The Möbius Strip [Showbiz]

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Everyone in their circle knew that Shen Nanjia had been living it up these past few years. She couldn't settle down, changing boyfriends one after another, and they were all young men in their twenties.

But no one knew that Shen Nanjia had kept one person in her heart for seven years, until alcohol numbed the longing that had consumed her day and night.

Who could have guessed that the dazzling superstar everyone saw every day was actually dependent on alcohol?

Only when the person from her dreams appeared before her again did Shen Nanjia realize that it was time to wake up. Her attempts to provoke Yan Huaixu by constantly changing boyfriends might have been nothing but a joke to him.

Shen Nanjia calmly met the man's gaze, then slowly curved her lips. "Welcome back to Nancheng."

The man said nothing. Or perhaps he did, but Shen Nanjia wasn't clearheaded enough to hear him.

Or perhaps she had left too hastily, never thinking to ask him why he had disappeared without a word.

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A new power player had recently arrived in Nancheng. Word was that he was the newly appointed head of the Yan family, just twenty-four years old, and he had already turned the city's business world upside down.

Both the business and entertainment circles wanted to ride this wave and make a fortune, hoping to break free of their current predicament.

But this head of the family was so aloof and restrained that no one had managed to get anything out of him.

Yet at some point, this man, who had never been associated with rumors, became a regular on the trending lists.

The most jaw-dropping incident was when he openly confessed his love and got rejected.

It was a short, secretly filmed video. The picture quality wasn't very clear, but the two beautiful figures in it were easy to recognize.

They were none other than the superstar Shen Nanjia, whose career was in jeopardy after her drinking problem was exposed, and Yan Huaixu, the head of the Yan family, whom everyone wanted to get close to.

"Can't you really think it over one more time?"

Yan Huaixu's voice was as deep as ever, but it held an unmistakable note of pleading and humility.

After hearing him out, Shen Nanjia smiled. "Sorry, Mr. Yan. I only like men in their twenties. I'm afraid you're too old to meet my requirements."

After watching the clip, netizens couldn't help sucking in a breath on Shen Nanjia's behalf. Yan Huaixu was only twenty-four. How was that old? To reject him like that, Shen Nanjia's acting career was surely over.

But in the end, things didn't turn out the way the netizens expected.

Whether in film and television or fashion, Shen Nanjia's opportunities were second to none in the entertainment industry.

And quite a few marketing accounts that had deliberately smeared Shen Nanjia disappeared. Rumor had it they had all been taken in by the police.

No one said it outright, but everyone knew who had the power to do that. Who else could it be but the head of the Yan family?

Then one day, during an interview, the host asked Yan Huaixu about his love life. The audience thought he would dodge the question, but the usually poker-faced head of the family simply lifted the corners of his mouth. "I haven't won them over yet. I'll let everyone know when there's news."

The host paused, then teased him. "Someone should install a screen-time limit for Mr. Yan. How come you drop that cold, aloof act as soon as someone mentions the person you love?"

Yan Huaixu turned the ring on his finger and looked toward someone in the audience, fully disguised in a mask and hat. He smiled without answering.

Shen Nanjia had never been a game to him. She was the only salvation in his darkness, someone he couldn't give up or forget.

☆ Reading Guide:

☆ Dazzling superstar x restrained investor

☆ One-on-one, both leads are sexually inexperienced, each other's first love, devoted to one another in body and soul

☆ Mutual attraction, mutual secret crushes, both pursuing each other

☆ Bittersweet and sweet, happy ending, but no marriage or children. Proceed with caution if that's a dealbreaker.

Theme: Live well, and let your paths cross in time.