She Says I'm a Substitute, but I'm Done Playing Along

Twenty minutes before the engagement banquet, Lin Zhao heard his fiancée, Xu Wan, admit it with her own mouth:

"Lin Zhao is just a suitable choice."

Three years of devotion, the down payment on their home, a supplementary bank card for his salary, giving in at every turn: it turned out all of it was just her backup plan for the man she had always loved.

Even more absurdly, she wanted Lin Zhao to take the fall for that man’s project on the day of their engagement.

Lin Zhao didn’t argue or make a scene.

He walked onto the banquet stage and announced that the engagement was off in front of all their friends and family.

The first recording played, and the entire room fell silent.

Xu Wan cried and said he was being cruel.

The man she loved accused Lin Zhao of plotting this all along.

Xu Wan’s parents pressured him to think of the bigger picture.

Lin Zhao simply brought out a second piece of evidence.

"This is where our relationship ends."

"As for the project, we’ll settle the score in due time."

From that day on, everyone realized that the man who had always been easygoing wasn’t incapable of fighting back.

He had simply been truly in love once.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.