A slow-witted, chuunibyou straight guy x a sensitive, suspicious, sweet-on-the-outside-but-dark-inside man
Li Shuchen, a straight man, transmigrated into a melodramatic novel and was reborn as a rich second-generation heir with a prestigious family, striking looks, and impressive talent.
With a setup like that, anyone who didn't know better would think he was the protagonist. But he alone knew he was just a lovesick, self-destructive second male lead.
Lovesick: devoted heart and soul to his one-sided love.
Self-destructive: makes one baffling move after another, until someone beheads him with a single stroke.
Li Shuchen swore he would escape his miserable fate, so he did his best to win over the stand-in for his beloved.
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Don't be confused. Yes, a stand-in! And a stand-in for his beloved, at that!
The novel Stand-In tells the love story of Mu Han and Xie Heng.
Mu Han secretly loved his unrequited crush, Lin Zhi, and treated Xie Heng as a stand-in, putting him through every kind of melodramatic heartbreak and physical abuse. Then Lin Zhi returned from abroad, and Xie Heng disappeared in despair for five years...
The story was about to launch into the usual pursuit-and-regret arc, with the stand-in taking the beloved's place, but the author's mental state took a turn.
Xie Heng turned into a dark urban revenge protagonist, killing anyone who stood in his way. His beloved, the protagonist, the second male lead, and a host of others all died at his hands, until he eventually came to rule the city.
To stay alive, Li Shuchen started ingratiating himself with Xie Heng before he turned evil. They ate together, fought together... and eventually... fell in love.
Li Shuchen: This doesn't seem to be going according to plan?
Hengheng Chenchen must be happy! Xie Heng in this time and space is saved by Li Shuchen. Xie Heng in another time and space does not have Li Shuchen to redeem him. 😢 😢 Xie Heng in another time and space is so pitiful before and after he turns black. 😢 😢 😢 Anyway, I think it's a good read. I finished it without skipping chapters. I still hesitate and hope that Xie Heng in another time and space can come back and wait for his sun☀️
Good-looking and redemptive, it transforms a person who has been turned into a black man because of his tragic life and who ignores the law into a sunny, ideal and warm person. I like to read this kind of redemption novel, but Xie Heng in the original book is heartbreaking, and the ending is pitiful.
The extra story really hurts
It's ok, it's neither short nor long and you can read it quickly. Is the wording wrong on purpose? Although I understand it all 😛 It's pretty good. It's ok. It's ok if you have a car. Well, not bad. But Hei Xieheng was really miserable. He was the only one living alone, his life was ruined, he suffered tremendous suffering and failed to realize his ideals. In the end, he ended his miserable and sinful life with his own hands. But I still hope to have a side story with other sub-CPs😊