I Heard the Top-Tier Superstar Has a Crush on Me

"Quirky, sweet girl VS devoted, hopelessly romantic award-winning actor"

When Jiang Nuan was five, she was the leader of all the kids on her block.

What she did most often was step in front of Fu Jiayu when a group of children cornered and bullied him. "Don't be scared. I'll protect you from now on."

To her, Fu Jiayu was her crybaby big brother, a little tagalong who liked to follow her around and seek her protection.

But then he left without a word, and no longer needed her protection.

Twenty years later, Jiang Nuan has become an antique restorer.

One day, while she is giving a promotional speech on a reality show, the hashtag #Top-Tier Star'sFirstLoveHasTheCharacterNuanInHerName rapidly trends on Weibo.

Haters and keyboard warriors make a huge fuss, while fans mock her for shamelessly riding Chaoyang's first love's coattails.

Angry, she sends the top-tier star a direct message.

[Jiang Nuan: Please keep your fans in check.]

He replies at once.

[Fu Jiayu: I'm sorry, Nuannuan.]

Jiang Nuan: ?

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Award-winning actor Chaoyang shot to fame at a young age.

A dazzling new star in the entertainment industry, he has swept the major film and television awards. The media call him "God's favorite," and he is surrounded by countless flowers and applause.

Rumors in the industry say that he is cold and taciturn, distant and exacting, an untouchable flower growing on a high mountain.

But one day, a keepsake from Chaoyang and the woman he has secretly loved for twenty years surfaces online. The woman is suspected to be Jiang Nuan, an antique restorer.

Fans mock her, haters jeer, and the controversy grows more and more heated.

Alone on a film set, the man carefully lifts her hand and places her palm over his heart, trying to make her feel its fiery warmth.

"Nuannuan, I'm Chaoyang, and I'm Fu Jiayu. Secretly loving you may be the hardest role I've ever played. I've loved you year after year, for all these years."

#Shocking! The Top-Tier Star's First Love Is Actually Me?

#I Hear the Award-Winning Actor Is Chasing Me in Disguise.

Reading Guide:

* One-on-one romance, both inexperienced, and each other's first love.

* Antique restorer VS top-tier award-winning actor.

* The heroine first met the hero when she was five. They meet again twenty years later, so when he approaches her using his position as a site supervisor, she doesn't recognize him. Every time he's on the verge of having his secret identity exposed, he cleverly covers it up. Just adding a note for clarity.

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Blurb for The Whole World Is Nothing Compared to You

Marriage first, love later / age gap / old flame rekindled

[Powerful Beijing socialite VS radio host]

[Cool on the outside, warm on the inside, fatherly type X flirtatious little drama queen]

Fu Qingyan never expected to run into Cen Boyan on a blind date.

The man sitting across from her is elegant and handsome, with a cold expression and an intimidating presence. The aloofness between his brows is even stronger than when he refused to stay in touch with her all those years ago.

Just as she'd boldly forced her contact details on him back then, she relies on a burst of blind confidence and cheerfully slips him a business card. "My name is Fu Qingyan. I have a stable job, and everyone says I'm quiet, gentle, virtuous, and devoted to family. I'm a good candidate for a wife."

His gaze is deep. "I'm ten years older than you."

Fu Qingyan: "That's fine. I like older men."

Cen Boyan: "..."

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After they marry, Fu Qingyan realizes she's married into the biggest media powerhouse in Beijing.

At work, the two maintain a boss-and-subordinate relationship. At home, Fu Qingyan searches for inspiration for her relationship-program scripts, trying again and again to flirt with her husband, only to fail every time.

Then one day, they finally make progress. He pins her to the bed and kisses her until they are both lost in the moment.

She pounds his shoulder twice in indignation and accuses him, "Mr. Cen, your kissing skills have improved by leaps and bounds. Where did you learn?"

Cen Boyan leans close to her cheek, his hot breath brushing her ear. He tempts her again and again, kissing her most sensitive earlobe. "I learned from Mrs. Cen's scripts."

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Two years ago, Cen Boyan was invited to attend a graduation ceremony at a communications university, where he met a female student whose graduation speech had been stolen.

She looked delicate and pitiful, but her eyes held an unmistakable tenacity.

She said, "A truly capable host shows their skill through improvisation, not by sticking to a script."

After the ceremony, she boldly handed him a card with a string of phone numbers written on it.

But when he called, the number was out of service.

One day, Cen Boyan happens to hear a familiar voice on the radio in his car. Her voice is like a gentle spring breeze, softly brushing the corners of his heart

"Nothing in the world compares to you,

But I can't find a trace of where you are."

Reading Guide:

* The leads missed their chance to grow closer early on due to a series of misunderstandings, but both tried to find each other. The story is marriage first, love later from the heroine's perspective, and love at first sight from the hero's.

* Inspired by the song The Whole World Is Nothing Compared to You by Lin Xiaoan.

Theme: Face your attachment to objects.