My Arranged-Marriage Husband Turned Out to Be a Brooding Fake Young Master

Lu Cong is very pleased with his family's marriage-alliance husband: handsome, talented, and with plenty of stamina.

But then he stumbles upon a shocking secret:

His wealthy husband is actually a fake young master.

And the real young master is even more outrageous: he's Lu Cong's ex-boyfriend, whom he dumped, now a famous top-tier star in the entertainment industry, known for holding grudges and taking revenge.

While reeling from the revelation, Lu Cong unexpectedly awakens to the truth.

He learns that he's the villainous male supporting character in The Reborn Real Young Master, Hated by All, Only Wants to Make Money, and that he and the gloomy fake young master are meant to help the main couple live happily ever after.

Lu Cong: "..."

Lu Cong turns to his marriage-alliance husband and babbles the entire novel's plot to him, hoping to avoid a miserable fate and stay a wealthy couple together.

Unexpectedly, the other man rubs his lips with a thumb and asks in a low voice, "I have plenty of stamina, millions of times more than your real young master ex-boyfriend. That part's true, right?"

To save the steadily declining Jiang family, Jiang Ling studied day and night as a child. As an adult, he drank until he threw up at business dinners, fought on the negotiating table for three days and nights, and even went to the factory to keep an eye on production. After finally bringing the Jiang family back to prominence among the elite, he discovers that he's the fake young master.

His parents hesitate over blood ties, his competitors sneer, and his friend laughs triumphantly, delighted to finally stop being second-best.

As his world turns upside down overnight, his marriage-alliance "husband" takes his side without hesitation.

Then he makes up a story.

It's an absurd story, but a heartwarming one:

Everyone recognizes all the effort Jiang Ling has put in, and even Lu Cong is willing to become a villain whom everyone wants to see dead, right alongside him.

But Jiang Ling never imagined that the story might... actually be true.

He rushes to the social insurance office and immediately pays the maximum contributions for Lu Cong's five social insurance programs and two housing funds.

Then he uses every bit of his intelligence to make the Lu family the richest in the world.

If the Lu family prospers, Lu Cong prospers.

As for Jiang Ling...

Eyes red, he tears up the divorce agreement he'd already drawn up, then quietly schedules his will to be accidentally sent to everyone at the perfect hour.

Watching Lu Cong race toward him, Jiang Ling feels his heart pounding and assures himself: I'm definitely a grasping, scheming, gloomy villain.

Theme: Learning to put yourself in someone else's shoes