Novels like Insane! She Dared to Treat the Capital’s Crown Prince as a Stand-In
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- 1 The Stand-In Hero Is Really, Truly in Love 替身男主他真的超爱 [Rich Heiress Actress x Rugged Bodyguard] The cool and aloof heiress Jiang Li was head over heels for Song Huaiyan, the universally adored heartthrob of the wealthy elite. He kept her in a secret relationship for three years, then dumped her the moment his fiancée showed up. A seamless transition straight into a flash marriage? Ha. There are plenty of men out there. Now she was facing a young bodyguard who looked seven or eight tenths like her unattainable first love. Jiang Li: “Are you short 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Substitute Bride’s Revenge Diary 替身新娘与复仇日记 A down-on-her-luck designer whose identity was stolen is forced to become a wealthy family’s substitute bride. As she and her fiancé enter a tangled battle of love, hate, and revenge, they uncover a plot to abandon a child from twenty years ago. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 But You See Him as a Substitute 你却把他当替身 [Clear-eyed heroine who treats the hero as a stand-in VS hero who falls for her, believing she loves him] [The hero is pure; the heroine’s heart isn’t. She’s deeply in love with her white moonlight. BE/HE] [The white moonlight really is dead, and the hero and the white moonlight really are strangers who just look alike] Everyone in Rongcheng thinks Shen Qinghe is madly in love with Lu Yanzhou. Only Shen Qinghe knows the truth: her love dried up long ago. But she really can’t leave Lu Yanzhou, be 482Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 4 The Substitute 替身 In my sixth year as Jiang An's agent, everyone thought I was in love with him. I even helped make him a Best Actor. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 I Used Mr. Lu as a Substitute, and He Lost It When He Found Out 把陆总当替身,他发现后破防了 [Male Stand-In + Love at First Sight + Wealthy CEO + Sweet Romance + Proud Male Lead Willing to Be Her Stand-In After His Heartbreak vs. Cool-Tempered Female Lead Out to Avenge Her Scumbag Father] In everyone else’s eyes, Xu Zhouyue had a one-sided crush on Yang Jiaming, a senior in her department. She devoted four years to him, but it went nowhere. Later, she met Lu Shishen, the CEO of Tiansheng, and they began a secret relationship. But nobody knew she was hiding a first love in her heart. Lu 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 After My Heart Stopped for the 101st Time 在第101次心跳停止后 [Stand-in romance + heart transplant + heroine loses her memory and is humiliated + hero regrets everything later] Heroine: Su Li (a stand-in with heart disease, willing to donate her heart); Hero: Jiang Che (a domineering, obsessive man who mistakenly believes she betrayed him) A fragile, clear-eyed woman who accepts her fate X a cold, obsessive man who has lost his way She died in place of his white-moonlight first love, and her heart beat in his chest for ten years. He hated her for betray 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Love Born of a Mistake: The CEO's Substitute Fiancée 将错就爱:总裁的替身未婚妻 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 The Stand-In First Love 替身白月光 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Evening Boat Never Crosses 晚舟不渡 "One-on-One Romance" "Pure Love" "Campus Romance" "Redemption" Xu Nianwan was once a top contender for the provincial top score, but her parents, who favored sons over daughters, secretly gave her guaranteed admission spot to her younger brother. Heartbroken, she chose a third-rate university thousands of miles from home and became a complete nobody. Then Lin Xiaozhou appeared, shattering the quiet campus life she had known… Lin Xiaozhou was the campus heartthrob and a rich second-generatio —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 So, Who's the Substitute?! 到底谁才是替身?! 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 She Whispered the Wrong Brother's Name in My Ear 她在我耳边,叫错了哥哥的名字 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Buried My Twin Brother With My Own Hands, Then Inherited His Wife 我亲手埋了我的双胞胎哥哥,并继承了大嫂 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 But She Was My Childhood Friend's Substitute, Too 可她亦是我青梅的替身啊 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Monthly Rose 月季玫瑰 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 A Cruel Love That Cuts to the Bone: The Substitute CEO Regrets It Too Late 薄情蚀骨:替身总裁追悔莫及 Chang Yinyin was kidnapped twice. One time, she nearly lost her life. The other time, she lost her dignity... He was the boy in white who rescued her from "hell." For him, she was willing to abase herself. He said, "Chang Yinyin, you disgust me." Then he said, "Chang Yinyin, why don't you just die?" Later, when she was truly dying, he got blackout drunk and finally realized that from beginning to end, he had only ever been someone's "substitute." "Chang Yinyin, come back. Don't go... I'll give y 12Reads—Score214d adds
- 16 The Secretary's Rise: Mr. Substitute CEO, Don't Fall Too Hard 秘书上位记:替身总裁别太爱 [Fake Replacement / Over-the-Top Drama / Everyone's Beloved One] Everyone said Shen Nian had gone mad. The chief secretary of the prestigious Lu Group took care of its CEO, Lu Hanci, as if he were a helpless child. His coffee was always served at his favorite temperature, his suits were always pressed without a single crease, and the moment he furrowed his brow, she would hand him stomach medicine. Lu Hanci thought so too. Looking down at her, he said, "Shen Nian, since you love me so much, wh —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Surrender to Dark Desire 暗欲沦陷 [Male Stand-In + Seven-Year Age Gap + Mutual Firsts + Sweet and Angsty + Wealthy Family Feuds + Slight Coercion Later + The Powerful One Bows His Head + HE] At twenty-five, Su Jian is trapped in a quagmire. Desperate for a way out, she makes a deal with the devil and becomes Ji Yuan’s kept woman. It’s a transaction of money and sex, but she harbors other intentions. She uses him to relive an old dream, caught between surrender and clearheadedness. At thirty-two, Ji Yuan sets his sights on a ta 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn: Turning the Male Lead Into My Stand-In 重生:把男主在线当替身 “Are you taken with me, or with my face?” the prince asks, gazing at her with deep affection. “Your face…” the young woman replies without a shred of shame, with neither reason nor remorse. Lu Qichi, a lowly wage slave from the twenty-first century, is reborn in another world. To protect her family, avenge her blood relatives, fight vicious servants, and keep herself safe, she kills without mercy, carving a clear path through a world full of thorns. Humiliated in her previous life, she was drive —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 You Act Like a Jerk, I Go Crazy, and I’ll Play Along! 你犯贱,我发癫,老娘就陪你演! Zhao Jinming’s first love returns from abroad, provoking her at every turn, and he defends her every time. Lu Li doesn’t cry or make a fuss. She even makes breakfast and dinner for his first love herself. “My Li Li is such a good girl,” her husband says as he holds her. She pulls out a divorce agreement. “That’s right. So please sign this divorce agreement. You cheated on me during our marriage, and you know how much you owe me.” The man holds her back desperately. “No divorce. Absolutely not.” 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 I Agreed to Be a Substitute, So Why Has the CEO Fallen for Me? 说好的做替身,总裁又沦陷了? [Mutual chastity + happy ending + both have substitutes + yandere + forced love in confinement + groveling chase] Everyone knew Wen Shiyu loved Shen Tinglan desperately, willingly becoming a lowly stand-in for him. They all mocked her, saying an imitation like her was delusional to think she could marry into wealth and win the favor of a heaven-blessed prodigy. Later, when Shen Tinglan was about to get engaged to his “white moonlight,” who had just returned to the country, Wen Shiyu decisively w 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Fine, I'll Be the Substitute 替身就替身吧 “B University is in the south, and the campus is full of kapok trees. They'll be in bloom when the new term starts.” Shen Mohe gazed into the distance, as if he could already see the campus covered in blossoms. “Little A Ruo loves kapok flowers most, doesn't she? I'll go see the beautiful view for you first.” “Then I'll apply to B University too. You can meet me at the gate when I arrive.” They smiled at each other, dreaming of the future together. Du Ruo tenderly cupped Su Mu's face. “B 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The CEO Is the Beloved's Substitute 霸总是白月光的替身 [Unhinged Male Lead] VS [Obsessive Female Lead]+ Taking by Force! The moment Shen Qichen met Ruan Jiaqi, his heart began racing uncontrollably, leaving him flustered. Ruan Jiaqi’s thoughtful care and sweet obedience slowly won him over. But just when he thought she couldn’t live without him, he discovered how completely wrong he was. Only Ruan Jiaqi knew the truth: she had approached Shen Qichen because of his heart, the one that had once belonged to her fiancé. Wanting to be closer to that fami 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Willing to Be a Substitute 甘当替身 [Male lead is a stand-in + groveling chase + both leads are chaste] A sweet-faced schemer + an arrogant, proud man (proud and deluded at first, then completely humbled) “Brother Chi, Su Yi treats you so well. You should keep her close, or someone else might steal her away.” At the gathering, Su Yi looked at Shen Chi with such intense affection that it practically spilled from her eyes. He was the only one she saw. Everyone was used to it by now, so when Su Yi went to the restroom, someone teased 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 What Do I Do Now That I've Become My Own Substitute? 成为了自己的替身怎么办 After dying, Jiang Yunxian, a sickly beauty with androgynous features, transmigrates into a book and is forced by the System to boldly win over the fearsome villain. He suffers terribly along the way. Once he completes the System’s mission, he chooses to fake his death. Ignoring the System’s objections, he tells the villain, “I’m sorry. I never loved you.” System: [Host! Why would you provoke him like that?!] Jiang Yunxian: [After everything he did to me, can’t I get a little revenge?] Who could 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 The Substitute 替身 Everyone knows that Gu Tingyan has a cherished first love. When she went abroad, he stopped showing any interest in women. Three years later, he unexpectedly married Wen Nuan, the eldest daughter of the Wen family. Just as everyone assumed Gu Tingyan had forgotten his first love, she returned from abroad after completing her studies and did everything she could to drive the couple apart and take him back. Wen Nuan was expected to make a scene, but instead, she quietly left. When they met again, 94Reads—Score814d adds
- 26 I Reached the Pinnacle of Life at Twenty, Only to Find It Was a Trap 二十岁走上人生巅峰没想到是个坑 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 The Substitute Is Actually His One True Love! 替身竟是白月光! [Marriage First, Love Later + Two Stand-Ins + The One Who Got Away] Content warning: stand-ins, stand-ins, two stand-ins. We’re saying it three times because it matters. Lu You’an, the heir apparent of A City, had a widely known romance in his youth. Even his breakup was public knowledge. Later, a woman joined his side whose face bore not the slightest resemblance to the one who got away. Feng Xitang was born at the very top of the social pyramid, and excelled at everything. But in high school —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Top Student's Stand-In Quits, and the School Bully Regrets It 学霸替身退场,校霸后悔了 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Whoever Wants to Be the Stand-In Can Take the Job, I'm Financially Free 这替身谁爱当谁当,我财务自由了 (One heroine + a good horse never turns back + medium-to-long novel + fast-paced, no dragging + now revised to third person) Ever heard of someone playing their own body double? Jiang Xingyu looked like Shu Qingxuan's first love, so he spent three years working as Gu Mingyan's double under the guise of being an assistant, all for the money. What, you say being a body double is miserable? Miserable my foot! Fifty thousand yuan a month, plus full social insurance and housing fund. Being a body dou 1.3kReads6.6Score11114d adds
- 30 After His Stand-In Disappears, the CEO Goes Out of His Mind Looking for Her 替身她消失后,总裁找疯了 [Sweet Romance + Healing + Ex-Chasing-His-Wife-to-the-Crematorium] Shen Weiqing, a genius at Beicheng University, had no choice but to seek out her biological father, who had abandoned her and her mother, to pay for her mother’s medical treatment. Instead, her own father drugged her and sent her to another man’s bed. On a rainy night, covered in blood, she finally escaped the tiger’s jaws and was taken in by Ling Yuzheng. To save her mother, she signed an agreement with him: three years as his k 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 President Xiao, Drop the Pride. You're Just the Stand-In His Wife Hired 萧总别傲了,您只是夫人找的替身 [Male substitute + the one who got away + marriage before love + a touch of showbiz + one-on-one romance + happy ending] Xiao Yu really disliked Luo Xuanrou. He had never met anyone so shameless. They barely knew each other, yet she immediately grabbed his sleeve and called him “Brother Xiao Xiao.” She had a bad temper, but she was always exceptionally tolerant of him. No matter how cruelly he spoke to her, she silently put up with it. Who would have thought an accident would lead to their marri 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Frail Tycoon Is the True Stand-In for the Moonlight 病弱大佬才是白月光的替身 [Double Substitutes vs. The Long Road to Winning Back His Wife] Everyone in high society says Miss Li Ruo loves Wen Yanli to the point of madness, willingly becoming a substitute for the woman he has always cherished. Until one day, everyone in their circle watches that heaven-favored man clip his own wings, kneel before his ex-wife, and humbly beg her, “Ruo Ruo, please love me. Even if you only treat me as someone else...” [What is love? It's Wen Yanli spending five years as a substitute for th —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Capital's Big Shot Is Desperate to Be a Stand-In 京圈大佬他想当替身想疯了 (A powerful Beijing socialite and the little canary he thinks he owns, a melodramatic groveling redemption arc, and the twist that I'm my own replacement) Everyone in Beicheng said Jian Yao had hit the jackpot by looking just like the actress who was Chi Tingzhou's first love. For three years, Jian Yao followed Chi Tingzhou meekly and obediently, loving him with all her heart and willingly serving as his replacement lover. First friend of his first love: “Some people can spend their whole liv 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Tired of Your Stand-In and Want to Toss Her Aside? Mr. Huo’s Eyes Turn Red: You Lying Bastard 替身玩腻了想扔?霍总红眼:你他妈个骗子 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Bored and Breaking Up? Dream On, Baby! 玩腻分手?宝宝,想都别想! [Love-Struck, Proud Crown Prince VS Bright and Spoiled Heiress] [Male Stand-In + Fake Gentle Act Drives the Real Young Master Mad + Love-Brained Wife Devotee + Instinctive Attraction + Bittersweet Redemption + Mild Male Angst] Cheng Wu keeps the memory of a deceased first love hidden in her heart. After enrolling at Jing University, she catches one glimpse of Gu Yanci on the basketball court. His features are identical to Su Yu's. She pursues Gu Yanci relentlessly for a year and finally wins him 4.1kReads8.2Score34214d adds
- 36 After I Died, My Substitute Young Marquis Went Mad 我死后,替身小侯爷疯了 [Two Replacements + The Long Road to Winning Her Back + Two Powerful Leads] The day Qin Yinan and Fang Zhizhuo first met, a fine drizzle was falling. She wandered along the river like an enchanting mermaid, her waist-length hair soaked through and clinging to her body, outlining her slender figure. At a single glance, Fang Zhizhuo fell for her. She looked so much like the woman he had longed for but could never have, his unattainable white moonlight. Qin Yinan loved him with all her heart. She w 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 The Substitute 替身 “What if you accidentally fall for me? That would be awful. I'm only here for a little while, and I don't do commitment!” the substitute warned with a perfectly serious expression. “Don't worry. I'll never fall in love with a substitute,” the employer replied coolly. But they both forgot that sometimes pretending becomes real. 69Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 After the Divorce: The General Discovers He's a Substitute 和离后:将军发现自己是替身 They had been married for three years, but he had never touched her. He stayed out all night, brought new women into his household, and demoted his wife to a concubine. None of it had ever mattered to her. One day, an assassin broke into the general’s residence. To save him, Xie Zhiyi was struck by a poisoned arrow and left on the brink of death. When she woke, the first thing Xie Zhiyi did was demand a divorce! Wei Chao’s eyes turned red, but then he noticed that the jade pendant Xie Zhiyi had 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Your Highness, Stop Pretending. You’re Just a Substitute 王爷别演了,你只是替身 [Pure historical romance + stand-in + both pure in love + domineering possession + the male lead turns into a deranged, twisted lunatic later on] On her wedding day, his phoenix eyes burned with madness and obsession. "Shen Yanxi, if you dare marry him today, I will destroy the whole world." The regent brought a stunningly beautiful woman back from the countryside, and everyone assumed she was madly in love with him. Gu Ci thought so too. He plotted at every turn, all so she would fall into the 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 My Moonlight Returns, So I Choose to Fake My Death 白月光归来,我选择假死 I was his stand-in for three years, until his first love came back. “I only left because I was afraid he’d go bankrupt. Now’s the perfect time to return.” I was pushed down the stairs and lost my baby, but he believed her. Then a fire gave me the chance to fake my death and disappear. Five years later, we meet again. “Mr. Huo, I don’t love you anymore.” 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 After Chasing His Wife, Young Master Qi Happily Becomes a Substitute 追妻后,祁少甘心当替身 Qi Jinhan had always thought that Jiang Weining was madly in love with him. But the day his first love returned to the country, his stand-in wife immediately stepped aside of her own accord. “Qi Jinhan, let's get divorced.” After the divorce, the regretful Mr. Qi went down on his knees until they were raw. “Nianning, I miss you so much.” 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Shh, I'm Secretly Keeping a Stand-In for My One True Love 嘘,我偷偷养了白月光替身 [A heads-up: who says a CEO has to be a man?~] Since she couldn't have the woman she loved, she secretly kept a substitute. To Xu Xu, he was only an imitation, a secret that had to be kept hidden from everyone. But to A Qing, she was the love of his life. So he kept trying to get closer to Luo Ziqing, hoping only that the woman might look his way a little more often. He asked for nothing else. "Xu Xu, whoever you want me to become, that's who I'll be..." "Even if you never love me..." [Heroine: 58Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 43 After Gaining Mind Reading, the Prince Discovers He’s a Substitute 有读心术后,王爷发现自己是替身 [Mind Reading + Male Lead as a Substitute + He Chases His Wife to the Crematorium] Everyone says that Xu Jining fell in love with Prince Huai, Li Lang, at first sight, shamelessly trailing after him and resorting to underhanded tactics to force him into an engagement. Even Li Lang himself thinks so. In his eyes, Xu Jining is like sticky paste he can’t shake off. He’s only using her, and as soon as he gets what he wants, he’ll dump this eyesore of a fiancée! That is, until the young general from 7Reads5.0Score—14d adds
- 44 I Borrowed the Campus Heartthrob as a Stand-In, but He Fell for Me Obsessively 借校草当替身,他偏执沦陷了 [Male Stand-in | Hopeless Romantic | Winning Himself Over | Only Her Will Do, A Little Angst for Him | Pure and Devoted Male Lead | Reunited After a Breakup | Happy Ending] Shen Jingwan has always carried a white moonlight in her heart. That boy was gentle and pure, an obsession she kept hidden deep inside and could never forget. After transferring schools, she met Lu Yanzhou. He had a face exactly like Lin Xu's, was the top student no one at school dared approach, the most handsome guy on camp 5.6kReads8.7Score54914d adds
- 45 Overlapping Stand-Ins 替身重叠 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Xiaoyang Warms a Cold Heart 晓阳暖寒心 Jiang Han always knew he was just a stand-in, and he played the other man’s role to perfection. But one day, with a custom-made diamond ring in hand and ninety-nine roses held hopefully in his arms, he went to propose to her, only to see her locked in an embrace with that man… His expression crumpled. He could no longer keep up the gentle, considerate persona he had played all along… * After a raging fire, Su Xiao was reborn in her senior year of high school. Her best friend told her, “That Jian 209Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 47 Two Substitutes 双替身 People said Yuexi had hit the jackpot. She had been a nobody with no special talents or connections, but because her pretty face bore a slight resemblance to the business tycoon Ye Jinyu's idealized first love, Ye Jinyu cherished her like a princess. They said Yuexi had stayed faithfully by Ye Jinyu's side for three years, that her love for him flowed like an endless river, and that she had done everything in her power to take the place of the woman in his heart. Later, they said Ye Jinyu had i —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Unhinged Beauty: Mr. Fu, You're the Substitute 疯批美人:傅总您才是替身 [Unhinged beauty × scheming stand-in] Secret identities + strong female lead + a touch of wild imagination + two stand-ins (This is a fictional setting. The female lead becomes unhinged later on.) Everyone in the capital knew that Mrs. Fu, Ji Siqing, was merely a substitute for Fu Yanshen’s first love. Everyone treated their marriage as a joke, but for two years, she alone refused to leave. Everyone knew that Ji Siqing was just a stand-in for Fu Yanshen’s first love. What they didn’t know was th 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 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 51Reads5.5Score—14d adds

















































