Once Upon A Star

"Oh right, Director Ning asked for you again. No matter how many times you rejected him, he's still begging me to convince you to enter our agency. He said that you should reconsider, and it would be 'a waste of talent.'"

Yuan Xing rolled her eyes, "Remember when I asked for his opinion? Yea, me neither. Also, tell him to go do something more useful with his life, like fixing his marriage."

She could almost imagine him with sad puppy eyes as he crouched and drew circles in the corner. Whatever. Don't think about it. She had been receiving endless offers from scouts. It got to the point where she had to wear makeup sometimes to downplay her appearance.

Ning Fang was a Director working for Heavenly World Entertainment, a talent agency that was famous for its production in A and B-list musicians. He met Yuan Xing by chance during an outing with Jing Fei and immediately began to persistently recruit her. Unfortunately, she was disinterested and had no intention of becoming an artist. Her life was as messy as it was, thank you. No need to add to that mess. Not that it stopped Director Ning's schemes to get her into his agency.

Once, he had even threatened to cut off Jing Fei's movie offers if she didn't comply. She remembered tacitly telling him to screw off before she skewed his balls and revealed his secret affair to the media. She chuckled. Ahhh, good times.

Jing Fei sometimes wondered if her good friend was simply just lazy, otherwise, with her musical talent, she would have no problem entering the Sacred Arts Academy. She had asked Yuan Xing, whose then reply was a scoff, "Why would I create more trouble for myself when I could just be me?" Yuan Xing didn't realize that being her DID, in fact, warrantee more trouble.

"Anyway, did you hear about the new shopping mall being made near Pandora Heights? It looks really classy. Of course, I'd expect nothing less from CEO Song, that perfect specimen of a man. His dark eyes and those LASHES. Why is it men have better eyelashes than women? He looks so roguish with those muscles mmmm. I bet he has a lot of stamina if you get my drift." Jing Fei giggled and looked at Yuan Xing's bored face.

She should've guessed. Who was Yuan Xing? Someone who didn't give face to Wang Da, heir to one of the three top families in Imperial. No man could hold her interest, including CEO Song, who she had seen plenty of pictures of thanks to Jing Fei.

Yuan Xing's phone rang, and she looked down to see the message. After a minute or so, she looked back up with a dark expression. "I need to go, urgent business." Jing Fei knew that when Yuan Xing was like this, it was best not to ask any questions. She said her goodbyes and watched her leave in quick strides.

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In a warehouse outside the Imperial City.

Yuan Xing was sitting in a small room. The building was old but decent enough for emergency occasions. Currently, Yuan Xing was speedily typing away on a computer, green codes appearing one after the other. Although Yuan Xing was good at computers, she wasn't an expert and could be said to have decent skills.

It served its purpose though. Yuan Xing searched through the investigation results that came through earlier on. She placed a bug in the Police station's database and waited to see the fallout. She was especially good at this thanks to him.

Yuan Xing had no qualms about doing this, especially with her strong abhorrence towards the police. She paused and stretched her hands out, a small smile swiftly breezing through her face. It seems the games have begun.

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Yuan Household.

"That s.l.u.t, Yuan Xing! How dare she humiliate me. Mother! What is she still doing here?! I thought you had already taken care of her. She's clearly fine…" Yuan Min was pacing across the room, eyes blazing with hatred and anxiousness.

A refined lady was sitting in a chair, elegant and fragile. She wasn't particularly attractive however, the noble aura she released could not be ignored and was a tell of her significant background. This was Yang He, the Madam of the Yuan household.

She looked harmless, yet there was something…unhinged about her eyes. Like a deep-seated insanity that was barely being repressed. Yuan Min looked at the woman before him in complaint. Yang He was not actually his mother, as his biological mother was just a mistress, hence his status as an illegitimate child.

For the nth time, he could not help but curse that woman. 'If it weren't for that useless whore, I would've taken Yuan Xue's place as heir.' He grit his teeth in frustration and anger.

Yang He sweetly smiled at him, "All in good time, my son, all in good time. You won't have to worry about her and Yuan Xue much longer."

Yuan Min excitedly rubbed his hands together and chuckled, "As expected of Mother. But I especially want that bitch, Yuan Xing, to suffer. You can give her to me and my friends to play with. I'll make her pay."

Yuan Xing's face came to mind and his lower body jerked in anticipation. He let loose an eerie smile. 'Soon, she'll be mine.'