My Girlfriend Treats Me Like a Stand-In, but My Childhood Friend Heals My Heart

[Both leads are inexperienced in love] [One-on-one romance] [They depend on each other]

When I realized that, in Xu Yaning’s eyes, I was only a substitute, I knew our relationship wouldn’t last.

A substitute could never compete with the person they were standing in for.

Sure enough, I was right. Before long, she dumped me, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope in my heart.

After that, I thought I’d never fall in love again, until someone I knew extremely well came into my life…

“Chen Yuanzhou, you’re mine.”

“I am. I’ll be yours for the rest of my life,” I said with a faint smile, looking at the girl in front of me.

“Who said anything about one lifetime? I want you for all eternity.”

“All right. As you wish.”

But as our relationship grew closer, I started to notice something was off. She seemed to have an intense possessiveness toward me…