"Feifei, your face is becoming more and more perfect," the handsome man leaned down and whispered in the woman's ear, looking at her in the mirror and rubbing her cheek with his hand. "You've been by Qin Mo's side for five years. For the sake of this face, he will definitely remember your past feelings."
The woman looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in the mirror, her face pale, her tightly clenched hands trembling slightly: "Yan Wang, back then you went to the hospital, stayed with me, and took care of me, was it only because of Ye Qingqing?"
Ye Qingqing, Qin Mo's most beloved woman, is also his unforgettable love.
Yan Wang smiled and said, "Of course not, I really like you..."
The woman's eyes trembled slightly.
“…that face,” Yan Wang straightened up, “go back to Qin Mo’s side.”
Go back to Qin Mo's side.
These words haunted her like a nightmare for three days and three nights.
It was late at night.
The woman sat in front of the vanity, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face reflected in the broken mirror.
Her slightly raised eyebrows turned into almond-shaped eyes, filled with pitch-black despair.
On the left cheek, the burn scar has been so faded that it is barely noticeable. Only by looking closely can one see the faint, uneven scar.
After a long while, she reached out and gently stroked his face, rubbing her palm with her eyes half-closed, as if enjoying her lover's caress.
The next second, she suddenly pulled her hand back, grabbed a shard of mirror, and slashed it hard across her left cheek.
A bloodstain suddenly appeared, and blood gushed out instantly, sliding down her pale cheek to her chin like teardrops.
The woman still clutched the shards tightly, looked at herself in the mirror, and chuckled softly.
This face.
It's all the same face...
The person she loved only saw her as a substitute.
Her benefactor was also for this face.
She's nothing but a fake.
Six years ago, she was twenty years old, fresh out of school, and was discovered by a talent scout to become a print model. Later, she signed with an entertainment company and officially entered the entertainment industry.
Without any background or fame, she could only take on minor roles on the fringes of this industry.
Until that day, she was arranged by her company to attend a charity gala, where she sat in the most inconspicuous corner. But Qin Mo walked up to her amidst the crowd, looked at her face, and said, "Come with me."
This is Qin Mo, the president of Xingchen Company. He is incomparably handsome, aloof, calm and self-possessed, yet also morally upright.
She agreed almost imperceptibly.
Qin Mo treated her really well, giving her the best resources, taking her to various banquets, gently kissing her forehead, and even saying, "I love the way you close your eyes and wait for my kiss."
He successfully launched her into the film industry. She also worked tirelessly to hone her acting skills, not only because she didn't want to be labeled a "resource-backed" actress, but also because she didn't want others to question Qin Mo's judgment.
In her third year in the industry, one of her art films won Best Film at an international film festival, and she also won the Best Newcomer award, becoming the second Asian actress to receive this honor.
The future looks bright.
Gradually, her relationship with Qin Mo began to be accepted by everyone, who were happy to see it happen.
She once asked Qin Mo, "Why are you so good to me?"
Qin Mo looked at her and said, "Because you're a good girl."
She then asked, "What exactly is our relationship?"
He pulled her into his arms, his chin resting lightly on the top of her head in an intimate gesture. She couldn't see his expression, but she heard him say, "Of course we're boyfriend and girlfriend."
Boyfriend and girlfriend.
These were the most beautiful words of love she had ever heard.
Even after she and Qin Mo had a minor disagreement, and she went to the film set and ignored him for a week in a fit of pique, Qin Mo came to the set in person and proposed to her.
He said he couldn't live without her.
She agreed while crying.
However, later, while filming on set, she saw a trending topic: Jiang Fei and Starry Sky CEO Qin Mo were publicly showing affection, showering everyone with "dog food" (a Chinese slang term for public displays of affection).
The accompanying image is a set of animated GIFs.
In the GIF, a woman is curled up in Qin Mo's arms, crying emotionally. Qin Mo is gently wiping away her tears.
Jiang Fei's hand holding the phone trembled.
That's not her.
However, the face of the woman in the GIF when she looked up bore a striking resemblance to her.
Without telling anyone, she left the film set and returned to the apartment Qin Mo had bought for her, only to receive the news that Qin Mo wanted to break up with her.
They're no longer boyfriend and girlfriend, so the marriage proposal doesn't count.
There's only one reason: Ye Qingqing is back.
She pleaded with him to stay, clutching his arm and pouring out her feelings, but Qin Mo still left, prying her hands off and walking away resolutely.
As she was leaving, she asked him, "Why do you like her?"
Qin Mo paused, then smiled and said, "Qingqing is the most disobedient person in the world."
He demanded obedience from her.
However, he indulged Ye Qingqing to the extreme.
It's ridiculous. She was with him for five years, but she was just a substitute.
The apartment, the movie she was filming, and a bank card were Qin Mo's breakup gifts to her.
Three days later, Qin Mo revealed Ye Qingqing's identity, saying: "Qingqing is Qingqing, not anyone else."
The other person is her.
From that day on, the name Jiang Fei became a complete joke.
She avoided all news about the two men, refused to look at their photos, and returned to the film crew in a daze, still unable to escape everyone's pointing fingers and whispers.
In the final scene, there is a shot of a house exploding.
In her daze, she misremembered the location, only remembering that her body was thrown aside by the airflow and that a huge fire broke out around her.
Everyone screamed and ran away, but she remained lying on the ground, unable to get up, her body burning with intense pain.
She didn't know who saved her, but before she lost consciousness, there was someone calmly directing something outside the door; those people called him "Mr. Yan".
When I woke up again, I was in the hospital. My burns weren't too severe, but my left cheek was disfigured and my vision had become blurry.
All the flowers, applause, and friends that had surrounded her vanished overnight. The media tried every means to take photos of her disfigured face, and reporters disguised themselves and barged in to ask her if she knew that Qin Mo and Ye Qingqing were getting married soon.
She was all alone in the hospital, enduring both physical and psychological torment.
It was at this time that Yan Wang appeared.
This notorious playboy in the entertainment industry has the unfathomable Yan family behind him, allowing him to get whatever he wants.
He came to her side, changing his previous philandering ways, and stayed with her through her most painful time, encouraging her to emerge from the shadows of the past, telling her jokes, cheering her up, and even finding the world's top plastic surgeon to repair the scars on her face.
Even though her injuries have healed since the burns, she still doesn't dare to leave the hospital, doesn't dare to face her disfigured self, and even less dare to face the camera.
She avoided the hospital for a year.
Yan Wang also spent a year with her.
Without Yan Wang, perhaps she really couldn't hold on any longer.
But what did she get in return?
The reconstructive surgery is progressing smoothly; her face is recovering well, and her vision is slowly returning.
After the final repair and the last surgery, the doctor handed her a mirror.
The scars on her face have faded, but even though it's clearly her face, it feels strangely unfamiliar.
She thought it was because her eyesight was still very weak and needed to be restored.
Until one day, she saw a photo on Yan Wang's phone.
The girl in the photo has a smile in her almond-shaped eyes and is looking at the camera coquettishly, stretching out her hand as if she wants to cover her face.
This is the girl Yan Wang truly likes.
That face!
It's all too familiar.
Ye Qingqing.
The plastic surgery not only repaired the scars on her face, but also... her eyes, which were different from Ye Qingqing's.
No wonder Qin Mo said he liked the way she looked with her eyes closed.
No wonder Yan Wang took the initiative to approach her, and even asked her to seduce Qin Mo again!
All they love is this face.
As long as she lives, she will forever be shrouded in the shadow of that face!
Then she'll destroy it!
Completely destroyed!
...
Jiang Fei opened her eyes. Her vision was blurry, and she could only vaguely see a white expanse around her and smell a strong disinfectant odor.
A burning pain shot through my left leg, left arm, and lower abdomen, and was even worse on my left cheek; even a slight frown would cause a piercing pain in my cheek.
"System," she hurriedly called out in her mind.
The system immediately understood: "[Most of the host's pain has been reduced.]"
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Fei immediately felt the pain in her body lessen considerably. Only her cheeks were still burning and throbbing, but it was bearable.
Freed from the torment of pain, and thinking of the memories of the original owner that she had just received, Jiang Fei couldn't help but sigh softly.
It seems she traveled to the aftermath of that explosion.
If she felt detached from the world in the last world, she truly began to perceive the overwhelming despair in this world.
[System: Host, would you like to unlock hidden storylines?]
Jiang Fei asked, puzzled: "Hidden plot?"
[System: Yes, this plot does not exist in the original owner's memories.]
Jiang Fei felt a heat between her brows, and the plot unfolded before her eyes.
It turns out that the original owner was in a rebirth novel.
Ye Qingqing is the female protagonist of this novel. She once splashed wine on Qin Mo's face at a banquet, and from then on, she splashed wine into Qin Mo's heart.
However, Ye Qingqing was in love with Yan Yunzhou.
Yan Yunzhou is the behind-the-scenes power holder of the Yan family, Yan Wang's half-brother, and the real big boss.
He was in poor health from childhood, suffering from heart failure due to heart disease. His frail health also contributed to his indifferent nature and casual attitude towards life, yet he possessed a sickly yet elegant face.
Ye Qingqing naturally fell in love with such a wealthy, noble, experienced, elegant, and beautiful woman at first sight.
No matter how she pursued him, how she showed concern for his well-being, how she smiled and flattered him, and how she relentlessly inquired about his preferences, Yan Yunzhou never accepted her.
On the contrary, Yan Yunzhou's younger brother, Yan Wang, was displeased when he saw Ye Qingqing pursuing his half-brother so actively. He wanted to snatch Ye Qingqing away, but unexpectedly, he actually fell in love with her.
Later, Ye Qingqing didn't believe that Yan Yunzhou had no feelings for her, so she went to the outskirts of the city alone and said that she had been kidnapped in order to test Yan Yunzhou's heart. However, she didn't expect to actually encounter kidnappers.
What Ye Qingqing didn't know was that Yan Yunzhou was unwilling to accept anyone because of his health condition. So, upon learning that she had been kidnapped, Yan Yunzhou immediately called Qin Mo and asked him to rescue her.
Qin Mo was too late; Ye Qingqing died in despair during the kidnapping.
Qin Mo also successfully married the original owner of the body who looked exactly like Ye Qingqing, and drank heavily every year on the anniversary of Ye Qingqing's death.
This is the plot from a previous life.
Later, Ye Qingqing was reborn.
After being reborn, she realized that Qin Mo was the one who loved her the most, even though his fiancée was chosen based on her appearance. So she returned to Qin Mo's side, crying and saying that she wanted to be with him.
When the real person arrived, the stand-in who had been by his side for five years was naturally abandoned.
And that's how the rest of the story happened.
Jiang Fei sighed softly, trying to open her eyes wide to look around. Her eyesight was very weak, and she could only barely make out obstacles. She reached out and touched the water glass on the table beside her, about to pick it up...
"Miss Jiang, you mustn't move." The nurse at the door whispered, stepped forward, and carefully moistened her dry lips with a cotton swab dipped in water.
Jiang Fei pursed her lips helplessly, but finally took the water glass from the nurse and drank a few mouthfuls.
“Miss Jiang…” The nurse was full of surprise. She looked at the burns on her arms and face, which were bleeding again because of her movements, and then at her indifferent expression and unfocused eyes. Her eyes reddened. “Miss Jiang, don’t worry, we will definitely guard against them from now on and will not let the paparazzi in disguise again.”
Jiang Fei put the water glass aside and thought about it carefully.
It is true that this happened. The paparazzi took photos of her after she was injured and released them to the public, which gave Yan Wang an opportunity to get close to her.
"Thank you." Jiang Fei's voice was dry and hoarse because of her neck injury.
The nurse shook her head hurriedly.
It wasn't until the nurse left that Jiang Fei realized something: "Who is my target this time?"
Please don't let it be like the last world, where you suddenly turn a corner and encounter a little kid with a bounty and goodwill rating above her head.
[Qin Mo: Bounty of 4 million spirit coins; Current favorability: 5.]
[Yan Wang: Bounty of 5 million spirit coins; Current favorability -10.]
The system remained silent for a moment.
Just when Jiang Fei thought it was over, the system suddenly said again.
[Yan Yunzhou: Bounty 5 million spirit coins, current favorability 0.]
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