▲ Top-tier star x wealthy, old-fashioned man
▲ Shan
1.
At Christmas, Shan Jingxing was warmly invited by a friend to experience the world-class Korean entertainment industry.
A huge year-end gala.
He hated noisy places, but gave his friend face and stayed for five minutes before getting up to leave. If he stayed another second, the fans’ shrieking would give him tinnitus.
His friend said, “Don’t rush off. Since we’re here, we have to watch Suzuki’s performance.”
“Who?”
“Korea’s number-one top-tier star of this generation, regardless of nationality or gender, rated the very best in K-pop. Ahhhhhh, Suzuki!!”
The moment his friend joined the shrieking crowd, the noise around them shot up to a new high, at least five times louder than before.
The sound waves surged like a tide toward the girl onstage, all in the same direction, and carried Shan Jingxing’s gaze toward the giant screen ten meters ahead.
The girl glowed with a radiant whiteness.
It was drizzling outside. A wind machine blew her damp blond hair aside, revealing her breathtakingly beautiful face.
Through the curtain of rain, she glanced toward the camera.
Shan Jingxing rarely looked at people from this perspective. For just an instant, it felt as though they were gazing at each other across a sea of people.
The drums began onstage.
He stayed for one more song.
2.
When they met again, Si Lingyu was being given a hard time by her agency.
She knew the man in the car was dangerous, but when he pulled over for her for one brief minute, she still opened his car door before the rain began to fall.
He told her:
“Lingling, in my world, you’ll never get wet.”
Who could have known that all the storms in her life from then on would come from him?
The Shan family had strict rules, and the young master of the family had been free of romantic rumors for years. Some wondered if his sexual orientation was perhaps not “strict” enough, which was why his reputation was so “strict.”
Others said that chasing the young master of the Shan family was better than chasing fictional characters or male idols. His reputation would never come crashing down, and he was career-minded too. He was just a little too reserved, after all.
Half a month later, a passerby took a photo of him sightseeing in Seoul with a woman.
It was raining in Seoul that day.
He held an umbrella, tilting it at an unmistakably affectionate angle. The rain, indifferent to his wealth, soaked half of his bespoke suit. Meanwhile, the woman wearing a mask, whose wealth was anyone’s guess, was sheltered completely from the storm.
The photo made its way back to China.
Netizens were stunned: Even an ironclad reputation can come crashing down?!
They were shocked, but there was work to be done. In just thirty minutes, people had dug through the entertainment, influencer, and idol circles. An hour later, netizens had narrowed it down to a dozen or so likely candidates.
Two hours later, a photo of Si Lingyu was boosted to the top comment with 600,000 likes.
At the same time, Si Lingyu’s name topped both real-time entertainment trending charts: #Si Lingyu Weibo#.
The long-abandoned @Si Lingyu account suddenly came online.
She posted: “Hi... this is my boyfriend.”
The photo was attached.
For a moment, cries of dismay rang out everywhere.
The people who lived for the drama, the outsiders, the K-pop fans, the beauty enthusiasts, and millions of fans at home and abroad all asked: Whose reputation actually came crashing down?!
Reader's guide:
1. [Important] The heroine will not remain an idol forever, and she will not use her fans as part of some game. She has strong professional ethics and believes that idols should never date, a conviction so deep it’s practically etched into her bones. She really is a top-tier star, has an amazing reputation among ordinary people outside the industry, and even passing dogs love her. Inside the industry, she’s a magnet for drama, and she has antis who are worse than dogs.
2. Some K-pop industry details will be referenced, such as fan comments, but the characters have no original models. Please don’t associate them with real people.
3. The heroine is not a kept woman.
4. Suzuki means lily of the valley in Finnish.
5. Please add it to your favorites!
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