My Exclusive Replacement

At Christmas, Yan Zhi received a "surprise" gift from her best friend.

A man who looked just like her deceased fiancé: Qi Ji.

Yan Zhi asked him to leave, but the pure-hearted-looking man flushed with anxiety. "Please don't kick me out. I need the money."

It turned out his father was gravely ill and needed money for surgery. With nowhere else to turn, he'd signed a contract with her best friend to be her "gift" for a year.

Yan Zhi's gaze turned cold. "Get out!"

Unable to break the contract, the man stayed. He cooked for her, cared for her, and found other ways to fulfill their agreement.

Yan Zhi treated him coldly, as if he were invisible.

But when she saw his family leeching off him, mocking him and framing him, she couldn't help stepping in to protect him. Before long, she'd captured his heart.

Her best friend teased her, "Have you fallen for him?"

Concealing the guilt in her eyes, Yan Zhi curled her lips into a smile. "He's just a stand-in."

Later, Qi Ji wandered into a villa and found the walls covered in photos of Yan Zhi with another man.

The man in the pictures looked almost exactly like him. Only then did Qi Ji realize he was a stand-in.

The usually obedient man finally bared his fangs. His anger gave way to helplessness. "Yan Zhi, open your eyes and look carefully. I'm not him. I'm not a stand-in. I'm Qi Ji, and I love you..."

Yan Zhi murmured, "But all I need is a stand-in."

Theme: Life is beautiful, and we should always have hope