66 The Past Romance with Qiao Sisi (1 / 2)

Fangzhou’s memory flashed back to that autumn six years ago.

At that time, he was just starting his sophomore year, in the throes of youthful passion, when he met Qiao Sisi in a game and fell for her charming cuteness, confessing his feelings and wishing to be with her.

Back then, Qiao Sisi had just graduated from college, a minor eighteen-line celebrity, hustling through various drama sets as an extra.

In her spare time, her only hobby was gaming, a girl deeply addicted to the internet.

By a twist of fate, she met Fangzhou, and whenever they had time, they would game together, and gradually, she also fell for him.

When their online romance turned into reality, they were both cautious, fearing the other might be a disappointment.

Fortunately, neither deceived the other, and they successfully came together and fell in love.

Qiao Sisi was busy and couldn’t find the time to meet Fangzhou often, each encounter with him was like an emperor gracing a neglected palace.

Fortunately, Fangzhou understood and trusted her, and they enjoyed a sweet time of romance.

However, everything has an expiration date, and once the novelty wore off, the pretense faded, revealing their true selves.

Qiao Sisi was a bit willful and pampered, holding back her drama was already her limit.

About a month and a half into their relationship, Fangzhou saw her true colors.

For instance, during meals, she insisted on eating shrimp peeled by Fangzhou himself, or else she wouldn’t eat.

Or in the middle of the night, craving cake from a certain store, she would drag Fangzhou out to buy it.

Ark had a good temper, able to tolerate her whims and caprices, even more indulgent than before, so Qiao Sisi became even more fearless, clinging to Ark.

The few quarrels they had when together were because of Qiao Sisi’s filming.

Ark felt the roles she took were too bitter, too tiring, sometimes even requiring her to soak in cold water for hours during her period, which was unnecessary.

To film a scene, risking her own health, it really wasn’t worth it.

So he tried to communicate with her, hoping she would rest more and not push herself so hard, but perhaps the way he communicated wasn’t quite right, and it didn’t have a good effect.

Qiao Sisi couldn’t agree; she felt that as her boyfriend, Ark should be on her side, fully support her, understand her, not throw cold water on her when she came to him exhausted after filming.

After all, her dream was to become an actress, to stand on the highest podium, to become the brightest new star.

But her boyfriend actually suggested she rest at the age when she should be striving the hardest.

At that time, both were in their first relationship, young and naive, with fiery tempers that turned the world upside down at the slightest argument, almost blowing the roof off.

In a huff, Qiao Sisi blocked Ark, not speaking to him for nearly a week.

Until Ark found where she lived, apologized with his head bowed, and they reconciled for a while.

Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last.

A small web drama starring Qiao Sisi unexpectedly became a hit that autumn, and her name began to circulate in the entertainment industry.

This should have been a happy event, until Ark was exposed by netizens.

“Shock! Rising starlet Qiao Sisi caught embracing a young man on the street!”

Such romance news was fatal for any rising female star.

Especially since Qiao Sisi was a newcomer in the entertainment industry.

Once the relationship was confirmed, it meant she would almost lose her male fans and ‘ship’ fans.

Particularly as the web drama she starred in had a popular ‘ship’, officially announcing a relationship was akin to killing the ‘ship’ fans herself, tearing apart her future.

Qiao Sisi fell into anxiety and panic, but she didn’t choose to break up with Ark; she didn’t want to lose him.

66 Qiao Sisi’s Past Romance (2 / 2)

Caught off guard seeing his own image in the entertainment section, Ark was also surprised, and he understood what this meant for Qiao Sisi.

Moved by Qiao Sisi’s determination, Ark also wondered if he was holding her back.

At that time, Qiao Sisi lifted her delicate little face, hugged Ark dependently, and told him, “You’re not a burden, you’re my support.”

Perhaps motivated by the impending exposure of their relationship, Qiao Sisi became even more devoted to her acting career.

During that time, she practically lived on set, and Ark rarely had the chance to see her.

It was precisely when she was immersed in her career that Ark received a call from Qiao Sisi’s agent.

That indifferent middle-aged woman told him straight away.

“Sisi is going to stand on the award stage in the future, you’re not worthy of her.”

Ark was almost amused to anger, and immediately had a war of words with the middle-aged woman.

What exactly was said in the middle, he could no longer remember clearly.

But the words of the middle-aged woman were still fresh in his memory.

“No matter if you’ll be together in the future, you can’t be together now. Otherwise, I will put her on ice.”

“A female artist who can’t bring economic value and has violated the company’s contract, the compensation would be enough to keep her down for life.”

Five million.

That astronomical figure from his student days at Ark, even now, was enough to make one’s heart skip a beat.

That night, Ark received the contract sent by the agent, indeed signed by Qiao Sisi herself, even with her fingerprint.

He spent the whole night awake, and the next morning, he found Qiao Sisi and broke up with her face to face.

Qiao Sisi cried with blurred tears, still asking him why.

Ark didn’t want her to cling to him, nor did he want her to end her acting career because of him, so he carelessly told her.

“You’re too pretentious, no one can stand your temper.”

“I still prefer natural, unpretentious girls. Let’s break up.”

After that, Ark changed his contact information, even switched to a different game, no longer playing the one they knew.

The two, one a poor student, the other a star walking the flower path, henceforth had no more intersection.

Since then, Ark paid little attention to the entertainment industry.

“I’m afraid I’ll regret seeing you earn 208,000 a day.”

Back to reality, Ark, having made everything clear, smiled faintly at Qiao Sisi and joked.

In the hospital room, the starlet who had heard the whole story already had red-rimmed eyes.

She stared blankly at Ark, murmuring softly, “Why are you so foolish?”

“Not foolish at all, aren’t you doing quite well?”

Ark smiled, with a sense of relief as if he had let go of everything.

“I’m not noble, I just think, if it means getting entangled in someone else’s karma, then it’s better to stop here.”

“In other words, I don’t love you as much as I thought.”

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