Conjugate Substitute

Shi Jin spent two whole years as a substitute lover by the side of Lu Shen, a powerful figure in the entertainment industry. From a nobody just starting out to a dark horse actress holding a trophy, she was always willing to be a shadow who didn't even deserve to have a name.

Everyone said Shi Jin must be desperately in love with him, and Lu Shen had never doubted it.

When his first love returned from studying abroad, Shi Jin sensibly packed her bags and left the villa.

“If you leave today, don't ever come back.”

Shi Jin looked at the photo on her phone and smiled at him.

“Don't worry, Mr. Lu. I definitely won't come back.”

When Shi Jin truly never looked back, Lu Shen felt as if someone had carved a piece out of his heart.

Everyone knew Lu Shen was calculating and ruthless, a major player in the entertainment industry.

Yet for the first time in his life, this man lowered his head and begged her to return to the home they had shared. But what he saw was her tenderly kissing another man.

Lu Shen dragged the man away in a fit of madness, only to discover that he looked almost exactly like him.

So he was a substitute too.

Term explanation:

Conjugates are a relationship commonly found in mathematics.

The frame placed across the backs of two oxen is called a yoke. It lets the two oxen walk in sync. A conjugate pair is a pair matched according to certain rules.*

Shi Jin and Lu Shen are a conjugate pair.

He looks through her face to see Su Miaomiao, while she borrows his eyes to remember Lu Jiasheng.

Reader's guide:

There's no way the male lead won't suffer in this story. Not in this lifetime.

Theme: Love is sincere; love is open and honest