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A cold, unstable yet alluring beauty with an addictive streak, Tan You, and a melancholy, self-conscious orphan, Lan Jingli.
The day Lan Jingli arrived at the secluded mountain villa, snow fell over the black cumin flowers.
Her agent warned her solemnly: this patron, after winning the Best Actress crown, retired from the industry to inherit the family business. Ruthless in means, aloof and ascetic. You better serve her well.
Lan Jingli only half-listened until her eyes fell on the frail woman standing beneath the bodhi tree.
She had the kind of beauty that could bring down a kingdom. She has a tiny red mole on her ear that drew the gaze, like fire smoldering in the snow.
Lan Jingli was dazed. This woman looked too much like the elder sister she had once loved in secret and could never forget.
Tan You smiled faintly, saying nothing. Lan Jingli knew she had waited for this moment for a very, very long time.
That night, beneath the warm silk canopy, the woman clung to her with fevered passion, and at the height of it, she whispered softly, “Li Li…”
She was tender and indulgent, granting every request when in a good mood. They would fall in love, propose, marry, and promise each other forever.
Lan Jingli thought it would always be that way.
Until the day she heard the news that Tan You was getting engaged to her “first love.” She went to confront her, only to receive a heartless reply:
“Li Li, I thought you knew how to play the game.”
So in Tan You’s eyes, Lan Jingli had only ever been a cheap little actress—a disposable plaything, like a bindweed flower, used and thrown away.
And how could a goddess ever remember sharing a fate with something so lowly?
Later, during a concert, Lan Jingli choked up with emotion as she announced to the audience that she was stepping into a new chapter of her life. She was going to marry the woman she loved deeply and invited her to come on stage to sing a new love song together.
Sitting in the VIP section, Tan You’s heart skipped a beat, though her face remained calm. She smiled faintly, amused by this little fish daring to propose in public, thinking she would never truly leave her.
She rose to leave gracefully—only to hear, in the next breath, Lan Jingli say her girlfriend’s name.
It wasn’t her.
A chill ran through Tan You’s body; her eyes flushed a frightening red.
Much later, on a cold, damp spring night, that peerlessly beautiful woman, like a flawless moon untouched by the mortal world, traveled across mountains and rivers to a remote rural town, just to ask Lan Jingli to look at her one more time.
The gilded cage Tan You had built for Lan Jingli… had trapped her instead.
Tags: Urban, lovers-to-ex-lovers-to-lovers, contract romance, entertainment industry, chasing love, crematorium arc.
One-line summary: A crazy film queen chasing love through the crematorium.
Theme: Move forward with courage; never give up.