Five years ago, Lu Jinlan spent a night of passion with the person he was flirting with. The next morning, that person pulled up their pants and ran off, cutting off all contact.
Five years later, Lu Jinlan reunited with that same person on a show. Each of them had a child in tow.
"This is my niece," Fu Peize explained first.
"This is my son," Lu Jinlan said with a kindly smile.
On the show, Fu Peize went out of his way to dote on the father and son.
Lu Jinlan couldn't cook, so Fu Peize took charge of all three meals.
The mountain path was rough, and Fu Peize carried the child in one arm while holding Lu Jinlan's hand tightly with the other.
When Lu Jinlan fell ill with a fever, Fu Peize was more anxious than anyone. The village had poor medical facilities, so he used his money and influence to send Lu Jinlan to the provincial capital by helicopter for treatment.
Unable to take it anymore, Lu Jinlan dragged him into a corner and demanded, "What exactly are you trying to do?"
Fu Peize pinned him against the wall. "Can't you tell? I want to be your kid's stepdad."
It wasn't just Lu Jinlan. The viewers and online crowd could all see it too.
That night, the hashtag "Tycoon Willingly Becomes a Stepfather for Love" trended on Weibo.
Later in the show, the dads switched kids.
Fu Peize finally got his wish and became Lu Doudou's dad for a day.
The big one and the little one walked hand in hand. Passersby exclaimed, "Those father and son look so alike! You can tell they're really related!"
Fu Peize was secretly delighted, but kept a straight face. "That's going a bit far. I'm already perfectly happy just being his stepdad."
But netizens noticed something was off:
[Am I seeing things, or do those two really look kind of alike?!]
Netizens used an app to blend Lu Jinlan and Fu Peize's features, and discovered the resulting face looked exactly like the little one!
[Where you're from, do you call a biological dad a stepdad?!]
[Are we all part of your family's little game of three?!]
Fu Peize was shocked too.
He hadn't even won Lu Jinlan over yet, so how had the baby already been born?!
Lu Jinlan: "You want to be the kid's stepdad, huh?"
[Content warnings]:
※ The male lead did not abandon his wife and child intentionally. There were reasons for it, but spoilers prevent me from saying more.
Theme: Care for children's physical and mental well-being and protect them as they grow.
