Reborn to bury love, I can reach for the stars.

Shi Wanmeng returned to her room after taking a shower and was lying in bed reading a message from Xiaoxi when there was a knock on the door.

Who's still up so late? Even though that's what she thought, she still quickly got out of bed and opened the door.

Upon seeing Su Muqing standing outside the door, Shi Wanmeng raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Actually, spending these past two days with Su Muqing, I've found that she's very different from the Su Muqing I saw on the show in my previous life. Many details don't match up. I originally wanted to observe her again during the next recording, but I didn't expect her to come to me on her own now.

He led her to sit on the sofa in the room and asked, "Mu Qing, it's so late, is there something you need?"

Su Muqing didn't say anything, but just stared straight at her, then suddenly said, "Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger!"

"?"

Seeing that Wanmeng was just looking at her with surprise, Su Muqing continued, "Imperial Jade Liquor."

"?"

Su Muqing seemed unwilling to give up: "Love you walking alone in a dark alley?"

"..."

Looking at Shi Wanmeng's complex expression, a mixture of confusion and shock, Su Muqing felt as if all her energy had been drained away: "No, it's not her. It seems it's only me. Never mind." She murmured to herself, a sense of sadness enveloping her, her face visibly dejected.

"Are you alright, Mu Qing?" Shi Wanmeng was a little confused about the situation, but Su Mu Qing looked so sad.

Su Muqing looked at her with a complicated expression: "So you really can tell fortunes, haha. It's alright, sorry to bother you."

He got up and was about to leave.

Shi Wanmeng grabbed her hand, frowned, and said, "Can we talk?"

Su Muqing sat down blankly.

Seeing her expression, Shi Wanmeng carefully asked, "How do you know I'm accurate at fortune telling?"

Su Muqing just looked at her without saying a word.

"Let me put it another way. You know I'm right, right?"

Glancing at Su Muqing's expression, Shi Wanmeng continued, "Actually, I also find it strange. You and the person I saw are not the same."

Seeing her instantly freeze, Shi Wanmeng continued with her bombshell: "So, you are Su Muqing?"

"..."

A suffocating silence ensued. Just when Shi Wanmeng thought she wouldn't speak, Su Muqing sighed deeply, as if she had cast aside all burdens. She smiled at Shi Wanmeng and said in a deliberately casual tone, "I am Su Muqing, but I am not. And you are?"

Looking at the person opposite her who seemed indifferent but whose hands were still clenched tightly, Shi Wanmeng decided to take a gamble: "I come from the future, so I know about the future."

"A dream of the future?"

"Correct."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Su Muqing suddenly seemed dazed, and after a long while murmured, "I remember this isn't a rebirth novel..."

"???" This time, it was Shi Wanmeng's turn to be dumbfounded.

As if she had finally sorted out her thoughts, Su Muqing looked up into Shi Wanmeng's eyes and said earnestly, "Are you willing to believe me?"

Now it was Shi Wanmeng's turn to not know what to say, so she could only nod and say, "Go ahead."

“Then listen to me, don’t get excited.” After a pause, Su Muqing continued, “This world is a novel, and I come from another world.”

"???"

"I also call myself Su Muqing in my own world. I only read this book because the female protagonist has the same name as me."

What is the name of this book?

"It's called 'The Road to Becoming a Movie Queen'."

Best Actress? That makes sense. In the ten years I've known, Su Muqing went from a second-tier actress to a breakout star thanks to this show, landing several highly sought-after roles and eventually becoming a Best Actress. Then I heard she landed a role in a major international film…

So this is what they call the female lead? Then what am I?

Just as Shi Wanmeng was in a state of utter confusion, she heard Su Muqing continue, "This damn author is doing quite well in his writing career, but unfortunately, his love life is a complete mess. He always encounters scumbags, and his mind goes blank whenever it comes to matters of the heart. What's worse, he even gave it a terrible ending!! All I did was criticize it a bit harshly, right? Shouldn't this kind of writing be criticized? And then I woke up and found myself in this book. Tell me, isn't that unfair??"

"?"

No, there's too much information here, let me catch my breath first.

"So you know how everything will turn out?" Shi Wanmeng finally found her voice.

“I’ve only been here for less than six months. For the first half of the time, I followed the plot of the book. It wasn’t until I met you that things changed. So I thought you were from that world, just like me.”

Shi Wanmeng instantly understood what Su Muqing was trying to do when she first entered the room; they were exchanging secret signals?

"I had just celebrated my 33rd birthday, and then I woke up one morning to find myself 23 years old..."

"How long have you been reborn?"

"Less than a month, I suppose."

"How strange," Su Muqing thought for a moment, then gave up: "Never mind, it doesn't matter anyway. It's all like this now. Sigh, I've kept this in my heart for so long, it makes me feel much better to talk about it."

"..."

Sis, you really don't like to use your brain.

"So what's next? Are you just going to live according to... the book, the way it's written in the book?"

"That was the plan I had prepared, but after meeting you, I realized that the world can be changed, so I wanted to try something different."

Hmm, that sounds a bit ambiguous.

Shi Wan dreamed of asking her about herself, but didn't know how to bring it up.

Su Muqing seemed to sense her hesitation and said, "The book doesn't describe you much, but you probably already know what happened before. After your 33rd birthday, you were disheartened and wanted to retire from the entertainment industry, but your agency demanded an exorbitant penalty for breach of contract, and then you got drunk..."

"..."

Is it really that bad? I suddenly feel like joining in to criticize the author.

"No, then what's my role? I didn't participate in this program in my past life, and we had no connection whatsoever."

"If I remember correctly, your boyfriend later got together with my cousin."

Ha, still that same scoundrel.

"Okay, I feel so relieved after talking to you. I feel like I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight."

You can sleep now, but I can't sleep! Shi Wanmeng silently cried out in her heart.

"You should get some rest too, you have to record a show tomorrow," Su Muqing said after thinking for a moment. "It's getting late, let's add each other on WeChat after this episode is finished, we can talk about it later."

"Okay." I just needed to organize my thoughts.

After seeing Su Muqing off, I lay in bed, and some emotions belatedly welled up inside me. It turned out that my so-called ten years of hard work and struggle in the entertainment industry were just a minor role in someone else's story. It turned out that I was just a character in a book, and that everything was not up to me.

What about this time? Should we try harder again?

Too much information was swirling in her mind, and Shi Wanmeng felt like her brain was about to explode; she couldn't think of anything.

I buried my head in the pillow and tried to fall asleep, but the more I tried to sleep, the more awake I became.

Sure enough, I didn't sleep a wink all night.