Becoming a Top-Tier Star Couple After Breaking Up

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Blurb:

A refined, aloof top-tier star x a warm and charming third-tier actress.

[What's it like to have a top-tier star for an ex-boyfriend?]

[What's it like to break up, then still have to work together promoting your on-screen couple?]

One day, at a certain platform's annual awards ceremony, the "Jiyue Xinghe Couple" suddenly came into being.

The trending topics were full of posts saying, "Jiyue Xinghe is real!"

"The way they look at each other is definitely not innocent."

"Why are Zhang Mingji and Xu Xingling so sweet together?"

Watching netizens eagerly analyze the gossip, Xu Xingling felt an awkward, embarrassing discomfort about the internet for the first time.

Maybe she and Zhang Mingji really had been together once...

Everyone around her said Zhang Mingji had dumped her, but she knew she was the one who'd ended things...

When they met again, there was an enormous difference in their status.

Xu Xingling didn't know how to face her ex, so she could only treat him with polite distance.

Zhang Mingji, as Xu Xingling saw him: Hmph. Stay away from that scumbag woman.

The real Zhang Mingji: What if I still like her? I'll have to find a way to make her come back to me.

In the fans' eyes, they were a hugely popular on-screen couple, but they'd broken up long ago, and their relationship was as cold as midwinter.

To people in the industry, they were just colleagues promoting a project. In reality, they were secretly seeing each other again.

Publicity for their on-screen pairing was blatant. The real couple kept their distance in secret.

Everyone said Zhang Mingji was blessed by heaven: His family was rich, but he was down-to-earth and hardworking, a role model in show business with a bright future ahead.

Everyone also said Xu Xingling had nothing but her looks, just a pretty face with no future to speak of.

Couple fans: They're perfect together, what else is there to say? Just get married already!

Zhang Mingji's solo fans: Hmph, some no-name actress is just trying to ride his coattails.

Xu Xingling's solo fans: Zhang Mingji is promoting the pairing all by himself. We're taking our Ling away.

Zhang Mingji and Xu Xingling: We've gotten back together, and we're dating in secret. Please don't bring us up. Thanks!

P.S.

The characters are not based on real people.

I know a little about fan culture, but not much. I'll try to make the entertainment-industry scenes realistic. (If anything is too outrageous, let me apologize in advance.)

The story alternates between the entertainment industry and campus flashbacks, with the main timeline set in the entertainment industry.

Theme: Chase your dreams, and enjoy the gossip.