In 2008, there was a scandal in the Hong Kong entertainment industry that caused a sensation in the city - nude photos. Popular actresses Cecilia Cheung and Zhong Xintong were revealed to have taken indecent photos with actor Edison Chen.
This scandal undoubtedly has had an irreversible impact on the lives and acting careers of the two actresses.
Among them, Zhong Xintong suffered a double blow from public opinion and the public. She fell from the pride of the sky to the bottom overnight, all her work was stopped, and she had to change her face to return to the entertainment industry.
Now, time has passed, and Zhong Xintong's married life has also cracked. In 2018, she tied the knot with Taiwanese plastic surgeon Lai Hongguo, and it ended in divorce within two years.
After the divorce, Lai Hongguo bluntly said, "She doesn't love me at all, and she regrets it just after the wedding."
A marriage that began in a hurry and ended with regret makes us re-examine Zhong Xintong, a woman who has suffered many ups and downs. What is she pursuing? What kind of life does she want? When she stands at a fork in the road in life, where should she go? These questions are worth pondering.
No matter how the environment changes, everyone should learn how Xi look inside and find a way to live in harmony with themselves.
Zhong Xintong is a special post-80s generation. Her father died of illness when she was 1 year old, and she grew up in a single-parent family. In order to make ends meet, her mother could only send someone to the fence and take her to different relatives' homes to borrow it.
But there is no place that can truly give her a warm sense of belonging. She changed elementary schools and attended six different schools until she graduated from junior high school.
Frequent school transfers and moves made it impossible for Zhong Xintong to make close friends. She is introverted, not good at expressing herself, and can only hide her thoughts and emotions in her heart. In the days when someone else's house was under the fence, she was Xi to be silent, carefully avoiding trouble, so as not to add more burden to her already tired mother.
At the age of 16, Zhong Xintong was discovered by talent scouts to become a model and embarked on the road to the entertainment industry. The applause and bouquets from the outside world did not change her inner inferiority, but deepened her distrust of interpersonal relationships.
This self-doubt and sensitivity became the source of her restraint in her later love life. She is always looking for someone to rely on, but she can't really deliver herself because of her insecurity.
Edison Chen gave Zhong Xintong happiness, but also brought great harm.
The two met when Zhong Xintong first debuted. The sunny and handsome Edison Chen instantly took away Zhong Xintong's heart. She was deeply fascinated by him.
But the consequences of this relationship are painful. Edison Chen is distracted, but Zhong Xintong sees it in his eyes but can't do anything. She tried to keep Edison Chen through unconditional tolerance, and even allowed him to take intimate photos of the two.
However, in the end, Edison Chen chose to leave.
After five years of repeated separation, the relationship finally broke down. Just when Zhong Xintong thought she could start a new life, those photos were suddenly exposed, dragging her from the clouds to the quagmire.
Edison Chen, who could have reached out to help, not only did not speak for her, but instead named other victim girls in court and pushed her to the forefront. Zhong Xintong was in pain.
Edison Chen has left her too deeply traumatized. Nude photos took away everything she had worked so hard to build in the entertainment industry. Since then, she can no longer face life in front of the camera, and can only slowly rebuild herself in the shadows. Every time I think of it, Zhong Xintong will quietly shed tears in the dead of night.
Lai Hongguo's words showed the weakness of Zhong Xintong's choice of this marriage - she was not based on love at all.
The difficulties of many years of acting career have made Zhong Xintong's view of love skewed. She is Xi to passively waiting for pursuit, rather than actively choosing. In her view, marriage is the process of a man "marrying her".
So, when Lai Hongguo confessed and proposed, Zhong Xintong accepted it despite knowing that the other party had a history of cheating.
However, marriages that lack a foundation in love are destined to crack. Not long after getting married, Zhong Xintong began to regret his hasty decision. But she has a weak personality and is unwilling to propose to break up in front of the other party.
Day after day, she tried to convince herself to adapt to the marriage, but she couldn't. Finally, Lai Hongguo took the initiative to file for divorce.
Lai Hongguo's words woke up Zhong Xintong - she hasn't learned how to love yet. Life is not a compromise, and lovers are not chosen by suffering. I hope that in the future, Zhong Xintong can find a real match with him.
The divorce in 2018 once again became a stumbling block to Zhong Xintong's development in the entertainment industry.
After the nude photos, she had no choice but to change her face and start again cautiously. finally regained his footing, and could have further developed his acting career.
But this divorce interrupted her fledgling efforts. The negative news about her partner once again put Zhong Xintong in the spotlight of the public. Naturally, resources will have a chance to knock on her door.
In stark contrast to her, Choi Cheuk-yan, who is also a member of TWINS. With her strength, Cai Zhuoyan has worked silently in the film and television industry, and cooperated with first-line stars such as Jackie Chan and Li Bingbing.
She continued to accumulate experience, and finally made a splash in July this year, with a new film with Liu Qingyun, which was a huge commercial success.
In contrast, Zhong Xintong's role can only stay in niche genres and second- and third-tier film and television works. Time is unforgiving, the years fly by, and Zhong Xintong can never return to the former scenery.
But as long as she doesn't give up, there will definitely be a chance to return to the top.
So far, Zhong Xintong is still single. In variety shows, she repeatedly stated "I decided not to get married for the rest of my life". But the confusion and helplessness revealed in these words obviously do not seem to come from a person's true heart.
Many emotional failures made Zhong Xintong lose confidence in marriage. She needs time to repair her heart and regain the courage to love. Until she truly learns to love herself, she is powerless and unqualified to love others.
In a hundred years of life, going through ups and downs is the best tempering for yourself. I believe that Zhong Xintong will eventually slowly get out of the emotional predicament and rediscover the meaning of life.
At that time, a new Zhong Xintong will appear in front of us.
When she has the ability to examine her heart and judge herself, she will definitely be able to meet her other half who is truly suitable for herself. At that time, the marriage will be based on deep feelings and happiness that can withstand the baptism of wind and rain.
We look forward to the day when Zhong Xintong opens a new chapter in his life.