After the Fake Young Master Disappeared, the Real Young Master Went Mad

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Because an enemy maliciously switched them at birth, Song Xici took Huo Chengfeng's place for sixteen years. It wasn't until Huo Chengfeng was found that Song Xici learned he was the Song family's fake young master, and that his adoptive parents had mistreated Huo Chengfeng.

He thought Huo Chengfeng's return would simply mean one more person in the Song family.

But from that day on, the mother who had doted on him gradually grew disappointed in him,

his eldest brother, who had trusted him, began to doubt him,

and the close friend he'd grown up with went their separate way.

The warm harbor he had known became a blade that wounded him, and Song Xici had no choice but to leave.

Without the Song family's protection, Song Xici struggled at every turn. People who had once greeted him with smiles couldn't resist kicking him when he was down, just to satisfy their pride.

Only Huo Chengfeng treated him as he always had, looking after him with gentle care.

He was the light in Song Xici's dark years.

In the fourth year of his unrequited love, Song Xici couldn't hold back and confessed. But when Huo Chengfeng learned of his feelings, he simply said, "Disgusting."

He thought it was only because Huo Chengfeng didn't like men.

But then Huo Chengfeng held hands with another man right in front of him, and even went out of his way to introduce them.

It turned out he didn't dislike men.

In Huo Chengfeng's eyes, Song Xici was born bad, a lackey who would come when called and leave when dismissed, but never someone who deserved to be loved.

Everything he'd suffered over the years had been Huo Chengfeng's revenge.

From that day on, Song Xici disappeared.

A month after he vanished, Huo Chengfeng suddenly began searching for him like a madman.

Everyone thought Huo Chengfeng hated the fake young master who had taken his place most of all. No one expected him to be the first to go crazy looking for Song Xici. Unfortunately, even after two years, he still couldn't find him.

Later, the Bai family, renowned worldwide for its fine jewelry, publicly announced that they had found their long-lost young master. The man in his twenties looked across the stage at Huo Chengfeng, his expression as cold as ice, but he smiled like sunshine at the man beside him.

He gave someone else the look he'd once reserved for Huo Chengfeng.

P.S.:

1. The seme and uke are not related by blood, are not family, and are not on the same household registration.

2. Updates at 6:00 p.m.

[Upcoming Story]

They say a nephew takes after his maternal uncle, and Tang Shuyu looks about seventy percent like his younger maternal uncle. His uncle is sunny and cheerful, with unflagging popularity, while Tang Shuyu is quiet and reserved, known as an aloof beauty.

No one expected someone as proud as Tang Shuyu to pursue Huo Yan relentlessly for three years. After three years, he finally got his wish and became Huo Yan's boyfriend.

Young Master Huo was not only wealthy, but also handsome, and was many people's white moonlight in their social circle.

Everyone thought Huo Yan had been moved by Tang Shuyu's sincerity and that they would become a celebrated couple.

But after getting together with Tang Shuyu, Huo Yan continued to play the field. When people mocked Tang Yu for it, he simply laughed it off,

as if he didn't care about Tang Yu at all, making Tang Yu a laughingstock throughout their circle.

But the truth was, Huo Yan had been the one to confess.

Tang Yu thought that as long as Huo Yan loved him and they were happy together, it didn't matter what anyone else said.

But when his younger uncle returned from abroad and Huo Yan held him, calling out Li Yujia's name in a frenzy, Tang Yu finally understood that he was only a stand-in.

All these years, Huo Yan had never loved him, which was why he had treated him so hot and cold.

After announcing to his family that he and Huo Yan had broken up,

he went alone on vacation to an island he loved.

A few months later, Huo Yan found him, his eyes bloodshot from lack of sleep, and demanded to know what he meant.

Tang Yu smiled and told him,

"It's nothing. I just looked at you for too long, and suddenly you seemed disgusting."

Theme: People should live for themselves.