CHAPTER 75: CHAPTER 75: SHE IS HIS FATE

"Rivers and Mountains as Usual" tells a story set in an alternate era, with Maeve Lane playing Ethan Grant, also Eliza Grant.

She has been disguising herself as a boy since childhood, serving as a hostage in the Kingdom of Quincy.

During the period of war, the Celestial Dynasty was weakening, and various heroes were rising.

To secure his empire’s future, the King of Quincy sent his fourth son, Ethan Grant, to the Celestial Dynasty as a hostage.

Upon their first meeting in the Royal Capital, Ethan was nine, and Miles Monarch was seven.

Ethan always kept in mind his identity as a hostage, remaining cautious at every step, yet he still attracted the attention of the Celestial Dynasty’s Crown Prince, Miles Monarch.

Through numerous life-and-death encounters, and time after time standing up, she gradually developed uncontrollable feelings for Miles Monarch.

But Miles Monarch didn’t care; he was flirtatious and affectionate, treating Ethan as a confidant while ignoring the emotions he saw in her eyes, slowly breaking Ethan’s heart.

The Crown Prince began governing at fifteen, executed powerful ministers at sixteen, visited the Six Kingdoms at seventeen, and quelled internal rebellion at eighteen.

People referred to him as: "The Celestial Dynasty’s lost gem, shining brilliance."

Yet, others didn’t know that Ethan was always by his side.

Miles Monarch thought that even if the Six Kingdoms invaded and the dynasty fell, Ethan would stand behind him.

However, Ethan volunteered at the age of twenty, and died heroically on the battlefield.

From that moment on, he never saw that Ethan who was all for him, again.

When the truth surfaced, Miles Monarch found her with elation, only to discover she had already someone else by her side, and he then understood what uncontrollable jealousy and heartbreak truly were.

He thought he was the light in Eliza’s life, but realized...

Eliza was his life.

...

Maeve Lane had studied the contents of the script thoroughly these days.

During this time, she also received a bizarre phone call from Sylvia Lane, with tears in her voice—

"Don’t think you’ve won, we’ll see!"

She frowned slightly, without thinking much of it.

Until later, Julian Fairchild’s studio suddenly posted a tweet!

@Julian Fairchild Studio v: After repeated negotiations and for personal reasons, Julian Fairchild withdrew from the "Illusionary Joy" cast last month. All related costs will be borne by our company.

The popularity of this tweet continued to rise, but the next tweet immediately caused an uproar among netizens!

@Julian Fairchild Studio v: Mr. Fairchild has been resting for over a month and will join the cast next week. Let us welcome the "Crown Prince"—Miles Monarch! @Julian Fairchild

— "Crown Prince??? Is it the Crown Prince I’m thinking of!!"

— "Miles Monarch! Filming starts next week, Crown Prince, this must be ’Rivers and Mountains as Usual’!"

— "Ah ha ha, Julian in costume will definitely look handsome!"

— "Though Best Actor Fairchild’s resources have significantly declined. ’Illusionary Joy’ was supposed to be a prime-time star before, but now he’s quit the cast and joined an online drama, this is absurd."

— "Yeah, although it’s a hot title, honestly, it’ll take time for this book to really blow up. Rushing to make it a TV series now, it will either explode or flop beyond recognition!"

Not having to act with Sylvia Lane anymore, Julian Fairchild’s fans were briefly happy before seeing these comments; many fans checked the cast details, only to have their joy turn cold!

— "Who is Maeve Lane! She’s playing the female lead with my Fairchild? Does she have any notable works?"

— "Regardless, Sylvia Lane is at least a new flower in the industry. I just googled Maeve Lane and found nothing! Is she worthy?!"

— "Can someone guide me to her Twitter! Damn, she’s so obscure I can’t even search her on Twitter! I’m furious! Which resource coffee with funds joined the cast, trying to use my Fairchild to pave the way and bleed him dry?!"

The crowd was furious!