I Became the Overbearing CEO's Stepmother

[A silly story, an unconventional stepmother romance. The heroine has no actual relationship with the male lead's father. They are married in name only, and in reality, she's his bodyguard.]

Ye Shan transmigrated into a domineering CEO novel as the male lead's not-so-kind stepmother.

Ye Shan scoffed. How hard could being a stepmother be?

Turns out, she was far too naive.

When Ye Shan held a check and looked at the five-year-old girl across from her, who was struggling even to climb onto a chair, she froze.

This was the female lead?

And she was offering her five million to leave her stepson?

Ye Shan: "..." No way. Looking at those big, watery eyes, she just couldn't do it.

After a long struggle to climb onto the chair, the little girl finally spoke in a clear, sweet voice. "Auntie, could you help me?"

Ye Shan: "!!!" She couldn't keep up the stepmother act anymore!

Ye Shan bent down and affectionately (?) ruffled the little girl's hair, her voice gentle. "Be good. Call me big sister."

Gu Yichao had a secret: sometimes, for no apparent reason, his body would turn into that of a five-year-old boy.

And then his secretary mistook him for a little girl.

Worse still, his secretary thought he was a pervert who had fallen for a five-year-old girl...

He felt that his reputation had somehow been ruined, and what was even more frustrating was that he couldn't explain.

After all, people thinking he liked a five-year-old girl was better than revealing that he could turn into a little boy. (Are you sure?)

What was worse, his terrible stepmother had arranged to meet him after he transformed. He wanted to see what she was up to!

Then she ruffled his hair, and a gentle voice said, "Be good. Call me big sister."

Gu Yichao: "???"

Ye Shan: I never expected the male lead and the "female lead" to be the same person! What a plot twist!

Gu Yichao: ...Shut up!

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are romantically inexperienced.

2. The heroine is an absolute powerhouse, with top-tier combat ability. This doesn't mean she's a genius. The author isn't smart, so I can't write a smart character.

3. The male lead's father paid a huge price to hire the heroine to protect him. She's not his real stepmother, and this isn't a typical transmigration-into-a-book story.

4. The male lead turning into a child isn't a bug. This isn't an ordinary world.

Coming next: 1+++ When a Cheapskate CEO's Mind Is Read. Please add it to your reading list!

The heroine transmigrates into a domineering CEO novel as a stand-in for the CEO's beloved first love.

She doesn't know much of the plot and has no golden finger, because the author abandoned the novel.

Luckily, she can read minds and hear what the CEO is thinking.

She thought she was in a traditional domineering CEO romance.

But it turns out this CEO might be crazy?

And ridiculously stingy?

Being stingy would be bad enough, but he's also obsessed with keeping up with the Joneses?

CEO: "Give me one of your kidneys." (For my beloved first love.)

[I've heard other CEOs all have a beloved first love who needs a heart or kidney transplant. I can't fall behind!]

Heroine: "..." Dude, don't be so competitive!

The heroine takes a deep breath. "Impossible."

CEO: "Five hundred million."

[Great, she said it's impossible, so I'll name some random price to show off how rich I am. Domineering CEOs have to be loaded. Hurry up and turn me down!]

Heroine: "!!!" Five hundred million!

Damn! Surely no one would turn down money just to preserve their dignity!

She ignores what he's thinking. "You only want one?!"

CEO: "???"

[Help! Somebody save me!]

Heroine: "I don't think one will be enough. I can sell you both!"

CEO: "???"

[Help, help, help, help, help!!!]

1. A money-over-life, combat-power-maxed heroine vs. a stingy, prideful, domineering CEO.

2. The heroine is no ordinary person. She has special abilities and top-tier combat skills.

3. The male lead has no beloved first love. He just thinks CEOs are supposed to have one who needs a kidney transplant. He barely knows her and has no intention of actually taking anyone's kidney.

Coming next: 2+++ Transmigrated as the Real Heiress, I Keep Failing to Slap Faces

Shi Ge, a powerful cultivator from the world of immortal cultivation, suddenly transmigrates as a cannon-fodder real heiress and gets bound to a face-slapping System.

Shi Ge says, no problem. Slapping faces is her specialty!

But then... Although she's supposed to slap others in the face and rise to the top, all kinds of mishaps keep happening.

The System looks at the negative face-slapping points: Who the hell are you slapping?

Shi Ge: Don't panic. Give me time. I'm just not familiar with how things work here.

A year later, her face-slapping points are still in the negative, and she's gone down the wrong path.

System: I thought I'd bound myself to a powerful big shot. I can't believe she's actually an idiot.

A female classmate gives everyone in class a piece of candy, but gives Shi Ge something that looks like poison.

Shi Ge swallows it without a second thought.

Female classmate: You trust me that much?

Shi Ge: Oh, no. I heard poisoning people is illegal. I just wanted you to go to prison.

Female classmate: It's just an ordinary pill, you idiot. Go to prison? What the hell?

During an exam, a female classmate raises her hand. "Teacher, I think she cheated!"

Teacher: "You need evidence to make an accusation!"

Female classmate: "She definitely cheated! I saw it!"

The teacher glances at the heroine's exam paper. "She didn't cheat."

The female classmate angrily replies, "Teacher, are you covering for her? She clearly cheated!"

The teacher gets angry too, grabs the heroine's paper, and throws it onto the other girl's desk. "What? Her name isn't Shi Ge? Did she copy someone else's name?"

The female classmate stares at the blank paper with only Shi Ge's name on it: "..."

Reading Guide:

1. A strong heroine in a silly story. The male lead is strong too, but doesn't know it.

2. A heroine with top-tier combat ability who isn't very good at navigating the modern world x a beautiful, strong, pitiful male lead.

Completed and ongoing works in my collection:

1. Strong heroine xianxia romance: The Male Lead Acts Every Day

2. Quick transmigration, male protagonist: I Failed to Save the World Again

3. Historical xianxia, male protagonist: When a Max-Level Big Shot Transmigrated as a Saintly Father

Theme: Judging people by their appearance does great harm