The Top-Tier Star's Oriental Nightingale

Shi Qiu is the hottest actress in the industry.

She's beautiful and ill-tempered, yet so ethereally lovely she seems carved from fine porcelain. There's always someone lurking nearby with ulterior motives, coveting her in secret.

The gossips all speculated.

Which powerful tycoon would keep her as his personal songbird?

The most convincing rumor came when someone snapped a photo of a dark red hickey on her neck during a break on set.

Countless netizens flocked to the comments to tease and guess. "Who kissed our goddess like that? And she didn't even slap him?"

"Must've been her sugar daddy. Who else could get away with doing it so openly?"

Online discussion raged for days, but Shi Qiu never offered so much as an explanation or a reply.

Then, while rumors still swirled around her, paparazzi caught her on a late-night date in a luxury car with a strange man.

But... wait a minute?

Why did the man who kissed her look so much like that globally famous Hollywood top-tier star and award-winning actor?!

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Shi Qiu has been rather troubled lately, too.

Her ex-boyfriend, whom she broke up with many years ago, suddenly turned up and told her that, because of their past relationship, he'd developed severe intimacy issues.

It was a difficult situation, and apparently she was responsible for fixing it.

She was baffled. "How am I supposed to do that?"

In the night, the man's tall figure looked languid and imposing. With his handsome, strikingly mixed-race features, he replied coolly, "Sleep with me."

Then he added, "Preferably six times a week."

Shi Qiu: "..."

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Some predict that Ferris will become a legend in Hollywood history, an icon of his era.

Even among a galaxy of stars, he will shine brighter than them all.

No one knows that this globally beloved, top-tier actor was dumped twice.

Years later, when they meet again, he corners Shi Qiu outside her apartment building.

"Let's talk," he says.

"About what?"

"The whole story of how you seduced me, slept with me, then abandoned me without a second thought."

Ferris narrows his eyes and leans in, raising a brow at her. "And don't give me that bewildered, innocent look, Ms. Shi. You've got quite a track record."

Reader's Guide:

1. A top actress from China's entertainment industry x Hollywood's mixed-race heartthrob

2. Seven-year age gap, both each other's first

3. The male lead is Chinese-American; his maternal grandfather is an ethnic Chinese Finn

4. No idolizing celebrities, no real-life inspirations, please don't associate the characters with any real-world stars

[Promotional copy first drafted on September 12, 2023]

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Coming next: The Husband I Found Was a Demon Lord

Yu Ying is an ordinary mortal girl.

The stupidest, yet most heroic thing she ever did was bring home a blood-soaked man and spend every last coin she had to pay for his treatment.

She hoped Xie Shu would recover.

So when she married him, she carefully wrote "May we be together for a hundred years" on red wedding paper.

She was too overjoyed at becoming his wife to notice Xie Shu leaning against the doorway, his eyes turning cold and a scornful smile playing on his lips.

Of course Xie Shu had no intention of spending a hundred years with her.

Xie Shu was a demon lord.

And Xie Shu was a demon lord with another woman in his heart.

Yu Ying paid the price for her foolishness.

She died in the bleak, frigid demon palace. In her final moments, as she closed her eyes, all she could think about was going home. Most of all...

She never wanted to love Xie Shu again.

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Reborn, Yu Ying returns to the days before she married Xie Shu.

She touches her chest, feeling her heart beating strongly and steadily, and for the first time in ages, she thinks: It's good to be alive.

When she passes the path where she found Xie Shu in her previous life,

she decisively abandons it and chooses another road, one that looks muddier and more dangerous.

She doesn't want Xie Shu anymore.

This time, she'll leave the chance to save the demon lord to the woman he loves.

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Xie Shu thinks everything in this world is filthy and dull.

The only thing keeping him going is the hazy memory of a woman in a green dress, always sweetly calling him "husband."

When he wakes from a dream, he lowers his eyes without expression. So this is what it feels like to be loved.

He will find his wife.

Even if she no longer remembers him, even if Yu Ying has already given her heart to another man.

It doesn't matter.

He can take his time winning her over.

Until one day, badly wounded, he loses himself and calls Yu Ying by her childhood nickname.

He sees her turn deathly pale in terror, looking at him with the disgust of someone confronted by a hideous demon.

Only then does Xie Shu understand: his wife recognizes him.

She just doesn't want to acknowledge him.

[Mortal girl x aloof, unhinged demon lord]

Theme: Love is written in the stars