Chen Shuyi transmigrates into an old-school, melodramatic entertainment-industry romance novel as the wicked second female lead, the male lead's fiancée, bound to him through a family-arranged marriage.
According to the plot, after the male lead meets the innocent, delicate female lead, the two launch into a domineering CEO romance, and their passion spirals out of control. The second female lead, his original fiancée, instead becomes an irritating third party.
When Chen Shuyi arrives, she lands right in the middle of one of the novel's big scenes.
The domineering CEO male lead has his arm around the female lead. He frowns at Chen Shuyi with disgust and says, "I want you to break off our engagement. Don't get in the way of my relationship with her."
The innocent female lead nestles in his arms, tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms in the rain. "We're truly in love. Please, let us be together."
Chen Shuyi, who was supposed to be the original fiancée, becomes the villain in everyone's eyes, the wicked supporting female character trying to ruin the leads' relationship.
Chen Shuyi: "."
Chen Shuyi: "I don't understand."
Chen Shuyi is the heiress of Chen Entertainment. Her family is powerful, and she has two older brothers who are both CEOs. She's a genuine heiress, with beauty and wealth in abundance.
After taking over this body, Chen Shuyi decisively breaks off the engagement and dumps her fiancé, then turns around and focuses on building her career.
When she meets a rookie director who's short on funds and down on his luck, she generously invests and gives him a helping hand;
When she encounters a little-known star who's been slandered and buried under a mountain of scandals, she signs him to her company;
When she comes across an obscure, unknown boy band, she lends them a hand and gives them a chance to pursue their dreams;
Chen Shuyi becomes a godlike figure in the industry. She's not a performer, yet she becomes a top celebrity, and all her fans are other people's beloved stars.
At a dinner party one evening,
The male lead, whose status has plummeted since she broke off their engagement and who now bitterly regrets it, stands before Chen Shuyi, impeccably dressed and dashing. He tries to win her back with heartfelt words: "I was wrong before. I didn't know what real love was, and I chose the wrong person. But now..."
The man standing beside Chen Shuyi abruptly tightens the hand resting on her waist.
"Wait," Chen Shuyi interrupts, looking utterly perplexed. "Who are you?"
At her words, the male lead's face darkens. Around them, the influential figures who had been discreetly keeping an eye on Chen Shuyi all breathe a sigh of relief in unison.
With no one else around, he pins her onto the soft sofa in the lounge.
"Your former fiancé?"
"I don't even remember him."
"Miss Chen, you spent a fortune on the King of Singers?"
"I just happened to have the money."
"Miss Chen, you go out and book ten male models?"
Chen Shuyi finally loses patience. She grabs his tie and pulls the man, seething with jealousy, close to her. In a low voice, she says, "I order you to use all the time you spend saying this irrelevant nonsense to kiss me."
(2023.3.30)
Theme: Stay clear-headed.
