Aleesha memiliki keberuntungan yang luar biasa. Ia terjebak di kampus elite nan terkenal seantero negeri yang berisi mahasiswa terpandang, terpelajar, dan super pintar. Keinginan terbesarnya adalah mampu lulus dengan lancar, tanpa halangan suatu apapun. 

Awalnya semua memang berjalan dengan lancar akan tetapi semenjak Gossip dan Rumor melilitnya erat, kehidupan kampusnya pun berubah haluan menjadi penuh kehebohan. Sebenarnya Gossip dan Rumor yang menerpanya sangat-sangat positif sehingga membuatnya menjadi mahasiswa populer dan pusat perhatian di segala angkatan. Mulai dari nilai akademisnya yang tinggi hingga kedekatannya dengan Pangeran Kampus dan sang ketua BEM. Akan tetapi ternyata kepopuleran tidak selalu membawa kebaikan.

Mampukah Aleesha menjalani kehidupan kampusnya dengan lancar?

Today, Lin Jiali was wearing a simple white dress. The hem of the dress was torn, and as she walked with her slender legs, she looked like a fairy.
She was wearing a pair of black sunglasses, but it could not hide her unhappiness.
She was obviously a little unhappy. Along the way, she whispered to her assistant, "Ah Duo, isn't it just the big boss of the company coming? If he is coming, then so be it. Why do I have to specially welcome him?
"I'm still eating fried skewers at home. I finally got a day to relax, and you called me over!"
Lin Jiali's heart ached when she thought of the few remaining fried skewers on the table. She had bought them to reward herself for getting to two million fans! How would she dare to eat such things on a normal day?
In the end, she was called over by a phone call, wasting most of it.
Even before she left, she could not help herself. She walked to the door and took two more bites, but her heart still ached. 'I don't know when I'll be able to eat them again…'
This also made her complain a lot more about the boss who had come to inspect her for no reason. 'All the bosses who disturb female celebrities when they are rewarding their stomachs are no good!'
She was in such a miserable state. In order to maintain her figure, she usually didn't dare to eat anything. Now that she finally let loose, she was even disturbed.
'Damn it!'
Her assistant, Ah Duo, jogged beside Lin Jiali and whispered, "Hey, stop fooling around. What do you mean by 'just a big boss'? That's our bread and butter."
Lin Jiali pouted. "My parents are my fans, not the boss… the boss is just a vampire."
Her assistant pleaded, "My dear lady, didn't you get to where you are today because of the company? Without the company, you don't have any fans."
Lin Jiali rolled her eyes. "I was trained by Sister Tan and Sister Chu. Even if I spent any money, it was the money of my previous boss. What does it have to do with this vampire?"
'Inexplicably, it made sense…'
Assistant Ah Duo was speechless.
The two of them arrived at Lin Jiali's resting room. Ah Duo closed the door and pulled Lin Jiali to sit down. She whispered to Lin Jiali, "Sister Jiali, let me share some gossip with you."
Lin Jiali took off her sunglasses and took out a mirror to look at herself. She then moved her face closer to her assistant and pointed at her own face. "Ah Duo, do I look beautiful today?"
Just as Ah Duo was about to say something, she looked at Lin Jiali's beautiful face and lost herself for a moment. When she regained her senses, she sighed and said to Lin Jiali, "Sister Jiali, you are so beautiful. How can there be such a beautiful woman in this world?"
Lin Jiali smiled beautifully and twisted her body happily.
Ah Duo realized that she had changed the topic and quickly changed the topic, "Sister Jiali! I was about to share some gossip with you!"
"Oh, oh," Lin Jiali said as she turned to grab something from her bag. "What's the gossip?"
Ah Duo looked around and said softly, "I heard from the company that Sister Chu and Sister Tan have fallen out. Sister Chu wants to leave with her people."
Lin Jiali's movements did not change. She took out a tube of lipstick from her bag and picked up the small mirror from earlier. As she drew on the lipstick, she said casually, "Didn't they break it off a few times every year? They're used to it."
She looked up at her lipstick color in the mirror and mumbled, "This color doesn't match my makeup."
After muttering to herself, she slammed the mirror shut and said to Ah Duo, "They have been partners for five to six years. It's normal for them to quarrel occasionally. In the end, Sister Tan was the one who was convinced."
Ah Duo said anxiously, "It's different this time! Sister Chu is really taking people away! She has already talked to many people."
Linkly was surprised. "Really? That big?"
Ah Duo's head bobbed like a chick's. "Yes, yes! It's true!"
Lin Jiali asked, "Then why didn't she talk to me? I'm still the top celebrity of the company!"
Ah Duo was speechless.
'Oh good lord! That's not the point, is it? '
Lin Jiali's beautiful face scrunched up in self-doubt. "Am I… so unimportant?"
Ah Duo was speechless and decided not to go along with Lin Jiali's silly way of thinking. She asked softly, "Sister Jiali, if I let you choose, who will you follow?"
Lin Jiali hesitated for a moment before saying, "I think Sister Tan is more easygoing."
A smile appeared on Ah Duo's face. "I'll only follow you. I'll go wherever you go."
Linkari pinched Ah Duo's cheek. "You're one to talk."
After saying that, she threw the lipstick into her bag and reached her hands behind her neck. She waved her black hair and said, "Alright, let's not talk anymore. Let's go find Sister Tan. Didn't Sister Tan say to meet her earlier?"
Ah Duo agreed. "Mmm-hmm!"
The two of them left the lounge and headed to the general manager's office.
As a proper management company, New Arts Culture actually had quite a number of employees. After all, even though it was small, it had all the essentials. Just in terms of position, New Arts Culture had managers, celebrity scouts, celebrity assistants, performance teachers, music teachers, dance teachers, literary planners, market specialists, and so on. There was even… a milk tea shop employee.
That's right. As celebrities and employees liked to drink milk tea, Tan Mei even opened a milk tea shop downstairs for them.
When there was no business, this milk tea shop was open to the public. After a year, there was still a small profit without any loss…
Arriving at the general manager's office, Lin Jiali knocked on the door. A tired woman's voice came from inside. "Come in."
Lin Jiali walked in with a smile as beautiful as a flower. She called out sweetly, "Sister Tan, you were looking for me?"
Ah Duo also called out from the doorway, "Sister Tan."
After Tan Mei nodded at her, she closed the door and left the room for Lin Jiali and Tan Mei.
When Lin Jiali walked in, she noticed that Tan Mei did seem to be in trouble. The desk in front of her was covered with contracts and looked messy. Tan Mei's dark circles and tiredness could not be hidden by the thick foundation.
Lin Jiali asked softly, "Sister Tan, are you okay?"
Tan Mei shook her head and gestured for Lin Jiali to sit on the sofa. She then stood up and said, "Lin Jiali, the company is in trouble…"
When Lin Jiali heard this, she said directly, "Sister Tan, are you going to deduct my salary…?"
Then, before Tan Mei could reply, she said, "You can give me a haircut… But remember to leave me 10,000 yuan a month. Otherwise, I won't even have enough for my daily expenses."
Tan Mei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. However, Lin Jiali's thoughtful words made her mood better. "You're thinking too much. If the company is doing so badly that you have to get a salary reduction, we might as well close down."
Linkali asked in confusion, "Why?"
Tan Mei sighed and told Lin Jiali about Chu Hong.
Lin Jiali's mouth opened so wide that she could swallow a whale.
After a while, she said in surprise, "How could Sister Chu Hong do this! This is too much! This company is her blood, sweat, and tears! She actually destroyed the company just for some money!"
Tan Mei smiled bitterly. "I didn't expect it either."
Lin Jiali jumped to her feet. "I'll go find her!"
As she said that, she wanted to run away!
Tan Mei quickly stopped her. "Jiali, things have already come to this. It's useless even if you try to persuade her."
Lin Jiali stopped.
Tan Mei said, "Furthermore, she hasn't even returned to the Imperial Capital. She's still in Shanghai. You can't find her even if you wanted to."
Lin Jiali's shoulders drooped slowly, then she turned her head. "Then Sister Tan… how can I help you?"
Tan Hong finally revealed her purpose. "Jiali, I do need your help."
"Our boss will be here soon. I think he'll probably see you. I hope you'll be friendly when the time comes. Then… tell us more about the trainees and the employees who are leaving."
"After all, although they chose Chu Hong, they still… got along. Sigh."
Tan Mei's eyes were filled with fatigue.
This was the most she could do.
After returning to New Arts Culture, she pushed for a contract and conducted a private investigation according to Su Yang. She found out that there were some employees in a few departments as well as some artists who were acting weirdly.
After confirming that they were going to betray the company together with Chu Hong, Tan Mei's heart ached.
However, she, who had always been a sentimental person and could not bear to think about Su Yang's arrangement with those people last night. She felt that… it was too cruel. That was why she begged Lin Jiali.
It was not that she did not want those people to be punished, but… she did not want Su Yang to be so extreme. After all, that would ruin them…
When Lin Jiali heard this, she was a little confused. "Sister Tan, I don't know my new boss. There's no point in persuading him, right?"
Tan Mei shook her head. "He… treats you differently."
Lin Jiali was curious. "Why do you say that?"
Tan Mei sat back in her chair and said slowly, "The contract for the drama that you starred in, the new announcement that you wanted to appear, and Chu Hong personally taking care of you were all arranged by the new boss."
Lin Jiali covered her mouth, her big eyes full of surprise. "What?"
Tan Mei nodded. "I find it strange too. I don't think he knows you, but he's very familiar with your situation. Every time you encounter a problem, he would call me and ask me to solve it for you.
"So... you must be able to talk to him."
…
The two chatted for half an hour. Finally, Lin Jiali left the office in a daze.
She could not understand why the new boss would take care of her. She did not know him at all…
'Don't tell me… he's conspiring against me?'
Lin Jiali was a little worried… After all, artists were still very subject to agency restrictions.
Her assistant had been waiting outside the door. When she saw Lin Jiali coming out, she immediately went up to her, "Sister Jiali, Sister Tan, what did you talk about?"
Lin Jiali awkwardly told Ah Duo what Tan Mei said.
However, Ah Duo did not care at all. Instead, she encouraged Lin Jiali, "Sister Jiali! This is a good thing! The new boss values you! He will give you more resources to make you popular!"
Then, she muttered softly, "It's better than that so-called male fan of yours. That guy looks like he's up to no good."


Su Yang was an average university student in Shanghai when he received a system that allowed him to add points to things. The point system provided him with missions and by clearing them, he would gain points. 
Add a point into an object, the object will receive a special ability; add a point into a plant, the plant will come alive; add points on himself, he will get talents or superpowers.
With the mysterious point system in hand, Su Yang aimed to become rich and alter his fate. On his path towards success, he encountered many interesting matters and people, including famous actresses and business tycoons. Fueled by determination, Su Yang set his sight on adding points into all things to help him achieve his goal. 


After Qiao Yu went abroad, he and Chang Feng did not meet. But when Qiao Yu came back, he found Chang Feng did pretty well domestically, and also did pretty well in plagiarism. 
But he had his ways and was supported by some big figure. 
High-end designers disdained to partner with him, while low-end ones didn't dare to provoke him. Thus those who had been copied could only eat the humble pie; some would even be slandered as the copycat instead. 
Qiao Yu originally disliked Chang Feng very much. Fortunately he didn't have many chances to meet Chang Feng in work and in his circle. 
But Chang Feng acted like he really wanted to compete with Qiao Yu. As long as they met in the same event, he would try everything he could to win over him. 
Anyway, Qiao Yu was annoyed at this person. 
It could even be said he was disgusted. 
Anyone who faced with a copycat that once copied his works would be disgusted. 
...
Dididi—
Ming Shu and Qiao Yu went home after having the big meal. The minute Ming Shu's phone connected with Wifi, the message reminder kept ringing. 
Ming Shu tried several times before finally logging in. 
The top search was not the inside story about the contest, but was about Jiang Wang and her. 
Before, when she asked Jiang Wang if he liked her, someone recorded a video and posted it online. 
[Who is that man? That Goddess should ask him if he likes her, you are telling me, who doesn't like Goddess!] 
[It seems to be Jiang Wang, who often appears in finance newspapers.] 
[Ask me, Goddess!!]
[Boss Jiang and Goddess look well-matched. Look at Boss Jiang's loving eyes, OMG, I feel like I've found back my lost heart as a young girl.] 
Jiang Wang was inherently good-looking. Some girls would even buy newspapers with him in the financial pages to admire him. 
Jiang Wang also didn't keep a low profile. For some interviews and events, even if he didn't talk much, he would show up. 
He was crowned as the image spokesperson for the business circles. 
Ming Shu stared at Jiang Wang in the video, and she really couldn't see any sign of affection in him…
She felt more that Jiang Wang wanted to kill her. 
Sometimes the public eyes were blind. 
Ming Shu opened the microblog and reposted that video, then publicly @ Jiang Wang's official account as the poop-picker. 
Maybe I can save my dying Hatred Points. 
I won't allow a self-abandonment. 
This repost boiled the comments below immediately. 
[Why did goddess @ Majesty's poop-picker?] 
[What's the relationship between these two? A love triangle? Is Majesty's poop-picker going to abandon the cat and fall into the goddess's arms?] 
[A cliched drama seems to be ongoing, I've prepared my melon seeds and peanuts, sitting and waiting.] 
[Did you find… Boss Jiang's office in some interview videos looks similar to the room in Majesty's videos?] 
[…]
Snacks Are Justice: Cousin, your business circles' image spokesperson is a cat slave, is this breaking news? 
Royal Poop-Picker V: Very breaking news, Miss Su, are you happy?
Ming Shu was a little surprised.
It turned out when she opened the message box, Jiang Wang was right then sending a message to her, so she accidentally opened it instead. 
Killing intent lingered between lines. 
Ming Shu read the messages he sent composedly. 
Royal Poop-Picker V: Miss Su, I like you, I'm not against you.
Before Ming Shu replied, she suddenly received a public @ message. 
Royal Poop-Picker V: @Snacks Are Justice My girlfriend likes it // @Just Think I'm Pompous: Full disclosure from Crystal Hall, sweet lovers [video] 
[Wow! Goddess and Boss Jiang had long been together, and Boss Jiang raised Majesty because goddess liked it. They're so sweet.] 
[Boss Jiang looks so cute when he pets Majesty! No, I can't imagine that picture, my nose is bleeding… guys, please call 911 for me.] 
[I like you so I raised a cat for you.] 
The attention of netizens who were originally wondering why a president like Jiang Wang would raise a cat was now instantly drawn away. 
That sentence "I like you so I raised a cat for you" was reposted like a million times, and soon soared to the top in searches. 
#Su Man, raise cat# 
#A secret between the web celebrity and boss# 
#Goddess, I have a cat, will you marry me?# 
All kinds of top search discussions emerged endlessly. 
Ming Shu: "…"
The cat slave used me as his shield! 
WTF!
This goblin claimed that I'm his girlfriend without my permission, does he have a face? Has Majesty eaten it up? 
Ming Shu bit two mouthfuls of sliced dried beef and typed some words with strength. 
Snacks Are Justice: Boss Jiang, how much did you pay for the top search? 
Royal Poop-Picker V: Not too much.
Jiang Wang laughed ferociously at the other end of the phone. Humph, who let you destroy my character setting, do you think I'm easy to bully!
Snacks Are Justice: …
Okay, you want to hurt each other?
I'm not afraid of you!
Snacks Are Justice: @Royal Poop-Picker V Boss Jiang, please behave yourself. I didn't agree to like you, so don't delay my being a single noble. 
Two fools went on to hold their phones and argue online with each other, with ferocious smiles. 
The microblog almost collapsed. 
Xu Youran was doing a livestream, but she found that the netizens in the chatroom were not discussing her at all, but were heatedly discussing what happened on another microblog. 
The number of followers in the chatroom reduced quickly. Xu Youran couldn't bear it and turned off the livestream. 
She watched Ming Shu and Jiang Wang's interaction on the Internet. Perhaps the two were arguing with each other, but through the imagination and interpretation of netizens, it was more like displaying affection in a different way. 
Veins violently jumped up on Xu Youran's hand that was holding the phone. 
She has a beautiful face, I admit that, but why can she always get everyone's attention. 
Xu Youran looked at her own face in the mirror. My face also looks beautiful… 
Xu Youran took a deep breath. She would definitely become well known, she would become the star under the spotlight. 
Xu Youran changed clothes and reopened the livestream. She dressed sexy this time, and followers in the chatroom gradually increased. 
Xu Youran seemed to find some confidence. 
...
Qiao Yu was busy with the design for the final round and didn't have time to care about Ming Shu. So Ming Shu took her time to argue with Jiang Wang; she was really annoyed at him. 
"I want to see your boss." Ming Shu smacked the marble front desk domineeringly. 
The receptionist was startled, but still asked patiently, "Do you have an appointment with Boss Jiang?" 
"No." Ming Shu wore a pair of sunglasses and the employee didn't recognize her, so she took off the glasses and smiled. "Do I need an appointment?" 
The employee exclaimed lightly, "Miss Su Man."
The entire company knew what happened on the microblog. No one expected that Boss Jiang not only had a beautiful web celebrity girlfriend but also raised a web celebrity cat. 
Their boss didn't look indifferent in daily life, but he also didn't look like an easy-going person. 
Having a web celebrity girlfriend and raising a web celebrity cat? This was simply not consistent with Boss Jiang's image. 
"Boss Jiang is in a meeting." The employee couldn't help examining Ming Shu. "May I take you up?"
Jiang Wang's company had a weird style in decoration. It looked grand, but was filled with cute designs in small places, which were mostly related to cats. 
Jiang Wang was in the middle of a meeting, and hearing that his "gossip girlfriend" came, he almost fell off his chair. Then after the meeting, Jiang Wang wandered around the meeting room for a long time and didn't come out. 
Until the assistant went back to the meeting room again to check, and Jiang Wang left the meeting room while pretending to be calm. 
"Don't follow me." 
Jiang Wang had a feeling that something might happen later, so he didn't want the assistant to be there. 
He went to see Ming Shu alone. 
Arriving at the reception room, Jiang Wang looked around and didn't see anyone nearby. Then he grabbed the reception room's door handle, twisted…


Imagine having the opportunity to be able to enter different worlds created by numerous novels and stories. Which kind of role would you like to play? 

Do you want to be the illustrious protagonist, either good or evil; or just be a supporting role standing behind the protagonists? 

Our villain boss Ming Shu would, however, choose none of the above. Claiming missions from the Harmony System, and driven by her endless passion for snacks, the world traveler, Ming Shu, embarks on the path to make the mission target hate her as much as possible by gaining Hatred Points. But it turns out she is not alone on her journey… 
 


Like her father, Sylvia's go-to coping mechanism was humor. However, Joann was in no mood to laugh as evidenced by the stern expression on her face. Sylvia wilted under her mother's fiery and judgemental gaze. 
Sylvia's 'mystery boyfriend' tried to help initially but Joann's presence overwhelmed him. He thought about it and decided this was family business and he was going to stay out of it. He shrunk deeper into his seat and tried to be as inconsequential as he could be. 
"Well?" Joann pressed. 
"I, I…" Sylvia stammered before lowering her head in a mixture of shame and sadness. There was nothing she could say about it, she was caught red-handed. To be perfectly honest, she was not ashamed of her job but she was ashamed of being found out. 
"You do not have the face to even admit openly the despicable thing you are doing?" Joann's voice crackled with fury. It felt like she was going to reach through the open window and use her two hands to strangle her own daughter. 
"But there is nothing despicable about what I am doing…" Sylvia retorted weakly. 
That made Joann flare up even more. "Not despicable?! You are snooping into other people's dirty laundry and airing them to the public, allowing the public to judge them unfairly. 
"You are framing people's lives in such a way that they have a negative reputation with the public. You are writing and publishing inconsistent and oftentimes downright incorrect information on people, breaking up their career and daily life. 
"You are…" Joann paused as if to compose herself before spitting out with derision, "You are a paparazzi!"
Joann was so angry at Sylvia because celebrities had always shared a tense relationship with paparazzi. The two parties needed each other for their survival, the celebrity needed the paparazzi for publicity while in return, the paparazzi needed the celebrity for the scoop. 
This was a highly volatile relationship with the power tipping more and more towards the celebrity as their fame increased. This was understandable because after the celebrity reached a certain level of fame, they would no longer need the paparazzi to promote them anymore. In contrast, the paparazzi's desire for such celebrity increased because they had on themselves great newsworthiness. The public was interested in the lives of the rich and popular, and the paparazzi was the instrument which would deliver to them their daily need for celebrity gossip. 
For celebrity with Joann's caliber and fame, the paparazzi was more of a hindrance than an aid to her life and career. The paparazzi was also called Little Doggie in the Chinese vernacular because they hounded you like feral beasts with no regards to your privacy when they had their eyes set on you… and to think her very own daughter was one such Little Doggie…
Joann was reminded of the horrible brush-ins she had had with paparazzi throughout her long career and her anger continued to grow. The closest example was the fake scandal with Lee Mu which had sent a shockwave through her life. That was a 'present' by the paparazzi as well. Knowing her daughter of one of 'them' made the bile in Joann's stomach boil. 
With Joann staring daggers at her, Sylvia thought about changing the subject because she too was feeling the fire rise up within her, she was afraid she might start firing back to her mother. After all, from her perspective, she could see nothing objectively wrong with her profession of choice. 
Her mother's aversion to paparazzi came from the prejudices and bias that originated from her career as an actor. However, it was unfair to limit the daughter's life simply because the mother wanted it a certain way, right? 
Sylvia felt like her mother had no right to deny her the opportunity to choose the profession she liked simply because Joann was an actor. In other words, if Joann was not an actor, then she would have been more permissible to Sylvia being a reporter with an entertainment beat. So Sylvia felt like why should she yield to her mother's demands, couldn't her mother make the compromise for her instead?
However, Xu Jing's blood did run in her veins so she wanted to avoid the unnecessary confrontation. The philosophy she followed was to reduce major issues to minor ones and then minor issues to naught. 
Nevertheless, this did not mean that Sylvia was a pushover, push her far enough and she would snap and one would understand why she was her mother's daughter. 
Sylvia tried to shift the conversation to a safer ground in the hopes of distracting her mother, "By the way, how did you manage to find me?" 
"We followed the bug planted on your phone." 
"What?!" Sylvia brushed over the 'we' and assumed it was Joann who was responsible for this. The sparks within her grew to become embers. "Mom, that is a gross violation of my privacy!!"
"You have the audacity and face to talk to me about privacy?! People like you snoop into people's lives without their permission and you want to talk to me about privacy? What about the privacy of those people whose lives you have ruined? What about the privacy of my friends? How do you expect me to face them after they find out I have a Little Doggie as my daughter? What about you, you asked, but what about me?!" 
One could say Joann had taken this a little bit too personally but how could she not? Her life of a celebrity was a constant tug of war with the media and to have her daughter choose to fight for the opposite camp was the ultimate betrayal. 
'What about me?!' The question reverberated in Sylvia's mind and the ember finally burst into flames. "Yes, it is always about you, isn't it, mother? Everything has to be about you!"
Sylvia screamed back at her mother. The shouting went back and forth, both parties feeding off the other's anger.

To give her child a better chance at life, Xiu Ling accepted the contractual marriage offered by Lin Kang, the powerful CEO even though she had no love for the man and his family. 

Unfortunately, the man and his family felt the same way towards her as well. They assumed Xiu Ling was just an opportunist who sold herself out to sneak her way into a life of luxury. 

With support from her best friend, Xiu Ling slowly inched out of her shell. Her confidence and brilliance turned the Lin family to her side one by one, including her husband in name who now wanted to marry her for real. 

Xiu Ling's best friend, Joann Fong, had everything a woman could have wanted in her life, a doting husband, a caring daughter and a shining career in entertainment. 

However, her life started to unravel as contentment settled in. Blinded by self-assurance, Joann blamed everyone but herself. 

Xiu Ling wanted to reach out to Joann to return the favor but would the proud woman allow weakness to enter her life and accept outside help before it was too late? 

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The man seethed in rage as he pointed at her. "You're planning to run after knocking someone over, aren't you?!"
"…"
What?!
Run?!
Why would she run away?!
The other family members began getting agitated as they clamored around the actress again, encircling her and keeping her caged in the middle. One pulled on her hand, while another went forward and snatched her purse.
One of the women intentionally spoke in a loud voice. "Trying to escape?! You're trying to escape after knocking someone over, aren't you?!"
Yun Shishi was feeling extremely helpless now. "I…"
No matter how much she tried to explain herself, the others surrounded her and walked toward the hallway. Facing the onlookers from the side, they bellowed, "Hey! Quickly look! This woman, who knocked someone over, plans to run away without compensating the victim of the hospital fees! This is a hit-and-run case!"
"She wants to leave after running someone over with her car! Everyone, come here quickly and help us make a judgment!"
She explained, "I wasn't trying to run away; I was just trying to make a call—"
"Calling someone for help?! You're trying to call backups from the criminal world that we see on the news to come and bully well-behaved migrant workers like us, weren't you?!"
The onlookers continued to increase with their shouting.
Seeing that there was a commotion occurring, many patients, as well as their families, and those at the hospital for their checkups, began surrounding them to find out what was going on.
The kin of the actress' victim seized this chance to share their grievances with these unrelated people.
"We came to the capital from Wu Yang to work. My sister, who works at a construction site, was knocked down by this woman when she was on her way home! She did a full-body checkup, and the results showed that her condition is quite serious, yet this woman doesn't want to take responsibility for the accident and is even trying to escape by calling for backups! Isn't this considered a hit-and-run case?!"
"Yeah! Our seven-person family's circumstances aren't that well. For the sake of supporting us and meeting our daily needs, my sister has to work cautiously and conscientiously at a construction site in exchange for some money! In the end, she's met with this unfortunate accident. With her lying on a hospital bed now, our source of living has been cut! Can everyone please be the judge for us? We came to the capital to labor, yet my sister got knocked down by this car owner. Is it too much for us to have her compensate us of the losses incurred by our bread winner from this mishap?! Is it, or is it not?!"
"…"
The crowd chattered among themselves.
The woman's family was getting more sympathy over this situation from the onlookers. Relying on gossip passing around, they continued to brainwash these bystanders. Yun Shishi was heavily outnumbered. She felt trapped in a vortex, unable to explain herself.
She finally witnessed what it meant by the saying, 'A summer insect can't talk about ice.'
In the next second, the public opinion changed.
Some of the bystanders began to point at her, too, as they fervently discussed this matter among themselves.
The actress could only hear buzzing sounds from her ears as if countless flies were making a din next to her eardrums.
From among the crowd, someone suddenly pointed at her and exclaimed, "Ah! I recognize who this woman is now! He he! That's why I said she looks familiar! Turns out she's a big celebrity!"
"I recognize her, too! She has filmed several commercials and even participated in a fashion show overseas!"
The victim's family said, "So she's a celebrity!"
The moment they learned that she was a celebrity, many people began taking out their phones to snap photos of her.
She covered her face with her sleeve, but her action only led to more people believing that she was feeling guilty!
When the family found out that she was a celebrity, they rushed forward and muddled in. They grabbed her hand to stop her from shielding her face. "Everyone, snap photos of her! It's this face—it's this person who hit our kin but tried to get away from making any compensation!"


She became a surrogate mother in exchange for over a million yuan.

As the esteemed CEO of the most powerful Empire in the capital, he holds absolute power, while she is just an adopted daughter to a family of lowly status. She agreed to bear him his offspring, simply because her adoptive father's business was failing.
 
On the day of her delivery, the elder brother was born healthy, but the younger one was stillborn. Having fulfilled the contract, she disappeared from his sight along with the astronomical sum of money. 


Six years later, he is still that arrogant and high-profile CEO. When she accidentally gets embroiled with him again – like a canary trapped in his cage, he closes in on her. “Woman, do you think you can escape from my clutches?!" 

However, he does not expect a little kid to interfere; the boy pompously points his little finger at him and warns, “Mu Yazhe, you’d better leave her alone! She's mine – this baby's woman!” 

The man is alarmed, simply because the little kid's facial features are identical to his...

Tags: Adorable Child, CEO, Sweet Romance, Scheming, Wealthy Aristocrats, Fluff, Two-faced, Child, Rich and Powerful, Treachery

The next day went by in a complete breeze, and I was so relieved to finally have the opportunity to just stay in bed all day with no consequences. The television had lulled me to sleep and woke me up multiple times, and it was nice to wake up from my third nap of the day at three in the afternoon to Francine Smith complaining about her Stan working on their family vacation.
I hadn't bothered to check my phone all morning, so it wasn't all that surprising to see dozens of missed calls and message notifications. Putting my phone on silent was one of the best things I had done all week. After scrolling through my notifications, I groaned and put my phone down, trying to rub the sleep out of my eyes. It was late and I needed a shower. This hunger was not going to go away on its own. 
Considering it was three in the afternoon, I decided to take two hours to have a bubble bath and relax in the tub. This was one of those moments where the television in the bathroom was coming in handy. Adult animations were my favourite form of entertainment, and I was thoroughly amused the entire time. 
Four in the afternoon came by soon, and then it was five in the evening. I got out of the tub and hit the plug to drain the water out. My routine was simple. Moisturise, get dressed, then apply my makeup accordingly. For some reason I felt like doing a glamorous look, so I went with a dark and bold smoked out eyeliner look and pinkish nude lip. The allure that lining my lower waterline brought to my face was undeniable. 
I was halfway through styling my hair when a frantic knock came from my door. Who could've been knocking with such urgency? 
"Oh my god, okay, here, get dressed, you're coming with me to an event," Sabrina shoved a dress bag at me and made her way to my bathroom. "We have to be there in thirty minutes." 
"What event? Will there be food?" The plan was just to go to dinner, but since this opportunity arrived, I might as well go, right? Maybe the opportunity to build connections here in Miami would arise and it would all work out for good!
"It's the grand opening of a restaurant so yes, there will be food. Guess whose restaurant it is?" Sabrina paused the curling of her hair with my iron to look at me in the mirror. The silence that followed her question let me know that she wanted me to guess, so I did. 
"Gordon Ramsay?" I unzipped the bag and my eyes bugged out at the gown inside it. It was a beautiful satin mauve with a ruffled low scoop neckline and open back. The skirt of the dress itself was flown and a little longer than ankle length with a moderate split reaching up to about knee level. It was perfect for the embodiment of Miami party culture. 
"No, Mimi Herrera. Mimi Alced Herrera, Amaria! Mimi Herrera's team sent me a personal invitation to go to her grand opening! This is huge!" Sabrina was so excited that she started to bounce in place. I could only watch her and try to come to any logical conclusion as I put on the dress. Who in the world was Mimi Herrera? 
A quick search on my phone led me to find results of The Herrera Hour talk show, similar to what Wendy Williams did, but way more controversial. Mimi Herrera was a journalist who first found fame in Nicaragua where she started an Internet talk show about celebrities in her country. After moving to Mexico, she expanded the gossip to celebrities across Latin America, and when she was offered to take her show to national television in Miami, she included celebrities from all countries, 
Mimi Herrera would leave no stone unturned when it came to discussing celebrity scandals. She exposed secrets like smoke to a cigarette. This was a woman who could make or break people. 
"Sabrina, are you sure this is a good idea?" I went into the closet to find some shoes and a purse to go with the dress. This was a perfect opportunity to debut my new sparkly Louboutins and Chanel clutch. "Mimi Herrera is a journalist, she can dig up dirt you never even knew about." 
"You worry too much, it's fine," Sabrina insisted as she leaned towards the mirror to make sure she had no flyaways. "We probably won't even interact with her anyway." 
Also, what was a talk show host doing opening a restaurant? "Wait, why isn't Luke going with you?" 
"He went back to New York," my best friend gave me a look through the mirror and began to apply some lip liner to the outer corners of her lips. The vagueness of her statement confused me, but the only reason I could think of for Sabrina to be this vague was that they were fighting or something else happened. 
"Did you dump him?" I slipped on my new shoes and grimaced once I realised the balls of my feet would be raw by the end of the night. Considering the height of the heel, all my weight would go to my toes, so the need for a few Dr. Scholl's pads was absolutely urgent. Thankfully, I'd had the foresight to buy some when I bought the shoes so that part wasn't as big of a worry. 
"No, he just had to get back to work early," Sabrina corroborated with a shrug of her shoulders. "His replacement was hit by a car." 
I felt bad for my friend because I knew that she'd been waiting for this alone time with him for months, and she'd only gotten to spend a week and a half with him. From the things she herself had said, it didn't seem like it was a productive week and a half. Sure they spent time together, but Sabrina made it out to seem like they weren't even addressing any of their concerning issues. I understood why. Sabrina loved Luke and she didn't want to make him uncomfortable. She probably procrastinated until it was too late. 
"Jesus, I hope they'll be okay," I went to the full length mirror to a side of the room and took a picture of my outfit to post on Instagram. My caption was 'Monochrome just like my feelings.' Which I was sure my million followers would appreciate. My entire Instagram feed was a fashion lover's dream, and I constantly updated with fashion things I'd learned in the New York scene. 
"Ready? Our car is waiting for us," Sabrina was standing by the door with a clutch under her arm. She looked gorgeous in her red dress and white shoes. We would be turning heads for sure! 
"Ready." 
The ride to the party was quite long, considering we were in the metropolitan area, but when we finally arrived, I realised why. There was a trail of black cars behind us, all lining up to drop off the influential people inside. There was a red carpet out, and dozens upon dozens of paparazzi were taking pictures with their camera flashes blinding me. The door to our car was opened and Sabrina got out first, hooking arms with me when I followed. If I'd thought the lights were blinding through the tinted windows of the car, this was like seeing heaven. 
Even though the paparazzi probably had no idea who we were, they took hundreds of pictures of us anyway. Apparently being invited in itself was a really big deal. Actually scratch that, they probably knew who Sabrina was because, once again, she was a very well known DJ in the east coast. 
We posed against the white backdrop for a few photos, making sure to move along with the line of celebs, bloggers, and influencers. If the world didn't know much about me before, they definitely would after tonight. 
After posing for a bit more, we finally went towards the outside lounge area where everyone was congregating and waiting for Mimi to appear. Overall, there were about one hundred people present, and it amazed me that she'd managed to have so many people attending. I guess everyone wanted good press from Mimi Herrera. 
"Oh my gosh, is that Sin Martens?" Sabrina whispered to me as she tried to look discretely to her left. I followed her gaze and felt surprised upon seeing that it was indeed Sin Martens, singer/heartthrob extraordinaire, standing there in a sleek navy blue suit. "Wow, he's even cuter in person." 
"He's got such a punchable face," I muttered back to her, sighing and grabbing a champagne flute off a waiter. My hunger was beginning to make me cranky, and it seemed like the hostess could not arrive fast enough. One minute went by, then two, the five, and finally, the entrance to the lounge was closed off and Mimi Herrera appeared in a white gown. 
"Thank you all for being here today," she smiled. Everyone began to clap. "Since I was a little girl, I dreamed of opening up a restaurant in a big city. I never thought that dream would lead me here," everyone clapped again. "'House Herrera' is not just a commercial building with a kitchen and seating areas. This grand opening commemorates the beginning of bigger and better things, including the new cooking segment on my show." 
Everyone was clapping enthusiastically. Mimi was smart. Cooking segments meant more airtime, and more airtime meant more time to gossip about a random celebrity from her 'pick of the day!' Hat, and that meant more viewers because who didn't want to watch a hostess and her guest drink mimosas while making breakfast tacos? Mimi Herrera was aiming for a late night gossip show, and anyone could quote me on that. 
In the marketing world, predicting future outcomes from campaign strategies was standard day to day for the leaders. Predicting outcome from strategy was what I did, which would explain my affinity to poker and chess, so it wasn't all that hard to tell what Mimi's goal was. The only question that was unclear to me was this; who was she going to tear down to get there? 


~°~°~°~°~°~

An accidental marriage. A drunken mistake, or a premeditated plan for revenge? Amaria doesn’t know what to make of her new situation, and due to unforeseen circumstances, she is trapped.

Forced to accept her fate until the time is right, a typically reserved executive finds herself at a crossroad between following logic, and giving in to her bleeding heart. The man she calls her husband does not make it easy for her either, but however she decides to look at it, she reaches the same conclusion. A conclusion that breaks her heart.

As for him? Well, it’s up to him to decide what he’ll do with this new mess he’s stuck in, and whether he'll pursue a happy future with his wife rather than let her go as he had once upon a time. 

[WARNING: the male and female lead in this story have a complicated relationship with oftentimes toxic elements. The second volume of this story will see to their personal growth as they learn what it means to be in healthy relationships.]

What was he trying to do?
Wenxian murmured, "This fella, seriously, fixed up my car so well cautiously, does he seriously just want to send me off?"
She said so, as if she was complaining a little, but the edges of her mouth could not help but curl upwards.
**
These few days, it was even more rare to see Lu Xiao around. He left at dawn and returned at dusk, Wenxian did not have any opportunities to even glance at him.
However, in her days recuperating, she had familiarized herself with the old lady from the dining hall, radio room's Grandpa Li and majority of the young men from the jurisdiction team, and they had mixed well together, often causing a lot of commotion.
Even the tiny wolfdog puppy, who had been born for not too long, could recognize her.
It was another story when Grandpa Li from the radio room caught wind that she was the celebrity on TV!
Even he, who had experienced numerous things in life, found himself shocked to the core.
After all the emotions of shock, stun and disbelief passed, he excitedly started to chat with her about her role in the palace drama very lively and realistically, dancing in joy and splattering his saliva around as he spoke.
Finally, he asked one of the young men in the team to take a photo of him and Wenxian together, before he found himself unable to stop smiling as he held up his phone and stared at the photo all day.
In the mornings, Wenxian would do the eighth set of the elementary school students' broadcasted gymnastics, Take Off of the Young Falcon, with Grandpa Li, before having a post-lunch beauty sleep in the afternoon. Later, she would learn how to make Tibetan tea pastries from Ah Ma.
Every day, she would watch the sun rise and set, the clouds drifting in the sky. Each day became longer, peaceful and content.
This was something that the fast-paced big city could never give her.
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.
Her injury has fully healed, but she still stayed there for a couple more days.
She calculated the days that she had spent out there and realized that she should leave tomorrow.
She no longer carried any hope, since she did not get to see Lu Xiao at all.
Furthermore, she was a big celebrity, why would she take the initiative to ask for Lu Xiao's number, that was not her style, certainly not.
…
9AM.
Wenxian walked downstairs while yawning. She wore a blue striped loose shirt, a pair of white ripped jeans, and a pair of AJ on her feet. She was pretty and valiant, full of charms.
She never had good daily routines, for she usually slept late and woke up early, but luckily Ah Ma was used to her ways.
After the team members had finished eating in the morning, she then ate together with Ah Ma and Grandpa Li.
Today, when Wenxian sat on the chair and started drinking her porridge, peeling her expensive tea egg——
She overheard Grandpa Li discussing someone's gossip, his face flushed with agitation, "Aiyo, you don't even know, their daughter is only 20 over years old, yet she simply married that man who's over 50 years old, he is old enough to be her father! Just for his money!"
The old dining hall lady drank a mouthful of soup, then sighed in response, "What a shame, she is so young, she definitely has to serve him in the future."
Grandpa Li has always been known as the friend of all females. At that moment, he was slamming on the table agitatedly while asking Wenxian, "Miss Wen, don't you think that daughter is blind, I think Miss Wen would never do such a thing in her lifetime!"
Unexpectedly.
Wenxian ate her tea egg scrumptiously, while replying slowly, "Don't say that, I'm not that great, I don't mean anything else, I just feel like he is still too young in his 50s or 60s, is there any that is already in his 80s that I can just send off, for me to inherit his wealth?"
The moment these words came out of her mouth, Grandpa Li immediately choked on his water, violently coughing, "…"
???
Wenxian giggled, with a mischievous look in her eyes.
But right then, she suddenly heard Ah Ma look behind her, speaking surprisedly, "Aiya, Captain Lu! You are back!"
The moment he said that——
Instantly.
The smile on Wenxian's lips froze a little right there and then, just a little…!
[Nine Brother: Brother Xian, I just want to know what you are thinking now??
Brother Xian: Scram, Fu, do not force me to beat you up.
Nine Brother: Whispers.
Baofeng is pleading for votes and comments PLEASE!]


This is a story of a captain of a secluded place and a gorgeous female celebrity—both who would hardly cross paths but a collision in Tibet sets an opening to their encounter.
Upon their first encounter, Wenxian already has her eyes set on Captain Lu—her mouth drooling with desire. 
Wenxian, “Hmm? How can I win over your heart? In a plain sack or using sweet talk?”
With a cigarette in his mouth, Lu Xiao scoffs. “You are an impressive and popular celebrity, I am only a captain at this secluded place. I am very poor, what is it in me that you like about?”
Wenxian, “I like how you always snub back at me.”
Lu Xiao choked and walked away heartlessly. “You are shameless, don’t even dream about it!”
The next day, he said, “It's all because you were carried away by a whim?”
Wenxian, “No, hatching a scheme.”

Ye-Jin faintly heard that her name with Aera was mentioned by the gossiping girls. Curious and alert she stealthily moved closer to the girls and strained her ears to hear more clearly of what the girls were discussing. 
She didn't have any good feeling about the gossip after what she experienced in the restroom a few hours ago. Lucky for her from where she was, it was possible for her to hear what the girls were so engrossed about.
Girl1: (looking around) we aren't supposed to speak about these things here-
Girl2: (waving her off) who cares? besides who's going to hear us anyway? 
Girl1: but still-
Girl2: nobody is going to sue you for just talking alright? 
Girl1: (nodding) that's right but it's still not appropriate-
Girl2: (annoyed) ok fine! If you don't want the details then leave it!
The girl huffed and about to walk away in anger but the first girl changed her mind and relented. How can anyone stay away, when the gossip was so juicy? Moreover, it involved the girls they were somewhat familiar with. Their lives seriously couldn't be lived if not for these little insider pieces of information on a daily basis. Without them, they might suffer health complications like depression and it's relatives.
Girl1: fine, don't be angry now. I too want to know the details but I just felt that the setting wasn't right.
Girl2: (scoffing) they're all busy and no one is paying any attention to us either way.
Girl1: so senior Ray brought his girlfriend to the company today?
Girl2: (with a serious and honest face) yes exactly.
Girl1: (slightly amazed) but how's that possible? Isn't he gay?
Girl2: (rolling her eyes) that was only a rumour created by jealous and petty people. You can't believe in rumours easily but this time around the information is pretty 'solid!' (is this what irony is?)
The girl stressed more on the word 'solid' as if to ascertain whatever she had heard was straight from the mouth of the gods and not just a mere rumour created by the same jealous and petty people she mentioned before. 
Ye-Jin only rolled her eyes hard at their twisted and holed out logic. Still, without making a noise she continued to listen.
Girl1: so what changed?
Girl2: apparently Ray's girlfriend is none other than the friend who used to come to visit with senior Aera.
Girl1: (astonished) Whoa! But wasn't there news that senior Ray was actually pursuing senior Aera a few months ago.
Girl2: (nodding with bright eyes) well, that is the twist. From what I heard the friend was the third party in this relationship. Both seniors were actually in a loving relationship but this friend of hers was an opportunist and she seduced senior Ray to leave senior Aera-
Girl1: (scandalised) Oh my god! That friend looked so innocent and harmless.
Girl2: (wisely) that's why you should never judge a book by its cover. I too had the same impression about her but who knew that her schemes ran deeper than the Mariana trench.
Girl1: what's Mariana trench?
Girl2: The deepest place in the whole world. Honestly, what did you do at your school?
Grl1: (Sheepish) let's not go there.
Girl2: fine. So after that both the supposed friends had a fight and it was witnessed by one of the trainees. It looked so bad that they were going to pull each other's hairs out! 
Girl1: (shocked) It was that bad? So that explains a lot-
Girl2: explains what?
Girl1: senior Aera looks as if someone ran over her cat. She's depressed and there are huge dark circles under her eyes-
Girl2: indeed! Now you point it out I could notice them. She's wearing an awful lot of makeup to cover it up.
Ye-Jin's vision sharply turned towards Aera and indeed she looked pale and her moments were slack as if she was exhausted. 
She swallowed her sudden rush of feelings and once again turned her focus back to the gossipping girls but sadly they had wrapped up their short session and were on their way to join the group in their practice routine. 
So to sum up the whole thing from what Ye-Jin gathered, Aera and Ray were dating peacefully but she had become the third party in their relationship and as a bitch had- with her underhanded schemes- broken the happy couple apart. And not just that, she now had the gall to show up with Ray at every place. Moreover, she apparently had a falling out with Aera regarding the same matter and they were no longer on speaking terms and their friendship was definitely ruined. 
Ye-Jin didn't know whether she should laugh or cry at these baseless rumours. She could at the most only shake her head at the IQ of people who had so much free time to create them or those people who lived and breathed for such baseless gossip. 
She was sure of one thing in this new development and that was that there was a little girl who was pulling the threads behind the scene and she had to drag that piece of shit out and clear her and Aera's name. And for the same, she could only postpone her plans of making up with Aera for the time being and retreat two steps before striking viciously with full force. 
Thus, Ye-Jin left the entertainment giant her head churning with possibilities and according to her expectations within the same night, the rumours which were confined to the company staff and other members had somehow become the biggest celebrity scandals in the whole entertainment industry.

His father wanted him to take up his position and be the next patriarch of the family.

His family wanted him to be a responsible young man who'd lead the family to greater heights.

Some envious people wanted him to fail and become the scum of the earth.

His mother wanted him to be a filial son who would let her heart and mind rest at peace.

Burdened by all of it he ran away from 'home' in pursuit of 'something'

Then he found her and

She wanted him to be just him and love her with all his heart.

The first book in the series: 'Arranged by Chance and Married by Choice'
The second book in the series: 'Chance Encounter (Love at first sight)

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