Shen Simiao transmigrates into the world of a novel. After accidentally drinking spiked liquor, he ends up in bed with Gu Linchen, a famous film director.
At first, Gu Linchen dislikes him. But when he sees that Shen Simiao has the exact same face as his white moonlight, he says, "Stay with me for three years, and I'll make you the male lead in three films."
When Shen Simiao wakes up the next morning, he remembers nothing. Thinking he'd been so stressed that he went looking for a male escort, he tosses Gu Linchen five hundred yuan. He looks at Gu Linchen's face, then at the wheelchair beside the bed. Poor guy, disabled but still determined enough to work as an escort. Feeling sorry for him, Shen Simiao gives him another two hundred.
Only after leaving the hotel does he realize he's transmigrated into a novel as a disposable side character. Someone drugged him, he went into the wrong room, and slept with a famous director. After that, he became the director's kept lover.
In the original story, the original Shen Simiao thought he and Gu Linchen were in love. He never accepted the resources Gu Linchen offered, wanting to make it on his own and become someone worthy of Gu Linchen.
It wasn't until Gu Linchen's white moonlight returned that he realized he was only a substitute.
In the original story, the original Shen Simiao kept running from one job to another until the stress gave him stomach cancer. He died without ever getting a leading role. But as soon as the white moonlight returned to the country, Gu Linchen poured all kinds of resources into him and made him a top-tier star.
Only when the original Shen Simiao was on his deathbed did Gu Linchen discover how ill he was. He was consumed with regret. After Shen Simiao died, he treated the white moonlight as his substitute and gave him all the love he'd once given Shen Simiao, as compensation.
Shen Simiao couldn't bring himself to wear himself out running from one job to another every day, starting as an extra and struggling for more than a decade to land minor supporting roles, ending up with stomach problems, all so the white moonlight could reap the rewards.
He moved straight into Gu Linchen's home. "If you want to be with me, give me at least two male lead roles every year. Don't say stupid things like you love me. Love and all that is just empty talk. You're a big-name director. You're not that stingy, are you?"
After the white moonlight returned to the country, Shen Simiao said to the original Shen Simiao, "You can fight me for the man, but not for the resources. The man is yours, the resources are mine."
At first, Gu Linchen loves the white moonlight. But after spending time with Shen Simiao, he realizes the shou has too much personality and is nothing like those affected, gaudy little temptresses outside. He falls in love with him right away.
Theme: Saving each other.