The Stand-In Is Still Trying to Save the World Today

Sheng Mingshu was a stand-in.

Not for money or profit, but to treat Ming Xiting's illness.

They said Ming Xiting loved his white moonlight so much he had gone mad. After an accident damaged his cognition, he would lose his mind if he went more than twenty-four hours without seeing his white moonlight.

During the accident, Ming Xiting shielded Sheng Mingshu with his own body and saved his life.

To repay him, Sheng Mingshu, who supposedly looked a lot like the white moonlight, stayed on as a stand-in.

Ming Xiting treated his stand-in very well.

So well that he remembered every anniversary, took on trouble himself to get revenge on the family members who mistreated him, and risked his own life to save him when an accident struck.

Sheng Mingshu thought, too bad he was just a stand-in.

Rumor had it the white moonlight was about to return, and people around him, openly and covertly, urged him to step aside sooner rather than later.

Sheng Mingshu chose to "die" in that accident.

At the same time, the captain who had gone away to recover from his injuries quietly returned to the most powerful ability-user organization in the otherworld.

Not long afterward, the highest-level alarm blared.

A world-ending high-risk ability user had awakened.

Captain Sheng, who specialized in treating high-risk, difficult cases, rushed to the scene, only to spot Ming Xiting at the heart of the storm.

The "white moonlight" sat on the ground, clutching his neck, his face full of terror.

Ming Xiting's gloomy, icy gaze shifted away from him. He turned and met Sheng Mingshu's eyes, and never looked away again.

The terrifying black clouds vanished in an instant.

The alarm fell silent, and the world-ending Demon King turned into a little white rabbit in a second.

His eyes were red, his heart full of grievance, and his voice trembled.

Ming Xiting said, "Don't leave me."

-

Ever since the day Sheng Mingshu "died" in the accident, Ming Xiting had dreamed night after night of Sheng Mingshu dying before his eyes, over and over again.

No matter how many times he was reborn, he couldn't save Sheng Mingshu.

This life was the closest he'd ever come to Sheng Mingshu.

But before he could remember anything, he had lost his moon once again.

Ming Xiting looked up at the still-sunny world and thought numbly:

It doesn't matter. He could always start over again.

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Sheng Mingshu was best at dealing with high-risk individuals.

Half physical persuasion, half physical cremation.

He had a face so beautiful it looked made for living off someone else's money, but his methods were ruthlessly brutal.

Ability users in the otherworld went pale at the mention of him, calling him Boss and Big Shot at every turn.

As a result, Sheng Mingshu had never once experienced what it felt like to be cherished and protected in someone's hands.

Until he met Ming Xiting while recovering from his injuries.

Every "exception" in this life was tied to Ming Xiting.

The first time someone protected him like he was fragile.

The first time someone chose him without hesitation.

The first time someone dared to hold him.

The first time he thought... maybe being alive wasn't so bad.

And not just for the sake of world peace.

Warnings:

- A melodramatic, sweet romance, with the trope "Everyone thinks he's a stand-in, but he's actually the one true love."

- A lovesick, unhinged seme who acts sweet only in front of the uke x a slightly depressed, slightly unhinged beauty who pretends to be weak early on. First love for both, one-on-one, happy ending.

- The seme is reborn, but his memories are muddled at first because of a head injury. He recovers them later.

- In this life, there's only face-slapping the scum. The romance is pure sweetness, with no angst.

Message: Use love to reform the villain