Four years ago, Ji Qinghe chose to break up with Shen Jianchuan during the year he was struggling to get by, then boarded a flight to California. On the eve of her return four years later, Ji Qinghe dreamed she was the villainess in an old-school melodramatic romance novel titled "After the Pampered Substitute Fakes Her Death and Disappears, the CEO Begs Me on His Knees Not to Leave". In the book, she was Shen Jianchuan's one true love and ex-girlfriend, but she cruelly abandoned him. Heartbroken, he swore off love. Then, after a night out with friends, he unexpectedly saved Su Qinghuan, the fated heroine, and discovered she looked remarkably like his ex. Thus began a tortured romance about a substitute lover. After the ex-girlfriend returned to the country, she and the male lead rekindled their old flame, leaving the heroine heartbroken and ready to fake her death and disappear. When the male lead discovered she had vanished, he finally understood his own feelings and began a long campaign to win her back. As for Ji Qinghe, the villainess, she naturally got no happy ending. Consumed by jealousy, she kept spreading rumors and bullying the heroine. When the male lead found out, the Ji family was doomed, and she ultimately died horribly in the street. Now, already off the plane, Ji Qinghe looked at the brooding male lead hiding in a corner and watching her from afar. “…”
Life after her return wasn't peaceful either. First, she lost her phone while shopping, then her heel met an untimely end. Worst of all, she crashed into her ex-boyfriend's eight-pack abs and nearly died of embarrassment after being mistaken for a pervert.
Then, after moving into a new apartment, she went to introduce herself to the neighbor across the hall. When she opened the door, she found her ex-boyfriend fresh out of the shower.
Strangest of all, the delicate flower of a substitute heroine from the book was secretly leading the charge in shipping her and her ex-boyfriend, shouting, “Ahhh, lock them together forever!”
Ji Qinghe: “…”
