Buying My Freedom [Showbiz]

[Noble, restrained man in power × sweet but clear-headed minor actress]

At Xingyue Entertainment's first meeting after its acquisition, Shen Sining arrives late.

Only to discover that the new president who bought their company is the husband she's been married to on paper for two years without seeing, and the ex-boyfriend she broke up with one month before they signed their marriage certificate.

The new head of the Pei Group.

The man is cool and noble, his expression indifferent. He surveys the room, then looks at Shen Sining. "Come sit here."

The conference room falls silent.

*

Her manager, Jiang Lin, thinks Shen Sining has been acting strangely lately.

She doesn't need anyone to pick her up after work, or drive her home. She spends all day staring at her phone.

Jiang Lin: "Tell me, have you got some man hidden at home?"

Shen Sining: "Of course not, Sister Lin." He's legal, not some random man.

Jiang Lin: "Are you dating someone?"

Shen Sining: "I'd tell you if I were dating someone!" I'm not dating. I'm married, thanks.

Jiang Lin frowns. "Then who are you chatting with?"

"My creditor." Shen Sining shows her the contact name she's saved for Pei Yu.

Jiang Lin remembers that Shen Sining owes eighty million yuan, and comforts her, saying she'll pay it off soon if she keeps acting.

The next morning, Shen Sining has a last-minute work call. When Jiang Lin can't reach her by phone, she goes to her home, only to have Pei Yu open the door.

Jiang Lin stares at the sacred, untouchable face of the head of the Pei Group and quietly falls apart.

She points at Pei Yu, frantically signaling to Shen Sining as she strolls out.

Shen Sining calmly wraps her coat around Pei Yu's kiss-marked upper body. "I told you about him, Sister Lin."

Jiang Lin tentatively asks, "Um... the creditor?"

Shen Sining obediently nods.

Pei Yu: "Creditor?"

*

Everyone thinks Pei Yu has only come to the entertainment industry for a bit of fun, and that Shen Sining is just a beauty he's taken a fancy to.

But a few days later, someone sharp-eyed notices that Pei Yu is wearing a wedding ring.

The female stars lament that he's married so young. Since seducing him would make them homewreckers, they all wait to see Shen Sining humiliated.

But the people who've offended her gradually disappear from the public eye, though there are always reckless ones who come looking for trouble.

For a travel variety show, the production team picks the overseas campus where they used to date and asks them to livestream a call to a family member who witnessed them growing up.

Shen Sining gathers her courage and calls Pei Yu.

"Miss me?" His deep, magnetic voice comes through the phone.

Shen Sining hums in agreement. "Thank you for getting me through the hardest time of my life."

The livestream ends and immediately sets off a trending-topic frenzy.

Fans speculate that Shen Sining is in a relationship, and scandalous rumors soon follow.

A post with a technical analysis confirms that the voice on the livestream belongs to Pei Yu. It also reveals that Pei Yu is married, accusing Shen Sining of being the other woman.

Before the crowd can enjoy the drama, Pei Yu posts their marriage certificate and proves them wrong.

@Pei Yu: @Shen Sining [image] Three years in love, three years married. There has only ever been Ningning.

@Pei Group: @Shen Sining, our president's wife has finally acknowledged him! [flowers] [celebration]

@Nancheng Si Family: @Shen Sining, wishing our little miss a long and happy marriage, and a baby soon~

Reader's Guide:

1. A sweet romance with no emotional angst~

2. Fictional setting, extremely fictional, with no real-life inspiration!

3. Second chance romance. The hero is restrained but possessive, and spoils his wife endlessly.

4. Secret marriage in the entertainment industry, single-couple romance, happy ending, three-year age gap.

The completed stories are on my profile

I recommend The Tyrant's Spoiled Captive Princess~

[Sweet, gentle captive princess × bloodthirsty, ruthless tyrant emperor | Mild coercion | Devoted 1v1]

In the fourth year of Jian Zhao, the fourth year since the new emperor of Jin ascended the throne, Xiao Yanzhi personally led his troops to war. His iron cavalry trampled the Southern Kingdom's palace. From then on, there was only Nandu, and no Southern Kingdom.

Third Princess Sang Wan was born to a maidservant. Since childhood, she'd been treated worse than a servant. She knelt among the royal family in the main hall, her clothes worn and eyes vacant.

She had never enjoyed a single day of a princess's privileges, yet when her country fell, she was forced to bear the royal family's name and die with them.

Xiao Yanzhi was said to be bloodthirsty. His reputation as a tyrant had spread far and wide. He walked up the hall step by step, blood still dripping from the blade in his hand.

He pulled the petite Sang Wan from the crowd. Her frail body struck the armor on his chest, and she was so frightened that her eyes turned red.

Choking back a sob, she asked, "Could you not use your sword? I'm afraid it'll hurt."

Xiao Yanzhi tossed aside his sword and brushed her tears away with his rough fingers. "I won't let you hurt. Don't be afraid."

[Little Scene]

One day, the ministers kneel outside the Hall of Heavenly Purity and refuse to rise, demanding that the captivating consort from the fallen kingdom no longer hold sway and that the emperor take in more beauties to fill his harem.

After days of being pressured, Xiao Yanzhi flies into a rage and orders the leading minister beaten to death.

Just as the eunuchs are about to carry out the punishment, a beautiful woman comes out of the hall.

The so-called temptress lifts her slender wrist and gently smooths the furrow between the emperor's brows. She only murmurs, "Your Majesty."

After a moment of silence, Xiao Yanzhi relents and changes his order. "Minister Xu is advanced in years. Have the Imperial Guards escort him home."

The entire court erupts in astonishment and wonder.

Once the news spreads beyond the palace, some even claim that Sang Wan is a goddess sent from heaven to protect Jin, for she can quell the emperor's bloodlust.

Reader's Guide:

1. Mild coercion, but the heroine is never forced. The leads met at a court banquet years ago, and the hero has been fixated on her ever since. 1v1, both leads are virgins, happy ending.

2. The harem is for show. This is not a palace-intrigue story about climbing the ranks. She's his one and only, and he's a devoted, fatherly type!

3. The heroine isn't a brainless, naive innocent! She's clever and sharp.

4. The hero is bloodthirsty but governs well. Only the heroine is the medicine that can calm his murderous nature.

5. Fictional dynasty, extremely fictional, seven-year age gap.

Theme: Love life, and embrace the years and the world.