What Is My Wife Acting Out Today?

Widowed wife's lookalike, amnesia, younger love interest, cute pet but actually a Taotie [1] After Shen Zhaoyu's deceased wife comes back to life, she has amnesia. Every day, she thinks she's a spy sent by the enemy forces, playing the role of the lost love's lookalike. At night, she secretly sucks away Shen Zhaoyu's vital energy. Shen Zhaoyu has no objections. If her wife likes acting, she'll play along. If her wife likes sucking her energy, then she can go ahead. It's just... Isn't she taking the role a little too seriously? In the middle of the night, Shen Zhaoyu feels a pang of pain and pushes her wife away. The other woman immediately looks hurt and says pitifully, "I know I'll never be able to take her place..." Shen Zhaoyu says helplessly, "That's not it." Her wife says, "I only look like her. I shouldn't have let myself hope..." Shen Zhaoyu says, "That's not what I..." Her wife wipes away her tears and gets out of bed. "I'll leave right now. I won't trouble you!" Shen Zhaoyu quietly says, "Can you wear a finger cot? Your technique is terrible." Her wife: "Oh, okay." [2] Her wife is still playing the sneaking-around part. Not only does she have to suck away her vital energy, she has to do it secretly. Shen Zhaoyu spends the day catching ghosts at work, and when she finally gets to rest at night, she's woken up in the middle of the night again. The blankets are all bunched up, and everything beneath her is sticky. Shen Zhaoyu helplessly flings the covers aside and sees her wife grinning at her. Shen Zhaoyu says, "Do you have to sneak around and eat me? I never said you couldn't." Her wife climbs on top of her, licking the corner of her lips and complaining, "No matter what I do, I'll never measure up to her..." Shen Zhaoyu: "If you're not going to eat, get lost." Her wife: "Oh, okay." [3] Jingzhe thinks Shen Zhaoyu could never understand the anguish of a spy who is a substitute. She has to bear all of this by herself. As an artificially created Taotie, she has an innate ability to feed on others. And since she happens to have this face, being sent on a secret mission is only natural. But Shen Zhaoyu is so chaste and distant that Jingzhe can't cling to her and feed all day long. Jingzhe is extremely troubled. How is she supposed to report back to her boss...? One day, when her boss is urging her again, Jingzhe kneels before the mysterious little room used for communications and laments, "Shen Zhaoyu only sees me as a substitute. I really can't feed on her that much." The boss inside the room says, "...Why don't you just make a move?" Jingzhe wipes away her tears. "She doesn't like me. How can I just..." Before she can finish, the door to the mysterious little room opens. Jingzhe's eyes widen as she looks at the figure emerging from within. Why does her boss look exactly like Shen Zhaoyu?! Jingzhe stares blankly as the woman walks over, grips her chin, and orders, "I'm telling you to make a move now. Understand?" Shen Zhaoyu has just walked out of the room that Jingzhe has always used to contact her boss. A thought can't help but occur to her. Could it be... That her boss is actually Shen Zhaoyu's lookalike?! 1. Maybe it's a plot-driven story dressed up as a sweet romance. Theme: Overcome setbacks and keep striving.