The Substitute Heartthrob Ran Off with the Baby

Meticulous, exacting author bottom x shameless CEO top | Next up: "Three Rich Brothers Compete to Be the Father of My Child." Please add it to your reading list~

Shen Xin is a top online novelist, equally at home writing serious literature and slick, satisfying fluff.

He spins out entire worlds at his fingertips, keeps to himself, and has no photos anywhere online. Yet rumors say he's young and handsome, more striking than any celebrity, and the dream man of countless readers.

In other people's eyes, Shen Xin is a spoiled rich kid. Uninterested in romance, he obeys his parents' wishes and marries Ji Qingxing, another capable second-generation rich kid.

He thought he'd simply be living somewhere new, but on his wedding night he suddenly realized he might have become the protagonist of a body-double romance.

"A pretty face with a somewhat similar name, but nothing inside. A complete fool."

He overheard Ji Qingxing say this by chance.

Fine.

In his mind, Shen Xin changed his planned post-marital arrangement from peaceful coexistence to nonviolent noncooperation.

But Ji Qingxing was no pushover either.

After a certain stormy night, Shen Xin ran away. A month later, he discovered, to his dismay, that he was pregnant. Even worse, his biggest fan and only online friend, who had long held the top spot on the tipping leaderboard, had disappeared.

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Ji Qingxing: Xinxin, please open the door and let me in.

Shen Xin: There's no need, Mr. Ji. Let's get a divorce.

Ji Qingxing: Xinxin, don't be like this. I was wrong. I'm sorry. Just hear me out. I have nothing to do with that Shen Xin! Absolutely nothing! That so-called literary heartthrob is just putting on airs. I've ended every partnership between my company and him. He can go to hell. He's not worth a single strand of your hair!

Shen Xin: ...

Great. I'm even angrier now.

He insulted Shen Xin's talent and sabotaged his career. This marriage had to end!

I became my own substitute | Before I met you, I fell in love with your soul | Modern alternate universe | Men can marry and have children

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Blurb

1.

Gu Yu runs a private restaurant, and Zheng Yi is a regular.

Zheng Yi: I can't take my brother anymore! Old-fashioned! Authoritarian! A patriarchal tyrant! I need to escape his clutches!

Gu Yu: How?

Zheng Yi takes Gu Yu's hands: Help me! Pretend to be my boyfriend, come home with me, and convince my brother to let me start out on my own!

Gu Yu nods: Sure.

Zheng Yi had helped him before. There was no reason not to return the favor.

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Shen Su is Gu Yu's classmate. He recently returned from abroad and invited Gu Yu to his birthday party.

Shen Su smiles: There's one more thing I need your help with. I'll confess to you there, and you can say yes to fool my family. They're constantly pressuring me to get married and go on blind dates. I'm sick of it.

Gu Yu nods: Sure.

They met in high school, shared the same ideals, and became close friends. When starting a business proved difficult, Shen Su supported him, kept him company, and helped him come up with plans.

This little favor was nothing, too.

But at the birthday party, sparks flew when Zheng Yi and Shen Su turned out to be family!

This is a disaster.

2.

Both men were too proud to back down, and they started arguing on the spot.

Zheng Yi: You're the other man!

Shen Su: The one who isn't loved is the other man!

Zheng Yi: Exactly! He obviously loves me more! He cooks for me every day!

Shen Su: Cooks for you? That's hilarious. We already have a child together, and you're still bragging about cooking!

Zheng Yi: What?!

Zheng Yi wasn't the only one who said "What?!" Another man spoke in a low, resonant voice, steady and mature, yet with an unmistakable trace of surprise and panic.

That voice sounded just like the one from not long ago...

Gu Yu turned around and froze.

3.

The old-fashioned, authoritarian, patriarchal tyrant, and the eldest brother of Zheng Yi and Shen Su, was Zheng Wei.

So it had been him.

The man Gu Yu had accidentally slept with not long ago.

And his first love, with whom he'd once had a relationship lasting a mere three hours.

This was a disaster. A complete disaster.

Gu Yu was close to tears.

Because the child was real, and was in his belly right now, though still too small to show.

Silly, fun, melodramatic love triangle | Top is Zheng Wei | One-on-one romance between the top and bottom throughout

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Theme: Appearance and character together make a whole person. To know someone, you must know their face and their heart. Love that sees beyond the surface and reaches into the soul is the truest, deepest, most perfect kind of love.