He Regretted It After the Stand-In Role Ended

[New love interest / both physically and emotionally exclusive / mutual healing] [Upcoming novel: Please Lock Me Up, Traitor, After I Am Reborn] I was a stand-in for the man his powerful lover couldn't forget. One morning, after finishing his workout, the big shot smoked a cigarette by the window and looked at me through half-lidded eyes. "You're not him." I nodded vigorously inside. At noon, the big shot took me shopping at one of his malls. Halfway through, his beloved called. He turned and left without a thought for my dignity, leaving me alone with the bodyguards and dozens of luxury shopping bags. At dusk, the big shot took his yacht out onto the sea to think about the person he loved beneath the setting sun. He didn't spare me a glance. I sat all alone in the luxurious cabin, enjoying an 82-year-old vintage and tasting a freshly caught jumbo lobster. Ah, this was the taste of loneliness. At night, the big shot wouldn't kiss me. He smiled with cool restraint, almost cruelly. "So what if you look like him? You're still fake." It didn't matter that I was fake. My diamond watch, couture clothes, countless career opportunities, several luxury cars, and properties in my name were all real. Later, the big shot finally got his beloved and was ready to break up with me. He curled his lips coldly and humiliated me with a check. "Thirty million, and the lead role in Director Li's new film. Don't show your face around me and A Cheng again." I took the check. My hands trembled, my heart raced, and tears of joy streamed down my face. Director Li was one of the most famous top-tier directors in all of Asia! I was very satisfied with my life as a stand-in. With tears of excitement in my eyes, I said goodbye to the big shot. Xie Zhi'an had pursued Lin Cheng for over ten years and had finally won him over. But after getting together with Lin Cheng, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. In the morning, no one in an apron made him breakfast and gently told him it was time to get up. At lunch, the person across from him sat in silence. No one kept trying to cheer him up anymore. On the yacht beneath the setting sun, the person he'd longed for was right there beside him, but he found himself distracted by a freshly washed wineglass. That night, Lin Cheng said, "Good night." Something was wrong. This wasn't right, Xie Zhi'an thought. Before, this part of the routine had always come with a sweet kiss that tasted of milk. He had lost his cup of sweet milk. * The sight of Jing Yu leaving with tears in his eyes kept haunting Xie Zhi'an. He gave his assistant a cold order: "Go tell Jing Yu that if he has nowhere to go, I... can let him come back." The assistant said, "But, CEO, Mr. Jing became an overnight sensation ages ago. He's gone to Cannes to accept an award." Xie Zhi'an: "...????" Xie Zhi'an thought Jing Yu couldn't live without him. He was sure that without him around, Jing Yu would have lost his direction and his will to go on. But when they met again, Jing Yu was standing at the pinnacle of the world with someone else, confident and radiant as they created a cinematic legend of their own. In the places he couldn't see, Jing Yu had long since become a dazzling star. Theme: People should develop their own strengths.