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[Major revisions underway. If I still can't finish by November, I'll make it free. Sorry QAQ]

[Previews for childcare stories, My Husband's Entire Family Are Villains and What, My Rival's Kid Switched Dads with Mine?! Please add them to your favorites!]

In his past life, Shen Juan had a cruel fate and a tragic ending. His life ended at sixteen.

Reborn at five, Shen Juan was exhausted. If he couldn't manage to live, he might as well give up right there. Better to die early and be reborn sooner.

After all, nobody was counting on him.

But after being reborn, Shen Juan discovered that his family seemed... different!

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No, they hadn't changed. His awful family had just been replaced by other people.

And they'd all read a novel called My Husband Is the Grand Secretary.

In the book, they were the awful family of Shen Juan, the villainous young servant who was the rival of the male lead, the shou.

They sold Shen Juan off, then clung to him and bled him dry when he became successful. In the end, they made sure he "died as he deserved," and his master magnanimously sent them underground to keep him company.

After reading the novel, Shen's little father rolled his eyes. "A gambling dad, a brother obsessed with bringing honor to the family, a little father who's a lackey, and a hypocritical master. If I were Shen Juan, I'd kill every last one of them so we could all enjoy the same fortune."

Then he turned into the lackey little father.

He stared silently at the skinny five-year-old Juanjuan in his patched clothes.

Fine. Forget dying. Let's take the kid and run.

Shen's big father had also read the novel. He looked exasperated. "What kind of submissive villain gets sold and still lets people use him as a blood bag? Just give them a couple of punches and take charge of the family."

Then he turned into the gambling big father.

He exchanged a silent stare with the casino enforcer and clenched his fists.

So I'm the gambling addict. Might as well beat up the enforcer to blow off steam.

Shen's older brother, who had read the novel over and over, looked thoughtful. "My little brother's clever and young. We can raise him. Little Father is dim-witted but obedient enough, so we can keep him for now. But as for Father..."

For the sake of his career, Father would just have to die early.

The three future members of the Shen family sighed to themselves: living a good life sure isn't easy.

Tips:

1. This is mostly about everyday childcare and the family working hard to improve their lives. It may include business, imperial examinations, infrastructure building, and other topics. The author is clueless, so expect a powerful golden finger and plenty of authorial liberties.

2. The two fathers are a secondary couple: a silly, confident gong x a cheerful, sweet-talking shou. The older brother is single, and the kid's System and childhood-friend pairing will appear after the story is contracted.

3. There are no children born in the main story. The extras may be different.

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Upcoming historical childcare danmei and imperial-exam story, My Husband's Entire Family Are Villains! Please add it to your favorites!

[Feigning weakness, green-tea transmigrated gong x wealthy, ruthless, reborn shou, 1v1, both virgins, with a child]

Shen Shu transmigrates into the body of a sick scholar who can't get out of bed. When he wakes up, there's a skinny, pale little kid lying beside him.

He's transmigrated into a book.

According to the book...

He's a sickly man who repeatedly fails the imperial exams. For money, he married into another family, then got too big for his boots and messed around, only to be killed by his vicious husband.

The beautiful husband had brought with him a child who would grow up to become the ruler behind the throne, a great villain who controlled the court from behind the curtain.

His husband's family was also tangled up in a series of ridiculous plots with names like Sea of Hate, Passionate Love, Fake Death, and Murder Until Only One Remains.

Shen Shu laments how hard his future life will be, then looks up and sees just how beautiful his husband is as he enters with a bowl of medicine.

Shen Shu: "!"

A little crush is nothing. No scheme or tragic love story can stop Shen Shu, a young man in the prime of his life!

Waaah, his husband is gorgeous and wonderful. He has to get healthy so he can live off his husband's income for one hundred years!

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Later, Grand Secretary Shen, powerful enough to sway the entire court, is denounced by his political enemies:

He married into another family for five taels of silver while he was young, showing no integrity!

He made his husband do the washing and mending while he studied, showing no character!

He even held a little boy in his arms when meeting with his fellow students, an outrage against propriety!

Shen, the famous live-in son-in-law, shameless freeloader, and husband-boaster, stands below the dais, pondering for a long while. He isn't sure who he's trying to reassure when he says, "Your Majesty, that little boy is my son. How can that be an outrage against propriety?"

The assembled court officials: "...?"

Where are his integrity and character?!!

Theme: Work hard, strive together, and melt the ice with love. Everyone can find the happiness they deserve.