He Said I Was Just a Substitute

[Mr. Mu, your love is not cheap.]

Gu Leqing, former Grand Slam-winning actor, current unlucky transmigrator.

The first time he transmigrated into a book, he became the cannon-fodder fiance of the book’s male lead. The System told him, “Win over the male lead and make him happy.” But the male lead had just said, “I’ll never fall for you in this lifetime.”

System: ...

Gu Leqing: ...

Yet a month later, before he’d even started trying to win him over, the male lead handed him a ring. “Gu Leqing, will you walk through the rest of your life with me?”

Gu Leqing’s inner thoughts: I, Actor Gu, really am irresistible!

The second time he transmigrated into a book, he opened his eyes to find himself undocumented, penniless, and stranded on a desolate island. He’d just overheard some gossip when a man who was about to jump into the sea dragged him off to be an “actor’s stand-in.” The man thumped his chest and promised, “I’ll split the money with you!”

When asked his name, he replied, “Gu Leqing.”

The strange man nodded approvingly. “Oh, you’re a quick study. You’re already acting before we’ve even started?”

Gu Leqing, whose name really was Gu Leqing: ?... Fine, I’ll play along. It’s not like I have anywhere else to go.

On a dating show, he had just put on an innocent smile and introduced himself when the comments exploded. [Fake! You look just like our darling and you even copied his name? Mr. Mu will blacklist you for sure!]

Gu Leqing smiled innocently. Who could outdo him at being kind? He was the perfect white lotus actor!

Late at night, the legendary Mr. Mu knocked on his door and handed him a contract. He said coldly, “Sign it. I want you to be my lover’s stand-in.”

Gu Leqing looked down. Good grief, it was a completely tyrannical contract. A stand-in had no rights. He was just about to say, “I, Gu Leqing, never stand in for anyone,” when he saw the little devil on the man’s shoulder dissolve into tears. “Qingqing’s finally back! Waaaaah!”

So he curled his lips into a smile and obediently called him “Big Brother.”

Later, the entire internet cursed Mr. Mu for finding a stand-in and called Gu Leqing a fake. Mr. Mu kept saying, “You’re only a stand-in. Remember your place.”

But nobody knew how hard Gu Leqing had to hold back his laughter, when he was supposedly being tormented in body and soul. The little devil on the man’s shoulder exposed the truth every day: “Qingqing, hit me! Why did Qingqing stop slapping me? Qingqing doesn’t love me anymore! Waaaaah!”

The day Gu Leqing regained his memories, he looked at the “stone-faced man” who had bet everything on him and said, word for word, “Mr. Mu, your love is not cheap.”

Also known as: The Whole World Thinks He’s Torturing Me, but Only I Know How Much of a Goofball He Is!

Reading Guide:

1. An seemingly innocent white lotus who is actually a tsundere, melodramatic actor x a seemingly aloof, stone-faced man who is actually a hopeless romantic with a constant stream of inner commentary

2. In the early chapters, the gong can hear the shou’s thoughts; later, the shou can see the little person inside the gong’s mind

3. I love revising. The Jinjiang version is the most complete! The entire story costs less than a meat bun! Thanks for supporting the official release!

Theme: Love can give people the ability to love again