You Don't Look Like Her

[Scheming, sickly top x gentle bottom who stubbornly refuses to admit what she feels] [Please don't read pirated copies]

Jiang Ming had known since childhood that Sheng Chutang and her mother were close friends. What she didn't know was that the person Sheng Chutang had held in her heart was her mother.

But Jiang Ming was in too deep to let go. When Sheng Chutang said her voice didn't sound like her mother's, she said,

“If I don't speak, can you pretend I'm her?”

For the sake of her unrequited love, Sheng Chutang raised Jiang Ming for seventeen years.

Then Jiang Ming said she loved her. It was ridiculous.

Jiang Ming followed her onto a variety show, confessing her feelings at every turn. The media condemned her, and fans flooded Sheng Chutang with messages asking if Jiang Ming thought she was worthy of her.

Sheng Chutang never denied it.

But later, when Jiang Ming asked if she sounded like her mother, Sheng Chutang bit her lip and couldn't speak.

She didn't. Not even a little.

Thirteen-year age gap / happy ending / substitute / the one who rejected her pursues her back / more to come / the two have no blood relation or legal or nominal family relationship / read or drop it as you please / please don't kill the pig / 90% anti-piracy ratio

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[Please add my next book, Married First, Loved Later with a Peking Opera Star, to your reading list]

[Dark, pretending-to-be-weak, pretending-to-be-a-damsel top x upright, sweet and handsome bottom with gold-rimmed glasses]

All of Lin Xun's siblings died. Her scumbag father, who had thrown her out because he thought she brought bad luck to the family, had no choice but to take her back.

He wanted her to inherit the family business, and he wanted her to marry Bai Qingci.

Bai Qingci was a Peking Opera star who had taken half of Jiazhou by storm. Two years ago, she had returned to Yancheng and switched to Cantonese opera.

To her surprise, Lin Xun's scumbag father took a liking to her.

Lin Xun agreed.

She badly needed money. It didn't matter even if Bai Qingci said she was a woman.

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Bai Qingci had always felt she owed Lin Xun.

So when Lin Xun wanted to take control from her scumbag father, Bai Qingci helped. When Lin Xun wanted kisses and hugs, she agreed. When Lin Xun wanted more, she gave in as well.

But when ambitious Lin Xun wanted to destroy Yancheng, Bai Qingci couldn't do it. They said actors had no heart, but who could compare with Lin Xun?

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The day Lin Xun left Yancheng, Bai Qingci went to see her off.

After hesitating for a long time, she asked if Lin Xun had ever loved her.

She remembered Lin Xun smiling and saying, “Bai Qingci, I was born to belong to the darkness. I can only lose myself in it.”

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Later, the two met again in Jiazhou. Bai Qingci was still adored by everyone, while Lin Xun cornered her backstage, eyes red. “I never gave you my answer that day.”

“Does it matter?” Bai Qingci gazed at her, her smile unreadable. “It doesn't matter anymore.”

Reader's Guide:

1. The setting is fictional, an idealized version of the Republican era.

2. Lin Xun has to win her wife back.

3. Happy ending, no change of pairing.

4. The author isn't a professional. If you spot an error in any technical details, please point it out gently. I'll check and correct it.

5. Intimacy before love.

6. The bottom has very short hair. Very short.

7. Nothing else comes to mind. I'll add more if I think of anything.

Theme: Stay true to your original intentions and your heart, remain steadfast, and find and hold on to who you are throughout life's journey.