Turns Out I Was a Substitute Too

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Qin Wanning spent five years with Li Sicheng. He personally made her a movie star, turning her into a top-tier actress.

In the eyes of outsiders, Li Sicheng was cold and cruel, yet devoted to Qin Wanning alone. He had no other women by his side. But only Qin Wanning knew the truth: she was merely a substitute. The person Li Sicheng truly loved was someone else.

In Li Sicheng's eyes, Qin Wanning was gentle, sensible, sweet, and obedient. She dutifully did everything he asked. He thought she would always submit to him, never imagining she might be the one to ask to leave.

Proud as he was, he sneered at once. "Qin Wanning, if you leave, don't come back."

She had no intention of returning. A few months later, Li Sicheng saw a young man by her side. The man's features resembled his, and he even had a mole beneath the corner of his eye.

Li Sicheng smiled at his friends. "Look how much Qin Wanning loves me. After we broke up, she found someone who looks just like me to be her substitute."

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Later, Qin Wanning began filming a new movie. Her male co-star was a fresh face Li Sicheng had never seen before, but he had similar features and a mole, too.

Word had it that Qin Wanning had strongly recommended the leading actor. Their sweet interactions at the film's launch event won over a huge crowd of fans who shipped them as a couple.

Consumed by jealousy, Li Sicheng ran into Qin Wanning at a party and impulsively grabbed her wrist. She smiled and brushed him off. "Mr. Li, I already have someone new."

That night, Li Sicheng finally learned the truth: he, too, had been one of Qin Wanning's substitutes, standing in for her first love, who had died suddenly.

Proud as he was, he was utterly humiliated. He couldn't believe he was just one of the fish in Qin Wanning's pond, tossed aside once she got bored.

[Wait, I was the substitute all along?]

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1. Both leads have been substitutes. The heroine has had other partners, while the hero has not. (Important: all the men.)

2. A battle royale of men competing for the heroine. The heroine is adored by everyone.

3. The author is letting loose with this one. The blurb is not the male lead.

4. The ending is one-on-one, with a happy ending.

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Blurb for Love Like Still Water:

1.

Everyone who knew Tang Ning knew how much she loved Lin Yue.

She had once been willing to set aside her heiress status just to pursue him.

After a year together, the Tang family went bankrupt. Before Tang Ning could accept the shock of falling from the clouds, Lin Yue broke up with her.

Not long afterward, Tang Ning saw Lin Yue with another girl. He was gentle and smiling in a way he had never been with her.

When they ran into each other, Lin Yue wasn't embarrassed at all. He told Tang Ning, as if it were only natural, that the girl was the one he had loved secretly for years. If she hadn't gone abroad and left him heartbroken, he wouldn't have dated Tang Ning out of spite.

2.

The rich socialite circle mocked Tang Ning, ridiculing her for being a poor judge of character.

Once the center of everyone's attention, she was now someone anyone could kick while she was down.

At her most wretched, Tang Ning never expected Jiang Wenjing to lend her a helping hand.

He was known for his cold and ruthless nature, a powerful man admired and feared by countless people.

Jiang Wenjing helped the Tang family recover from the brink of ruin, and Tang Ning had no way to repay him.

She asked what he wanted, but he remained silent.

A few days later, on a stormy night, the two were trapped in a car. In the pitch darkness, Jiang Wenjing spoke softly. "Didn't you ask what I wanted? What I want is you."

3.

At a business reception, someone noticed a ring on Jiang Wenjing's ring finger. Overnight, word that the business tycoon was married spread throughout high society.

Later, at an international auction, Jiang Wenjing paid an astronomical sum for a villa on a private island. When the media interviewed him, he said openly, "My wife loves the sea."

That confirmed the rumors once and for all.

Everyone who knew him was curious about what woman could catch Jiang Wenjing's eye.

Then a video secretly filmed by a passerby went viral online.

In it, Jiang Wenjing was holding a slender beauty in a qipao. Her profile looked especially delicate and endearing.

The night the video went viral, Jiang Wenjing registered on Weibo for the first time and served everyone a late-night helping of couple sweetness.

[My wife got tired from walking, so she insisted I carry her. @Tang Ning]

Theme: Be positive and brave.