Raising Kids with Metaphysics in the Interstellar Era

[Welcome to my ongoing novel, Mistaking My Archrival for a Scumbag Alpha]

Exorcist Shen Yu can catch ghosts and fight with magic, or draw talismans and tell fortunes. He transmigrates by accident and gets stuck in a coal mine, where he suddenly has younger siblings to care for.

Shen Yu: What haven't I seen before?

It's only that I'm trapped in a coal mine from the start,

raising three divine beast cubs,

and... a Taotie...

Shen Yu: Okay, I really haven't seen this before.

To raise the cubs, he first has to break out. He wipes out a whole gang of space pirates, draws talismans and tells fortunes, and earns nearly ten thousand a month on the road to prosperity.

But raising cubs, especially divine beast cubs, is seriously expensive. Shen Yu gets an idea and starts livestreaming sales.

He becomes a tragic streamer who lost his parents at a young age and has to raise three underage younger brothers. Shen Yu is moved by his own story. He'd be offended if he didn't make the top ten most influential people in the interstellar world.

The divine beast cubs: Help our big brother out! This peach-blossom talisman is perfect for anyone who's been single for ages!

Viewers: Thanks. We feel attacked.

Shen Yu: ...Forget it. I'll do it myself!

But the viewers don't care about his peach-blossom talismans at all. All they think about is what color sacks the cubs would like.

Shen Yu: I don't need to be the top-tier star of the parenting world.

Interstellar Network notification: One hundred million interstellar credits have been deposited into your account!

Shen Yu: I'm the top parenting streamer in the interstellar world!

-- Ongoing series, add it to your collection! --

Before Su Jing's car accident, he was reading a fanfic about himself and his archrival.

In the book, he was a sweet, delicate omega who smelled like milk, while his archrival, Yan Ciqing, was an Alpha who smelled like cedar.

The novel was a collection of every kind of melodramatic cliché. The two were marked for life by an aphrodisiac the first time they met, then secretly married.

After waking from the accident with his memories jumbled, Su Jing sniffed the milk-scented body wash on his skin and couldn't believe he'd married a scumbag!

It was bad enough that scumbag Yan Ciqing had someone else in his heart, but was Su Jing really waiting like a lovesick puppy for him to come home to their family?!

He switched the microphone in his hand for a kitchen knife and cooked three meals a day for the scumbag.

The scumbag went out partying while he stayed home alone, suffering through his heat.

Ptooey, what a scumbag!

As an omega of the new era, he had to reject this toxic, criminal mindset. He'd not only get a divorce, but expose the scumbag's vile behavior to everyone and ruin his reputation!

Yan Ciqing went to the hospital to visit Su Jing after he woke from the car accident, but Su Jing blurted out, "Hubby."

Yan Ciqing: ...

So Yan Ciqing diligently sprayed himself with cedar-scented cologne every day, pretending to be an Alpha.

Su Jing makes a scene at every opportunity and drags Yan Ciqing onto a variety show, trying his hardest to expose the scumbag for who he is. But he never expects the scumbag to be such a good actor.

No matter how unreasonable his demands are, Yan Ciqing agrees to everything, as if he's deeply in love with him.

Their fans: We fought tooth and nail over you two, and all this time you were secretly together?!

Viewers: I thought I'd never see Yan Ciqing and Su Jing in the same frame, but not only are they together, they're actually so adorable!

By the time Su Jing regains his memories, the whole country is already shipping them and demanding they go get married.

Su Jing: ...

Heaven wants me dead!

Yan Ciqing: I let you get away once. Do you think I'll let you run this time?

Note: This is not ABO! Su Jing only thinks he's the soft, delicate O from the book because he hit his head in the accident.

Theme: Raise the cubs with love and warmth.