After Gaining Mind-Reading Abilities, I Stopped Being the Stand-in

He thought he was just a stand-in lover—until he started hearing the CEO’s real thoughts.

For years, Chu Nian stayed by Lu Jinyan’s side knowing exactly what he was—nothing more than a substitute.

Lu Jinyan was the cold, untouchable CEO everyone feared. Rumor had it his heart belonged to a “White Moonlight” he could never forget, and Chu Nian was merely the replacement who happened to look similar enough. No matter how gentle or devoted Chu Nian was, Lu Jinyan’s attitude never changed. His words were sharp, his gaze indifferent, and he never hesitated to remind Chu Nian that he was replaceable.

Then one day, everything changed.

After a strange accident, Chu Nian suddenly begins hearing Lu Jinyan’s thoughts.

The man who criticizes him aloud is secretly wondering why his “wife” is so beautiful today.
The man who rejects his care is internally bragging that Chu Nian must love him deeply.
The man who threatens to cancel their contract is silently fuming over other people daring to approach “his” person.

The colder Lu Jinyan acts on the outside, the more embarrassingly affectionate his thoughts become.

Faced with a CEO whose mouth says one thing while his mind reveals something completely different, Chu Nian slowly realizes that the truth may not be what he believed all along. Perhaps the so-called “stand-in” was never a stand-in at all… and perhaps the man who seemed the most heartless has been hiding feelings far deeper than anyone expected.

A lighthearted romantic story full of misunderstandings, secret devotion, and a terrifyingly tsundere CEO whose mind refuses to cooperate with his pride.