WBSGVS Chapter 164 V1

The original host in this life was named Huo Qingli.

But unlike typical transmigrated characters, she was the female lead in a tragic, emotionally intense love story.

As a child, Huo Qingli had leukemia. She was frail, constantly in and out of trouble, and had to stay in the hospital all the time for treatments and donor matches.

That period happened to coincide with the early stages of her father Huo Changrong’s business career, and her mother Feng Ying was also busy. So, Huo Qingli had to take care of herself. She stayed alone in the hospital.

Coincidentally, there was another little girl in the same hospital room. The two quickly became good friends and played together.

Huo Qingli’s parents were very strict. She wasn’t allowed to leave the hospital, and her only playmate wasn’t always available—she would often be taken out by her parents.

The nurses felt sorry for her and told her that there was a little boy downstairs who was also recovering.

Huo Qingli came up with an idea: she tied a toy to a string and lowered it down to see if he wanted it.

At first, there was no response. But she didn’t give up. She kept changing the toy and adding cute stickers until finally, the boy pulled on the string and started playing along.

What started as a simple toy exchange turned into a secret pen-pal friendship, filled with little letters that added color to their dull lives.

They became close friends who played together through that single string—until the day the boy was discharged.

Huo Qingli happened to be out for a rare dinner with her parents. When she returned, the boy was gone.

Their conversations, written in childish notes, gradually faded from memory. Later, she found a donor match and had a successful operation. Her family’s business then required them to move to another city, and she completely forgot about the boy.

She never knew that in that same hospital room, the girl who stayed behind—her old roommate—had met the boy when he came with his parents to find the pen-pal who had sent him the toys.

When the boy asked for the girl’s name, she said, “Xu Yin.”

Had this just been a simple story, the two of them might never have crossed paths again—and that would’ve been that.

But fate had other plans.

When Huo Qingli was sixteen, she returned to her former school and fell in love with the rebellious school bad boy, Shen Yanjun.

Even more coincidentally, their parents were business partners and often had dinner together. Huo Qingli and Shen Yanjun would frequently meet. But she was too shy to confess her feelings.

When she finally mustered the courage, her close friend Xu Yin appeared—with Shen Yanjun—and introduced him as her boyfriend.

But Xu Yin knew Huo Qingli liked Shen Yanjun!

The shock crushed all of Huo Qingli’s courage. She stayed quiet, watching from the sidelines. Yet Xu Yin would still drag her along to dinners and movies with Shen Yanjun.

Huo Qingli couldn’t bring herself to refuse and kept torturing herself like this day after day.

She had grown up pampered and loved by her parents and older brother. Her parents always told her not to worry about anything—just be happy.

And she had always lived like that—until she met Shen Yanjun and fell into this emotional pit.

To improve her family’s finances, Xu Yin became an ad model in high school through Shen Yanjun’s connections. Not wanting to fall behind, Huo Qingli joined her family’s entertainment company and debuted in a girl group.

She didn’t want to lose to Xu Yin in anything.

Eventually, Shen Yanjun’s mother learned about his relationship with Xu Yin and blamed her for his lack of ambition. She paid Xu Yin to leave—and she did.

Huo Qingli, unaware of the real reason, thought her chance had finally come. She didn’t want to miss out again. Her time in the entertainment world had made her bolder. So she approached Shen Yanjun and confessed her feelings.

Still reeling from heartbreak, Shen Yanjun lashed out. He said she was disgusting for confessing to her best friend’s boyfriend.

His words hit hard, and she began doubting herself. But she still couldn’t let go, especially with both sets of parents supporting the match.

After graduating from high school, Shen Yanjun decided to rebel against his family and refused to inherit the family business. Instead, he joined the entertainment industry as a small-time actor.

Maybe it was his “male lead” aura, but even though his family tried to suppress him behind the scenes, Shen Yanjun’s looks helped him rise to fame. He landed great roles and even got nominated twice for Best Actor.

Meanwhile, Huo Qingli loyally followed him wherever he went. If he was filming, she’d be there. If he was on a variety show, she’d join. She became known in the entertainment world as the infamous simp.

That nickname was mostly used by haters for laughs—most people didn’t mean it maliciously. After all, girls could chase boys too, right? But Shen Yanjun’s fans were a different story—they hated her and constantly flamed her online.

But Huo Qingli didn’t care. Because Shen Yanjun had started to warm up to her.

Sometimes they’d do normal couple things—go to the movies, eat out. They’d even get chased by paparazzi.

At 21, under pressure from both families, Shen Yanjun finally proposed to her.

Huo Qingli burst into tears, believing her hardships had finally paid off. She scaled back her career to focus on being a good wife.

But that was when Xu Yin returned from studying abroad—the same Xu Yin who had taken the hush money and disappeared. Now, due to a work collaboration, she and Shen Yanjun were constantly together again.

Shen Yanjun had always cared less about his fans than most idols. He’d never hidden his relationship with Huo Qingli.

But he also didn’t see a problem with staying up late talking to another woman.

When the first rumors of infidelity surfaced, Shen Yanjun’s fans, who were used to heartbreak, pounced on Huo Qingli, thrilled that he’d finally dumped her.

Once they learned the new woman was a highly educated overseas returnee, their disdain for Huo Qingli only grew.

People started urging her to leave him, but she couldn’t. Shen Yanjun still resented Xu Yin for taking the money and vanishing. When Huo Qingli asked about it, he denied rekindling any old flame, which only made her more reluctant to leave.

But you can’t lie to yourself forever.