After Leaving the Spotlight, the Top-Tier Star Became Famous for Raising Kids

Kris, former lead dancer of a top-tier star boy band, left the entertainment industry at the peak of his career at 25, leaving the whole internet in an uproar. No one knew he’d been forced out by an 80-million-yuan breach-of-contract fee. Even fewer knew that on the day he retired, his ex-girlfriend showed up with a four-year-old daughter and a note: “Yours. Can’t afford to raise her. Bye.” Three years later, Kris, now going by Jiang Chen, has become the least dependable full-time dad in the neighborhood. He burns his bangs while cooking noodles, ties his daughter’s hair into braids that look like Thanos, and blows up the kitchen during a baking class. His daughter, Jiang Xiao You, is a four-year-old sharp-tongued little girl with the soul of a forty-year-old divorcée. Her catchphrase is: “Dad, you’ll never find a girlfriend if you keep acting like this.” All he wants is to keep a low profile while raising his daughter, but she’s a walking disaster for her dad... At a parent-child sports day, he’s forced to perform a bit of robotic dance. The video goes viral, and netizens start digging into his identity. A former bandmate shows up hoping to ride his coattails, but Jiang Chen refuses to play along and gets a lawyer’s letter from his former agency demanding 160 million in compensation. His neighbor, Shen Qinghuan, is a single mom, an investment banking hotshot, and a cold-tongued ice queen. She goes from looking down on him to being totally won over: “Make money on my reality show, and I’ll help you with the lawsuit.” They go from bickering enemies to business partners, and then become... the kids’ mom and dad? His ex-girlfriend comes back to fight for custody, his former bandmate turns double agent and betrays him, and his old boss wants to grind him into the dirt. Holding his daughter, Jiang Chen says, “The best decision I ever made was leaving the industry to become your dad.” His daughter rolls her eyes. “Then can you at least tie my braids properly first?” The whole internet laughs and eagerly follows along: This isn’t just a dad story, it’s the ultimate comedy that turns every trope on its head! In a word: From top-tier star to dad, changing diapers is ten thousand times harder than dancing, but his daughter’s