Each Other's Substitutes

Coming soon in my collection: Two Days and Three Nights

One-line description: A retired player and her last fish, as the male lead rises to the top.

Coming soon from my friend: Back to 1995 by Dang Gui Yi

One-line description: Rural life in the 1990s, taking things slowly and building wealth through hard work~

________ Blurb for Mutual Substitutes ________

Young Master Nie knew that Ruan Qingqing loved begonias, loved painting him, and loved gazing up at him. She loved him desperately.

But his heart belonged to someone else. Ruan Qingqing was just a substitute lover to ease his longing.

They both knew it.

In the third year, his first love returned to the country, and Qingqing considerately offered to end their arrangement.

The moment the girl handed him the termination agreement, he panicked completely and rushed into the rain after her.

The rain poured down. The girl stood there indifferently, not looking back.

After that, he never heard from Ruan Qingqing again.

He only heard from his second uncle, Nie, that her painting had won an award and she was going abroad to study.

Won an award? Going abroad?

He stood frozen in place, as if he were seeing the girl for the first time.

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One day, drinking to drown his sorrows, he returned to the little house where the girl had lived, despising himself all the while.

In a daze, he walked into her studio. Through his drunken haze, he saw an unfinished painting on the easel.

The young man in the painting had gentle eyes and brows. He stood beneath a white begonia tree, with petals fluttering around him like something out of a dream.

It was the likeness of his second uncle.

Memories flooded back.

Qingqing had softly told him that they were each getting what they wanted.

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Ruan Qingqing had paid none of that any mind. Her world was utterly different from Nie Zezhi's.

Once the truth about their relationship came out, she only wanted to leave. To escape the fact that her mother was dead, and to escape the truth of everything.

It was simple: she was tired of using Nie Zezhi as a substitute. She had more important things to care about, so she ended their arrangement and left.

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*Nie Zezhi x Ruan Qingqing

*In body, it's one-on-one; in heart, they're each other's substitutes. Both leads are scummy early on, followed by a pursuit of the wife.

*The second uncle is the male lead's second uncle (hides face)

________ Coming soon: Two Days and Three Nights. Please add it to your list! ________

Blurb:

Bai Muqi was introverted and reserved. With graduation approaching, he couldn't find anyone to see him off.

After thinking it over, he messaged the only girl he knew at school.

"I'm graduating and leaving soon. Are you free to meet up for a meal?"

The girl replied quickly: "Sure. I've just made an important decision, too :)"

What decision?

Bai Muqi didn't quite understand.

Still, he carefully wiped the dust off his bicycle. Lin Lan had once said she liked the feeling of riding a bicycle out for a spin.

Maybe he could give her a thoughtful farewell.

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The farewell party for two lasted two days and three nights.

They said they were leaving, then cried and begged each other to stay.

They were still falling for each other.

Content warnings:

1. The male lead is a virgin; the female lead is not. The male lead is a virgin; the female lead is not. The male lead is a virgin; the female lead is not. Emphasized three times: the heroine, Lin Lan, has plenty of romantic experience, and the hero, Bai Muqi, is a backup option. Backup option. Backup option.

2. Emphasizing that again.

3. Emphasizing it a second time.

________ Coming soon: My Master Chases Me Through Ascension ________

Blurb:

Meng Qinghuan had mixed feelings about his little disciple, Ruan Mu.

He loved how sweet and charming she was, but hated how lazy she was and how little effort she put into her cultivation.

When he emerged from a long retreat, he discovered his little disciple was missing.

His other disciples: "Master, Master! Your junior sister, whom you've secretly loved for hundreds of years, has attained the Dao and ascended!"

Meng Qinghuan: "???"

Ruan Mu was doing quick transmigration missions.

After finishing one mission, she returned home and opened the door, only to find herself face-to-face with a stunned mission traveler.

Ruan Mu: "..."

Meng Qinghuan: "..."

Meng Qinghuan looked at Ruan Mu's skimpy T-shirt and shorts. His ears turned red, and after hesitating for a while, he asked quietly, "Is this the immortal realm? Do I... have to wear so little, too?"

Ruan Mu: "???"

*A story about a big shot from the Six Paths bringing a big shot from the Immortal Path along to adapt to modern life, and falling in love along the way.

*Lighthearted, silly, and sweet.

*Made for each other, no need to be polite.

Theme: Love yourself before loving someone else.