After the White Moonlight Came Back from the Dead

The Domineering CEO's Unrelenting Love is a CEO romance packed with childhood friends, substitute-for-the-white-moonlight tropes, rivalry over a love interest, and multiple pairings. Shi Xi is the ill-fated white moonlight who dies young.

Six years after his death, he is reborn.

When he returns, he discovers that the substitute, thanks to his resemblance to Shi Xi, has won over Shi Xi's former friends, family, and even the person he loved, becoming the winner in life.

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When Shi Xi appears before everyone:

His best friend 1: "Every year, someone who looks like him shows up trying to get close to us. If you know what's good for you, get lost while you still can, or I'll throw you out!"

His best friend 2: "We've already found someone to replace him, so you don't stand a chance."

The person who once loved him barely even looks his way. "This kind of thing disgusts me most of all."

Shi Xi is disappointed and finds it all deeply ironic. Then one person stares fixedly at him, their expression shifting from shock to disbelief, then to an indescribably intense gaze.

Of the friends who grew up together, this person had been a little less close to him than the others. Shi Xi never expected him to recognize him, and is curious how he'll try to drive him away.

But after staring for a long moment, the other man says, "Coming back from the dead is too absurd. I must be seeing a ghost. I must be..."

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Later, Shi Xi's true identity is finally revealed to the world.

Best friend 1 frantically tries to explain: "It's all that substitute's fault! He kept telling us you had plastic surgery and that your identity was fake. He fooled us all! Xiao Xi, believe me, we all love you!"

Best friend 2 speaks sincerely: "Xiao Xi, we were wrong. From now on, we'll make up for the hurt we caused you. Can you forgive us?"

The person who once loved him looks full of regret, eyes bloodshot. "Xiao Xi, I was just so in love with you that I couldn't stand anyone else looking like you. That's why I ignored you. Please come back, okay?"

The friend Shi Xi hadn't considered particularly close gives them a scornful look, the corner of his mouth curling in disdain. "Have you forgotten what you did when you refused to believe him? He might forgive you, but I never will."

Only later does Shi Xi learn that this friend couldn't accept the substitute and had fallen out with the others, going from being as close as brothers to treating them like enemies.

That's right. If they could find someone to replace him, they couldn't have loved him all that much. Their behavior now is nothing but nauseating.

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"Am I seeing things? I think that Demon Boss just smiled..."

"That's not all. Every proposal at today's meeting was approved, and nobody got chewed out!"

"And the guy who works overtime every day left early today."

Later, the people at the company notice that their fearsome boss is always walking shoulder to shoulder with a handsome young man.

In front of the young man, the usually cold and ruthless boss turns into his little shadow. He always looks at him with warmth and a smile, opens car doors for him, holds an umbrella over him, gives him half the company, serves him tea and meals, buys him snacks and gifts, and is utterly devoted to him.

Everyone's jaws drop. Is this really their fearsome boss, who once dominated the business world?

***Please read before starting***

1. A gorgeous, aloof bottom with a gloomy temperament × a seemingly cold and ruthless top who's actually a love-struck, devoted guard dog who fiercely protects his own

2. One-on-one pairing, happy ending, and the top is utterly devoted to the bottom!

3. Everyone except the top faces a regretful pursuit arc; everyone's in a love rivalry.

4. Fictional setting with lots of author-created details. Don't overanalyze them.

Note: Screenshot of this blurb saved as proof on October 14, 2025, at 10:25 p.m.

Theme: The person you love can never be replaced.