Told from the heroine's perspective
People in the industry say that Director Bai, now a major star, was once unappreciated for his talent and nearly retired.
It was his wife who recognized his potential and gave him her full support, allowing him to stay behind the camera.
But everyone knows Director Bai's heart belongs to someone else.
To make her jealous, he deliberately surrounded himself with one beauty after another.
His wife at home might as well have been invisible.
Outside Director Bai's celebration banquet, Lan Yinxiao passed by surrounded by a number of powerful industry figures and caught sight of the supposedly invisible wife from the rumors.
Bai Fangmian.
Simply dressed, graceful and gentle, with a face that practically begged to be bullied.
Standing all alone outside her husband's crowd of beauties, she looked like someone who had loved too deeply and only just learned the truth.
...She would look beautiful when she cried.
Lan Yinxiao looked away.
Someone beside him who knew him well caught his meaning. “Feel sorry for her?”
“You're overthinking it,” Lan Yinxiao said coolly. “I don't have time to feel sorry for someone else's wife.”
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After their families blended, it was less than two years before both parents died in a disaster.
Bai Qiwou and his stepsister depended on each other.
Marriage had been a necessity. After he became famous, he treated her extremely well in material matters.
As for love,
he couldn't give it to her, and she didn't need it.
One day, while tidying an old bookcase, he accidentally knocked down a photo album.
Countless photographs of his younger sister scattered across the floor. Every single one showed him.
Bai Qiwou stood in front of the photos for a long time, then suddenly felt his eyes sting.
He realized he hadn't seen Fangmian at home for a long time.
Coming to his senses, he called her.
The person who answered was the renowned prodigy, Lan Yinxiao.
“Miss Bai is my honored guest. Once we've finished discussing what needs to be discussed, I'll make sure she gets home safely.”
Worried about his younger sister, Bai Qiwou wanted to go pick her up himself.
Lan Yinxiao interrupted him with utter confidence. “Don't worry, Director.”
“I have no habit of falling for other people's wives.”
That was true.
Lan Yinxiao had always been upright, and he'd never been linked to a single scandal.
The call ended.
Lan Yinxiao raised an eyebrow, bent down, and carefully breathed in the scent of the woman on the bed, kissing the ends of her hair damp with fragrant sweat.
His voice was aggrieved. “Did you hear that, Fangmian? I don't fall for other people's wives.”
“When are you getting divorced?”
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Content warning
No overstepping boundaries before the divorce
Gentle, soft-spoken, honest woman x brooding, scheming man who knows how to put on an act
/ Pseudo-sibling romance; the second male lead loves her without realizing it and gets his sweetheart stolen by a prodigy
Theme: A riot of colors cannot compare to leaving the page blank