Broken Relationship]

· A story about a couple who thought they didn't love each other after breaking up, hurt one another, then got back together amid all the pushing and pulling.

· A stunning movie queen and her hapless stepping stone

· Yan Chi x Ji Sichen

Blurb One:

As the youngest Grand Slam movie queen, Yan Chi carved out a place for herself in the entertainment industry by being notorious and beloved in equal measure. Her career opportunities had always been incredible.

But this time, she ran into a tough opponent and had no choice but to bow to capital, attending a banquet that was clearly a trap.

After several rounds of drinks, the central figure of the banquet finally arrived.

She'd heard that he was the young master of Zhaixing, with real power in the company. One word from him could turn her situation around.

She raised her eyes, feigning drunkenness, and met the man's cool, calm gaze.

Her wineglass hit the floor. What slipped from her lips was a name buried deep in her memories, a name that had nothing to do with him:

"...Song Chi."

Blurb Two:

The year they fell in love, she wasn't an international movie queen, and he wasn't the eldest son the Ji family had found.

They'd ridden their bikes along the river at sunset, studied together in the library, gone to the supermarket to snap up weekend bargains, and shared the same cup of milk tea. They were poor, but content.

To make sure his girl could stand on the podium looking radiant, he worked several jobs until an old injury flared up again.

But that Christmas Eve, he waited for her in the little square for five hours. Snow began to fall, and a classmate finally dragged him away. Only then did he learn she'd left without saying goodbye.

When they met again, he was arguing with his mother, still refusing to return to the country and become a useful pawn for the family.

He turned around...

On the giant screen in the square, she was smiling brightly in a luxurious evening gown, like a gift that had been beautifully wrapped.

She was no longer A Chi, waiting for him to finish work so they could walk home together. She was Yan Chi, the international movie queen.

The people around him discussed her films and praised her elegance. He knew only that she was a darling of the heavens, and that her love story with a poor boy had been a cruel game.

It began with the white swan pursuing him, and ended with the poor boy losing his heart.

A reporter asked her, "Ms. Yan Chi, you're so seductive and flirtatious in your films. Have you ever been in love in real life? Would you pursue someone like that?"

In perfect Italian, she replied calmly, "No. Love makes people lose control, and I like being in control of myself."

But he clearly remembered that in Florence, she'd been the one to make the first move, flirting in the bar and asking him for a kiss. Her first words had been:

"I hear you're A Chi. What a coincidence, I'm A Chi too. I'm your destined girlfriend."

"I like you best of all."

Back then, the girl who couldn't speak Italian had told a lie in the language he'd personally helped her perfect, and she'd done it with perfect composure.

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Later, everyone thought it was capital that had taken control of the female star and enabled it to pluck that dazzling rose.

Only the two people involved knew the truth: in that game of love, the one who always compromised, pined, and begged the other to stay

was him.

Posted January 23, 2023

A story about adults finding each other again and getting back together after plenty of back-and-forth.

Both leads are virgins. The man has no relationships after they split, though he deliberately fuels rumors. The woman has relationships, but no feelings involved; she's heartless. Neither is a saint. One is willing to hit, the other is willing to take it.

They reunite at the beginning. The events described in the blurb will appear later, and the story follows both leads' perspectives.

A wicked woman seduces a poor boy / A dazzling movie queen and her hapless stepping stone

I'm working out the outline. Planned for 2024.

Theme: Sincerity is precious.