It Began with a Heartbeat

The genius director An Ran died in a meticulously planned car crash.

Her most trusted lover was also one of the masterminds behind it.

It turned out that even her meeting with the person she thought she loved had been a carefully orchestrated scheme by a calculating villain.

Reborn three years earlier, she had only two things on her mind:

First, reclaim the awards that belonged to her.

Second, make everyone who had hurt her pay.

She also shut away her true feelings completely, presenting herself as a flirtatious playgirl.

At the Golden Laurel Awards ceremony, she sat quietly in her seat, dressed in a custom dark suit, her pale, slender fingers lightly tapping her right knee.

She was waiting for Ling Mengyi, the rising star who had deliberately come to her, one of the people who had killed her in her previous life, and the so-called "lover."

Only this time, she would make the first move.

But when she glanced up, the Best Newcomer surrounded by the crowd had been replaced by a different, unfamiliar face.

That face was more exquisite, and more captivating.

Like a seasoned hunter, she slipped quietly through the crowd.

Thinking Mu Ziqin was another pawn set out by her archenemy, she deliberately drew close, teasing her with flirtatious ambiguity.

At a liquor-soaked table clouded with desire, An Ran tilted her head slightly, her lips close to Mu Ziqin's ear. "Beg me, and I can help you."

Mu Ziqin clenched her hands tightly. "Director An, please show some restraint."

It wasn't until Ling Mengyi, who had deliberately approached her, appeared again that An Ran realized Mu Ziqin was innocent.

To ensure her revenge plan went smoothly, she began to distance herself from Mu Ziqin.

She thought it was the best choice. But Mu Ziqin stopped her in the empty post-production room, her voice trembling. "An Ran, have you never truly liked me?"

Looking at her pained gaze, still faintly hopeful, An Ran smiled nonchalantly. "It was just a fling. You took it seriously?"

Seeing Mu Ziqin stare at her in a daze, An Ran's heart twisted with pain, but she could only turn and walk away cruelly.

What An Ran didn't know was that Mu Ziqin had loved her in both lifetimes.

In her previous life, she had no right to stand by An Ran's side and could only watch her fall in love with someone else.

Reborn, she worked a hundred times harder, all so she could earn the right to stand beside her.

From the moment they first met, An Ran had been the sole meaning of her existence.

You are the one thing I never expected, and the one fate had destined for me.

[Same-sex marriage setting, older gong]

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Coming soon: "Sister, Do You Still Want Me?"

Straightforward, kind-hearted, sunny younger woman x restrained, secretly passionate, innocent senior airline captain

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Thirty-year-old Shi Yunshu thought that was nothing but a story people told to fool children.

Yet while waiting for a friend by the roadside, she fell in love with Ye Ranran at first sight.

Love is something you can't force, so when the chance comes, it's best to make the first move.

Wait.

Nobody told her the other girl was still a college student!

She might have been impulsive at twenty, but surely she couldn't still act like a clueless youngster at thirty, right?

But somehow, refusing a younger woman's confession seemed even more heartless.

So what if they were ten years apart?

Didn't her persistence win her the woman of her dreams?

Even the coldest heart can't resist Ye Ranran's straightforward affection.

But what if she regretted it?

What if people criticized her for it?

Shi Yunshu didn't regret choosing this path.

But she was afraid Ye Ranran would.

Leaving you was the only thing I could do for you.

Sister,

After seeing you again, there's only one thing I want to ask.

Is five years long enough?

Now that things have gone the way you wanted, are you happy?

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Theme: Whether life brings good times or hardship, we always hold our own fate in our hands. Keep faith, and let every step shine.