Everyday Life Tangled Up with the Twin Brothers

[An entertainment-industry story with a distinctly K-pop flavor.]

Yu Chu had been an idol for five years. Mysterious and flawless, he was an immensely popular star, the object of everyone’s attention.

Fans: “You’re right, but #Yu Chu is Solstice’s one and only top, no qualifiers#.”

His flawless idol persona was so deeply ingrained that no one could have guessed Yu Chu was dating Xie Zhixing, the eldest son of his company’s CEO.

He played the perfect boyfriend for Xie Zhixing, too.

Xie Zhixing never suspected that Yu Chu was only after his money.

On New Year’s Day, Yu Chu hugged Xie Zhixing from behind as usual.

But the man said, “Can’t you even recognize your own boyfriend?”

Yu Chu realized with a start that he’d mistaken the person he was hugging. This wasn’t Xie Zhixing. It was Xie Zhixing’s twin younger brother, Xie Zhiyuan.

Two identical faces, and even their tastes were similar.

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Xie Zhixing knew Yu Chu liked money. To him, having money made Yu Chu’s love of it an advantage. He handed Yu Chu his black card without a second thought.

And the way Yu Chu loved money was kind of adorable.

One day, instead of a spending alert, Xie Zhixing got a breakup message.

Yu Chu said he was alone by the sea and wanted to break up.

~~~

One day after the breakup, Xie Zhixing saw a trending topic.

—Yu Chu holding hands by the sea.

On the day Yu Chu asked to break up, someone had spotted him at the beach holding hands with Xie Zhixing, the eldest young master of Xie Corporation.

Xie Zhixing demanded, “Why are you with Xie Zhiyuan?”

Xie Zhixing hadn’t seen Yu Chu that day. The person holding Yu Chu’s hand could only have been Xie Zhiyuan.

“I lied to you,” Yu Chu replied evenly. “Anyway, I never cared which of you I was with. It was all the same to me.”

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Before they broke up, Yu Chu had gotten Xie Zhixing to plant a tree with him on their phones, calling it the fruit of their love.

Xie Zhiyuan had one, too. When Yu Chu got him to plant a tree, he used the exact same line.

After the breakup, Yu Chu didn’t check on either tree for a long time.

When he happened to think of them, he was surprised to find they were both doing just fine.

The twins hadn’t missed a day; they watered the trees every single day.

*Maybe I should give them both an annual tree-planting award.*

He casually watered both trees.

At that moment, two messages arrived:

[Xie Zhixing: You planted a tree with Xie Zhiyuan too?]

[Xie Zhiyuan: You planted a tree with Xie Zhixing too?]

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Tags: Wealthy families, entertainment industry, industry elites, beautiful and tragic, seductive schemer

One-line summary: What do you do when you keep mistaking your boyfriend for his brother?

Theme: Have the courage to pursue your true self.