The Real Young Master Fell for the Fake Young Master

*Love-rat gong x beautiful, affection-starved shou

When Su Yanqi returned to his real home at sixteen, all he felt for Su Yanxin, who had taken his place, was hatred.

But by the time Su Yanqi was eighteen, he and Su Yanxin had become a couple who hugged and kissed.

Su Yanxin asked him, "Have I been good to you? Is that why you like me?"

Su Yanqi said, "I guess so. Not many people have ever been this good to me."

During the honeymoon phase of their relationship, Su Yanqi asked Su Yanxin on a busy street in a foreign country, "Do you dare kiss me here?"

Su Yanxin answered with action, giving him a passionate, lingering kiss.

Su Yanqi thought that Su Yanxin must at least like him.

Su Yanqi hated Su Yanxin and loved him at the same time. He drove himself nearly mad, but still couldn't stop loving him.

Then one day, he overheard Su Yanxin telling someone else, "It'd be easy to ruin him. He's so stupid. I was just a little nice to him and he fell for me. I've never met anyone so dumb... I approached him on purpose and led him into falling for me. He took the bait without any effort at all..."

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Su Yanxin had thought he was just playing a flirtatious game with Su Yanqi, deliberately coaxing him into falling in love. Only later did he realize he had lost control the moment he wanted Su Yanqi to love him, the moment he couldn't help being kind to him.

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*Same original premise, with a new, clickbait-style title

One day, Qin Siyan happened to meet an incredibly handsome young man. He liked what he saw and decided to pursue him.

Thinking of himself as a patient, generous sugar daddy, he learned the young man was going to compete in a talent show and followed him onto the program. To avoid scaring him off, Qin Siyan disguised himself as a trainee and used money and connections to force the production team to expand its confirmed roster of 100 contestants to 101.

He thought everything would go smoothly. After all, he was handsome, fit, rich, well-connected, and about to take over his family's entertainment company. Nobody would lose out by being with him.

He never expected the young man's ex-boyfriend, Bo Xishi, to join the show too. As soon as the two met, their eyes seemed to spark with unspoken passion and endless longing.

Qin Siyan: ...Could you have mentioned sooner that you were getting back together? All the money I spent has gone down the drain!

Even worse, he'd always been at the top of his class, but on the talent show he came in dead last.

He was miserable. If he couldn't win, at least he could make a stand! So he devoted himself to figuring out how to stir up buzz, working tirelessly until his fan votes left everyone else in the dust.

Qin Siyan: I'm very pleased, but I'm supposed to inherit the family business and become a domineering CEO! Being an idol who can't date doesn't fit my life goals.

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The first time Qin Siyan seemingly tried to solicit a casting couch arrangement, he was turned down. The show's chief director politely showed him the door with a blank face. When Qin Siyan turned around, he saw Bo Xishi, who had come to look for the director, giving him a meaningful look.

The second time, Qin Siyan grabbed a powerful woman in the industry by the hand and kept calling her "Sis" in a wheedling voice, only for her to shove him away. After seemingly being rejected by the chief director, he was rejected without mercy by the industry heavyweight too. Bo Xishi happened to pass by and steadied him.

The third time, Qin Siyan was so drunk he mistook the door to his room and wrongly assumed someone had arranged a companion for him. He went along with it, spent a night of passion, and only when he woke up did he realize the person lying on the other half of the bed was his rival, Bo Xishi.

After successfully getting "taken advantage of," Qin Siyan watched Bo Xishi coldly slide a contract across the table. The rewards were generous, and the terms tempting...

Qin Siyan thought: Actually, I went to see the chief director because the production team was giving my artist too little screen time. I wanted to discuss the editing and get my artist more exposure. The powerful woman I called Sis really is my older sister. I was being obnoxiously sweet because she planned to spend money to get me a spot in the debut lineup. The seven-member group was already set, but she insisted on squeezing me in to make it an eight-member group. I was determined to take advantage of someone, not to be taken advantage of. Do you believe me? Oh, and who are you trying to fool with this hastily thrown-together contract?

Message: The bad things will pass, and the future will surely be bright.