After a Tormented Romance, I Became My Brother's Substitute

He thought he'd found true love, but he was only ever a stand-in.

*Abusive scum gong / stand-in / white moonlight / groveling pursuit / rekindled romance

A philandering, neurotic scum gong x a shou who starts out cheerful and later becomes depressed

Tao Heng fell in love with someone when he was very young. That man was his older brother's boyfriend, and later became his brother's husband.

That man was a precious pearl, a moon beyond his reach. Tao Heng thought he would never get close to him in this lifetime, until his brother died in an accident.

After his brother's death, Tao Heng married his brother's husband, Qin Wenyuan. Qin Wenyuan was gentle, considerate, and attentive in every way. Tao Heng thought he could take his brother's place in Qin Wenyuan's heart and become the one and only. But in the end, he had been far too naive.

In Qin Wenyuan's heart, he was only his brother's replacement.

He tried to escape it all, but Qin Wenyuan caught him and brought him back time and time again. Just when his heart had turned to ash and he thought he would spend the rest of his life this way, his dead brother returned...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.