The Honest Man Forced to Become a Star on a Parenting Show

[Updated daily at 9 p.m. ~ Upcoming: Can Monsters Fake a Marriage?]

Five years ago, Lu Jinli, a dutiful and unassuming woman, made the most unorthodox decision of her life.

After painstakingly weighing her options, she chose a kind, family-oriented, trouble-free man with a steady job to be her baby-making partner.

Five years later, Lu Jinli was having a breakdown.

What happened to the reliable, down-to-earth man she was promised? How had he turned into the male lead of a wealthy-family romance?

And now she had become the hapless supporting female character from the original story, destined to be divorced, have her child taken away, and be thrown out on the street.

Lu Jinli clenched her fists. “I can do without the man! But my daughter is staying with me!”

To stop her daughter from being snatched away by the wealthy family someday, she gritted her teeth and decided to take her kid on a variety show.

She wasn't after fame or money. She just wanted to coast along and make herself familiar to viewers across the internet, so everyone would know that her daughter was her daughter!

Before the show, Lu Jinli, who hated trouble, set herself three principles for being a “good, honest person”: Don't compete, don't grab, and don't stand out.

Once the show began, she realized just how badly she had underestimated her own outgoing little girl, who couldn't keep a secret to save her life.

The production team asked the guests to show off their talents. Lu Jinli planned to perform a set of radio calisthenics in the corner and get it over with.

Who knew her daughter would bounce up to the microphone and cheerfully announce, “My mommy can sing! She writes songs, too! And she has lots of gold trophies! They're shiny and pretty!”

Lu Jinli's eyes went wide in shock: “...”

That night, the entire internet crashed as people were stunned to discover the identity of the mysterious, top-tier, award-winning songwriter they had been searching for over the years.

A female celebrity guest on the show lamented that the economy was bad and she couldn't get any new dramas off the ground.

Her daughter munched on a steamed bun and asked sweetly, “Auntie, how much money does it take to make a drama?”

The celebrity replied, “At least tens of millions.”

Her daughter's eyes lit up. “My mom has that! The dividends from the game company she invested in just came in!”

The celebrity: “?”

Lu Jinli's vision went black: “...”

Everyone else went on the show to take care of their kids. She went on the show to have her daughter expose all her secrets!

Later, after a whole basket of secret identities had been exposed and she'd been forced into fame across the internet, Lu Jinli was numb.

Netizens were all guessing who her little blabbermouth's biological father was, but she just laughed.

What biological father?

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Then one day, during a live broadcast of the parenting show, a business tycoon who rarely appeared in public showed up.

Everyone thought he was a mysterious guest invited by the production team. Nobody expected him to stride straight over to Lu Jinli and her daughter.

“Daddy.” The little girl looked up at him unhappily. “You're late!”

Zhou Yanxing kept his expression cold. “Sorry. I was delayed making a cake for Mommy.”

Everyone: ????

Comments: !!!!

Lu Jinli, who had suddenly become the center of attention: “...”

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Can Monsters Fake a Marriage?

“Couple: Beautiful, Timid Snake x Cool, Arrogant Goshawk Young Master”

Blurb:

Zhou Wei was a corn snake. After taking human form and leaving the mountains, she got a job at a reptile shop and stayed there for three years, planning to spend the rest of her life there.

Who could have guessed the shop was on the verge of closing?

Once she lost her job and couldn't renew her residence permit, she'd have no choice but to return to the mountains and live as a wild snake.

With nowhere else to turn, Zhou Wei decided to marry a local species to get residency.

Zhou Wei asked, “Tell me, are there any local guys whose parents are both dead, who are busy with work and hardly ever home? As long as he isn't from the eagle clan, I don't care what species he is.”

Her friend, who worked at a matchmaking agency, laughed at her wishful thinking. “Wei, if there were an SSR like that, everyone would be fighting over him. What chance would we have?”

All right. Zhou Wei decided to give up.

Two days later, her friend found her and said an SSR had turned up, asking if she wanted to give it a try. The only catch was that he was a goshawk.

A snake's natural enemy.

Zhou Wei gritted her teeth and added him on WeChat first.

His first message read: “My family is forcing me to get married. If we do this, it can only be a fake marriage. One year, just for appearances. We won't interfere in each other's lives. Can you accept that?”

Zhou Wei's eyes lit up. “Yes!”

She could absolutely accept that!

Later

Zhou Wei, who had opened a traditional Chinese medicine clinic, watched her fake husband show up at the clinic every day.

The goshawk transformed into his original form, shrank to a tiny bundle, and stood on her desk, every white feather puffed up in anger. “I saw it! Why were you touching their hands?”

Zhou Wei said, “Because they're sick. I have to take their pulse.”

The goshawk stretched out a talon. “Then I'm sick, too. Feel my pulse. Come on, feel it.”

Zhou Wei: “...”

I think you're sick.

There's something wrong with your head.

Theme: Never give up on your dreams.