After Transmigrating, I Fell in Love with a Top-Tier Movie Queen - Chapter 91

After the competition ended, it was already noon.

The production team had already made arrangements, setting up food and drinks on the beach to treat the guests.

The guests, exhausted and barely able to move after running around, lay down on the beach mats provided by the director team to rest. The seaside in spring was not yet too hot, and the guests were soaking up the warm sun, feeling drowsy.

In the distance, fans were shouting, hoping their idols would look their way.

Ye Linghua’s knowledge of the entertainment industry was limited to Lin Xin, so she wasn’t very clear about the fans shouting in the distance. However, when she heard the three words “Little Qiming,” she couldn’t help but smile, knowing they were calling her.

Lin Xin was lying beside her. Hearing her laugh, she turned to look at her, taking in Ye Linghua’s smiling profile against the cool sea breeze. Lin Xin was puzzled and asked: “What are you laughing at?”

Ye Linghua turned onto her side to face her, her smiling face unable to conceal her desire to tease.

Ye Linghua: “Did you know all along that the name ‘Little Qiming’ referred to me?”

Lin Xin hesitated, then stubbornly denied it: “How would I know? Don’t frame me.”

Ye Linghua: “Then what about the ‘Morning Star’ (Qimingxing)? When did you know about that?”

Flushing at the question, Lin Xin glared at her and asked: “Why are you asking that?”

Ye Linghua lay back down, looked up at the clear sky, and chuckled softly: “I just wanted to see when you started liking me.”

Lin Xin was momentarily stunned by the question. She mumbled to herself, Who knows when that started? Before she realized it, she was already in love.

But since she couldn’t explain it, Lin Xin could only counter-ask: “What about you?”

There were no cameras nearby; clearly, the production team had no intention of recording the naptime. Lin Xin lowered her voice so those around them couldn’t hear.

“Me?” Ye Linghua was slightly taken aback, then smiled: “Didn’t you know long ago?”

Ye Linghua was the first to confess! She had confessed last year, only a few months after they met. Obviously, the time she had liked her started even earlier.

Realizing this, Lin Xin paused, then leaned closer to Ye Linghua and said: “Me too!”

“Oh?” Ye Linghua tilted her head to look at her: “Really?”

Lin Xin was dissatisfied: “Of course.”

Ye Linghua smiled, propping her head up with one hand, looking at her with focused eyes, and asked: “Then what was the reason you rejected me back then?”

Lin Xin: “…You still remember that?”

Ye Linghua gave a gentle laugh and whispered: “Xin Xin, that’s not the point, of course. What kind of future we have is what’s most important, not the past.”

Lin Xin looked at her with a furrowed brow but ultimately said nothing more.

That afternoon, the group laughed and played by the sea for a while. When the sun started to get too hot, the crew set up parasols. Everyone took a nap under the shade and then woke up to watch the sunset, the ebb and flow of the tide, and the evening glow on the sea…

The fans in the distance stayed with them all that time, even though there were no more activities in the afternoon, and the nap would not even be edited into the final show.

However, the fans still quietly stood guard in the distance.

To them, their idols were like the distant stars and moon—unreachable, unapproachable. They could only look on longingly. Therefore, being able to accompany them this closely, even without seeing everything, was satisfying enough.

And today’s competition held a different meaning for the Morning Star (Qimingxing) couple.

The CP community is a monetization method discovered by capital.

Nowadays, when many celebrities sign contracts upon entering the entertainment industry, their agencies often include the condition of “CP marketing” to increase the exposure and buzz of their projects.

Of course, most celebrities are not against CP marketing. This is because it is beneficial not only to the company but also to the celebrities themselves.

However, while CP marketing can bring immense exposure and traffic, excessive business-like interaction can have the opposite effect.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, there is a limit to CP marketing. Once the time is right, they have to Break Up (BE).

Among the major CPs in the entertainment industry, it wasn’t that a nationwide CP situation had never occurred.

But no matter the CP, they all eventually ended with a break-up.

With the advent of a new era, the CP industry has slowly turned into a kind of fast food. Even with the proliferation of smartphones, making it easier for people to share their insights on shipping CPs, couples appeared one after another, but a true nationwide shipping CP never reappeared.

The emergence of the Morning Star (Qimingxing) couple was, therefore, completely unexpected.

Apart from celebrity couples who intentionally courted publicity, all CPs currently on the ranking lists were people within the industry.

Morning Star was the only combination of an insider and an outsider, a CP that was almost impossible to hype up in the entertainment industry.

Yet, there they were, prominently featured on the list.

Many people argued that CP marketing offered no benefits to outsiders. It could also severely affect their real-life due to excessive exposure.

However, Ye Linghua of the Morning Star couple never shied away from it.

Her open and generous attitude even became one of the main appeals of the Morning Star couple.

With the two main figures constantly feeding their fans “sugar,” the fan count of the Morning Star CP broke through 1.2 million.

And next, the Morning Star couple would go on to make an even more astonishing piece of history.

A few days after the competition, a fan editor created a video edit of the contest.

This editor was called Banana Bread, a very famous name in short video editing.

She herself had been present at the beach competition.

She used a high-definition camera to record the entire process and edited it into a 30-minute video.

This instantly became the representative work of the Morning Star couple!

The video was posted on the nation’s largest video creation platform and hit the homepage just one hour after publication.

From then on, things escalated rapidly. The Morning Star couple suddenly began to shine in the entertainment industry, surpassing even the current most popular traffic stars.

Within a few days, the Morning Star couple’s fan count would directly exceed 4 million, officially becoming a nationally viral CP and topping the CP Super Topic list.

They became the most popular duo-top-tier celebrity in history.

The video was released at eight o’clock at night.

At that time, many people returning home from work, idle housewives, students hiding at home—all the idle or busy netizens—saw the video edited by Banana Bread on the platform’s homepage.

Some were already fans of the Morning Star CP, some were attracted by the pink cover, and others were lured by the title. Most people were simply bored and habitually clicked on various short videos to pass the time.

And Banana Bread’s video, titled: “Loving You My Whole Life, Thank Goodness You’re Here,” became a signal that night.

Initially, the black screen had no image, but beautiful music was already playing.

Then, the black slowly faded, and accompanied by the light music, the screen showed a reality show scene.

As old fans of Lin Xin, everyone knew this was the set of Shining Youth.

It was the time when Lin Xin met Zheng Lanwen.

Back then, so many people watched for Lin Xin, helping to boost the data because she was a mentor. However, this period became a trauma for all of Lin Xin’s fans (Star Sisters).

The video was a sweet compilation of Lin Xin and Ye Linghua, but it did not start with them.

Instead, on the bright, dazzling stage, Zheng Lanwen walked out casually from backstage.

Emerging from the darkness, her delicate face slowly appeared before everyone.

The audience cheered, and Zheng Lanwen smiled confidently, saying: “Hello everyone, I’m Zheng Lanwen.”

Then, the screen cut to Lin Xin. Her expression was stunned, but her eyes were extremely bright. It was the kind of look only directed at someone she liked; her affection for Zheng Lanwen was genuine back then.

And this became the beginning of the Star Sisters’ nightmare.

In that show, Lin Xin repeatedly showed favor to Zheng Lanwen. Even in a small segment of a game, Lin Xin, who usually kept a cool demeanor, raised her hand to participate for the first time.

But unfortunately, Zheng Lanwen didn’t like her—truly didn’t like her.

During the competition, Zheng Lanwen clearly showed courtesy to Lin Wan and didn’t completely crush others.

But only when dealing with Lin Xin did she never hold back.

Lin Xin was not a game expert; she was merely running forward for love, only to lose disastrously.

In the video, the footage broadcast by the TV station showed the winners of the game cheering, joyous, and hugging to congratulate each other. But in the footage recorded by a fan at the venue, Lin Xin stood alone in a corner outside the frame, looking downcast.

She was pulled to one side, but no one dared to usher her onto the stage.

She could only watch them with envious eyes…

At this point, a small line of white text appeared on the screen—[Left neglected for an entire evening, she was only 19 years old that year!]

The cheers faded into the distance, and the screen slowly darkened. The music became calm. In the silence, only darkness remained.

Suddenly, a “ding” sound—a wind chime.

The darkness vanished, replaced by a clear blue sky.

Lin Xin shouted: “Stop her!!!”

The guests cheered and ran over, but failed to stop the ball. Fortunately, the ball hit the goalpost and didn’t go in.

In the cheerful scene, the beautiful woman smiled gently. The ball missed the goal. But Ye Linghua’s eyes were full of the joy of having scored. She gazed at Lin Xin with an expression that conveyed satisfaction despite the game failure.

The music turned sweet, and frame after frame showed Ye Linghua looking at Lin Xin with affection. There were shots from the airport, from the film set, and from this very beach.

Accompanied by the sweet music, a line of text was typed out to the sound of a keyboard.

—[26 years old, time did not fail her.]

This not-so-short contrast—19 years old versus 26 years old—was the opening of this video.

Next, the video seemed to get into its main theme, and the background music slowly shifted from loving to sorrowful.

The screen showed Lin Xin’s growth in the entertainment industry, every day she spent acting to earn money since she was a child in the circle.

Lin Xin’s family was broken, but she never gave up.

Banana Bread was clearly a fan of Lin Xin. Many of the video materials were behind-the-scenes footage of Lin Xin acting as a child.

A small child in ragged clothes.

A grown-up child wearing ancient costumes in the scorching summer.

Her bravery when suspended in the air during filming, and her careful walking because of the pain when she was set down.

As Lin Xin grew older, she gained a girl’s beauty.

She was shown memorizing scripts on set, apologizing to the director for forgetting a line, and being harassed by colleagues because of her good looks…

Every single step was like moving forward on broken stones, her feet bloody.

However, time did not treat her efforts kindly.

The screen froze on her divorce Weibo post, where the comments below were full of abuse.

[Love-crazed fool.] [Get lost, mistress.] [This is the karma for interfering in someone else’s relationship.] [You disappoint us too much.]

The video plunged into darkness again amidst this atmosphere of despair. As fans of Lin Xin, everyone was in tears.

They hadn’t unfollowed her. They had walked with Lin Xin through all those years of thorns, and the pain they felt was less than one ten-thousandth of Lin Xin’s.

They had walked such a difficult path to reach today!

The “ding” sound returned once more.

The screen lit up again, and the music played.

What came into view was a chaotic airport. From the shaky camera, it was clear this was a secretly recorded fan video.

Lin Xin was on her way to board a flight; this was her first public appearance after her divorce.

However, at that time, Lin Xin hadn’t sung Sunset. She wasn’t famous yet, and it was only her first appearance after the divorce, so few fans were there to greet her at the airport.

The camera was mainly focused on Lin Xin.

But it still recorded her new assistant beside her, carrying a bag of snacks.

Seeing Lin Xin’s tired face, she looked slightly dazed even while stepping onto the escalator. The assistant’s expression was calm. She reached out, grabbed Lin Xin’s arm, pulled her close, and guided her onto the escalator.

The time of this video clip was recorded on the screen—the earliest evidence of Ye Linghua the fans could find.

Following this, every subsequent clip was material Banana Bread had found from various sources, much of which had been actively sent to her by fans who saw her request for these materials.

From the video, it was clear that during the most difficult period of her life, immediately after the divorce, Lin Xin was meticulously cared for by Ye Linghua.

The videos, recorded unintentionally back then, now served as the only evidence they could find of the two women after they met.

They watched Lin Xin go from being exhausted when she first appeared on camera, to cold, and then to smiling when she looked at Ye Linghua.

The unexpected success of Sunset laid the foundation for her success.

Running between various variety shows and different film sets, Lin Xin slowly began to smile, becoming more confident, and her personality was no longer as aloof as before.

For the first time, fans got to know this side of Lin Xin: she would laugh out loud, she would be shy, she would get angry, and she would question things loudly.

The video transitioned again, with a line of text typed out on the screen—[In the most painful of times, they met.]

After the transition, a photo appeared. It contained a snippet of Lin Xin’s Weibo post, a letter from Lin Xin to all her fans.

That time, the trending topic was Ye Linghua’s injury. That time was also the first time Lin Xin got angry.

She didn’t even use foul language. She spoke on Weibo about her own fault, saying she hadn’t given enough guidance, which was why the person next to her got hurt.

A line of text popped up again on the screen.

[In this life, they protect each other.]

At this moment, everyone, both acquaintances and strangers, rejoiced for Lin Xin’s hard-won relationship.

Fortunately, just as the saying goes—time ultimately did not fail her.

She found a person worthy of her devotion, and her wait finally resulted in a cherished love.

The latter half of the video featured the two women’s recent reality show.

This was the most material Banana Bread could get on the two of them: their interactions during the live broadcast, and their loving antagonism during the game, even when they were opponents.

From the earliest scene where they stood on opposite sides of the team, and Lin Xin secretly watched her, that look making hearts flutter, while Ye Linghua on the other side was merely staring blankly at the sea.

To the moment Ye Linghua felt Lin Xin’s gaze and playfully responded—a beautiful love as they looked back at each other against the backdrop of such an exquisite seascape!

It infected every viewer in front of the screen, moving them to feel as if they, too, were falling in love.

Banana Bread recorded the entire game, cutting in every moment where love could be felt.

The video used slow motion, matching music, and atmosphere. Even without genuine affection, one could edit in an inexplicable feeling.

What’s more, Ye Linghua and Lin Xin were as real as it gets.

The natural affection, the eye contact, the doting looks—in this slow motion, there was no place to hide.

Ye Linghua’s triumphant smile when she intentionally missed the ball, her look of relief when she headed the ball back into the goal for Lin Xin…

Everything was clearly displayed on the screen.

The joy of Lin Xin hugging Ye Linghua on the blue sky, clear sea, and golden sand beach, was Ye Linghua’s joy too!

The video finally drew to a close, and the music slowly faded.

The ending was marked by just two photos.

The first photo was a composite of two images: on the left was Lin Xin’s divorce Weibo post and Zheng Lanwen’s public post that day. The divorce post was always so cold and full of sorrow. On the right was the lonely figure of Lin Xin sitting by the villa entrance, hugging her knees.

Ding…

The second photo was the final ending shot.

It was a sunny spring day on the fine sand beach. Lin Xin and Ye Linghua lay on a beach mat, their foreheads touching, sound asleep.

They smiled at the corners of their mouths, as if immersed in some beautiful dream…

[Having you in my life, loving you my whole life.]

—Wishing you a lifetime of happiness, your Star Sisters.

The video ended. Everyone who watched it felt immersed in a soft world, leaving them feeling pleasant in body and mind.

That night, the Morning Star couple gained 2 million fans.

This unprecedented surge in fan numbers shocked everyone in the entertainment industry.

It also left an indelible mark on the history of CPs for the Morning Star couple.

Ye Linghua looked at the last photo, raised an eyebrow at Lin Xin beside her, and asked: “This photo couldn’t have been taken by a fan.”

A close-up photo of them sleeping on the beach? Where would a fan get that?

Fans were not allowed to get close in the past few days. Even the earlier high-definition footage could be explained by the editor having a professional camera.

But this kind of close-up, frontal shot of them lying down, unless it was taken with a drone, it couldn’t have been captured from that distance.

Lin Xin choked. She quickly wiped away the tears that were about to fall from being moved by the video and said: “I didn’t give it to them.”

Ye Linghua chuckled: “I didn’t say you did!”

Lin Xin was momentarily speechless: “Then what do you mean?”

Ye Linghua leaned in, kissed her red lips, and added a smiling sentence between their lips: “I think it’s very good.”

Lin Xin’s attempt to ask What’s good? was swallowed by their grinding lips.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Zheng Lanwen was alone, constantly searching back and forth along the beach.

Luo Tian heard from the crew that Zheng Lanwen had been running to the beach where the competition was held every night for the past few days, constantly exploring the area alone, even jumping into the sea repeatedly in the darkness.

The crew was terrified, and Luo Tian rushed over as soon as he heard.

Late at night, he found a disheveled Zheng Lanwen on the beach. She was soaking wet, kneeling on the sand, meticulously feeling around with her hands, seemingly searching for something.

Her assistant, who was with her, was terrified and called out tearfully: “Brother Luo, come quickly. What’s wrong with Sister Zheng?”

Luo Tian looked around, then rushed to Zheng Lanwen and shouted: “What are you doing? Don’t you know there might be paparazzi secretly taking pictures? Are you crazy?”

Zheng Lanwen looked frantic. As she continued feeling the sand, she mumbled dejectedly: “It’s not here, it’s not here, it’s nowhere!”

Luo Tian pulled her up and asked loudly: “What are you looking for?!”

Zheng Lanwen seemed to have lost her soul. She looked vaguely at the sea, and finally, she replied in a daze: “A ring…”

Luo Tian was stunned: “A ring? What ring?”

Zheng Lanwen’s eyes were dull, but she still answered: “My wedding ring.”

Luo Tian was even more bewildered: “Wedding? What we…” His voice trailed off. Zheng Lanwen had been married, and only once.

So, of course she had a ring—a wedding ring.

Hers and Lin Xin’s… wedding ring.

Zheng Lanwen murmured: “It’s lost, just like I lost her.”

—”I can’t find it anymore.”