The Substitute Keeps Getting Off Track

Qin Ye pins Lin Yiwen against the floor-to-ceiling window of the villa, his tone dangerous. "Ms. Lin, clause five of the agreement says we must fulfill our marital obligations when necessary... And right now, it's necessary."

Lin Yiwen pushes him away. "Mr. Qin, you're taking the role too seriously... Keep rubbing against me and it'll cost extra."

To save her family from ruin, third-rate actress Lin Yiwen enters into a marriage of convenience with business tycoon Qin Ye.

Everyone knows Qin Ye married her only because she looks just like his unforgotten first love. No one knows that the teenage Qin Ye was once Lin Yiwen's first love.

Even her manager advises her, "Learn from her. Get Miss Jin's mannerisms just right."

Lin Yiwen nods obediently and tries to play the part, only to hear him say drunkenly, "You'll never measure up to her."

Even in the heat of passion, he says, "Why do you have one more scar on your knee than she does?"

Lin Yiwen smiles faintly and traces the old scar on his back. They got it when they fell together all those years ago, but he doesn't remember a thing.

But she's a good actress, playing Mrs. Qin with such conviction that Qin Ye enjoys her dedication, until he discovers her secret account: @HasMrQinGoneBankruptToday:

"This Mr. Qin is a thousand-year-old iceberg. Sharing a bed with him feels like lying in a morgue."

"My stomach hurt, so I refused my marital duties. Mr. Qin looked at me like I was defective. Hope he goes bankrupt next year."

"The only thing Mr. Qin has going for him is his looks. His abs get an eight out of ten, but the man is a dog."

Qin Ye laughs in fury. That very night, he grabs Lin Yiwen by the waist and pins her beneath him. "That score's too low... I'd like a retest."

One day, Qin Ye's first love returns, and everyone waits for Lin Yiwen to be thrown out.

Instead, Qin Ye tears up their agreement and asks her in front of everyone, eyes red: "The agreement is void. Now... can I pursue you?"

Lin Yiwen takes off her wedding ring. A packed suitcase rests by her feet. "The performance is over, Mr. Qin. Now it's your turn to learn what it's like to love someone you can't have."

After she leaves, Qin Ye smashes the entire villa.

Later, when certain truths come to light, Qin Ye, enduring the long road to win back his wife, slaps himself across the face. "You bastard. So stupid and pretentious. You deserve this!"

Coming soon next door, everyone, please add it to your favorites? I Predicted Your Tenth Death

"The answer is C. You'll die in three years."

On the first day of school, transfer student Pei Junchen pokes Qin Zhixin with his pen and greets her with a line straight out of a horror movie.

She slams her test-prep book against his handsome face. "Aren't you afraid karma will get you for cursing people? I'll live long enough to collect my pension."

That is, until he accurately predicts the midterm questions, the campus heartthrob's confession, and her phone falling into the toilet.

"Believe me now? Your death certificate number is CN10086..." Pei Junchen corners her in the classroom, his body burning hot, nothing like a high schooler's.

Later, he shields her from every disaster: taking a car's impact for her on the road, forcing open her front door on the night of a fire...

"Qin Zhixin, listen to me. Stay alive, all right?" His eyes turn red as he speaks.

Then she accidentally finds his bloodstained notebook, filled with all the different ways she dies: gunshot, fall from a building, drowning...

On the title page is a desperate line: "Pei Junchen, this is your tenth time traveling through time for her. If you fail again, you'll disappear forever."

She finds him trembling. "Tell me you don't keep coming back to save me..."

He gently wipes away her tears. "I do it so you can live, even if... I'm not in that future."

Only later does she learn the truth he concealed: every time she died, he was involved.

Pei Junchen admits it, smiling gently through his heartbreak. "I'm not a prophet. I'm... the culprit who dragged you into this hell."

He tells himself he's only atoning for his sins, trading his life for hers. It's fair. But Qin Zhixin takes his hand and says, "Then let's break this cycle together. Pei Junchen, I won't let you bear it alone."

At last, everything settles and an even greater conspiracy is revealed. They win a future for each other.

Qin Zhixin smiles and holds up the marriage certificate he'd hidden for years. "You kept something this important from me. You really can keep a secret."

Pei Junchen scoops her up and tosses her onto the bed. "I can't hold back for another second..."

Theme: Strive for self-improvement and never give up.