Jian Yan had loved Xia Yu for three years, but had finally had enough of being just one of the fish in his pond.
So he turned around and hired himself a little lover who looked just like him.
The little lover, A Ning, was pure and delicate, and good in every way. But whenever Jian Yan saw Xia Yu with a new partner, he couldn't help taking his frustration out on A Ning.
Later, Jian Yan came to his senses and decided to set A Ning free.
But at some point, A Ning had gathered evidence and exposed Jian Yan as the fake young master in front of everyone.
"Brother Yan, now there's no gap between us!"
"What, you really don't like me anymore...?"
In the middle of their struggle, a truck suddenly came hurtling toward them. Jian Yan pushed A Ning aside and was hit and killed.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back at the time he had first hired A Ning.
Whenever A Ning tried to fulfill his duties under the contract, Jian Yan would say:
"Just focus on your studies. You don't have to do anything else."
"I hired you because you're a top student, to secure talent for the company in advance."
"Because you look like Xia Yu? What a joke! I'm over him."
These words eventually reached Xia Yu.
Everyone in their circle knew that Jian Yan had picked his lover to look just like him. Xia Yu scoffed and thought nothing of it.
Until, at a ball, he saw Jian Yan with his own eyes, holding a handsome man whose features looked nothing like his own.
The two of them seemed so close...
Xia Yu: Suddenly, none of the fish in the pond looked appealing anymore.
It wasn't until the end of his previous life that Jian Yan learned he was a fake young master. His adoptive parents had nearly torn their family apart over him.
Now that he was reborn, in addition to helping the obsessive A Ning find his way, he tracked down the real young master who had grown up away from home, Xie Yiwen.
Before returning his identity, Jian Yan first had to help Xie Yiwen build a good relationship with Jian's mother.
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Xie Yiwen had grown up in the slums. He was tough, quiet, and had few friends.
One day, a distinguished young master stepped out of a car parked at the mouth of his alley.
The young master came by every day to cheer him up, took him shopping for new clothes and to dances, and even brought him home. He told him:
"From now on, think of this as your home."
"Think of my parents as your own."
Xie Yiwen:!
So the implication is...
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Jian Yan saw that his whole family was pleased with Xie Yiwen, and decided the time was right. He revealed the truth about his identity and prepared to leave on his own.
But someone held down his luggage, and Xie Yiwen said firmly:
"If you leave, I'll leave too."
Jian's mother laughed. "Silly boy. Even if you're not my biological child, you can't escape calling me Mom!"
*Flirtatious, unattainable dream lover vs. obsessive little lover vs. devoted real young master
*The real young master is the official love interest
Theme: Good deeds are rewarded