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He Kept Me as His First Love's Stand-In, but I Saved Him First

The Stand-In Was the Real One

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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For three years piano tuner Ning Zhe has worn another man's cologne, played another man's songs and answered to another man's name, a stand-in for the tech CEO's lost first love. The night the first love comes home, he is wearing the silver whistle Zhe lost nine years ago, the day he pulled a drowning boy out of the sea.

Tropes & themes: dramatic · contemporary · redemption arc · male lead · boys love · billionaire · angsty · first love · divorce & regret · danmei · manhua romance · second chance

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Light on His Jaw (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Where in Shipu (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Once, Plainly (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Thirty-Six Days (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Clause Four (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Steady Hand (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: The Screen (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: The Coda (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: Forty Degrees (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: Eleven Degrees (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Stay (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Thirtieth (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: The Name Over the Door (locked)
  14. Chapter 14: The North Jetty (locked)
  15. Chapter 15: The Man on the Step (locked)
  16. Chapter 16: Thirty Days (locked)
  17. Chapter 17: The Whistle (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: The Upright (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: Ten Things (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: Clause Four-B (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: The First Time (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: Clause Nine, Mr. Shao (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: The Lantern Song (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: The Stand-In Was the Real One (locked)

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