After the Canary's Reputation Was Ruined

Tao Jiale, a famous actor kept by a wealthy benefactor for seven years and effortlessly more dazzling than anyone else in show business, has his bisexuality and casting-couch scandal exposed one day by his former benefactor, Lu Mingsong. A series of blurry group photos nearly destroys his entire acting career.

Zuo Zhen is an internationally renowned director, heir to a film dynasty spanning a century, and a genius at commercial movies. He holds countless honors and resources. Every year, actors hoping to appear in his films line up from Beijing all the way to the banks of the Seine in Paris.

Like all directors who achieve fame at a young age, Zuo Zhen has a very eccentric personality, severe moral fastidiousness, and extreme perfectionism. He often flies into a rage on set, replaces actors regardless of the cost, and disdains showing anyone the slightest kindness.

Away from the set, few people can track his whereabouts, and any news about his private life is locked away behind layer upon layer of security.

On the day Lu Mingsong gets engaged, the arrangement between the two men ends, and everyone secretly rejoices.

Some simply want to laugh at Tao Jiale. They want to see him become infamous and fall into the hands of the powerful elite in Beijing, to see more photos of him, clearer and more beautiful than before, and to watch this beautiful blond man, warm on the outside and cold within, fall from grace.

Others are already rubbing their hands together, eagerly waiting. They've told their secretaries to prepare a sponsorship agreement and are on their way to Tao Jiale's apartment.

But few know that, after the scandal broke, Tao Jiale had already moved out of his old apartment.

He returned to the rented apartment where he'd lived for years, living quietly on his own just as he had seven years ago.

Until the man who had always looked down on him, with his especially eccentric personality, stood beside his bed on a stormy night.

Everyone thinks Tao Jiale is about to be blacklisted and won't get another chance to make a comeback.

But not long afterward, this trends:

#Zuo Films' new SSS-rated movie project, Jiazhu: Starring [Tao Jiale, Bai Zhou]#

When the trending topic blows up, even Zuo Zhen's most devoted fans are raging: Isn't Lord Zhen a clean freak? Isn't he an extreme perfectionist? Since when does he eat leftovers from someone else's bowl? [Vomit] [Vomit]

The army of Bai Zhou's overprotective fans instantly loses it: Xiaozhou's mom won't let you get involved with this self-destructive rag! Listen to your mother, max out your husband's credit card and pay your way out!

But then, one day, the so-called leftovers and rag from online gossip are photographed standing on the second-floor balcony of Zuo Zhen's villa.

In the photo, Tao Jiale is wearing Zuo Zhen's coat. Tall and elegant, his blond hair gleaming, he leans lazily against the white railing. He holds a lit, peach-flavored cigarette in his right hand. Through the curling smoke, he raises his ringed left hand and smiles at the camera, saying, “Hi.”

It's really no different from the way he looked years ago, sitting in Lu Mingsong's luxury car with his blond hair flying, sunglasses on, and a taunting look directed at the camera.

Beneath that ring, there is still a deep white mark from another ring.

1. Tao Jiale: A beautiful, bitter, bisexual top; an actor who grows over time; severely anxiously attached.

2. Zuo Zhen: A thoroughly decent man with a strong moral compass, an aristocratic young master of the privileged elite. He doesn't use casting couches; he wants love, not sex.

3. Lu Mingsong: A disposable bottom. He's the reason beautiful Tao Jiale has suffered so much.

4. The top is adored by everyone and despised by everyone, with a messy private life. He seems fairly normal, but has severe self-destructive tendencies. Don't ask why he's the top. Tao Jiale is the top, and that's all there is to it.

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