The Star in My Palm [Entertainment Industry]

(Coming soon: "Tempting Flame" [Marriage Before Love])

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Everyone knows that the old-money family in Jiangcheng has a beloved daughter whom they all cherish.

No one knows that this mysterious heiress is Ye Ling, a washed-up actress.

To avoid being dragged home by her father and forced to inherit the family fortune, Ye Ling accepts her company's "infamous but popular" image and joins a gaming variety show as a foil for the others.

Though she's at the highest rank, she has to pretend otherwise, stubbornly playing with her feet and finding 108 different ways to feed the opposing team easy wins.

But her poker-faced childhood friend, movie star Guan Ruqing, accidentally exposes her:

"Who took the attack button away from the national server's Diao Chan?"

"Aren't you a top-ranked player? Since when did you learn to play with your feet?"

After Ye Ling takes a pentakill, provoked into proving herself, she nervously meets her manager's gaze.

To her surprise, her manager is already on the floor, bowing to the heavens in excitement as he holds up her rapidly growing fan account:

"I don't care who you are. Don't leave my artist's body until the show is over!"

What's even more absurd is that one night, while scrolling through her phone, Ye Ling discovers fans shipping her with Guan Ruqing.

With a moody BGM playing, Guan Ruqing looks devilishly handsome, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and oozes atmosphere. He never takes his eyes off her, wherever she goes.

Fans: "A lover's eyes are the eighth ocean. If they're not real, then I'm fake!"

Fans: "Oh heavens, two stunning beauties! How pay! Give us a baby, if only for my sake!"

Ye Ling scratches her head and finally realizes: Damn, does he like me?

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No one knows that the movie star Guan Ruqing and scandal-ridden Ye Ling, who seem to have nothing in common, grew up together.

Even fewer know that Guan Ruqing has had a crush on Ye Ling since childhood.

But the day before Guan Ruqing, who has been anxiously and secretly nursing his crush, finally decides to confess, he discovers:

The reason the sunshine-bright Ye Ling got close to him was only because her mother asked her to.

With all hope lost, Guan Ruqing can only try to convince himself otherwise.

Why would she lie to everyone else but me?

That must mean she cares about me.

A sunny actress x a cold-looking, scheming puppy of a movie star

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To love you is to surrender my free will.

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"Tempting Flame" [Marriage Before Love]

[Marriage Before Love | Possessive Love | Fake Siblings]

[Brooding, unstable heir x cool, stubborn innocent girl]

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The day Wen He entered the Bo family home in Hong Kong, she knew:

Bo Sui was someone she couldn't afford to provoke.

As the head of the Bo family, he's known to outsiders as refined and quiet, as gentle as jade.

But Wen He, who was raised by him, knows the truth: Bo Sui is obsessive and gloomy, cold and domineering.

Wen He fears him most of all, yet when the old master falls seriously ill and a fight for the inheritance begins, she unexpectedly has to marry him.

"Everything will be just like before, except that you can't call me your brother anymore."

Bo Sui gazes at her quietly, his cold, dark eyes taking on a tender light.

The first night she sleeps beside Bo Sui, Wen He doesn't dare open her eyes.

Then Bo Sui hooks his finger around hers and pulls her into his arms.

It's a possessive embrace, yet the heat of his chest and the beat of his heart beside her ear make her feel sheltered and protected.

She'll be happy. Wen He almost truly believes that Bo Sui is the perfect husband.

Until, at an art exhibition, Bo Sui pays ten times the price to buy a painting inspired by her, made by a friend.

The young artist's nose is broken by Bo Sui, who has him secretly sent away from Hong Kong.

Wen He tries to defend her friend.

With a sharp crack, the priceless painting is replaced by a blaze.

Amid the floating ashes, Bo Sui's gentle smile turns sinister:

"He was thinking about you. With every stroke, he was thinking about you. Wen He, perhaps I should hide you away."

Wen He is forced to become Bo Sui's shadow, never allowed to leave his sight.

Angry and resentful, she deliberately stops speaking to him. But at night, Bo Sui finds all kinds of ways to make her pay for it.

Her clothes are torn away, and his scorching kisses burn as they bite into her heart.

"It hurts!" Wen He finally cries.

She begs Bo Sui to be gentle, but gets an even more ferocious punishment in return.

He pins her down and forces her to comply.

Only at dawn does she hear his voice, his lips against her ear:

"Wen He, you'll be punished if you don't behave. Do you want to kiss me?"

No! Wen He bites him, filling her mouth with the taste of blood.

But Bo Sui only holds her tighter.

Wen He lets go, wanting to hate him, but his gentle wiping and care that leaves no room for refusal make her heart soften again.

Bo Sui is a hedgehog.

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On the surface, Wen He becomes obedient.

She even smiles at Bo Sui of her own accord, kisses him, and holds him as they fall asleep.

Wen He seems to have learned to love Bo Sui, and the bodyguards outside the villa gradually dwindle.

One night, while Bo Sui is out at a business engagement,

Wen He takes all her documents and escapes to the airport.

She boards the plane and takes her seat. Seeing the clouds, she thinks she'll soon be free.

Only when the plane lands does she realize that every flight has turned back.

She's back where she started.

Outside the plane window, in front of a black Maybach, she recognizes the familiar figure.

She remembers Bo Sui's warning:

"Wen He, when you're locked beside the bed, you'll understand: freedom is precious."

The cabin door opens, and Bo Sui walks toward her, one step at a time.

Wen He begins to regret refusing the one chance Bo Sui gave her to leave.

Reader advisory:

The leads are not on the same household register and are not related by blood.

Both leads are each other's only partners, and both are chaste.

Theme: Stay true to your original intentions, and you'll reach your destination