After Her Substitute Dies, the Mad Villain Hunts Her Down to Win Her Back

[Ruthless, vicious gong X sunny, cheerful substitute shou]

PS: The substitute gets put through the wringer early on. If you’re sensitive, read with caution.

[Faked death + substitute for the beloved + regretful pursuit + sweet and angsty romance + domineering CEO + System + unhinged Villain + two male leads]

He Xia is a substitute, but with his lowly self he falls in love with the person he was assigned to target.

But a substitute is always just a substitute. He can never earn respect or love as a human being.

That makes the torment and pain all the harder to endure, and the insults and abuse impossible to forget.

When the substitute and the beloved have to be chosen between, could there be a surprise? Of course not. He’s the one who has to die.

He once begged this man like a dog to let him stay by his side so he could complete his mission, lowering his standards again and again and humiliating himself. Now he doesn’t have to anymore. He’s dead, or rather, he’s returned to his own world.

They say that Xie Wenyi, a famous figure in Jing City, has gone mad. He refuses to believe his lover died at sea, and uses every means he can to find him, even the occult.

Does Xie Wenyi find him? He does.

But the pitiful boy who once had no one to love him has become the young master of a prominent family. He’s no longer an insignificant ant Xie Wenyi can crush at will.

The one left begging has changed, but the heart that once fluttered with young love no longer beats for him.

“He Xia, now it’s my turn to beg you. I’ll take any place by your side, whatever my status. I can be your substitute, or your lover.”