Short Substitute Romance With Two Substitutes, Where the Male Lead Gets Put Through the Wringer, Please! 替身文，短篇，双替身文，虐男主的那种，球球了！

1. 1 步 Falling for You, Step by Step: I’m Done Being Your Substitute 步步沦陷，这替身我不当了 Bright, Gentle Laughter笑语晏晏Modern Romance404k WordsCompleted The Shen family’s heir is notorious for being picky about women, but Xiang Nuan got picked thanks to a face that bore a passing resemblance to his ideal woman. She played the sweet, sensible, innocent girl to perfection, doing her best to fulfill her role as a substitute. Shen Yanshi treated her generously, too. In the two years they were together, she landed plenty of great opportunities, going from an unknown extra to a fairly well-known second-tier actress. Then his one true love came back. X 36.5kReads9.1Score4k14d adds

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   This one! The female lead thinks she's a substitute for the male lead, but she isn't! It's very sweet!

2. 2 季 Mr. Ji, Stop Hurting Me. Miss Shu Is Already Married 季总别虐了，舒小姐已嫁人 Warm Words温言暖语Modern Romance1.9M WordsCompleted As Ji Sihan’s secret lover, Shu Wan stayed by his side for five years. She thought that if she was obedient and sweet, she could warm his heart. But she never expected to be abandoned in the end. Shu Wan had always been gentle. She neither argued nor made a scene, and didn’t even ask him for a penny. She simply walked out of his world. But when she was about to marry someone else, he suddenly pinned her against the wall and kissed her like a madman. Shu Wan couldn’t quite figure out what Mr. Ji 27.5kReads9.2Score3.1k14d adds

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   The beginning is tough on the female lead, but the rest is all about torturing the male lead. Chinese people don't lie to each other, trust me, sisters.

3. 3 和 After Divorcing His White Moonlight's Double, the Overbearing CEO Went Mad 和白月光替身离婚后，霸总他疯了 Ginger Ale姜汁可乐儿Modern Romance378k WordsCompleted Everyone said Ruan Qing loved Fu Jingshen to the bone, including Fu Jingshen himself. Why else would she follow him without hesitation, even knowing she was just a substitute? When Ruan Qing asked for a divorce, Fu Jingshen didn’t take her seriously. His expression turned cold. “Have you made up your mind?” “Yes. Let’s divorce.” After the divorce, Fu Jingshen kept waiting for Ruan Qing to make him eat his words. Instead, he saw her with red-rimmed eyes, clinging to a refined, elegant man. “Ashen 432Reads8.6Score10214d adds

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   This was originally a double-body act, but the female lead later ended up with someone else.

4. 4 替 The Substitute Toppled the White Moonlight 替身掀了白月光 You Have a Master君有主Two Male Leads427k WordsCompleted [Soul Painter × Heaven’s Favorite] [Two Powerhouses · Forbidden Redemption] A soul painter scarred by fate, with the twin personalities of a genius and a madman lurking beneath his refined exterior... Top galleries go wild bidding millions for his frenzied creations, while a spoiled heir from Beijing’s elite brands the label “ugly freak” onto his back. He Chen stands above the world with capital in hand. Everyone says an unforgettable first love still holds a place in his heart, yet no one kno 3.9kReads9.0Score35014d adds

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   A deeply moving and fiercely protective love story... The protagonist is the older brother of the protagonist's beloved, whom the other protagonist despises. He appears gentle and emotionally stable, and is incredibly devoted to the other protagonist. In reality, he's a hidden nemesis, dedicated to subduing anyone who dares to defy him.

5. 5 要 Go Find Your White Moonlight, I'm Out of Here 要你的白月光去吧，替身跑咯 Am I Cute?朕可爱嘛Two Male Leads338k WordsCompleted Shen Jixing and Pei Yu were together for two years. He was sweet, sensible, thoughtful, and considerate, but their relationship had to stay in the shadows. Pei Yu was the young master of the Pei family, the dazzling heir to the Pei Group. A man like him was never going to have a happy ending with another man. More importantly, Shen Jixing owed his relationship with Pei Yu to his resemblance to Pei Yu’s unattainable first love, and to his own careful scheming. Shen Jixing knew better than anyone 719Reads5.3Score10614d adds

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   A story of a wife-chasing tragedy!!! She was a jerk who didn't understand love in the beginning, but later she reformed.

6. 6 分 After We Broke Up, the CEO Realized His Stand-In Was Himself 分手后霸总发现替身竟是他自己 Feng Jin逢今Modern Romance226k WordsOngoing The day Yan Qinghe took the initiative to end her relationship with Jiang Wang, everyone thought she’d be back in tears, begging to make up within three days. Everyone knew she’d been the one who loved more desperately. She could even put up with other women provoking her, as long as she could stay by Jiang Wang’s side. Even Jiang Wang thought so. He waited for Yan Qinghe to change her mind, but instead saw her looking radiant, her arm linked with another man’s as they gazed at each other with a 17Reads8.0Score—14d adds

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   These are the three books. The second one is about a female protagonist who has amnesia and mistakes someone for someone else.

7. 7 陆 President Lu, Stop Tormenting Her! Your Wife Is the One You’ve Always Loved 陆总别虐了，夫人才是你的白月光 Double Happiness双喜喜Modern Romance589k WordsCompleted [The Regretful Ex Tries to Win Her Back + Obsessive] After being framed, Mu Qiuyan became a criminal in the eyes of the law for causing the death of her husband's true love. When she got out of prison, her husband treated her even more cruelly than before. The day she was diagnosed with stomach cancer, she humbly begged him for one last bit of comfort. Lu Zhiyan said, “I'll use the bastard in your belly to pay tribute to Qingqing!” At that moment, Mu Qiuyan's heart died. She leapt into the sea, 5.7kReads8.9Score59914d adds
8. 8 人 An Ordinary Guy in a Crossover World, with a Stand and a Screw Loose 人在综漫，拥有替身，还在发癫 Autumn Wind Like Fire秋风如火Anime Fanfiction996k WordsCompleted My name is Xiao Yi. I'm an ordinary person who somehow ended up in an anime world and somehow gained a Stand. But I figure, in a crossover anime world, there's (probably) no danger, and no need to save the world, so what am I supposed to do with a Stand? (The earlier chapters may be a little embarrassing and aren't very well written, but the story gradually picks up from there.) 2.3kReads7.5Score15714d adds

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   This is the real stand-in.

9. 9 双 Two Replacements: The Whole World Begs Me to Break Up with My Ex-Husband 双替身：全世界都在跪求我和前夫分手 Crayfish小龙虾Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted Everyone knows that the Xia family’s little princess, Xia Tian, is stupid and clueless about romance. She’s also Gu Yucheng’s devoted simp, the kind you can’t get rid of no matter how hard you try. Gu Yucheng thought so too, until one day Xia Tian laid divorce papers in front of him. Gu Yucheng signed without a second thought, certain Xia Tian would regret it because she couldn’t live without him. But then she proved him spectacularly wrong. Not only could Xia Tian live without him, she was thri 21Reads7.4Score—14d adds

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   This book, "Double Substitutes," is finished. It's alright. I read it on another website.

10. 10 目 You Are All I See 目光所至都是你 Mu Han慕寒Modern Romance49k WordsCompleted After three years of marriage, Huo Mingxuan repeatedly hurt Qin Qianmo, the woman who truly loved him, for the sake of the woman he held dear in his heart. It wasn't until someone cut out her heart that he suddenly realized his own heart had gone empty too. Years after their separation, at a grand banquet hosted by the He family of the imperial capital, the woman he couldn't bear to see even in his dreams arrives beneath the starlight. Huo Mingxuan loses control on the spot and rushes to her lik 291Reads8.3Score—14d adds

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    Highly recommend this one! It's a little angsty at the beginning, but it gets incredibly sweet later on! I'd call it one of the best short stories featuring a male lead's stand-in!

11. 11 深 Layers of Resentment in the Deep Palace 深宫怨几重 Shangguan Xuan'er上官轩儿Ancient Romance152k WordsCompleted In this mortal world, in the imperial palace, in the mansions of the wealthy, how much love has gone unreturned and turned into bone-deep hatred? The tangled passions and heartbreak of so many men and women have all vanished into the mists of history. 875Reads—Score10114d adds

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    "You poisonous woman!" He threw me to the ground. The blue bricks were cold, and my cheek pressed against the ground. I saw mud on his boots. He squatted down, his eyes bloodshot, like a caged beast enraged. He grabbed my chin, forcing me to look up at him. "What did Qingge do to you? Why did you poison her?" Poison. He thought I was the one who poisoned her. I opened my mouth, my throat dry, and finally only managed a cold laugh. 10

12. 12 快 Quick Transmigration System: Everyone Is Captivated by the Host 快穿系统：人人都为宿主着迷 Cat Eats Meat Buns猫吃肉包Modern Romance769k WordsCompleted [Quick Transmigration + No Romance + Beloved Female Lead + Punishing Scumbags] Yan Tang is the quick-transmigration bureau's ultimate weapon. There isn't a single mission she has ever failed to complete. She's best at speaking honeyed words with poison on her lips, gazing at people with tender affection while holding a blade in her hand. Countless people fall into her traps, becoming infatuated and obsessed with her, even willingly groveling at her feet just to make her stay. Too bad this beauty 392Reads8.9Score10914d adds

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    The original female lead falls in love with the current female lead, and she's a bit of a yandere (obsessive and possessive) character. But the author's writing is quite good; the characters aren't abandoned halfway through. ( ﹡ˆOˆ﹡ )

13. 13 夫 Madam, Stop Torturing Him. President Sheng Is Your True White Moonlight 夫人别虐了，盛总才是你的白月光 Moonlit Nightdisc月夜discModern Romance296k WordsCompleted [Main story complete] [Male lead suffers] [They don’t get back together] [The husband’s pursuit of his wife after losing her] Many years later, she finally learned that the man she had treasured as her one true love had loved her desperately. Jiang Jianjian loved Sheng Chusheng for ten years, but he scorned her love. With her heart turned to ash, Jiang Jianjian decided to stop loving him and joined forces with the wealthy tycoon who had pursued her for years. But when news of her engagement arri 115Reads6.8Score—14d adds

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    You can tell from the name

14. 14 病 I Turned Out to Be the Yandere Disciple's White Moonlight 病娇孽徒的白月光竟是我 Nocturne of the Azure Sea碧海的夜曲Two Male Leads1.0M WordsCompleted [Complete. Comic adaptation signed.] [Two Male Leads + Reborn + Half Sweet, Half Angsty + Gentle, Unrestrained Miracle Doctor Master VS Yandere, Mad Demon Disciple + Martial Arts] Only as he lay dying in his previous life did Mu Fengyan learn that he was merely a disposable master in a novel. His disciple, Duan Wuluo, had only approached him to get the Golden Silkworm Gu and save the person he loved. Reborn ten years later, Mu Fengyan looks at the disciple who has become a great demon and sneers 1.3kReads9.1Score15114d adds

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    It's a stand-in...

15. 15 重 Reborn, He Won’t Be Anyone’s Moonlight Substitute 重生后，白月光替身他不当了 One-Sleeved Garment衣只独袖Two Male Leads415k WordsCompleted The dual male-lead novel Pure Puppy Love: A Tempting, Flirtatious Good Boy and the Goofy Beauty Who Has Him Wrapped Around His Finger is complete. Happy reading! After a car accident, Li Xia died on the day Gu Tingyan got engaged. Reborn, all he wanted was to stay as far away from that dog, Yan, as possible. But reality turned out to be nothing like he’d imagined. Li Xia was supposed to be in Class Two of the university’s special training program, but by sheer coincidence, he ended up in the sam 264Reads9.2Score—14d adds
16. 16 反 Villain, Do You Still Remember I'm Your Stand-In? 反派你还记得我是替身吗？ Sugar-Boiled Razor Blades糖煮刀片Two Male Leads358k WordsCompleted Ji Xiaoguang transmigrates into a book and becomes the villain’s stand-in for his beloved. Being a doomed cannon-fodder character is bad enough, but damn it, he’s ugly too! (He’ll get better-looking later.) And what’s with you, villain? I’ve got no grudge against you, so why are you being so nice to me? Ji Xiaoguang knows just how twisted the villain, Shen Lianting, is. His first thought is to run... but he fails. So he decides to cling to the villain’s coattails. Using his knowledge of the orig 49Reads9.2Score414d adds
17. 17 七 The 1970s Military Marriage: The Charming Army Wife Raises Kids and Wins Her Husband's Heart 七零军婚：俏军嫂养崽撩夫日常 Dawn Breaks in the East东方既白Modern Romance369k WordsCompleted [No golden finger + second male lead takes the lead + fictional period setting] [Short drama now streaming] Xiao Qingru doesn't want to raise someone else's child, so she breaks off her engagement to her childhood sweetheart. Just as she's getting ready to focus on her career, she's targeted by a hothead from the capital. Xu Muzhou is the youngest and most promising pilot. The first time he meets her, he falls in love at first sight with his good friend's younger sister. When he hears she's alre 15.6kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds

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    [Sad] 🌿Perfectly matches this novel 😊 Zhao Jing doesn't know what happened 🙂 Ming 😎 [What] Tian Cheng seems to know more about her body than she does 😄 He can easily [What] control her, making her disarm 🥺 surrender. , 🤮😎 [Petrified] 🤤 [OK]

18. 18 相 Longing Cannot Dispel Sorrow 相思不解愁 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance32k WordsCompleted [College campus + unrequited love + love that can’t be returned + depression] Xu Shijie secretly loved Lin Mengying, but when she didn’t return his feelings, he transferred his affections to Chen Miaohan. Treated as a stand-in, Chen Miaohan grew despondent and took her own life for love. Xu Zhi styled himself a ladies’ man, falling for one person after another, but ended up all alone. Beware of thieves, fires, and best friends: Li Meiqi specialized in stealing her friends’ love interests, and en 31Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The first two books are a two-part angst-filled series, about unrequited love on a university campus, a story of unrequited love that is heartbreaking from beginning to end!

19. 19 忘 All the Love in My Heart Is Gone 忘尽心中情 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance22k WordsCompleted [Campus romance + unrequited love + secret crush + playboy turns over a new leaf] This is the sequel to my work, A Longing Beyond Sorrow. Xu Shijie visits Jintai Temple to pray for Chen Miaohan’s departed soul. There, he meets Lin Mengying again, now recovered from depression, and also runs into Chen Miaohan’s younger sister, Chen Miaoying. Their story will continue… Lin Mengying is still hopelessly in love with Xu Shijie, but her love remains unreturned. Xu Zhi wanders through one relationship 14Reads—Score—14d adds
20. 20 对 A Bet on Love 对赌爱情 Tang Zhi唐帜Modern Romance60k WordsCompleted [From School Uniforms to Wedding Gowns + Close Female Friends + Romantic Tension + Scoundrel Hero + Reuniting After a Breakup + The Wild Heart Reforms] Tang Yuying is hopelessly in love with Li Zhi, but her feelings go nowhere. Then a huge wave sweeps her away, and no one knows whether she is alive or dead. Eight years later, her twin sister, Tang Yucui, tracks down Li Zhi to avenge her younger sister, only to fall in love with the man she came to punish. A leopard never changes its spots. Li Zh 13Reads—Score—14d adds
21. 21 女 Female-Dominant Quick Transmigration: Blazing Beauty Across the Nine Heavens 女尊快穿之灼华九霄 You Are Heaven's Chosen One汝乃天骄Ancient Romance2.7M WordsOngoing This is a very angsty story… This is a very angsty story about a matriarchal world… This is a very angsty quick-transmigration story about a matriarchal world… This is a very angsty quick-transmigration story about a matriarchal world, where the male and female leads both transmigrate… Reject her now, then chase her through the flames of hell! Choose carefully. If you enter the wrong pit, all that's left is tragedy! —Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Wow, this is so heart-wrenching! It's best to watch it late at night, you'll cry while you watch! (´;;`)

22. 22 白 The Moonlight’s Substitute Only Wants to Get Rich 白月光替身只想暴富 Fu Yunsang傅云桑Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Ji Tong has always had one wish: to be the stand-in for a domineering CEO's first love. The CEO keeps her in a private villa and gives her over a million yuan in spending money every month. She doesn't have to do a thing most of the time. He only asks her to show her face at certain moments, then looks at her and reminisces about the first love who left him. When that first love finally comes back, the CEO tosses her a huge check and the deeds to several houses, then snarls: “Take this money and 3.9kReads9.0Score34714d adds

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    These two books are pretty good.

23. 23 顾 President Gu: The Male Lead of This Body-Swap Romance Is Me 顾总：替身文学男主竟是我自己 Qingdeng Yu青灯俞Modern Romance121k WordsCompleted Double Substitutes, Sweet Romance, Gentle and Delicate Little Fairy X Refined, Abstinent CEO, One-on-One. Ning Zhi was beautiful, sensible, and well-behaved. Gu Tingyu kept her by his side for four whole years. Just when everyone thought Ning Zhi was finally going to replace his lost love and become Mrs. Gu, she broke up with Gu Tingyu. And she was the one who dumped him! “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear what you just said. Be good, Zhi Zhi. Don’t make a scene.” “Mr. Gu, you can just call me Ning Zhi 17Reads5.5Score—14d adds

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