As the first koi to take human form in the world, Yu Jin has incredible luck. But he's poor, so poor that all he has left is a house. He can only make a living by setting up a street stall beneath an overpass.
Business under the overpass isn't great, so Yu Jin finds himself a side job as the movie emperor's substitute lover, available at all hours.
The first time the movie emperor calls, Yu Jin is being dragged in by a talent-show organizer to help out. The pay is a hundred yuan for the day. Seeing that little bit of money almost in his hands, Yu Jin decisively hangs up on the movie emperor.
They're both side jobs, after all. If he has to choose, of course he'll take the hundred yuan.
The second time, on the night Yu Jin's group is formed, the movie emperor, drunk and shivering in the cold wind, calls Yu Jin.
Hearing that the group will get a ten-thousand-yuan bonus, Yu Jin, with his mind set only on the money, hangs up on the movie emperor again and turns to join his teammates' jubilant celebration.
The third time, Yu Jin is looking at a contract for an outrageously lucrative endorsement. Before he can hang up, the furious movie emperor storms in.
"Try hanging up on me again."
The movie emperor pins Yu Jin in his arms and glares at him.
"I didn't," Yu Jin says innocently. "I just wanted to ask when the contract money will hit my account."
A super lucky koi who only has eyes for money, the bottom X a sweet, silly movie emperor with amazing acting skills and loads of money, the top
* This is a 1v1 romance. The movie emperor's elusive first love is actually Yu Jin himself. The "I become my own substitute" story.
* Yu Jin is a koi spirit, and the movie emperor isn't an ordinary person either.
* Fictional setting, same-sex marriage is legal, humans and spirits coexist. Don't read if that's not your thing!!!
Theme: Every line of work can make you rich.
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