The Fake Takes the Real's Place

[Fake Replacement Romance] [An Older Man Is Deceived in Love] [Dating Before Falling in Love] [Heartbreak and Regret] To claw her way out of poverty, Ji Xianyu set her sights on Mr. Raphael of a distinguished family. Word had it that he had a long-lost first love he could never forget. As an actress, she could easily play the stand-in, even if it meant sacrificing herself. Their first meeting went smoothly, but it was hardly pleasant. The man's features were deep and striking, his eyes impossible to read. His warm breath brushed her ear as he asked, "Do you need me to call 'action'?" He acted gentle at every turn, but his calm, detached manner made it seem as if he were dealing with a pet bird. Beneath his generosity lay an air of superiority. He said, "As long as this relationship lasts, things will be done my way. I'll decide when it ends." Ji Xianyu heard him loud and clear, and understood perfectly. - Every performance must eventually come to an end. When Ji Xianyu learned that his first love was coming back, she composed herself and calmly brought up breaking up over a candlelit dinner. The evening breeze was chilly. Mr. Raphael gave a faint, derisive laugh, his low voice betraying a trace of displeasure. "You approached me because you mistook me for someone else, and now you want to leave me for a woman who has nothing to do with us?" Ji Xianyu's mind short-circuited. By the time she came to her senses, the man had pinned her leg down and brushed his lips with his fingers. His voice lowered further. "Did you mistake me for someone else, or do you not know him at all?" - At first, when Reines met Ji Xianyu, he thought of her as nothing more than a fleeting affair. He played along with her act, and he did find it amusing. As time passed, he found he could tolerate having this money-grubbing woman around a little longer. But when she admitted that she was willing to be someone else's stand-in and had come to him after mistaking him for another man, Reines suddenly realized she had deceived him. His fierce possessiveness was like an ember, ready to flare back to life with the slightest breath of wind. How could he possibly bear to let this little liar leave him? A love-swindling little slacker x a dark, brooding man deceived in love #Who exactly mistook whom for a replacement? Oh, turns out I was the one who got the wrong person. #It took me forever to fall in love, and now you tell me you were just acting jpg. [Reader's Guide] *The male lead has no first love. The female lead is the one who mistook him for someone else. Both are inexperienced in love and have only ever been with each other, emotionally and physically. Neither lead is perfect, and their actions do not reflect the author's personal values. The female lead feels guilty about it internally, but she gives in to temptation, and they both get what they want. The male lead is two-faced and darkly possessive: he acts superior at first, then becomes infatuated with her. There is a seven-year age gap. The male lead is mixed-race, and the story is set in China. Screenshot dated 2023/7/10 // Weibo: @Sui Zhu Ye Theme: Sincerity