Bai Jinmu has a stunningly beautiful face that could belong to either a man or a woman, yet he's the entertainment industry's number-one straight guy who can't stand men.
One day, he transmigrates to ancient times, where he becomes a young man from a family of medicinal cuisine experts and is betrothed to Mo Cenyuan, the God of War and a prince of the current dynasty.
Bai Jinmu: This is bad...
His prince consort is far too good at flirting. Two years later, their legitimate son, Mo Yichen, is born.
Bai Jinmu: Well, now I'm bent...
Born with winning genes, little Mo inherits the best of both his father and his dad, and grows up strong and healthy until the age of sixteen.
Just as Bai Jinmu is picturing three generations living under one roof, he suddenly returns to the modern world, forgetting all about his husband and son. He's also thrown into a travel variety show that nobody expected to be a hit.
Bai Jinmu: ...I guess I don't mind.
He gets to travel on the show's dime while openly promoting his family's ancestral medicinal cuisine to the other guests.
Then the show airs...
The boy-band heartthrob Qiao Xu, nicknamed the "Wig Prince," becomes the cure for visible partings;
Respected actress Lin Zhiyi, mocked for her appearance after returning from maternity leave, slays the red carpet;
Mo Cenyuan, a three-time Best Actor plagued by insomnia, is caught lying down wherever he happens to be during the show's livestreams.
The show's reputation does a complete turnaround, and industry insiders fight tooth and nail for a spot as a guest star.
Viewers who watched the whole thing drool: What a gorgeous, shapely little chef! Is it too late for us to become fans?
Bai Jinmu becomes famous in a way he never could have imagined.
But...
Can someone tell him who this guest star is, the one who showed up calling him Little Dad and has the exact same face as the cyber-kid that Mo-Bai shippers made with an app?!
Am I really the one playing the mom?
Mo Cenyuan is the entertainment industry's big bad wolf, flawless in both achievements and popularity. Not long ago, he even won the full set of major Best Actor awards.
But no one knows that on the night he won, he suddenly gained memories that didn't belong to this life. In those memories, he was a great general who defended his country, with a wife and child and a happy, fulfilling life.
Mo Cenyuan, a staunch materialist: ...I should probably see a psychiatrist.
The next day, #MoCenyuanMentalBreakdown# suddenly tops the trending list.
With fans besieging the company, it promptly announces that his upcoming schedule is canceled and bundles him off to a travel variety show.
Mo fans spread the news: Let's praise this guest lineup! The only little beauty is a die-hard straight guy, so we don't have to worry about scandals at last!
Then the show airs. In the livestream, millions watch the little beauty they'd been talking about stumble out of their idol's room on trembling legs.
Mo fans fall to their knees: What a scheming man-in-law!
Bonus scene:
After the show airs, Mo-Bai becomes the most popular CP on the internet.
One day, Mo Yichen sees that his dad and little dad's CP is trending again...
Among a string of comments calling them "brother" and "sister-in-law" is one that reads: [My dad really needs to stop spoiling my mom so much. No wonder he's got a wife.]
Thinking he's logged into an alternate account, little Mo immediately jumps in to claim his territory: [Wake up, I'm the real kid!]
Netizens: Now there's one more person competing with us for the chance to be reborn into this family!
Note:
The travel variety show runs throughout the novel. The kid won't join at the beginning. Actually, would you believe me if I said this was a food novel?
Theme: Love between partners and love between family are equally precious
