Out of Control [Entertainment Industry]

Meng Shixi won Best Actress at the film festival, sending the internet into a frenzy and earning high praise from the industry.

But Meng Shixi, at the center of it all, flew abroad alone and waited all night for Pei Jin in the snowy wilderness.

As had happened so many times before, Pei Jin had someone with her. She was as cool and questioning as ever: "Why did you come without telling me?"

And then:

"Don't get the wrong idea."

"I've already given you enough."

It was enough.

She let Meng Shixi stay by her side, a tame and obedient canary.

But Pei Jin was never willing to give her what she truly wanted.

That dazzling glimpse of love in her youth could not outlast ten long years of steadfast, profound, desperate devotion.

She loved Pei Jin and endured her, wishing she could lay her heart before her and let her do as she pleased.

But some people are like snow. You can't warm them up.

They only melt away.

Love melts away, too.

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After winning Best Actress, Meng Shixi joined one production after another. She was unreachable most of the time, and never interacted on social media.

Yet she remained in the public eye.

Because someone was always by her side.

Pei Jin took on a genre she had never filmed before. In an interview, she said, "Everyone has to take a step forward at some point."

The words were vague, but Meng Shixi, standing beside her, knew she meant two things at once.

Pei Jin would wait for her late at night, trying every way she could to approach her, clumsily imitating the way Meng Shixi used to act.

But this was a side of herself Pei Jin didn't even like.

How could Meng Shixi, who had already grown tired of her, like it?

She disliked it even more. It irritated her.

It felt like a reminder of all those unbearable years in the past.

The only thing that felt a little new was watching Pei Jin lose control each time Meng Shixi rejected her.

Pei Jin's life had always gone too smoothly. She was proud, refined, and used to having things her way.

She could barely hide her desperate, aching desire for someone she could not have.

When she begged, she sounded like a mad dog: "Meng Shixi, I regret it."

"Can you love me again?"

Theme: dreams