Novels like Mr. Zhou, Why Are You Being So Cruel? I’m Just a Stand-In
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- 1 Overlapping Stand-Ins 替身重叠 Overlapping Substitutes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Mr. Qin, Stop This: Your Wife Thinks You're Her Stand-In 秦总别作了，夫人把你当替身 Everyone said Su Qi'an had hit the jackpot: thanks to a face that resembled someone else's, she had managed to marry Qin Yiming. For two years of marriage, Su Qi'an did everything Qin Yiming asked, until his first love returned from overseas and they divorced. A month later, Qin Yiming found a portrait in his villa. The face in it looked eighty percent like his, and it had been drawn ten years ago, when he and Su Qi'an hadn't even met! Qin Yiming was so furious he nearly spat blood. So he was th 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 After the Divorce, the CEO Realized He Was Just a Stand-In 离婚后，总裁发现自己是替身 Su Nianxi, the only daughter of the Su family in Kyoto, married into the Gu family despite her family’s objections. She was even willing to be a stand-in, becoming a laughingstock to everyone. When the woman he loved returns from overseas, Gu Jingxing coldly throws a divorce agreement at her. “Let’s get divorced. A Nian is back.” A family of miracle-working doctors, a pharmaceutical prodigy with a doctorate... Su Nianxi’s secret identities are revealed one by one as she delivers face-slapping pa 47Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 4 After the Divorce, President Gu Realizes He Was His Own Stand-In 离婚后，顾总发现替身竟是他自己 [Both virgins + each is the other's stand-in + fleeing while pregnant + groveling chase + sweet and angsty] Everyone believed Jiang Yushi was madly in love with Gu Chenzhou, and Gu Chenzhou thought so too. Otherwise, she wouldn't have trusted him unconditionally, put up with his cherished first love's provocations, and had eyes only for him. So when she asked for a divorce, he agreed, certain she would come back within four days. He never imagined she would disappear for four years. * Four years 54Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 5 A Cage of Desire 欲瘾囚笼 [Angsty billionaire romance + stand-in + a remorseful chase + forced love] A seductive, flirtatious CEO with an overwhelming need for control × a canary who looks like a clever little fox but is a timid little rabbit at heart Wen Jiu and Shang Beiting began with a transaction, but before long, they both fell into the web of desire. To Wen Jiu, he was her light, her hope. To Shang Beiting, she was desire, someone he could never let go of, no matter what. Every time, he would whisper softly in her 944Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 6 Before the Confession, the CEO Realizes His Substitute Is Me 告白前，总裁发现替身竟是我自己 [Two stand-ins, angst before sweetness, the scumbag chases his wife to the crematorium, a story of redemption] Everyone in Jiancheng knows that Shen Yijun and Yan Zhi are married by contract. Shen Yijun chose Yan Zhi only because she looks like He Wanqing. After they married, Yan Zhi took meticulous care of Shen Yijun, always looking after him. One day she gave him gardenias; the next, she painted his portrait. She came up with all kinds of ways to win his favor. But Shen Yijun remained cold and 113Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 7 Mr. Fu, Mistaken for a Stand-In, Wants to Rise Above His Station Every Day 被当做替身的傅先生每天都想上位 “Is that all I am to you? Just a bodyguard, huh?” When she became the fiancée of a powerful heir to a top-tier wealthy family, he never thought of making her his. But as their wedding drew near, jealousy consumed him. After one reckless night, he vanished without a trace. Three years later, she never expected that the bodyguard who once protected her would have become a major player in his own right! When they meet again, he has a new identity and no memory. “Don’t think I don’t know you’re gett 58Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 8 Don’t Leave Me, I Can Be Just Like Him 别不要我，我可以很像他 Si Cheng’s dream girl has returned, and the first thing Ming Xu does is pack her bags and get out. She thinks there’s no stand-in in the world more considerate than she is. But she hasn’t even gotten far before Si Cheng pins her against the wall. “Didn’t you say you loved me most? You want to leave?” “Um, sorry, I only like your face.” Ming Xu nods honestly, then takes her own sweetheart for a spin. Who says you’re the only one who’s been treating me like a stand-in? These days, it’s anyone’s gu 341Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 9 Midnight Rose 午夜玫瑰 At the celebratory party, her superstar boyfriend passionately kisses the leading actress from his production. Drunk, Li Xiang turns around and finds herself a man. They spend a passionate night together. To her surprise, the next time they meet, he's her boyfriend's uncle. On her boyfriend's mother's behalf, he offers her a check. “Here's five million. Leave my nephew.” Li Xiang's beautiful, lacquered nails pick up the check. She smiles seductively. “Mr. Huo, is it? I can leave your nephew, sur 1.8kReads8.9Score20114d adds
- 10 The Substitute Falls in Love 替身沦陷 Yan Yue was a rich heiress, beautiful and wealthy. All the young heirs in Beicheng wanted to marry her. But Yan Yue had never thought much of anyone. She lived like an aloof immortal, free of worldly desire. Then one day, news spread through Beicheng that Yan Yue had married Jiang Chi, the notorious playboy. Later, everyone said Yan Yue was hopelessly in love with Jiang Chi. Only Jiang Chi knew that Yan Yue had given her heart to someone else long ago, and there was no place in it for him. She c 1.2kReads7.8Score10314d adds
- 11 After Their Divorce, Her Stand-In Ex-Husband Cried Himself to Death at the Crematorium 和离后，替身前夫哭死在火葬场 [A double-substitute story where “you think I'm your substitute, but you're actually the real substitute.” The ex-husband chases his wife, but this time he truly gets his comeuppance. Both leads are first-timers. An obsessive, possessive heroine x a flirtatious, self-destructive hero. Older woman/younger man romance.] Ye Qingying fell in love with Shen Xu at first sight and did everything for him. She even emptied the Ye family coffers to shower the Shen family with gifts. Everyone in the capita 567Reads8.5Score10314d adds
- 12 Forced to Be a Stand-In, the Obsessed Young Master Only Wants the Throne 强制替身，偏执小少爷只想上位 The Ji family, the richest family in the country, had few descendants. By the time of Ji Jinliang’s generation, she was their only child and naturally became the family’s sole heir. True to her name, she was cool and aloof by nature, and it took her just two years to take control of the Ji Group. Rumor had it that Ji Jinliang had once loved someone when she was young, but just before they were to marry, he went away and vanished without a trace. After that, the only daughter of the Ji family rem 2.5kReads8.4Score13514d adds
- 13 I Was His Stand-In for Two Years. When We Divorced, He Cried Until His Eyes Were Red 做替身两年，离婚时他哭红了眼 [President Lu talks himself into love vs. Miss Shi, who's focused on making money] [Mutual firsts + the heroine is the hero's first love] Shi Qi was a stand-in. Her job was to be Lu Huainian's wife. During her two years on the job, or married, she diligently saved up enough to buy a detached villa downtown outright, while a cozy 200 million sat in her bank account. As a model contract bride, Shi Qi always maintained the highest professional standards. She did whatever Lu Huainian asked and agree 3.1kReads8.9Score24814d adds
- 14 Oh No! The Substitute He Found Has Someone Else in Her Heart 糟糕！他找的替身另有白月光 (Complete) The South Wind Knows My Heart, Blowing Dreams to Xizhou [Shen Zhiyi and Fu Xizhou, one-on-one, both pure, dual stand-ins, sweet romance with no angst, mutual salvation, both reaching for each other, childhood sweethearts and first loves] Just how devastating can a first love be? Lu Qingzhou always believed Shen Zhiyi loved him to the bone. She would gaze at him in a daze, look at him tenderly with eyes full of affection, and carefully put on his glasses when his eyes grew tired from h 2kReads8.8Score16914d adds
- 15 The Moonlight’s Substitute Only Wants to Get Rich 白月光替身只想暴富 Ji Tong has always had one wish: to be the stand-in for a domineering CEO's first love. The CEO keeps her in a private villa and gives her over a million yuan in spending money every month. She doesn't have to do a thing most of the time. He only asks her to show her face at certain moments, then looks at her and reminisces about the first love who left him. When that first love finally comes back, the CEO tosses her a huge check and the deeds to several houses, then snarls: “Take this money and 3.9kReads9.0Score34714d adds
- 16 A Flash Marriage, a Pampered Life: The Wealthiest Mogul Falls for Me 闪婚成宠首富大佬爱上我 She was an ugly country girl who took her younger sister's place as the bride of Fu Nancheng, the most powerful man in Ye City. By day, she worked diligently as a humble maid. By night, she took off her scars to reveal a peerless beauty, becoming the stand-in bride of a tycoon worth hundreds of billions. When the secret of her stand-in marriage came out, Ye City's socialites waited for her to be humiliated. But all they got was a front-row seat as she launched her unstoppable new life, blending 5.5kReads8.9Score74714d adds
- 17 FML, I Can't Escape After My Stand-In Mission Ends 拴Q，替身任务结束后跑不掉了 [No Fixed Couple + Rivalry for the Female Lead + Everyone’s Favorite + The Heroine Ends Up Single] Shi Yin has cardiomyopathy, and her doctor says she won’t live past twenty-five. Then she encounters a future livestream System. Complete its missions, and she’ll earn a trillion in cash and a healthy body. From then on, Shi Yin becomes a professional stand-in and livestreams the whole thing. Movie star No. 1: “Yinyin, I’m drunk. Can you come look after me, like Weiwei does?” Shi Yin: “It’s midnigh 1.1kReads9.3Score15814d adds
- 18 So What If My Substitute's Start Is Doomed? 替身的天崩开局又怎样 Imaginative premise | Urban | Not a power fantasy | No System | No female lead Original title: What Does It Matter If the Substitute's Start Is a Total Disaster? [The content doesn't match the title! The setting is fictional! Not realistic!] [The plot moves slowly and is mildly oppressive. If you can't handle that, please close this now. Nitpickers and detail obsessives, stay away. Unreasonable comments that force your personal views on the story are not welcome. Please, let's have some normal p 1.5kReads9.4Score14914d adds
- 19 Born a Princess 公主命 (Broken engagement, reunion, sweet romance, doting older-boyfriend type) A radiant, gentle guzheng virtuoso × a scheming, unhinged CEO with a fatherly streak Ming Sheng, the second daughter of the Ming family, was gentle and aloof, with eyes like autumn waters and distant, graceful brows. Her guzheng playing was so masterful it seemed otherworldly. Yet everyone in Yuncheng knew she had spent three years chasing He Xiting, losing every last bit of her dignity in the process. He Xiting was in love 6.9kReads8.8Score93414d adds
- 20 Ten Years as Her Stand-In! Now That I'm Leaving, She Regrets It Too Late 替身十年！今离去，她却追悔莫及 [No Angst, No Harem, One-On-One Everyday Romance] “I think everyone meets someone in life, falls for her, and gives her everything they have.” “But not everyone gets the ending they hoped for.” “The story didn't begin well, and its ending was embarrassing enough, too.” Jiang An and Liu Youran grew up together. He guarded her carefully for ten years, but in the end, he never got to be with her. All he got was the return of the man she had always loved. “Don't do this anymore.” See? Those words dr 554Reads8.8Score11814d adds
- 21 The Madcap Heiress Falls Addicted to Seduction 疯批大小姐，诱爱上瘾 [Two people from Beijing's elite circles] [Both Pure] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Reunited After Years Apart] [Substitute] [Mutual Flirting] [Obsessive, Unhinged Heiress x Highest-Ranking Military Commander] The short drama The Heiress's Forced Heartlock is now streaming. As the little princess of one of Beijing's most powerful families, Li Su had always gotten everything she wanted. There were just two things missing from her otherwise perfect life. She was orphaned as a child and raised by the Sh 6kReads9.1Score50714d adds
- 22 After Divorcing His White Moonlight's Double, the Overbearing CEO Went Mad 和白月光替身离婚后，霸总他疯了 Everyone said Ruan Qing loved Fu Jingshen to the bone, including Fu Jingshen himself. Why else would she follow him without hesitation, even knowing she was just a substitute? When Ruan Qing asked for a divorce, Fu Jingshen didn’t take her seriously. His expression turned cold. “Have you made up your mind?” “Yes. Let’s divorce.” After the divorce, Fu Jingshen kept waiting for Ruan Qing to make him eat his words. Instead, he saw her with red-rimmed eyes, clinging to a refined, elegant man. “Ashen 432Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 23 I, the Substitute Villainess, Took Down Four Scumbag Male Leads 我，替身女配，反杀了四个狗男主 [Harem of admirers / groveling exes / love rivals / face-slapping, scum-trashing wish fulfillment] [Toxic woman fiction, a crazy beauty, an emotionless heroine who loves no one and treats life as a game] Su Manshu transmigrates into the role of a supporting female character in an old-fashioned domineering CEO body-double novel. She is about to suffer both physical and emotional abuse before being cruelly abandoned! CEO No. 1: Worth trillions, he throws her five million in breakup money and tells 7.3kReads9.2Score78314d adds
- 24 The Whole World Thinks I’m Madly in Love with Him 全世界都以为我爱惨了他 Everyone thought Xi An was hopelessly in love with Jiang Yan. Even Jiang Yan believed it. Whenever someone asked, she answered without hesitation: “I like him. He’s the one I like most...” But Jiang Yan said, “We can date, An’an, but you can’t ask for too much or be too greedy. I could never marry you.” And then Jiang Yan’s eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted with anger and hurt. “Who did you take me for? Huh? Who are you looking at through me? I tried so hard to please you, to fit your ta 818Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 25 Falling for You, Step by Step: I’m Done Being Your Substitute 步步沦陷，这替身我不当了 The Shen family’s heir is notorious for being picky about women, but Xiang Nuan got picked thanks to a face that bore a passing resemblance to his ideal woman. She played the sweet, sensible, innocent girl to perfection, doing her best to fulfill her role as a substitute. Shen Yanshi treated her generously, too. In the two years they were together, she landed plenty of great opportunities, going from an unknown extra to a fairly well-known second-tier actress. Then his one true love came back. X 36.5kReads9.1Score4k14d adds
- 26 The Stand-In's Guide to Winning Themself Over 替身的自我攻略 [Male substitute + obsessive love + male lead suffers + second chance at love + later, possessive pursuit by force. The male lead is arrogant, domineering, obsessive, and calculating, with extremely strong controlling and possessive tendencies] Delicate, frail female lead X obsessive, calculating male lead At Jingbei High School, Wen Li met a boy who looked a lot like Pei Yang. One glance was all it took for her to be drawn to him. He’d look even more like Pei Yang if he had a mole at the corner 7.7kReads8.4Score45114d adds
- 27 Entangled Possession 缠绵占有 Original title: Entwined Possession Bad Woman vs. Hopeless Romantic [Capital Tycoon from Beijing’s Elite Circle x Glamorous, Alluring Model + Male Stand-In + Winning Her Back + The Powerful One Bows His Head + Devoted Couple] Everyone in the upper echelons of the capital knew that Mr. Tan had a girlfriend who loved him deeply. No matter whether Tan Qishen was right or wrong, Yan Man would obediently come to soothe him. Yet Tan Qishen remained cold toward her. Yan Man could clearly feel it, but s 15.3kReads9.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 28 Behind My Ex-Husband's Back, I Marry the Crown Prince of Beijing's Elite Circle! 瞒着前夫，我二嫁京圈太子爷！ Three months after Ruan Wan got married, a crowd of suitors suddenly appeared out of nowhere. A rich young heir confessed his love to her. A scheming pretty-boy was willing to be the other man for love. A top-tier star declared his love for her in public. But when she actually got divorced, all those men vanished. * At her ex-husband's wedding, Ruan Wan saw those “suitors” again. They discussed her casually: “Ruan Wan? We were just having a little fun with her.” “If it weren't for making things 22.9kReads8.9Score3.6k14d adds
- 29 After Becoming a Substitute, She Stayed Up All Night Studying the Nanny Handbook 穿替身后，她连夜攻读月嫂手册 After overworked office drone Ye Qingqing transmigrated into the role of a stand-in for someone’s one true love, all she wanted was to make money. When the domineering CEO told her to dance, she put on a white dress and started doing the hand dance. When he told her to sing, she shocked the bar with a song called “My Surname Is Shi.” When the woman he truly loved framed her, she handed over a job application, complete with an advanced nanny certificate. When a rich young lady tried to humiliate 16.7kReads9.0Score2k14d adds
- 30 Surrender to the Rose 臣服于玫瑰 [Gentle, Cool-Headed Girl vs. Free-Spirited, Edgy Rapper] The young master of the Chen family had been rapping and forming bands overseas, making a name for himself, when his father suddenly dragged him back to China to attend school. Then he was sent off to live in a teahouse against his will. His father wanted him to settle down and study in that quiet, old-fashioned place, and hoped it would smooth out his unruly streak. But Chen Mu was the kind of person who drew attention wherever he went. 20.4kReads9.5Score2.6k14d adds
- 31 The Girl Who Was My Moonlight Is Done with This! 白月光她不干了！ “You are the beautiful, high-born second female lead, the childhood sweetheart who returns from abroad as everyone’s unattainable ideal. You marry the CEO of a multinational corporation for a business alliance. But you can’t help falling for the male lead, your childhood friend, and you constantly scheme against the innocent, sweet female lead. In the end, the leads live happily ever after, while your husband and family abandon you, and you die a horrible death.” After transmigrating into the an 74.1kReads9.2Score7.6k14d adds
- 32 Quick Transmigration: Becoming the White Moonlight Who Makes Powerful Men Weep 快穿：穿成虐哭大佬的白月光 At first, none of them liked her. Later, she became the unreachable first love in their hearts! A scum-trashing Mary Sue romance, with regretful exes chasing their wives! After cultivating for a thousand years, the parasitic vine spirit Si Si finally succeeds in ascending. But during the Ascension Ceremony, her superior gets her in trouble. The Heavenly Dao orders her to help cannon-fodder supporting heroines in three thousand worlds fulfill their wishes. Only after earning enough merit can she 11.8kReads9.1Score82014d adds
