Am I the Pitiful Sacrificial Pawn? My Sugar Daddy Clearly Adores Me

Two formidable leads + a comeback in the entertainment industry + intense romantic tension + healing

A scheming, sharp-eyed top pursuer vs. a cool, restrained patron

Pei Ye, a man who lived by the blade, opens his eyes to find he has become a washed-up nobody in the entertainment industry.

The good news: there is none.

The bad news: he just slept with Huo Linzhao, a wealthy patron worth tens of billions.

The even worse news: his patron wakes up wanting to kill him.

Pei Ye looks into Huo Linzhao's murderous eyes and smiles.

“Mr. Huo, you didn't look like this when you were begging me last night.”

Huo Linzhao fastens his cuff without looking up.

“You'd better pray you never fall into my hands.”

Pei Ye needs money. Huo Linzhao needs a replacement who knows how to behave.

Each gets what he wants, and they maintain a relationship that is, in name, one of patron and kept lover.

Pei Ye enters the entertainment industry like cold water poured into hot oil, turning everything upside down.

He mouths off to reporters, picks fights with coworkers, and takes on top-tier stars, acting like he has nothing to lose.

Huo Linzhao furrows his brow. “...What exactly have I taken under my wing?”

He keeps a cold face and cleans up Pei Ye's messes time and again.

Pei Ye doesn't take advantage of him either. He helps Huo Linzhao root out the forces behind the family infighting and secure his position as head of the Huo family.

Later, the washed-up nobody becomes a sensation, and Pei Ye's admirers line up from the film set all the way to the airport.

Huo Linzhao has nowhere to vent his frustration and spends his days sulking with a cold face.

Pei Ye: “Do men go through menopause too? This early?”

Huo Linzhao knows he's doing it on purpose, but can do nothing about it. All he can do is drink away his frustration alone.

When Pei Ye decides the time is right, he raises an eyebrow. “Mr. Huo, want to tell me whose replacement I really am?”