I Just Like Your Looks [Double Substitutes]

[Double Substitutes] The day Xie Qing left the country, Han Zhiyan got drunk. He drowned his sorrows at a bar, where he met a handsome young man who looked and carried himself much like Xie Qing. His eyes and brows held a smile, and his gentle gaze bore an eighty percent resemblance to Xie Qing. He also had a lovely name: Qu Baixi. Han Zhiyan's mind was hazy with drink. He went up to him and asked, "Are you short on money? Or would you be interested in dating me?" Word that Young Master Han had brought home a little lover who looked a lot like Xie Qing spread through B City’s social circles overnight. Everyone knew he was hopelessly in love with Xie Qing, and that was why he had made such a reckless move. The people around him tacitly kept quiet, treating Qu Baixi with mocking looks and considering him a stand-in who would be discarded as soon as the real deal returned. To keep Qu Baixi by his side, Han Zhiyan drafted a dating contract. Its terms included, but were not limited to: no checking up on him, no asking about his social media, no showing affection for him in public without permission, and no announcing their relationship without permission... He had expected to be turned down, but Qu Baixi merely glanced down at the contract and nodded. Han Zhiyan couldn't help thinking, He must really love me. Otherwise, why would he be willing to put up with so much! Soon, the three-year contract came to an end, and Xie Qing returned to the country right on schedule. Looking at Qu Baixi beside him in bed, Han Zhiyan steeled himself to give up what he loved and decided to be ruthless for the sake of his dream. He sat down at the negotiating table with icy resolve, took out the contract, and decided that even if Qu Baixi knelt before him with red, tear-filled eyes and begged, he absolutely would not Then he saw Qu Baixi take out a contract too and say cheerfully, "Since we've reached an agreement, let's make it official?" ...He just couldn't be hard-hearted. ???? Wait, did he hear that right???? You must have another man on the side!!! You want to dump him?? Dream on!!! * Three years earlier, Qu Baixi's first love had gone abroad for personal reasons, and Qu Baixi was heartbroken. He went to a bar to drown his sorrows, only to run into a man who looked like his first love and, while pretending to be indifferent, struck up a conversation with him. He thought it was amusing, so he agreed, and even managed to get a stand-in contract that paid him one million a month in compensation. Three years later, his first love came back. The contract was ending just then, and the stand-in seemed eager to move on, so Qu Baixi decided to go along with it, end their arrangement, and return to being single. Except... the stand-in's reaction seemed just a little different from what he had imagined? * Later, Han Zhiyan saw Qu Baixi at a restaurant he often went to. Qu Baixi was laughing and chatting with the man beside him, his expression soft in a way Han Zhiyan had never seen before. A pang of jealousy struck Han Zhiyan, and he couldn't help going over to make a sarcastic remark, hoping to hurt him. But Qu Baixi only smiled gently and said to the man beside him, "This is a patient I treated before. He's got a bit of a problem in the head. There's no need to pay him any mind, Senior." Han Zhiyan: ... At that moment, Young Master Han finally understood: Qu Baixi wasn't the only one who had been treated as a stand-in. So had he. #Damn it, how can he be so intimate with another man? # #I was fooled. He actually treated me as a stand-in. # #Hah, men. Love is all an act. # #After all those twists and turns, turns out I'm the clown??? # A stubborn yet softhearted, dimwitted, childish, jealous attack X a dazzling beauty who seems warm on the outside but is cold within, and has no heart at all Character types are not exclusive. Authorized by the artist @InkBottle [Synopsis written on 2021/05/18, screenshot taken] Theme: Love means respecting each other