[Gold-Digging Scammer Bottom × Truly Trashy Top | Groveling Chase | Angsty Stand-In Romance | Rekindled Love, HE]
Jia Yurui grew up terrified of being poor.
With his mother gravely ill and their home bare, he puts on a sweet, money-hungry act, hoping to hook some rich fool at a bar and scam enough money to save her.
His target: Li Shitian, a rich playboy.
Irresponsible, a ladies' man, and a textbook scumbag.
Li Shitian sees through his act at a glance, but instead offers him a sugar-baby contract: two hundred thousand a month, and he has to be available whenever called.
Jia Yurui swallows his pride and accepts.
He plays the part, keeps him happy, tracks every payment, and focuses on making money. He will never give his heart away.
He thinks he's the cleverest scammer around, never realizing that the first to fall for real in this con is the man watching from the sidelines.
Li Shitian never takes him seriously, treating him as nothing but a stand-in plaything.
But the young man's sincerity, restraint, and late-night bowls of plain congee gradually make him lose control.
He craves the warmth but doesn't know how to treasure it, and with his own hands, he pushes Jia Yurui into the abyss.
Heartbroken, Jia Yurui sells every gift, pays back every cent, and disappears for good.
After he's gone, Li Shitian loses his mind.
The haughty rich playboy lowers himself and chases after him on his knees.
Waiting in the snow, pursuing his car in the rain, searching for him across a thousand miles, awkwardly trying to win him back.
"I don't want a deal or a stand-in. I only want you."
"Jia Yurui, come back. I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you."
Jia Yurui looks up calmly.
"All I wanted at first was to scam your money. I never meant to lose my heart."
