Hello, Mr. Qin. Want to Be Each Other’s First-Love Substitutes?

[Mutual Substitutes + Regret and Redemption + Unhinged Heroine + Male Lead Suffers + Heroine Isn't Serious About Love + 1v1]

[The heroine is genuinely insane, not just figuratively]

[Gentle, unhinged, highly intelligent heroine x cold, love-struck young nobleman]

“Imitation isn't the same as truth. A little resemblance is enough to bring tears to someone's eyes.”

It wasn't until Xu Ning saw Qin Huaiyu that she truly understood those words.

Understand the orange. Become the orange.

Xu Ning went to great lengths to shape herself into Qin Huaiyu's ideal woman and became his lover.

All so she could stay by his side every day and gaze at the face she longed for.

But who says you can only have one substitute?

Until that day.

The man who learned the truth knelt before Xu Ning, begging her not to leave.

His composure, his reserve, his habit of hiding his emotions: all of it vanished in Xu Ning's presence.

He became an ordinary man, a pitiable soul who would never win the love of the person he adored.

Qin Huaiyu cast aside his pride. He looked at Xu Ning with pain and humility, asking only for even the smallest trace of her genuine affection.