Power Substitute

Yan Shaopei: So all the love I poured out just went to waste, huh? 🥺

Xu Wen: What else did you expect? I'm a hostage. What could I possibly offer you in a relationship?

Yan Shaopei: Couldn't you spare me just a little sympathy?

Xu Wen: I'm barely managing to take care of myself.

Yan Shaopei: Xu Wen! Do you even know how to love someone?

Xu Wen: Don't start. I'm already using every ounce of strength I have just to stay alive. 🖤

Yan Shaopei: You love me too. Don't pretend you don't know that. 😏

Xu Wen: Stop saying crazy things.

Yan Shaopei: Crazy? I've gone crazy for you more than once already.

Xu Wen: Can't you just behave yourself?

Yan Shaopei: How could I behave myself around you?

Xu Wen: ...Don't make me avoid you.

Yan Shaopei: "Fate isn't some torrential rain you can escape by staying indoors~" ❤️

Xu Wen (bottom) × Yan Shaopei (top)

The long-suffering prince of a fallen kingdom × the powerful minister who holds the reins of power

Broken past love, tangled love and hate, a shattered mirror that cannot be made whole

⚠️ A little reading advisory 📣

Xu Wen is a master of passive evasion ✨ He specializes in stubbornly talking tough and running away ✨ He frantically covers up the love in his heart ❤️ He'll dodge if he can, and pretend if he can. He's not heartless 🈲, he's just carrying too much baggage to dare fall in love ✔️!

Yan Shaopei is committed to pursuing love and always on the clock 💌 His sincere affection often hits a wall, making him a passionate, straightforward pursuer 💡 He gets riled up all the time 🔥 and relies on relentless persistence to win someone over. He can get a little obsessive sometimes ✔️ Please be patient with his little moods 🆘

There are misunderstandings everywhere at first, with more angst and romantic tension than you can handle. This is a slow-burn story about getting back together after a breakup, and all their knots will gradually be untangled later on 🥰.

Everyone experiences a story differently. If it gets too upsetting, feel free to skip a chapter and take a breather. The characters only exist in the story, so please don't judge them by real-world standards 👌

Enjoy reading 🥰

Theme: Being loved allows one to learn how to love others.