Male stand-in | Marriage first, love later | The powerful one bows his head | Going mad for love | Angsty push and pull
Gentle and considerate on the surface, cold and uncaring underneath x a self-deluding, secretly ruthless, resentful husband
Meng Yuqing had been in the entertainment industry for years, but never quite made it big.
The comment she heard most from netizens was that she had a face that couldn't love anyone.
Tan Shiyue was refined, elegant, and successful at a young age, a famous scion of a wealthy family.
The two seemed to have nothing in common, yet they had been secretly married for years.
They had agreed to a marriage of convenience with no feelings involved.
Until one evening at a banquet, Tan Shiyue stepped away on business. When he returned, he heard a friend teasing Meng Yuqing, asking when she'd fallen for him.
The man paused, then stood where he was, unable to bring himself to approach.
After a moment, he heard her hesitate before answering, "I can't remember. It must have been a long time ago, before I met him."
Her friend took her hesitation for shyness. "Wait, was it a secret crush?!"
Meng Yuqing smiled and didn't deny it.
That night, he held the exhausted woman as she slept and lightly kissed the corner of her eye with a soft laugh.
So all that gentleness and consideration hadn't been an attempt to get something in return.
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Later, Tan Shiyue received an old camcorder.
In the footage, Meng Yuqing kissed another man, joked with him, and made promises to him.
And the man's profile looked very much like his.
Tan Shiyue stared at the face on the screen. For the first time, he felt his reason slipping away.
No wonder it had been before she met him...
On the day she was photographed with a male actor from her film crew and rumors spread about them, Meng Yuqing found Tan Shiyue in a dim hotel room, though he was supposed to be abroad.
His expression was unreadable. "Isn't one man with a face like mine enough for you?"
The male lead in the rumor, Tan Shiyue, and the man in the camcorder footage all had a small brown mole on the right side of the bridge of their noses.
"A stand-in for your short-lived ex." He gripped her chin. "How many more do you want?"
Meng Yuqing looked up in shock. "He wasn't my ex!"
"If he wasn't your ex, what was he? I'm your legal husband. Someone like him..." Tan Shiyue paused, suddenly thought of a word, and smiled. "The other man?"
The mistress who broke up someone else's marriage.
Female lead has no other man; happy ending
The former love really is dead, and she really loved him
Theme: There will always be someone who loves you.
