*This novel also goes by the titles Two Tops, Pick One; Better to Love Yourself; The Substitute's Revenge Guide; and The Premarital Change of Heart Scheme...
It's melodrama on the surface, with supernatural crime investigation at its heart.
*The head of Qing Shan's Demon-Suppression Bureau: Qin Shuying. His name evokes the beauty of sparse shadows, and he is graceful and striking. Able to perceive the realms of yin and yang from childhood, he is surrounded by divine flames and born under an auspicious fate, like a Vermilion Bird soaring on the wind.
But in truth, he is only a reflection of flowers in a mirror and the moon on water, a substitute destined to take the place of another.
Two people are entangled with him: Jiang Lei and Han Mo.
One destroyed all moral boundaries for him, slaughtered his father and sovereign for him, and waited a hundred years without ever forgetting his original feelings. But the one he loves is Qin Shuying in his previous life, the disgraced Crown Prince Zhao Qinyue.
The other is willing to surrender his divine status for him, change everything for him, abandon his lofty airs, and touch the filthy mortal world. But the one he loves is Qin Shuying's appearance: the Phoenix.
No matter how Qin Shuying refuses, maneuvers, or tries to avoid them, he knows perfectly well that the identity of Qin Shuying exists for no reason other than to be a substitute.
Everything is a dream of flowers in a mirror and the moon on water, a joke of one peach standing in for another.
But Qin Shuying himself does not want to be the joke.
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Someone asked Qin Shuying, "Who do you love?"
Qin Shuying answered, "I love work."
Because work is the only thing that won't betray you. If life deceives you, work won't. If you can't do something at work, then you really can't do it. If work needs you, then it really needs you. If your workplace calls you back to work overtime, then it really does expect you to come back and work overtime.
*One-on-one romance. One-line spoiler: The older one is the top.
Theme: Love your work. Work makes you happy, and work won't deceive you.
I feel like this old gentleman is a bit yandere
When will the teacher continue?
Spread flowers, why should I write them separately? It feels better if they are connected~
"Surprised Eyes on China" gave the author a big bug~
The "uneasy routine" is a big thorn in the side of the author~
It's over. I want to eat candy corn.
"The evil spirit is the devil's tendency," which is a big bug for the author~ drive
The evil smile at the end was a bit dramatic hahahaha
"Nothing can be separated from it," which is a big bug for the author~ Never change without departing from the same origin~
Feudal ideas are unacceptable!