After awakening to the truth, Yi Peng discovered that she was a cannon-fodder female supporting character in an entertainment-industry wish-fulfillment novel!
The heroine, Gu Wanwan, came from a wealthy family. She entered the entertainment industry and quickly rose to fame. After appearing on a mother-daughter variety show with her own mother and showing off their pampered life in a wealthy family, she became a top-tier star and won the envy of the whole internet.
Yi Peng, on the other hand, came from the countryside. She hired a fake mother to pretend they were wealthy for the show, but got exposed and became the target of online hate!
Yi Peng: Thanks, but no thanks! I've left the industry and gone home to farm.
But when she got home with her suitcase, she discovered that the few thin fields she remembered had become an ecological farm spanning hundreds of acres. And her mother, Yi Ling, whom she remembered as a middle-aged woman who only knew how to farm, turned out to be a great beauty!
Yi Peng: Yay! Now I can lie even flatter!
But then the production team called to tell her that if she didn't appear on the show, she'd have to pay 50 million in compensation. Yi Peng had no choice but to bring her mother along, planning to keep her head down and get through it.
Then she discovered that her beautiful mother wasn't quite as simple as she'd imagined!
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The production team asked each group to film its own promotional short. The heroine and her mother simply hired a famous commercial director.
[The rich really have connections everywhere. The finished product is bound to look amazing! Just look at the mother and daughter next door...]
Yi Peng had planned to film something simple, but her mother made a phone call. An hour later, an internationally renowned director arrived in a flurry.
He looked at her with deep affection. "Lingling, my muse! You finally agreed to let me film you again. I'll make sure you both look wonderful!"
The heroine's fans grew sour.
[Even a famous director can't save Yi Peng's terrible acting.]
But when the film was released, Yi Peng's beauty shone in every long take, and every gesture and smile brimmed with a sense of story.
The looks-obsessed fans went wild.
[Ahhh! Yi Peng is so beautiful, and her acting is great too. Who said she was a terrible actress before?!]
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When they went to a top-tier resort to film the show, the heroine and her mother pulled out a VIP black card.
[That's what it means to be a top-tier wealthy family. They can casually stay in a place that costs over a hundred thousand a night! The poor mother and daughter next door must be stunned!]
But the next day, the owner of the resort showed up at Yi Peng and her mother's door.
"President Yi, you finally have time to come inspect the place!"
[Yi Peng's mother is the owner of the resort?! Do you need another daughter or little sister?]
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At a charity banquet, the heroine and her mother tried their best to ingratiate themselves with Lu Wenbin, the head of the top-tier Lu family, hoping to marry the heroine into the family.
Lu Wenbin waved them off impatiently. "Our family believes in letting people choose who they love."
But when he saw Yi Ling with Yi Peng, he greeted them warmly and brought his son, Lu Linhe, over.
"Lingling, since we couldn't become husband and wife back then, it would be nice to become in-laws now."
Yi Peng looked horrified. No, thank you! Though Lu Linhe was pretty handsome!
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After filming ended, Yi Peng went home to keep farming.
But the drama she had filmed before leaving the industry became a huge hit, and her character became a classic.
Netizens flooded her Weibo account with pleas.
[Yi, please come back to the entertainment industry! It can't survive without you!]
The domineering CEOs, artists, and movie stars whose elders had forced them to pursue her also followed her to the countryside.
Yi Peng said helplessly, "I know you're only doing this to please your elders. You really don't have to go this far."
But the men all shook their heads. "Pengpeng, I'm pursuing you because I like you!"
Yi Peng: Huh? How did I become everyone's dream girl too?
Theme: The best life is one spent with your loved ones