A Healer Heals Himself

Also known as "A Heart of Cinnabar, a Masterful Hand" and "The Moonlight's Substitute Is the Moonlight"

[This is a story about the heroine healing herself, and thanks to An Ning for the cover~~~]

Life is like a play, and it all comes down to acting.

[Romance synopsis:]

Xu Tang was famous, dignified, and reserved.

He had the sweetest girlfriend: quiet, sensible, serious about acting, and never caught up in scandals. She was a stand-in for the woman he loved, even using that woman's name, Xuan Ling, as her stage name when she debuted.

Unfortunately, she was only a substitute.

As soon as he got the latest news about his true love, he dumped her without hesitation.

Xu Tang braced himself for Jin Yun to be heartbroken, but instead, she picked up the check, kissed it, and said, "Thanks for the generous donation. May boundless blessings be upon you."

Xu Tang: ???

Later, following in the footsteps of his true love, he found a newly built little Taoist temple in the mountains. There he saw Jin Yun coming out, dressed in work clothes and acting like she knew what she was doing.

He thought she must have loved him so deeply that, in her heartbreak and despair, she had even taken up this kind of work.

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Jin Yun and several senior disciples competed to see who could raise the funds to renovate their temple without using supernatural arts. The winner would inherit the temple.

To raise the money, Jin Yun studied while making an early debut in show business, becoming a cool, aloof rising star.

She fell for Xu Tang as he pursued her, and gave up the competition and her career for him. But she never expected that Xu Tang saw her only as another woman's substitute. They lived together for three years, and he never so much as lifted a finger.

So she hardened her heart, focused on acting, and waited for Xu Tang to pay her off and dump her.

Her senior disciples were close to raising enough money, but Xu Tang still showed no sign of ending things. Gritting her teeth, she played the part of his true love one last time, took the money, and left.

Later, Xu Tang tracked her down at the temple. His eyes red, he pleaded, "Jin Yun, what kind of man do you like? I'll introduce you to someone. Don't do anything foolish."

Jin Yun glanced at him coolly. "Incense is ten, fortune sticks are twenty, and a divination is two hundred... Scan to pay. No credit, no refunds."

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Everyone knew Xu Tang had a true love who lived in his heart, a fairy who dwelled in the mountains, untouched by worldly dust. Jin Yun was merely lucky enough to resemble her.

Later, someone photographed more and more men around Jin Yun. Scions of wealthy families often sought her out, and whenever she arrived at a film set, luxury cars escorted her. The profile of one person in a car looked suspiciously like Xu Tang.

Later still, someone captured Xu Tang following close behind her, looking miserable. "Xuan Ling, could you say one more thing to me? Just one sentence."

"Sure." After saying that, Jin Yun got into her car and drove away.

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[Heroine synopsis:]

She has mastered the five arts of mountain, medicine, fate, divination, and physiognomy, and her medical skills are extraordinary. At fourteen, she entered Huada University's gifted youth program to study medicine.

She was the youngest and had never formally taken a master, but all of Master Luo's disciples respectfully called her "Senior Brother Xuan Ling." They knew she was the true heir to everything Master Luo had taught.

She had been dealt a winning hand as a heaven-blessed prodigy, but Master Luo's death made her fold. She built herself a cocoon and spent three years at university, then three more, then another three, changing schools again and again. She could not escape the tiny confines of her grief or see anything beyond the darkness.

Xu Tang promised to take care of her and treat her well, and she believed him.

But Xu Tang wanted her to be a stand-in for his true love. When their three-year relationship fell apart, she finally faced the truth: apart from Master Luo, no one would ever treat her that well again. She would never have another family member like Master Luo, but she still had to keep walking her path through life.

Breaking out of her cocoon, she saw the light, along with friends who cared for her, her beloved senior disciples, partners who trusted her, and students who relied on her...

When the night meets the dawn, the whole world will embrace the light.

#The clueless man who mistook his true love for a stand-in#

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#The dedicated true love who stays true to herself#

#The heroine is a multitalented young woman: science and the supernatural, plus a groveling ex chasing his wife, ashes and all#

#No ghosts or supernatural horror. The heroine is not religious. Master Luo found her and raised her in a temple, where she learned divination#

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Theme: Becoming a better version of yourself