What to Do When Your Romance Goes Public After a Breakup

Washed-up actress x jealous award-winning actor

The female lead falls in love over time; the male lead has been plotting for a long time

Just after dawn, a piece of news began spreading rapidly online.

The scandal queen Jiang Yao and award-winning actor Cheng Xu were photographed at the entrance to an amusement park, apparently exposing a secret relationship.

Onlookers were shocked: Seriously? How can you tell they're dating from that far away?

Jiang Yao's studio immediately posted a screenshot to deny it: False!

Cheng Xu promptly told his studio to follow suit: False!

The onlookers patted their chests in relief: Thank goodness. We knew it, their styles are way too different!

The passerby who broke the story casually dropped two more photos.

In the dim yellow light, the man held the woman's hand and leaned down to whisper something to her. She wore a mask, her eyes curved in a smile.

The onlookers couldn't believe it: If this is fake, then tell us, what is real?

Jiang Yao had no choice but to respond: We're back to being friends.

Cheng Xu reposted her statement: I'll go along with Teacher Jiang.

Onlookers: ...

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Obscure actress who makes a mess of everything x sharp-tongued, delicate male top-tier star

Blurb:

Three years after entering the industry, Sheng Yi is still a permanent fixture among the bottom-tier actresses.

One candid shot sends her straight to the trending list alongside top-tier star Wen Shili.

Without spending a cent on promotion, she successfully climbs into the seventeenth tier. Looking at the growing balance in her account, Sheng Yi grins. "Heh heh, the windfall of a lifetime has finally come my way."

As the top-tier star's rumored girlfriend, Sheng Yi holds herself to high standards. She immediately takes off anything matching Wen Shili's, and makes sure to avoid anywhere he might be.

Everyone: "Sure. It's good to know your place."

Sheng Yi: "Could it be that I can't even get an invitation to the events he attends?"

But the longer it goes on, the more likely she's bound to slip up.

One day, they run into each other backstage.

The man's gaze is deep, and she can't make out what roils beneath it. Sheng Yi clutches the ticket she managed to get and forces an awkward smile under everyone's scrutinizing looks. "Teacher Wen, I didn't expect to see you here too."

Wen Shili frowns. "...May I ask who you are?"

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Wen Shili has had everything go his way since childhood, and became wildly famous as soon as he debuted. After meeting Sheng Yi, he realizes that all the smooth sailing in his past was just paving the way for the rough road ahead.

When they first met, he actually had a pretty good impression of Sheng Yi. But her string of actions afterward made him realize just how awful she was. So later, when rumors spread through the industry that they were together, Wen Shili frowned and dodged the hand she reached out to him.

Back then, he could never have imagined that one day he would trap the girl in a corner of the bed, clutch her hand, and beg again and again, "Could you only rub against me?"

Theme: In a world full of turmoil, choose you with conviction