After Becoming the Heroine of a Body Double Novel, I Made the Scumbag My Substitute

Everyone who knew Xie Xinglan knew he had a first love he’d adored for over a decade. The trouble was, she’d been gone for years.

Gu Dai was only a substitute for that first love because they looked alike. Xie Xinglan kept her on the hook, but never once promised her anything. People said Gu Dai was delusional: she was just a substitute who hadn’t even made it official, yet dared to dream of becoming President Xie’s girlfriend.

Then one day, Xie Xinglan realized that Gu Dai, whose thoughtful company he’d grown accustomed to, hadn’t spoken to him in a whole week.

Xie Xinglan called his assistant. “Tell Gu Dai I want mango mousse. Have it made and bring it over this afternoon.”

Assistant: “President Xie, Miss Gu says she’s busy watching a talent show and doesn’t have time.”

Xie Xinglan: “…”

That night, he saw Gu Dai posing sweetly with a cute young talent-show contestant.

Xie Xinglan: “Gu Dai, you have half an hour. Get back here now.”

Gu Dai: “President Xie, don’t talk to me in that tone. It doesn’t suit him at all.”

Xie Xinglan’s first love returned from abroad, and he attended gatherings with friends alongside her day after day. Everyone waited for Gu Dai to become a laughingstock. A substitute was always just a substitute, and once the first love returned, there’d be no place for her.

Then one day at a charity gala, Gu Dai linked arms with a mysterious tech tycoon who had recently returned from abroad. In her swaying red dress, she was captivating, yet passed right by Xie Xinglan without so much as a glance. That night, word spread through C City’s elite circles: The new tycoon was apparently drunk, and had confronted Gu Dai by a window, asking, “Just how many stand-ins do you have?”