Five Years as a Stand-In: He Panicked When I Left

Five Years as a Stand-In: He Panicked When I Left Plot:

Lin Fei spent five years as the stand-in for Gu Jingshen’s first love—she copied her low ponytail, memorized her preference for half-sugar milk tea, even forced herself to eat the same strawberry cake on her birthday. Until she caught Gu whispering to an old photo late at night, “You’re finally coming back.” Clutching the ginger tea she’d just made, the burn on her wrist stung sharply. The next day, Lin Fei emptied her apartment, leaving only a note: “I’m not Su Wan, and I don’t want to be a shadow anymore.” What she didn’t know was that Gu had hidden the handmade wool felt kitten she gave him last birthday deep in his drawer—it was the only “personal item” he dared not display. When Gu frantically searched for her, Lin Fei was sitting in the hospital corridor with a cancer diagnosis, her finger brushing against an unsent message: “I always knew you never loved me.”

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