The Gu family.
One of Country S's most influential aristocratic family. They were no inferior to the Si family both in terms of wealth and power.
The head of the Gu family, Gu Yiming, has three kids.
His first son, Gu Jingli joined the army while his second son, Gu Jingze took over the family business.
Gu Shiyuan is his only daughter and the last child. She joined the entertainment industry when she was 23 and immediately shot to fame with her first movie which was a high school teen drama.
The movie's box office sales had been good, which made her an instant hit and she was given the title 'nation's first love'.
After that, her development has been very smooth as she was given top notch resources.
Her scripts, the directors, producers and actors she worked with have always been the best.
Other newbies wouldn't even be able to get a quarter of the resources she has even after a lot of bootlicking on their part.
Her most indispensable asset is her family. They were quite open minded about her joining the entertainment industry and becoming an actress and she had their full support.
In terms of looks and background Gu Shiyuan was considered the best of the best.
The number of guys courting her could form a line around the country but Gu Shiyuan has never taken any one of them into consideration.
In their social circle it was an open secret that she likes Si Yehan as almost everyone knew about it.
Si Yehan of course never reciprocated her feelings but she had been persistent.
Until 5years ago when he got married to a girl with an unknown origin. Everyone was shocked to find out he was getting married to a commoner.
All the girls who chased him were unwilling to accept this, including Gu Shiyuan. She kicked up a fuss at home and refused to date anyone unless it was Si Yehan.
Knowing how Si Ming and Su An weren't in support of the marriage she was even more so persistent.
Her family tried to persuade her to give up but she was unwilling.
At the time when the news of Si Yehan's wife's death had been spreading like wildfire, she had been in Country Y shooting a movie.
The news quickly died down, however, the girls who have been chasing him considered this an opportunity.
Even though they knew he already has a son and the chances of them succeding were close to zero.
But unfortunately for them, ever since the death of his wife, Si Yehan and Si Xia barely made an appearance in any social or private gatherings.
When the news of him attending his father's birthday banquet came out, they were beyond thrilled.
When Gu Shiyuan came back she immediately went to find out the current news about Si Yehan. She was quite shocked when she heard about the death of his wife but was happy as well.
Her family had been invited to the banquet so she instantly got someone to prepare her outfit and let them know that she'll be attending.