After the White Moonlight Mistook Herself for the Stand-In

[Main story complete, bonus chapters updating]

Zhan Qinglai first met Pei Jiangzhi at eighteen and fell in love at first sight. He secretly loved him for six years, searching everywhere from Beijing to Suzhou and Hangzhou, but found no trace of him.

In the seventh year, because his features resembled the moonlight in Pei Jiangzhi's painting, he finally “took the place” of the original.

Little Pei Xianzi had everything going for him, apart from treating Zhan Qinglai as a substitute and being hard to coax: an absolutely perfect face, more money than he could spend, and in bed... ahem, that question is beyond the scope of this discussion.

Zhan Qinglai thought: A substitute is fine by me. If I can sleep with him, I can make a profit!

When the “moonlight” returned to the country, Pei Jiangzhi went to welcome him and keep him company. Zhan Qinglai drank until he ended up in the hospital and decided the whole thing was painfully dull.

His ten-year obsession had finally reached its end.

Just as Zhan Qinglai was about to leave, the once haughty Little Pei Xianzi chased after him with red eyes and tears in his eyes. “Zhan Qinglai, could we please not break up?”

Zhan Qinglai: “Wait, were we even dating?”

Pei Jiangzhi fell apart: “!!!”

They had been kissing each other good morning and good night every day for three years, and now he was asking that?!

Pei Jiangzhi fell for Zhan Qinglai at first sight.

In the hazy days of his first love, even the face he painted was Zhan Qinglai's.

After three years together, the young master thought he and Zhan Qinglai could stay happy forever. Then Zhan Qinglai suddenly said, “Let's end this. I don't want to be your bedmate anymore.”

Pei Jiangzhi: “Wait! Weren't we dating?!”

The moment Zhan Qinglai announced he was leaving, he stumbled into a battlefield of romantic rivals:

Pei Jiangzhi's domineering CEO best friend cornered him: “Be with me. I'll pay you more than he can.”

The “moonlight,” a little green-tea type who had just returned to the country, clung to his sleeve with teary eyes: “Don't look at him. Look at me, okay?”

His childhood friend from school back home: “Qinglai, is it too late to say what I said that summer after our senior year?”

He ran home to start a new job and a new life!

First week, they needed an assistant. The boss said, “I hired a genius technician, but he's an idiot!”

Zhan Qinglai looked at Pei Jiangzhi. “Mm.”

Second month, they needed a teaching assistant. The boss said, “The new teacher is beautiful and friendly!”

Zhan Qinglai looked at the little green tea. “Hmm?”

Six months later, they needed an investment. The boss said, “A rich sponsor has fallen from the sky!”

Zhan Qinglai looked at a certain CEO. “...Mm!”

Enough already! Are you people ever going to stop?!

Someone crouched in the corner of the courtyard, watering Teacher Zhan's little tomato plants with tears in his eyes. “Qinglai, this time I'll take it slow... I'll wait as long as it takes.”

[Clear-headed, irresistible working stiff x socially inept genius painter]

A secret crush comes true · The irresistible bottom fights back · The so-called moonlight turns out to be me · Mutual pining turns into a painful pursuit of his wife

Brush in hand, he never noticed old age creeping up; wealth and rank mean nothing to me.

Content notes: 1. Includes an irresistible bottom. The main couple secretly love each other, and they stay together without switching roles.

2. Almost everyone sees the bottom as their moonlight, but it's all just a misunderstanding.

3. Former title: Wrong Colors

Theme: If it's meant for me, I'll have it; if I lose it, that's my good fortune.