My Substitute Is Such a Couch Potato

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Blurb:

Xia Zhihan entered the entertainment industry at eighteen. After four years of struggling, he was still a nobody, yet he had become the secret lover of Ye Luo Qiu, the boss of a rival company.

Everyone thought Xia Zhihan was so madly in love with Ye Luo Qiu that he wouldn't leave, even knowing he was just a stand-in. That is, until one day, Xia Zhihan asked to break up.

Ye Luo Qiu: Hah, playing hard to get. Give it three days. You'll come crying back and beg me to take you back.

Three days later, Ye Luo Qiu swallowed his pride and went to make up with Xia Zhihan, only to discover that Xia Zhihan, who had shared his bed for two years, didn't even know his name.

Thinking back on everything that had happened, Ye Luo Qiu suddenly realized... I was the stand-in all along?

* What goes around comes around, even for stand-ins.

* Mom asked why I was on my knees to date someone. (Crying)

* Baby, don't believe him. I'm the one who loves you most!

Notes:

1. Both leads are stand-ins. Happy ending.

2. This is an alternate modern setting, with some original elements.

3. All professional knowledge in this story is made up by the author.

4. The entire story is fictional.

5. More notes may be added later.

------- Upcoming novel: The Fake Prince of a Fief [Infrastructure Building]

Blurb:

The Crown Prince's rebellion implicated the Duke Huguo's entire household, and everyone was executed. Only Pei Ze, the duke's illegitimate son, escaped.

But seeing the wanted notice at the city gate and the Crown Prince's orphan in his arms, Pei Ze figured he was as good as dead, too.

To find a way to survive, he boldly assumed Prince Rui's identity and traveled to the frontier, where he would expand the territory.

If the capital has no place for me, I'll fight my way in from the border.

----- Upcoming novel: The Villain's Sickly Beauty Goes Viral on a Parenting Reality Show

Blurb:

After waking from a serious illness, Qiao Nan discovered he was the villainous sacrificial character in a book, a thoroughly despicable man.

In the near future, he would betray his husband's business secrets for the sake of his first love, abuse his husband's elderly parents, abandon his husband's burdensome child, and offend his husband's entire family.

He thought no one knew, but in fact, everything was under the control of the husband he had married for convenience.

In the end, Qiao Nan would be arrested for trying to kill his husband and spend the rest of his life in prison. His child would be hated by the whole family because of him and die young.

Meanwhile, after getting rid of the father and son, his husband would grow old with his true love.

Qiao Nan woke up furious at this ending. When he saw that his child had grown thinner, his heart ached. Using the chance to film a parenting reality show, he left home, planning to divorce after two years of separation.

On the first day of the livestream, Qiao Nan, determined to take good care of the child, realized he couldn't do a thing. No matter. The child could take care of him.

So...

"Daddy, go night-night. Baby do laundry."

"Daddy's leg hurts. Baby rub-rub."

"Daddy kicked off the blanket. Baby tuck-tuck."

Viewers were openly envious:

[My kid says it's all an act.]

[What an unbelievably adorable baby. Give me that kind of luck, I want it!]

[Baby, stop paying attention to your lazy dad. Come to Auntie's place. Auntie will spoil you!]

The next second, the lazy Qiao Nan on camera grabbed the village bully goose, which was viciously pecking at people. "Let's have braised goose tonight."

[So handsome! Where do I apply to be Mrs. Qiao?]

[No wonder he raised such a perfect baby. When will Heaven send me one?]

[Sorry, I take back wanting to steal the kid. Now I want both of them!]

The father-and-son duo grew more and more popular, but no one knew who Qiao Nan's partner was.

Until one day, the show arranged a family reunion event. Qiao Nan had just said he was divorced when someone walked in through the door. "We aren't divorced. We're very much in love."

Viewers: "!!!"

Oh no, it's a public display of affection!

1. The protagonist got muddleheaded from being sick and mistook a dream for reality, imagining a tragic ending for himself and his child.

2. An alternate modern setting where men can have children.

3. One-on-one romance. The first love and the true love are the same person.

Theme: Know yourself and respect one another.