Two-Timing

A glamorous, rebellious entertainment company CEO vs. a possessive, green-tea male star

Content warnings: 1. The heroine has had sex, the hero is a virgin. 2. The male lead and the second male lead are brothers. 3. Please don't apply this to real people in the entertainment industry. 4. The heroine only officially gets together with the male lead after resolving her relationship issues.

Chu Qing, CEO of Starlight Entertainment, is beautiful and comes from a good family. She's one of the best-known heiresses in North City.

Yet even more famous than all that is the scandalous, gossipy romance between her and her fiancé, Hang Han.

Like most marriages between wealthy families, theirs was a childhood-sweetheart match. Their families were equally well-off, and they were each other's first love. The only real difference was that Chu Qing's parents were workaholics, so Hang Han practically raised her.

Unfortunately, a life of luxury, bright lights, and wild nights meant the love between two young people was never strong enough.

The first time Chu Qing caught Hang Han cheating, she turned around and went to a nightclub to rescue a man whose heart had been broken. When Hang Han found out, he smashed up the place. After a huge fight, their elders talked them into getting back together, but the other man's heart was still broken.

Later, Hang Han went abroad and let himself go. Chu Qing didn't ask questions. Every so often, entertainment gossip headlines would report that she'd had a candlelit dinner with some young star today, or set off fireworks all night for another young star tomorrow.

Everyone thought she was just acting out of spite. But at some point, whenever the entertainment news photographed her, there was always the same man by her side.

Hang Han finally panics and flies back overnight to knock on Chu Qing's door.

But the person who opens it is the man in the entertainment news, Jing Ji, who just won Best Actor at this year's Golden Shadow Awards in the domestic entertainment industry.

Jing Ji gives him a cool glance and curls his lips into a mocking smile. “Sorry, big brother. Xiao Nuan's asleep.”

Hang Han's eyes immediately turn red, and he punches him. Jing Ji dodges to the side and hits him back.

When Chu Qing hears the commotion and comes out of the bedroom, Jing Ji, who had just been brutally beating someone, suddenly stops. His eyes red, he complains to Chu Qing, “He hit me.”

Little scene:

One late night, Chu Qing comes home after a work dinner and sees someone who shouldn't be there. Weary, she asks, “What are you doing here?”

Jing Ji grits his teeth and stares at her without a word, his eyes quietly turning red. “Are you really planning to marry him?”

Chu Qing wearily rubs her brow and is about to answer, but Jing Ji has already strode forward and pulled her tightly into his arms. “Chu Qing, we never broke up. If you really marry him, I'll...”

“You'll what?”

He finally managed to push all those men and women away from her. What else could he do?

Jing Ji grits his teeth. “I'll cuckold him!”

Next up: Second Time in Love. Some plot points are inspired by real life.

Divorced screenwriter x brash son of a demolition-company owner

A ten-year relationship ends in misery just one year after the wedding.

The worst part is that Qiao Xuan used to have everything, but one marriage leaves her with neither money nor love.

After taking a little time to grieve, Yu Xuan goes to Chuan City for a temporary change of scenery and a chance to recover. Unexpectedly, she meets a landlord who's a second-generation demolition-company heir and wants to “trick her into marriage”!

The first time she sees him, he's sitting at a mahjong table, with a buzz cut, a tank top, and loud floral shorts. He has a cigarette in his mouth and his legs crossed, pointing at another man at the table. “Take your pants off!”

Qiao Xuan silently drags her suitcase over, intending to leave, but a raspy, roguish voice calls out, “Miss, who are you looking for?”

Qiao Xuan: “...”

Later, Qiao Xuan realizes there's something off about this landlord. He goes from eating three meals a day over mahjong to using her as his meal three times a day.

Qiao Xuan has saved up a little money and is planning to find a more normal landlord. When she arrives, the new landlord looks familiar. She takes a closer look and realizes it's him again!

“Hey, little sis! Come on in and let's chat about your hopes for your new landlord.”

Qiao Xuan: “...”

Later, when Qiao Xuan is being given a hard time by her editor-in-chief at work, the new investor reads the screenplay and lets loose. “Editor-in-chief, my goodness, is your head full of hot pot soup? This business battle isn't half as interesting as Granny Wang at my mahjong parlor arguing with people. And this ‘Master, please don't! It's against the rules!’ My god, even the monkeys on Mount Emei would throw fruit at dialogue like that.”

Little scene

After being rejected for the third time, Leng Yaodong gets drunk at a bar and vents to his friend. “I'm so damn handsome, how can she not see it? What are those two eyes of hers for, decoration? I lowered myself to be her side piece and that idiot still turned me down!”

Qiao Xuan, standing behind him, can't help raising an eyebrow.

His friend wipes away a cold sweat and keeps winking at him.

Unfortunately, Leng Yaodong is still lost in his little world of misery. “I'm this damn handsome. You think no one will love me? Hmph, sooner or later I'll...”

“Mm?”

His friend can't take it anymore and hurriedly covers his mouth, giving Qiao Xuan an awkward smile.

Leng Yaodong senses something is wrong and turns around. His eyes go wide in shock. The next second, he slaps his friend on the back and says fiercely, “Don't ever say those things again, or I'll beat you to death!”

Qiao Xuan: “...”

Theme: Every encounter is precious, so cherish it.