Shang Li was the real young master who'd been switched at birth. He'd dropped out of school early and had little knowledge of the world. His good looks were the only thing he had left going for him.
After being brought back to the Wu family, everyone looked down on Shang Li. Only Li Qianling stood up for him when others bullied him and showed him kindness.
Shang Li quietly fell in love with the award-winning actor Li Qianling. He secretly watched all his movies and media interviews.
Using his fandom as an excuse, Shang Li went everywhere to catch glimpses of him from afar, just to get a little closer.
Li Qianling was engaged to the fake young master, so Shang Li never dared cross the line. Then, without warning, the Li family elders decided to replace his intended with Shang Li, the Wu family's real young master.
Shang Li was overjoyed, as if he were dreaming!
*
Shang Li was bubbling with happiness after marrying Li Qianling!
He thought Li Qianling was a good person, and that their married life would be happy and perfect.
But in the five years after their wedding, Shang Li and Li Qianling barely spoke. Li Qianling was often away on business, and eventually even moved into a separate bedroom.
Shang Li went into filmmaking as a director. He memorized all the character information Li Qianling needed, hoping to talk with him and appeal to his interests. Li Qianling merely told him, "No need."
Shang Li prepared a meal for him and invited him to try it, but Li Qianling walked right past.
On Shang Li's birthday, he wanted a sweet, lasting hug. Li Qianling coldly walked away, saying, "I'm busy. I don't have time."
Shang Li tried for five years and was treated coldly for five years.
Then, on his way to visit Li Qianling on set, he was in a sudden car accident. After calling an ambulance, he used what little strength he had left to call Li Qianling one last time.
But the call was rejected.
Shang Li lay in the rain for an hour in despair, but Li Qianling never called back.
Utterly disillusioned, Shang Li finally gave up on Li Qianling.
As he lost his breath, Shang Li thought bitterly: Sincerity is worthless when it's trampled on. If I get another life, I never want to see Li Qianling again.
But when he woke up, Shang Li had somehow returned to the third year of their marriage.
*
Looking at Li Qianling, the golden boy before him, Shang Li felt nothing but weariness.
He never wanted to warm a stone again.
Shang Li decisively slapped the divorce papers down in front of Li Qianling.
Under Li Qianling's stunned gaze, Shang Li said firmly, "Let's get divorced. Now."
Reader's guide:
The shou's full name is Wu Shangli. He is a fictional character and has no connection to real life.
1. The gong stays the same. Both leads are reborn. Groveling-chase romance.
2. The original plan was for the shou to be reborn first, then the gong. But apparently that's not how danmei works, so both will be reborn at the beginning, with the gong's memories returning bit by bit.
3. The shou changes a great deal from beginning to end, emerging from his cocoon as a butterfly.
4. This is version 16 of the blurb. Thanks to my friend for the help. The more I revise it, the smoother it gets., 2.19
(New cover design: Nanfeng Sheng 2.0)
The novel will continue to be revised and improved.
Recommended ongoing groveling-chase novel: The Stand-In Game
Recommended ongoing melodramatic widower reverse-harem novel: The Widower Everyone Wants Is Coveted by Mad Dogs!
Li Deng is a straight man. He thought the most outrageous thing he'd ever done was agree to become Qin Siwei's lover at the age of twenty-two.
But just as he and Qin Siwei were falling in love, Qin Siwei died unexpectedly.
As his lover, Li Deng received part of the inheritance, on the condition that he move into the Qin family home, care for Qin Siwei's parents, and observe three years of mourning.
On his very first day at the Qin home, one of Qin Siwei's younger brothers played a trick on him.
When Li Deng realized that the younger brother didn't seem to like him, he thought it was no big deal.
But on the second day, when that same brother forced a kiss on him, Li Deng decided that was going too far.
Li Deng looked at him with disgust. "I'm straight."
Qin Siming fixed his sharp eyes on him and gave a lazy, roguish smile. "Are you, straight?"
"You, a straight man with no first love who went straight into being kept by my big brother?"
"Your big brother is different," Li Deng explained quietly.
But clearly, the other man didn't believe him and kept harassing him.
Unable to salvage his reputation and with no way to avoid this little rich brat of a troublemaker, Li Deng could only message another of Qin Siwei's younger brothers for help.
He thought that Qin Huaichuan, heir to the Qin family's business empire, had a position of such authority that if he, as the second brother, stepped in to rein in his younger sibling, Qin Siming would have to think twice.
…
One night later,
Li Deng hid in the wardrobe in despair, covered in all kinds of perfume.
He was hiding from Qin Huaichuan's sharp-nosed dog, and from Qin Huaichuan himself.
Even as he was carried out, Li Deng kept shouting, "I'm straight!"
Qin Huaichuan watched his trembling lips. A smile tugged at the usually cold, abstinent man's face. "Straight."
He announced slowly and firmly, "Well, starting today, you won't be anymore."
Later still... after all that running around,
Li Deng began to look at the rich second-generation crowd around him in confusion.
Whether it was the gentle, well-mannered cousin from the Xie family who teamed up with him to launch a brand,
or the witty and sociable young heir to the Zhang family's shipping empire who took him out,
or the sunny, honest puppy-like younger brother Weisheng Xiayu whom he'd once saved,
or the two gloomy, scheming Dai family twins who were equally difficult to approach...
Why had the way they looked at him changed?
Notes:
1. [Blurb note: The gong is chaste; the shou is not.]
2. A short story written to practice pacing. Updates follow the rankings before the paid chapters, then daily after. Extra chapters may be added if inspiration strikes.
The story opens with a gong dying. A fragile, beautiful shou, new partner after new partner, temporarily one-on-one, a brainless melodrama.
Please add it to your library. Thanks for the support!
Recommended completed novels: After the Amnesiac Pretty Boy Side Character Gets His Memory Back, Scumbag Gong! Groveling Chase! and Kitty's About to Capsize
Please add to your to-read list: When the Outcast A's Charm Hits Max, Third Marriage, The Widower Everyone Wants Comes Back to Life and Finds His Ex-Husband Has Too, and After the Scumbag Gong Loses His Memory, the Stand-In Shou Tricks Him into Ruin!
Thanks for adding it to your library. Kisses!
Theme: As long as life goes on, so does the struggle.
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Just Happened to Meet You
After the Divorce, I Married My Ex-Husband's Arch-Enemy
The Day I Got Trapped in a Room with My Love Rival
His Caged Canary
A Loving Couple
The Reborn Outcast Omega Shines with Charm
Winter, Falling Snow, and His Gravestone
The Lover from Eight Years Ago
What Should I Do When My Idiot Best Friend Suddenly Confesses?
The Political Marriage Princess Is Reborn and Wants the Throne
His Childhood Friend and White Moonlight Has Come Back to Life
The extra chapter is quite heartwarming, but I didn't really like Gong in the main text. I thought the story was just bland and enjoyable, and it was easy to pick up and put down. However, I felt that the rest of the story was very perfunctory. Personally, I feel that the writing is pretty good, at least I can listen to it, but the character creation is just average and the story overall is bland.
Didn't you already know that Li was also reborn? Why are you so shocked...
I feel like this is good. I was worried that I would be upset if Ali really remarried her ex-husband in the end. Fortunately, it didn't happen.
It would be disrespectful to watch this. First of all, let me say that I am the main character. Although this kind of wife-chasing crematorium article contains scenes of the protagonist being tortured, ordinary readers are not masochists. The focus of reading is still on the unsatisfactory feeling of chasing the wife later. However, the only thing the author does not miss in this article is the part where he abuses the protagonist. Regarding the abuse of Shou, the author closely links all aspects of Shou's life, including his original family, career, love, death, domestic violence, lack of education, and online violence. Except for a younger brother who played only a small role, none of the relatives who appeared had any feelings for him. As for the exciting points about chasing his wife in the crematorium, the first is career, the second is love, and the third is abuse. First, career is on the line. As of this chapter, the protagonist has made two movies. The first film was blocked (I feel like this film can't even be considered a career line, its existence should be to serve the love line). Only the second film represents the career success of the protagonist. Regarding the plot of the second part of the movie: the protagonist Shou finally got rid of a lot of messy things during the progress of the second movie. Be successful in your career and have a few friends emotionally. And he is completely independent on the career line, and there are not many attacks. I like this paragraph the most, and I feel it is the most enjoyable part of the whole article, but it is a pity that there is not much space. And then there was this inexplicable love story, and it got into a shitty relationship. Second, love. In terms of emotional drama, the author seems to have made him finally fall in love with Gong after so many chapters, and also arranged many male supporting characters who have a crush on him. But in fact, many male supporting characters only appear for a few words, and the author begins to emphasize their shortcomings, such as Rong Jian's desire for control, making readers suddenly feel that they are not worthy of the protagonist. (Why is this happening? I think it's because the protagonist of this article, Gong, has a terrible personality. He was terrible in the early stage and had no highlights in the later stage. In order for Li, the male protagonist of this article, to succeed in the end, the author can only start from another angle. As a competitor, the second male lead can only be discredited if he can't beat him. But the most pitiable thing about these settings in the end is Shou, who is entangled by Gong. Even if he is around, he is surrounded by a bunch of random suitors) (It does not mean that being handsome and having a good family background means a high-quality suitor. That is in real life. In the world of novels, these settings can only be said to be per capita, so it pays more attention to the charm of the character's personality. But to set off the attack, the second male protagonists in this article are all castrated) As for Shou finally feeling calm about Gong, the author immediately arranged a hero-saving beauty scene for Gong to impress Shou... Well, this kind of plot is indeed common in wife-chasing novels, so I won't comment too much. But did this part appear too early? The only point of abuse the protagonist has had so far is that he is a little jealous, so the author couldn't bear it and immediately gave him a chance. How long has it been since he was impressed by talent? The author wants to drag him into the abyss of love again... The third point is to abuse scumbags... To be honest, this article only has scumbags torturing the protagonist... Shit... I have nothing to say... The biggest revenge the protagonist can take against scumbags is to sever ties. All the bad endings of scumbags so far are the result of their own fighting. The author did not carefully describe the tragic endings of those scumbags to give us readers a sense of satisfaction, and then went to write those emotional lines of bullshit... In summary, the protagonist should not watch. But the author's writing is actually pretty good. If you just want to be tortured, you can read it, but if you want to enjoy it, don't come here.
Although I did skip some chapters, I was shocked when it suddenly ended...
The protagonist feels that he really doesn't like receiving, and he doesn't love it anyway. From his perspective, he feels that his arrogance has hurt people, and he has some indirect factors in causing the other person's miserable life, so he feels guilty, because the other person's last call was made to him, and he didn't answer it because of his arrogance, which led to the other person's death, so he feels guilty for his whole life. After rebirth, he wants to make up for the other person's death. This is not a scumbag. From his point of view, it is just a business marriage. In the beginning, the other party did not ask for emotional needs, so he did not care about the other party. So he just stood by and watched whatever happened to the other party, and didn't directly do anything to hurt him. I don't know why everyone called him a scumbag. In fact, it feels like being fucked is what the author enjoys when his head is pressed.
. . . He wouldn't be so easy to coax. . .
This is good, at least it won't hurt if we really separate in the future. When I like you, you are a treasure. If I don't, you are just a piece of grass. It's better to be like this. At least you are free.
Yes, it's such a difficult subject, I've seen it here T_T
Such an open ending is quite nice. Shang Li is getting better and better, but the emotional and spiritual damage is hard to make up for. Maybe one day he will accept Li again, maybe never, who knows hahahahaha