Chapter 1 — From Green Tea to Palace

I am an unknown person in the entertainment industry. After signing a contract with the company, I always steadfastly followed the image of "gentle green tea" that the company painted for me, and carried it out wholeheartedly. It's a pity... after debuting eight years ago, when I came back I was still just a "rookie". Until one time, an unexpected accident happened - my chat logs with my best friend were completely exposed. But unfortunately, our private chats have always followed the style of our parents: cursing like a regular meal, talking nonsense like eating and drinking! I didn't expect that something so embarrassing... would revive my dying career again! [Chat leaked] Me: "Is this male idol B stupid? Who would want to pretend to be a couple with him!? What kind of man is so flirtatious all day long, his hair is shiny like it's been greased with grease, I'm even more manly than him!" Me: "But... Tan Tu's lips look so delicious, like he really wants to kiss it..." Me: "I'm speechless with a real top C, pretending to sing and still daring to show off! Here I am - Cbiz's nightingale - and yet I still have to cooperate with him pretending to sing!? How humiliating!" Me: "And I admit... the lips that Tan Tu kissed were really soft and deadly!" Me: "It's true that the flow is different, when you act in a crying scene, you laugh out loud. The acting is ignored, the dialogue is unlearned, the eyes can be acted in any way. The climax is a line, the entire film crew heard him... counting numbers instead of reading the lines! Who spoils this kind of pervert!? I stayed up all night studying lines, but when I told him to cut the scene, he cut it, his brain must have been waterlogged! Psycho!!!" Me: “To be honest… until now I still clearly remember the taste of Tan Tu's lips!!!” Result: Less than ten minutes after the chat was revealed, I immediately climbed straight to the top 1 hotsearch: #1 【How soft are Qin Tu's lips? What flavor is that???】 #2 【Film finished! Gentle green tea turned into... spicy West Lake hot pot!!!】 1. The image of "green tea" was specially built by the company for me, and I maintained it extremely successfully - so successful that every time I stood in front of the camera I was cursed. A newspaper once commented bluntly: 【If To He He was thrown into Tay Ho, the whole country would have enough premium Long Tinh tea to drink!】 The Nth time I was cursed by netizens on hotsearch because of a statement "green tea", at that moment a variety show I had just finished filming also ended. As soon as I entered the room to rest, I immediately pulled out my phone and texted my best friend to relieve stress. Completely unaware that, behind me, a camera was still enthusiastically working. So... my entire chat was broadcast live, and by the way, the small account on Weibo that I used to curse "in private" was also exposed! In less than ten minutes, the small account was accessed by millions of people. Receiving a text message from the manager, I stiffened, my throat tightened, and turned my head to look at the green-lighted camera behind me. “Pop!” — the phone fell to the ground. There was only one sentence left in my mind: "My life is over!" My small Weibo account... the content is more horrifying than Qin Tu's scandal, not even the word "green tea" is attached, but it also reveals my true self: A gentle woman on the outside, cursing her father on the inside! An extremely harsh "anti-image" phase! I woke up, quickly cried and deleted the post, tears falling on the phone screen, as if I was holding a farewell ceremony for my acting career. But netizens' screenshot speed is faster than 5G. I haven't finished deleting the photos yet The post has spread all over the internet. While I was still crying for my dark future, the manager texted me an ultimatum: 【To He He! It's okay if you flop, but don't drag Tan Tu into the pit with you!】 【The company is about to cancel the contract with you!】 In that moment, I felt like the world was falling. Quickly opening the photo that the manager sent along, I saw a real-time hotsearch photo. Right at position 1, on the back is a big red word 【EXPLOSION】: 【How soft are Tan Tu's lips? What's that taste???】 My hand trembled, the phone once again made a "pop" sound and fell to the ground. My face turned pale. It's over... The fact that I secretly liked Emperor Qin Tu for ten years... I can't hide it anymore!!! Back then, thanks to good luck, I was lucky enough to win the role of "white moon light" in Qin Tu's movie. Although there is little acting space, there are quite a few intimate scenes. Initially, thanks to that movie, Tan Tu and Lam Tu Nhuoc became the hottest CP at that time. As for me - a "green tea" that flopped heavily, had no reputation, and thanks to that, no one scrutinized me. However, while filming, there were several times because I was so deeply immersed in the role that I almost couldn't hold back my emotions. Secretly shaking emotions, combined with a bunch of 18+ thoughts in my head, I didn't dare say a word. Only dare to secretly vent in a small account on Weibo, or brag to close friends. Unexpectedly, during one filming, I accidentally blurted out: "Mr. Tu is such a good actor... he pulled me into my emotions, I almost couldn't control it..." This statement was recorded and then brought up by netizens. Result? The fan couple Tan Tu × Lam Tu Nhuoc tore me apart, cursing until dog blood flowed all over my head. To the point, the film crew couldn't stand the pressure and continuously cut my scenes, which were already few, and are now even fewer. Honestly, I don't care about the curses on the internet. But after being paired with Tan Tu, I still can't forget the feeling of his lips. That's right… I admit! That's why in my small account, I constantly wrote longing statuses, over and over again: "Oh my god... Tan Tu's lips... are so soft that I want to be addicted..." 2. I really didn't expect that the "dark" thoughts in my small account would be exposed in such a light! This feeling... is no different from "being stripped in the middle of the market"?! The hotsearch below the article was immediately swept up by netizens. Of the ten comments, nine were straight-faced curses, the remaining one added fuel to the fire: 【To He He has never seen a man before? Kissing once in a movie but imagining how many lifetimes to come?】 【That's all I can say... but if a man like Qin Tu kisses once... if you don't remember it for the rest of your life, you still have to remember it for half your life, right~】 【What kind of dignity is this? Is To He He going to "imagine being 18+" with all the male actors who have collaborated?】 【I'm just a passing fan but I still find it creepy! I feel like Tan Tu has been "tainted"!】 【I wonder what Tan Tu himself is thinking now? I'm sure I'll be haunted by acting from now on!】 【My baby is definitely disgusted by that two-faced girl To He He!!!】 Reading those sarcastic sentences I was still calm, but when I saw the line "Tan Tu definitely disgusts me"... my throat was tight. That's right. If Tan Tu knew that I had written a few statuses about missing his lips, he would definitely hate me to the core. Thinking of this, suddenly the phone rang. The screen lit up: Tan Tu. I panicked like I was about to be sentenced Death, quickly turned the phone face down on the table and conveniently threw it a little far away. Just kidding, I'd rather drown in Sichuan hotpot than hear his voice right now! In order to protect Tan Tu's image from being implicated, the company and the manager immediately took strong action, using all their strength to force the hotsearch temperature down. As for me, my little assistant dragged me straight back to the hotel and was forbidden to step out the door until everything was handled. The manager also used my main Weibo to post an urgent statement: "The small account is completely managed by the individual, without the company's knowledge." But... the entire chat between me and my best friend was exposed, which also meant that my image of "outside a woman, inside out a father" was permanently crucified. Thanks to the PR team's quick handling, after 48 golden hours, the heat of the scandal gradually cooled down. Tan Tu and the company were not affected much, on the contrary... the person who was criticized the most was me - the person who was already famous for "green tea" and now became even worse. I was locked in the hotel for several days. On the one hand, they have to deal with the lawsuit to cancel the contract with the company, and on the other hand, they also have to complete the work previously signed. Meanwhile, I was always worried about Tan Tu, constantly wondering if he hated me. The emotions lasted for days, leaving me exhausted. After a week of hiding in the hotel, early this morning I had to go out to run a schedule... My phone had dozens of missed calls from Tan Tu, more than a hundred unread messages, but I didn't dare open any of them. Now I just wish I could turn into a snail, snuggle up in its shell, and delay it whenever I can. But today I have to show up... Because I have to participate in filming a program to promote the movie Tan Tu and I collaborated on. No matter how afraid I am of meeting him, I have to meet him today. Anyway, the contract has been signed, if you don't go filming, you will be fined for violating the contract, which is a very unfair loss of money! It's just... I didn't expect that today, the car that picked me up at the hotel parking lot would be a super luxury nanny car, the kind that just looked at it and it was more expensive than the contract compensation. I tremblingly pointed at the car, stammering in a low voice and asked the manager: "Sister... this car... is not to take me to death, is it...?" The manager glared at me with disdain, didn't bother to answer, just pushed me straight towards the car. I clung tightly to the pole next to me, refusing to get in the car. Just last week I caused a huge scandal, and now I'm still talking about terminating my contract with the company... but today you let me ride in such a nice car? The more I think about it, the more wrong I feel! A series of conspiracy theories about the dark side of the entertainment world jumped out in my head: "Could it be that the company intends to sell me to some tycoon and squeeze out all my value before breaking the contract?!"