The Real White Moonlight Becomes a Fake Guide

The blurb was archived on May 22.

They say: Three sentences, and I gained wealth, status...

Xie Sui scoffed, then heard three sentences.

The first was: "You remind me so much of someone I loved but could never have."

The second was: "If I can't have him, then having you will do."

The third was: "What makes you think you can beat me?"

Three sentences, each more "tender" than the last.

It was such tender treatment that Xie Sui closed his eyes and became Ji Yuli's substitute for the love of his life.

But honestly, Xie Sui had a pretty great time afterward.

Ji Yuli was sick, calculating, and stubborn, but undeniably gentle and considerate.

When Xie Sui slept, Ji Yuli blocked the light.

When Xie Sui ate, Ji Yuli peeled shrimp for him.

When Xie Sui caused trouble, Ji Yuli cleaned up after him...

Even when Xie Sui used him, all Ji Yuli said was, "Next time, be more subtle. For example, get me completely under your spell before taking advantage of me. It would work much better."

Even when he was sick as a dog, Ji Yuli's requests never went too far. He only asked Xie Sui to hold his hand or give him a hug.

As for kissing and... he never insisted.

As time went by, Xie Sui assumed that Ji Yuli was saving himself for the love of his life.

Until one time, Ji Yuli lost himself to obsession over that person. Xie Sui forcibly pried him off and decided to bring back the love of his life so Ji Yuli could die without regrets.

But when he broke into the forbidden place where the love of Ji Yuli's life was supposedly imprisoned, he was horrified to discover that this so-called beloved, seized by a rival, was nothing but a yellowed painting.

More horrifying still, the person in the painting had a mole beneath his eye just like Xie Sui's.

And when Xie Sui turned around, he came face to face with Ji Yuli's rumored rival.

The rival was as beautiful as a peach blossom and as cold as ice. To make matters worse, he looked exactly like Ji Yuli.

Or rather, they were the same person.

The bite marks on his rival's neck were from Xie Sui that very morning.

A carefree, lazy, cheeky bottom who minds his own business x a gentle, hypocritical, obsessive, somewhat ghostly jerk of a top

Reader's Guide:

1. This story is written to indulge my personal tastes. Both leads have extremely powerful golden fingers, so please don't read if that bothers you.

2. A secret identity story. It's a fake substitute romance but true love. Xie Sui is the substitute and the love of his life, and the rival is also Ji Yuli. No promise that there is only one secret identity. It has a past-life-and-present-life feel.

3. Readers who are devoted to one character's side, please stay away. The couple won't be split up or reversed. Though it uses a substitute trope, their feelings are mutual, and it doesn't follow the tragic romance formula. Neither lead is submissive, but both are hopeless romantics!

4. Full approval of jealousy.

Thesis: We'll meet and drink together, and tie our horses by the willows beside the tall tower