Villain House

Yuanbao has a secret. She knows her dad is a superhero who saves the world, while her mom is a supervillain who wants to destroy it.

Neither of them wants the other to find out, but Yuanbao knows!

Generously, Yuanbao shares this huge secret with Yan Zhi, the boy next door, only to get an impatient reply: “If Uncle Yuan is a superhero, why do you still live here?”

“And if Auntie Jiang is a supervillain, why would a villain and a hero be together?”

That does kind of make sense.

A family crisis!

Yuanbao heads home, deep in thought.

In reality, Yuan Wangzhou really is a superhero, but he’s broke. He’s working hard while turning down every illegal side hustle that promises quick money.

In reality, Jiang Wanyun really is a supervillain, and she’s broke too. She’s working hard to erase all traces of the illegal side hustles she once took on for quick cash.

The kindergarten they picked for Yuanbao requires her household registration to be in the school district, her parents to have paid social security in the capital for three full years, and them to have clean criminal records.

A superhero and a supervillain stuck with five million in mortgage debt: Damn it, raising a kid is hard.

Yuan Wangzhou knew from an early age that he was the male lead of an overpowered cultivation story.

He was born poor, and until he turned eighteen, he was no different from the other delinquents in his small county town. On his eighteenth birthday, he would receive an admission letter from the Imperial Capital Institute, set off alone for the capital with a sack in hand, and begin a life of killing anyone who stood in his way in a declining era of cultivation. Beautiful women would surround him, and in the end, he would break through the limits of Earth and look down on the world.

There was just one little mishap. The blonde girl he’d had a fling with showed up with a baby in her arms.

“This is your daughter,” she said concisely. “Here’s the paternity test. You can get another one done if you want. I’ve been busy with work, and I’ve looked after her for a year. Your turn.”

Yuan Wangzhou, who was only seventeen and could barely support himself: ...

Of course he’d considered abandoning the child. The moral standards of a male power-fantasy protagonist weren’t that high.

But the baby in his arms opened her eyes and grinned at him with her toothless gums. Yuan Wangzhou had no parents and had grown up relying on the kindness of his neighbors.

This baby was his family. His only blood relative.

Yuan Wangzhou changed his mind.

After Yuanbao is admitted to the kindergarten affiliated with the Imperial Capital Institute by special exception, she punches the daughters of wealthy families and kicks the young heirs of reclusive sects. She’s all about throwing her weight around without a care in the world.

And somehow, she never gets expelled.

The parents of the kids Yuanbao beats up go to confront her parents, then behave themselves the next day. Gu Yanzhi has always found this amazing. Surely all these wealthy families, reclusive sects, and political dynasties can’t be so reasonable?

Yuanbao beams proudly. “Because Yuanbao is the most lovable kid in the whole world!”

Yuan Wangzhou, exhausted from cleaning up his daughter’s messes: ...

Jiang Wanyun, who beat the victim’s parents into submission in the middle of the night: ...

Reading guide:

1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith raising a kid. Yuanbao’s mom was an adult before she slept with her dad. Age-gap romance with an older woman.

2. An ordinary kid, neither a genius nor a dummy.

3. Please note! Yuan Wangzhou is a typical male power-fantasy protagonist, so be prepared for his personality. He is not a good person. Jiang Wanyun really is a supervillain prepared to destroy the world, and she has the highest combat power in the entire setting.

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Theme: Parents who love their children plan far ahead for them.