The Rebirth of a Top Star

Dou Shiyan was a gentleman; he escorted Shen Nanqiao home fully clothed, without even taking off her coat or closing the bedroom door behind her.

The layout here is the same as the one upstairs from Song Shiyuan, so as soon as Song Shiyuan enters, he can see Shen Nanqiao's ankles sticking out from the bed, still wearing high heels, dangling by the bedside.

Song Shiyuan told himself not to go forward, but his feet couldn't help but move forward. He stood at the door of Shen Nanqiao's bedroom.

The reason why the upstairs layout is the same as the downstairs layout is not because they are from the same community and have the same layout, but because when Song Shiyuan bought this place, the upstairs was the first place he liked.

However, because I was worried that my occasional exercise at home might disturb the downstairs neighbors' rest, I didn't know the actual soundproofing situation.

So Song Shiyuan bought both the upstairs and downstairs apartments together and renovated them at the same time, without making any distinction.

Song Shiyuan, who was decorating at the time, had no idea that she would meet Shen Nanqiao during this period. So now, Song Shiyuan felt very uncomfortable looking at the gray and drab home decor. Don't girls all like pink?

Song Shiyuan didn't understand girls well. The only girl he had ever interacted with since childhood was Gu Leyi, but Gu Leyi was a mischievous and unruly girl.

Song Shiyuan is only now realizing that there is still so much he needs to learn.

Shen Nanqiao was sleeping soundly, then turned over on the soft bed and switched feet.

Looking at Shen Nanqiao's high heels, Song Shiyuan found them increasingly displeasing. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he stepped forward and gently took off Shen Nanqiao's shoes.

Because the shoes fit perfectly, Song Shiyuan's movement wasn't very smooth. Shen Nanqiao, feeling the external force, almost wanted to pull her foot away.

Song Shiyuan gently grasped her slender ankle.

Shen Nanqiao's ankles were beautiful, with prominent joints and firm skin. The moment Song Shiyuan touched them, he paused for a second, reacting before Shen Nanqiao could make any further moves. He then quickened his pace, smoothly removing Shen Nanqiao's high heels and placing them neatly by the bedside.

Song Shiyuan didn't touch any of Shen Nanqiao's other clothes either.

He picked up a corner of the blanket that Shen Nanqiao had kicked aside and gently covered her with it.

His exposed soles were covered by soft fabric, and Song Shiyuan's heart seemed to be covered by something unseen; he felt like he couldn't breathe.

After taking a deep look at Shen Nanqiao's sleeping profile, Song Shiyuan left Shen Nanqiao's house.

He quietly passed through the entrance hall, then went out and slammed the door shut behind him.

The standardized door design here is to prevent residents from leaving the door unattended and not closing it properly. Therefore, the door now uses a two-tap closing mechanism: first, touch the lock, and then tap it to close the door.

All the homeowners know this, but outsiders, such as Dou Shiyan, do not live here, so they lack this kind of common sense.

Song Shiyuan stood at the door of Shen Nanqiao's house, his back to the door. He felt a little strange. He was just worried because he saw that Shen Nanqiao's door was not closed properly, so he pushed the door open and went in.

Logically, after a quick check and seeing that no one else had gone in, Song Shiyuan should have left.

I don't know if his behavior just now was due to the influence of the "landlord" mentality or something else.

Song Shiyuan felt somewhat remorseful, realizing that this behavior was, in principle, wrong.

However, Song Shiyuan stretched out his right hand and looked at his palm, which was completely unmarked, yet still seemed to retain Shen Nanqiao's body temperature.

Song Shiyuan was truly lost in thought.

He arrived home ten minutes later. What should have been a half-minute walk took Song Shiyuan a long stroll.

The moment he opened his own door, he wondered if he had closed Shen Nanqiao's door properly. Not caring about his own door, he went downstairs to check again before returning home.

Shen Nanqiao was unaware of all that was happening. After drinking, she slept very comfortably and soundly.

She woke up the next day without any hangover, just a simple thirst. She got up and looked at her clothes, which were the same ones she had worn the day before.

She knew Dou Shiyan was a gentleman and would never touch her clothes, but Shen Nanqiao, standing barefoot on the floor, saw her high heels neatly arranged on the bed and couldn't help but admire Dou Shiyan: Not bad, you've improved, you even know to take off my high heels.

On the other side, Dou Shiyan, who had just gotten up, sneezed violently. He hadn't drunk much yesterday, so it didn't affect his work at all.

After turning on the news broadcast on my tablet in the morning, I started grinding coffee by hand.

He enjoys the process of waking up in the early morning.

He checked the time, figuring Shen Nanqiao should be getting up, and sent her a message: "Get drunk and all your sadness will be gone. I hope you're in a good mood today." He followed it with a rather cheesy picture of a blooming rose.

Shen Nanqiao was already washing up. The toilet was now more than four times the size of the previous one, but looking at her perfectly arranged skincare products, Shen Nanqiao felt that something was still missing. If asked, Shen Nanqiao would say that she felt something was missing.

Shen Nanqiao replied to Dou Shiyan promptly upon seeing the message today. After that brief moment yesterday, Shen Nanqiao was no longer angry at all. She had even somewhat forgotten why she had tried this thing that could easily make her drunk yesterday.

Shen Nanqiao happily ate breakfast after washing up. No one knew that the man who witnessed everything yesterday had gone home and worked in his study all night, with almost zero work efficiency.

Dou Shiyan boasted to Shen Nanqiao, "I'm pretty reliable, aren't I? You got home safely."

Shen Nanqiao wasn't buying it. She first sent him a series of emojis, then said, "Isn't this something a gentleman like you would do all the time?"

Shen Nanqiao had some personal matters to attend to, and after saying that, she didn't respond to Dou Shiyan's roundabout remarks.

I got home at night; there were no stars tonight.

Shen Nanqiao got out of the car and returned home. In the elevator, she received a message from the director. The message loop kept spinning for a long time, and Shen Nanqiao's eyes were getting tired. Finally, when she arrived at her door, there was a ding-dong sound, and she received the message.

That was an apology letter sent by Director Song in official language.

Shen Nanqiao only then learned the specific details of how the matter was handled. In fact, Shen Nanqiao was quite surprised that Director Song, despite the possibility of the program being interrupted, directly kicked Wu Miaomiao and Xing Anhe out of the program.

The official announcement that a new guest would be arriving in three days was surprisingly straightforward, indicating a complete replacement.

Looking at Director Song's sincere apology, Shen Nanqiao felt embarrassed to actually be angry with the production team. Her popularity was much higher than before, and it was all thanks to the show's popularity.

Shen Nanqiao answered Director Song earnestly.

He didn't expect Wu Miaomiao to leave so quickly and so completely. Everyone online knows that the two of them have been removed from the show, but no one has come out to say for sure what the reason is.

However, unofficial rumors were rampant, and Shen Nanqiao was neither interested nor willing to click to see if Xing Anhe's white buttocks were visible.

She's only curious about one thing now: the official announcement that new people will be joining, and it's emphasized that these new people aren't necessarily from the entertainment industry; they might include guests who weren't previously in the industry.

Shen Nanqiao was very curious, but there was no need to rush; time passed quickly.

When Shen Nanqiao was about to head to the Heartbeat House, she saw the photos of the new guest that had been officially announced at noon. Shen Nanqiao never dreamed that the person in the photo who was going to meet her on the show today would be Dou Shiyan.

Is this the kind of unspoken surprise? More like a shock!

Shen Nanqiao was still sitting in the car when she started bombarding Dou Shiyan with messages. By the time Dou Shiyan saw the messages, he was already sitting in the production team's dressing room. Not only did Dou Shiyan see Shen Nanqiao's messages clearly, but the makeup artist who was doing his makeup later also saw them clearly.

Unable to resist asking gossip-lovingly, "Mr. Dou, did you come here because of Qiao Qiao?"

Most of the time, only Shen Nanqiao's fans would affectionately call her Qiaoqiao. Dou Shiyan glanced at the makeup artist through the mirror.

He initially refused to wear makeup, saying that it was strange and ugly for a man to wear makeup, and that only thin, effeminate men would wear makeup.

This had always been Dou Shiyan's opinion as a staunchly straight man, but now, looking at the flawless and comfortable makeup in the mirror, along with his sword-like eyebrows that made him look very dashing, Dou Shiyan finally believed what the makeup artist had said to persuade him to wear makeup.

She said, "Only when you're wearing makeup can you fully show your appearance on camera." Dou Shiyan heard the makeup artist ask about his relationship with Shen Nanqiao, and he kept her in suspense.

She turned her face around in my line of sight, and it did look good. It wasn't a very bright lipstick, but it made her look healthier.

Dou Shiyan answered without hesitation, "Yes, I came because of Qiaoqiao."

Dou Shiyan learned it and started calling out "Qiao Qiao" too.

The makeup artist was shocked, as if she had discovered a huge secret. Seeing that Dou Shiyan still had the desire to share, she couldn't help but ask, "Did you know Qiao Qiao before you came to participate in the show, or did you get to know her after watching our show?"

This is very important for fans who ship Qiao Qiao with anyone else.

After receiving Dou Shiyan's arrogant affirmative answer, the makeup artist finally covered her mouth. Shock was palpable.

Dou Shiyan had finished his makeup and stood up to leave. The makeup artist picked up her phone and was sending messages, not even noticing Dou Shiyan's greeting to her.

Dou Shiyan was helpless, assuming that the makeup artist had something important to do, and didn't think to take another look.

If Dou Shiyan had stood up and glanced around, he would have noticed that the makeup artist was posting in a group chat related to Qiao Qiao: "Everyone, I've discovered something important. Don't worry about how I know this, just know that the new male guest today is here specifically for our Qiao Qiao."

Countless exclamation marks appeared. The current Shen Nanqiao is no longer the Shen Nanqiao who was ignored at the beginning. This variety show has made Shen Nanqiao a household name on the Internet.

Shen Nanqiao was unaware of all this. She wouldn't even know that the reason Dou Shiyan came to participate in this program was not because he had cleaned up all his work, nor because his family's collateral branches and those illegitimate children who couldn't be brought to the forefront had stopped causing trouble.

It was just because Dou Shiyan, who was usually very busy, stayed up late that night to watch a few episodes of Shen Nanqiao's variety show after taking her home. Before that, Dou Shiyan was so busy that he didn't need to charge his phone for three days.

As expected, Dou Shiyan, who had a crush on Shen Nanqiao, became jealous, especially after seeing the announcement about the product on the show the next day.

So he used his financial power to change the online heartthrob he was originally going to participate in to himself, a successful person.

He was happy to confess his feelings to Shen Nanqiao on the show and to promote her on the show.

He could tell that several people on the show liked Shen Nanqiao, but he wasn't sure if it was the show's tone or if people weren't brave enough these days, so they couldn't express their feelings directly on the show, and it didn't help Shen Nanqiao's popularity.

Dou Shiyan took a bold step and decided to do it himself.

He seemed to have forgotten that in the beginning, he had also secretly loved her for so many years, but dared not confess.

Shen Nanqiao met Dou Shiyan more than forty minutes after Dou Shiyan stopped replying to her messages. On the way there, she encountered the evening rush hour and the traffic was terrible.

Shen Nanqiao would have walked that last distance long ago if she hadn't been wearing high heels. She wanted to ask Dou Shiyan in front of him why he was giving up his comfortable CEO position to try and steal her job.

When Shen Nanqiao saw Dou Shiyan, he was sitting on the sofa being interviewed by the production team. Shen Nanqiao arrived very early. Apart from the new guests who came today, the other guests would arrive during dinner time.

So right now, the only one staring at Dou Shiyan is Shen Nanqiao. One second Dou Shiyan was talking eloquently, and the next second he saw Shen Nanqiao's undisguised and substantial gaze.

She glanced away nervously, avoiding both the production crew's camera and Shen Nanqiao sitting behind it.

Dou Shiyan slowed down his answering pace, and he still hadn't finished even after the other guest had already sat down.

Shen Nanqiao knew what Dou Shiyan was thinking, so she stopped looking at him and turned to talk to the girl who had just arrived. She was a very thin girl, much taller than herself, but looked almost as thin as herself.

Shen Nanqiao couldn't help but take a few more glances. Qiqi came up and greeted Shen Nanqiao: "Hello, Sister Nanqiao. I'm a fashion influencer. You can call me Qiqi."

Shen Nanqiao's kind gaze vanished, and she uttered her first compliment of the day: "You're so slim and beautiful."

Shen Nanqiao was certain that if she wanted to enter the entertainment industry, there would be plenty of companies wanting to sign her.

Shen Nanqiao also wanted to.

Suddenly, Shen Nanqiao was stunned by her own idea, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was not impossible.

If an actor becomes successful, they eventually become their own boss. So, if their future works become popular, or if their reputation as an actor improves, wouldn't it be worthwhile to consider opening their own studio?

In an instant, Shen Nanqiao was stunned by her own thoughts. Looking at Qiqi, who was still smiling at her, she said the first thing she wanted to say about starting her own company: "If you plan to enter the entertainment industry in the future, you can come and cooperate with me."

Shen Nanqiao didn't consider whether she could actually become a qualified studio owner; she had already made the boast of being a boss.

No one would refuse a mature opportunity, and neither would Qiqi.

She looked at Shen Nanqiao seriously and agreed.