The Teasing Actress's Rise to Fame

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From a young age, Jiang Tingyu knew she was a child the Jiang family had taken in, and that she was engaged to the Jiang family's eldest daughter.

She had followed Jiang Weiyin for nearly twenty years, but never once earned so much as a second glance. Later, even the faith she had always clung to crumbled.

Jiang Tingyu asked the Jiang family to call off the engagement and accepted her first romantic role. Jiang Weiyin interfered, and before long, not only did her co-star back out, but every investor who had reached an agreement with the production pulled out one by one.

With the production at a standstill, Jiang Tingyu was about to give up when a related topic about the crew suddenly went viral online.

Ning Zhaoxi, a Best Actress who had won countless film awards in her eight years in the industry, was now linked to the production's disastrous script.

Jiang Tingyu thought Ning Zhaoxi was a good actress and a kind person, but their previous interactions hadn't exactly been pleasant. Seeing the trending topic, she nervously sent Ning Zhaoxi a greeting.

[Hello.]

To her surprise, Ning Zhaoxi replied instantly:

[I'm funding the whole thing.]

Jiang Tingyu was baffled: [Huh?]

Ning Zhaoxi: [I'll fully fund the production and join the cast. How about that?]

-

Filming with Ning Zhaoxi was easy and enjoyable, and Jiang Tingyu was learning a lot. She told her friend how happy she was.

Her friend stared at her in disbelief. "Are you crazy? She's so strict when rehearsing scenes, never drinks milk tea, and when the cast goes out to eat, doesn't she leave as soon as filming wraps, without wasting a second?"

Jiang Tingyu looked at the new message on her phone from Ning Zhaoxi, asking if she wanted a late-night snack, and stared blankly. "Huh?"

There was an intimate scene in the script, but Jiang Tingyu knew Ning Zhaoxi never did kissing scenes, so she didn't bring it up.

That is, until the day Jiang Weiyin came to visit the set. Ning Zhaoxi said, "We're filming the kissing scene today."

Jiang Tingyu blinked. If she remembered correctly, the kissing scene wasn't scheduled until two weeks later.

Jiang Weiyin, who had come to visit her under the pretext of sponsoring the production, glared as she tried to pull Jiang Tingyu away. But before she could even take her hand, Jiang Tingyu had already fallen into Ning Zhaoxi's arms. A cold, taunting voice sounded by her ear:

"She's my leading lady now. It's time for you to leave the stage."

Bonus scene:

At the wrap party, the media asked Ning Zhaoxi why she'd accepted the role.

Ning Zhaoxi glanced at Jiang Tingyu and drawled, "Because of Teacher Tingyu."

Jiang Tingyu: ?

"Teacher Tingyu is very skilled. I mean, she's a great actress, and she's earnest and kind. There are still lots of things I'd like to learn from her."

Tingyu: ?

Did she mean the kind of learning they'd done last night, with one of them on top and the other underneath?

Those remarks sent the topic trending again that night.

Some people were so furious they called until the phones rang off the hook. Others went wild shipping them.

● Official couple: Jiang Tingyu and Ning Zhaoxi.

● The plot comes first, and the story may be unrealistic, so please don't compare it to the real entertainment industry.

Blurb for "After the Divorce, She Begged Me Through Tears to Come Back":

| The Ex-Wife Chasing Her Back After the Divorce |

To everyone around her, Yu Zhao was a sunny optimist who loved Xu Wuhuan with all her heart. It didn't matter if life was hard and everything was a mess.

After seven years together, Yu Zhao finally found out that Xu Wuhuan was a rich heiress, whose family had more money than several generations could spend.

They married in a rush. After the wedding, Xu Wuhuan began staying out all night. Whenever Yu Zhao asked, she said it was for work.

"There's something I've never told you. Over all these years, you're the only one who passed the test. She thought you were someone she could marry," Xu Wuhuan's friend said.

A test? Did they mean the days after graduation when everything went wrong and they nearly starved to death in their rented apartment?

Had there been anyone else besides her all these years?

Haunted by those questions, Yu Zhao searched through Xu Wuhuan's phone, checking everything from the photo gallery and chat history to money transfers. She was often jolted awake by the sound of her phone ringing.

All she got in return was a disappointed look from Xu Wuhuan:

"Do you know what you look like now? Like a lunatic."

"You weren't like this before."

Xu Wuhuan calmly watched her lose control.

Yu Zhao remembered their first meeting. Xu Wuhuan had looked just as coldly at a dying bird as it struggled.

Their relationship ended on a quiet night.

Yu Zhao had discovered that Xu Wuhuan had a second phone, full of secrets she wasn't allowed to see.

-

When Yu Zhao handed her the divorce papers, Xu Wuhuan tore them up and asked if she'd had enough of this nonsense.

Yu Zhao calmly handed her another copy.

Xu Wuhuan sneered. "You can't leave me. You'll regret this, Yu Zhao."

Her bold, carefree handwriting put an end to their ten years together.

As it turned out, Yu Zhao wasn't the one who regretted it.

She went from being an unknown writer to a bestselling author whose book signings drew crowds of fans.

At the launch for her new book, Xu Wuhuan sat below the stage, watching her shine.

When a reporter asked about the girlfriend mentioned in her early works, Yu Zhao smiled and cut in: "Let the dead rest in peace. There's no point bringing her up."

Xu Wuhuan, sitting below the stage and apparently dead: "?"

After the event, as Yu Zhao packed up, a familiar voice demanded, "I'm dead?"

Yu Zhao smiled without warmth, her voice icy. "You're a dead dog."

Yu Zhao seemed so unfamiliar in that moment that Xu Wuhuan felt a panic she'd never experienced before.

When they were together, Yu Zhao always wrote Xu Wuhuan into her books. It wasn't until after they broke up that Xu Wuhuan found those pages upon pages of loving essays.

They revealed a side of Yu Zhao she'd never paid attention to.

Hot tears fell against Yu Zhao's neck, but she only murmured, "I really do regret it."

Xu Wuhuan was delighted, until she heard the next words: "I regret not leaving you sooner."

Xu Wuhuan had always thought Yu Zhao would come back.

Even if Yu Zhao cried and made a scene, even if they argued, she thought they would never separate.

But she was wrong.

Yu Zhao no longer wanted her.

Reader's Guide:

● Angsty melodrama and an ex-wife chasing her back after the divorce. She'll be chasing for a long, long time.

● Sharp-tongued author vs. a beautiful CEO who's a little unhinged (or perhaps they're both lunatics when it comes to love).

● A tangled, bittersweet, aching, and sweet romance.

Theme: Everyone is unique, and everyone deserves to be loved.