Three Meetings at the Jade Tower [Showbiz]

[I'll come back to this after finishing the story next door, Strange Tales]

[Romance-focused blurb]

To drum up hype for an airing TV series, Wei Jin, a grass-roots actor, and Ji Luohuai, the young heir of a powerful capital family, formed a spectacular CP.

Every day, Ji Luohuai would come over to Wei Jin, teasing and flirting with him, and giving him gifts of all sizes that he insisted Wei Jin accept.

It was Wei Jin's first time doing this sort of work. After discussing it with his childhood friend and agent, he learned that this was normal CP interaction and finally understood.

Later, Wei Jin lost a struggle with his former agency. Just then, a sudden serious illness forced him to disappear from the entertainment industry. Their CP ended right there, and they even lost each other's contact information. They left no room for a second chance.

Wei Jin didn't feel there was anything to regret. After all, a washed-up actor from a small town and a young master raised in the capital were never going to become friends.

After five years out of the limelight, Wei Jin finally landed a leading role.

Ji Luohuai, now a top-tier star, unexpectedly showed up on set. Wei Jin assumed he'd come to support a friend, since the wealthy director seemed to be an old acquaintance he got along with.

It wasn't until rumors that the "Huai-Jin CP is back" spread like wildfire among the crew that Wei Jin finally responded.

He said, "We're just ordinary colleagues. For me, this CP tag is nothing but clout-chasing. Stop making wild guesses."

That night, his "ordinary colleague" pinned him against the door. Frowning, the colleague stared intently at him, hot breath brushing his ear.

"Who said we're ordinary colleagues? What are we to each other?"

Worried that the popular actor might think he was chasing clout, Wei Jin thought it over carefully before giving the safest answer. "Former CP partners?"

Ji Luohuai: "..."

Ji Luohuai laughed in exasperation.

The next morning, Wei Jin couldn't get out of bed. He stared at their hands intertwined, felt the pressure of the massage at his lower back, and only then belatedly realized that something wasn't right.

* The setting is entirely fictional, with no real-life models.

Theme: Once there was a proud young man, whose ambition was to soar into the clouds