Bright Star

Song Li has loved Zhou Ci from the age of eighteen to twenty-eight.

No one knows that Zhou Ci has secretly loved Song Li from the age of eighteen to twenty-eight.

In all the years of changing seasons since graduation, they went to each other's cities countless times, hoping for a romantic chance encounter, but it never happened.

She thought,

"Zhou Ci doesn't want to see me at all."

He thought,

"Song Li really hates me."

But life is far more full of twists and turns than any drama. In the winter when they were about to give up on this hopeless love, they got the chance to meet again.

She looked at him, and he looked at her.

He couldn't stop himself from wanting to hug her. They laughed like a pair of fools.

She once thought their story was supposed to end in a summer filled with the sound of cicadas, never imagining it could begin again.

Just as he had in the past, he stayed by her side. This time, he didn't ask for details. He simply gave her what she needed.

He quietly did everything for her, afraid to disturb the peace she cherished.

In the first year after they parted, he took a flight lasting more than ten hours, just to cover her eyes from behind and play the childish game, "Guess who?"

She had once summoned all her courage to ask him, "Will you go out with me?"

His eyes were as inscrutable as London's perpetually rainy skies, yet as impossible to ignore as the brightest stars in the night sky, and just as impossible to look at directly.

He turned down the courage she'd struggled to muster. His expression was just like it was today: the light in his eyes flickered uncertainly, and his lips curved into a faint, self-mocking smile.

"Song Li, I don't think you'll ever fall in love with anyone in your life."

She looked at him with hopeful eyes, wishing he'd discover the secret she'd deliberately hidden in her April Fool's Day joke.

But he didn't. A thousand emotions flashed through his eyes in an instant, only to finally settle into the depths of despair.

He still treated her love as a silly joke.

She once thought that this was all there could ever be between them. She had to accept the slim chance that things might work out, and endure loneliness for the rest of her life.

But it wasn't until they met again that she realized how much she wanted to keep this star on the canvas of her life forever.

1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, both leads are inexperienced, and neither knows the other is in love with them.

2. Immature rich-boy hero x aloof painter heroine.

3. This novel will be available to subscribers on August 1!

Coming soon: After the Whole Internet Hated Her, She Was Reborn and Became Famous

Xie Xingchen was reborn.

In her previous life, she was obsessed with a terrible man and missed chance after chance to make her mark in the entertainment industry, eventually dying alone in her apartment.

She returned to the night before signing with an agency. Without hesitation, she tore up the contract and contacted an obscure small company instead.

Her fans called her stupid, and netizens waited to laugh at her.

And him, her "boyfriend" Fu Tang, had already made a name for himself in the entertainment industry. He immediately launched into a scolding.

"Did you not think about our future at all? If I want to become a Best Actor before I'm thirty, my girlfriend can't be..."

She cut him off with a cold laugh.

"Fu Tang, let's break up."

She knew what would happen three days later: Fu Tang would team up with the popular young actress Qiao Yuan to promote his new drama by faking a romance.

He asked her to trust his love and wait for him, and she agreed.

When Qiao Yuan plagiarized her song, he asked her to put up with it for the sake of their CP's popularity, and she agreed again.

When he accidentally offended an executive at his company, he pushed her forward to take the blame. He promised to marry her as soon as he reached the top, so even when she was blacklisted, she smiled as sweetly as ever.

She waited and waited, giving in again and again.

He and Qiao Yuan turned their fake romance real, and even turned their wedding into a massive marketing campaign.

A video of her confronting Fu Tang was posted online, and everyone thought she was a liar.

In this life, she would take back everything that belonged to her.

She walked straight into Yueleng Entertainment, rapped twice on the CEO's desk with her knuckles, and asked,

"Qin Gu, I want to sign with you. Will you take me?"

She saw his astonished expression, raised an eyebrow, and smiled with confidence.

She had not forgotten that in the final moments of her life, he was the only one who had reached out to help her.

Yueleng Entertainment was a small company, but it had a wonderful atmosphere. Even when its artists became hugely popular, none of them left.

A few years later, Yueleng Entertainment would represent artists of all kinds, and the small company would become a trendsetter in the entertainment industry.

And she knew Qin Gu had the connections she wanted.

Six months later, her album Rebirth caused a sensation in the entertainment industry.

She strode out of the company, completely unafraid of the flashing cameras as reporters frantically snapped pictures.

"Miss Xie, we heard you composed, wrote the lyrics for, and choreographed all eleven songs yourself. Is that true?"

"Miss Xie, we heard you got to release an album as soon as you debuted because you latched onto the Qin family. Is that true?"

"Miss Xie, we heard you're going on a nationwide tour at the end of the year. Is that true?"

As she cleared her throat to speak, the reporters all felt her presence and fell silent in unspoken agreement.

She smiled brightly and said,

"Whether it's true, and whether I rely on talent or connections, why not come to my concert at the end of the year and find out?"

After speaking, she pulled ten front-row tickets from her bag and flung them high into the air.

Looking down at the reporters scrambling for them, she smiled with assured confidence.

It seemed her concert tickets were already in high demand, even before the show had begun.

She's back!

1. Romance is not the focus. The story is mainly about her career.

2. She'll reach the top, and the terrible man won't get off scot-free.

3. Meow meow meow, look how cute I am. Give it a click!

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