After Dating the Scumbag Stand-In, My Unattainable Ideal Came Back

Gorgeous, fierce, and emotionless bottom (Cheng Jianyu) × Reckless, indulgent, and stand-in scumbag top (Jiang Yan) Cheng Jianyu and Jiang Yan, a prodigious singer from a wealthy family, were in love for five years. For those five years, Cheng Jianyu was always at his beck and call, obedient in every way. Jiang Yan had countless scandals, yet Cheng Jianyu never cared. Aside from having to look at Jiang Yan’s face in bed, Cheng Jianyu made no demands. Everyone believed Cheng Jianyu loved Jiang Yan to the bone. Until one day, Cheng Jianyu said they were breaking up. Jiang Yan sneered and nodded. "Hmph, within a week, you’ll be begging on your knees for me to take you back." One day later, a trending Weibo headline showed Cheng Jianyu in a passionate embrace with Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan smashed his phone: "That wasn’t even me!" The prideful, indulgent Jiang Yan suddenly realized—he was just a… stand-in? — **Before the breakup:** People said Cheng Jianyu was Jiang Yan’s pet. Jiang Yan raised a brow smugly, while Cheng Jianyu smiled softly without a word. **After the breakup:** Jiang Yan finally understood he was Cheng Jianyu’s pet—every act of gentleness, compromise, and devotion had been a joke. Because humans don’t measure gains and losses with pets.