(Substitute + Contract Couple + Mutual Redemption + Unaware of Their Own Love)
Everyone in Haicheng knows that Cheng Su recently acquired a new songbird who looks a little like his moonlight.
Someone asks Song Chichi if she’s really willing to be a substitute.
Song Chichi laughs. The economy’s bad, so who would turn down money? Her benefactor is generous and easy to please. It’s practically free money.
Later, Cheng Su’s moonlight returns to the country. That night, Cheng Su smokes all night and gives Song Chichi 30 million yuan as a breakup payment.
Song Chichi takes the money and leaves without a second thought, but Cheng Su pins her against the wall, eyes red, and demands, “Do you love me at all?”
“No,” Song Chichi says, nestling into his arms and gently stroking his Adam’s apple. But her words strike Cheng right in the heart like a knife. “Because you’re his substitute, too.”
