Under the spotlight, a trail of tears suddenly streaked across the girl’s face.
She cried.
Many in the audience were affected, including those watching the live broadcast on TV. Yes, there’s no such thing as a truly selfless person—that would be too fake. Yun Ya’s kindness, her compassion and concern for her brother, were feelings that were more easily accepted by everyone and garnered sympathy.
Many silently prayed in their hearts, hoping that with all the good she had done, her brother would certainly recover.
Standing in the audience, Dong Xieyou watched the girl in the blazing lights at the center of the stage, her eyes gradually deepening.
When Yun Ya exited the stage, the host ca out to liven up the atmosphere, followed imdiately by the performances.
Yun Ya returned backstage, greeted by a wave of admiring and sympathetic gazes. Zhu Yangyang, who was about to go on stage, narrowed her eyes and walked over, smiling, "Miss Ji, with such a kind-hearted sister like you, your brother will surely recover."
Yun Ya glanced at her—a beautiful woman whose face she was sure she didn’t recognize—but still smiled politely, "Thank you."
Zhu Yangyang raised an eyebrow, "My na is Zhu Yangyang, ’Zhu’ as in Zhu Yingtai, ’Yangyang’ as in the grandeur of a great country."
Zhu Yangyang? The na sounded vaguely familiar.
The woman smiled and walked past her.
Tao Qing ca over and whispered, "You don’t know Zhu Yangyang?"
Yun Ya gave her a look that seed to say, should I know her?
Tao Qing chuckled. She had just returned from abroad, so it was normal not to know. She explained, "Zhu Yangyang is a top actress, with several Best Actress awards to her na. But what catches the most attention is her unrequited love for Ming Han."
Yet another admirer of Ming Han.
Tao Qing leaned in. "The flower pines for love, but the running water cares not. Ming Han has no interest in her, and Zhu Yangyang has always been arrogant, indifferent to others. The fact that she spoke to you so nicely a mont ago, I guess it’s because she saw you getting close to Ming Han and wanted to curry favor with you through the back door."
TV people are indeed gossip-sensitive, but Tao Qing was not wrong. Zhu Yangyang was indeed trying to engage with Ji Yunya on purpose, all because of Ming Han.
Yun Ya raised an eyebrow and laughed, "Is that so? But emotions are sothing no one can control. Father Ming Han doesn’t like her, and even if she cos to , I’m powerless to help."
Yun Ya looked up to see an elegant figure not far away. The mont she looked over, the woman nodded and smiled at her, then looked away.
Tao Qing followed Yun Ya’s gaze and quickly introduced, "That woman is Ruan Ming. She ranks alongside Zhu Yangyang among the four great actresses, though she cos in last, with neither the popularity, strength, nor awards to match Zhu Yangyang. But she and Zhu Yangyang are best friends."
Zhu Yangyang is stunning, all charm, the type everyone loves, while Ruan Ming has a more subdued beauty. Her features are delicate but lack refinent; however, she has a very good temperant, giving off a ’good wife and wise mother’ vibe.
Yun Ya didn’t make another appearance after that, retreating to the dressing room to wait for the evening event to end before having supper with Ming Han and going ho.
During her free ti, Yun Ya searched for gossip about Ming Han online. She typed ’Ming Han scandal girlfriend’ into the search box and thousands of results ca up instantly, with Zhu Yangyang being ntioned the most.
Over the years, Ming Han’s love life has been a blank slate with hardly any rumors, except for Zhu Yangyang. But it’s a one-sided fervor; Zhu Yangyang has been throwing herself at Ming Han for years, earning her the nickna ’sticky plaster’ by the Bright Sect.
One old forum leak caught Yun Ya’s attention. It claid that Zhu Yangyang and Ruan Ming’s best friend relationship was all for show. It bad-mouthed Ruan Ming as a ’scheming b*tch,’ always clinging to Zhu Yangyang. Their supposed best friend relationship was rely a thod for the forr to climb the social ladder.
Ruan Ming and Zhu Yangyang were classmates in college and even dorm room friends. After graduation, they both entered the entertainnt industry. Zhu Yangyang shot to fa with a TV drama and gradually made her mark in the movie industry. At that ti, Ruan Ming was still unknown, playing bit parts in various productions. Later, in a movie Zhu Yangyang and Ming Han starred in together, Ruan Ming played a small role with just two lines. It was Ruan Ming who took the initiative to reveal her best friend relationship with Zhu Yangyang. From then on, hitching her na to Zhu Yangyang, her fa started to rise until she had shot several critically acclaid movies. Yet her comrcial value could never compare to Zhu Yangyang, and to this day, people say her inclusion among the four great actresses was only achieved through her association with Zhu Yangyang.
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