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Song Yao is transmigrated into a cannon-fodder supporting role in a romance variety show novel set in the entertainment industry.
The show invites ten guests, all handsome, wealthy men and top figures in their fields.
The promotional video is a feast for the eyes. The show becomes a hit before it even airs, instantly going viral.
Song Yao is a nobody in the entertainment industry, notorious for all the wrong reasons. He's only there as a last-minute substitute and a pretty face, with barely any screen time.
His haters still show up as soon as they hear the news:
[Can't wait to see everyone hate Song Yao!]
[He's a flower-vase AI robot. Whoever teams up with him will hate him!]
[Song Yao, get out of variety shows! Get out of the entertainment industry!]
But he gets paid, and he can ship couples in person. Song Yao is already satisfied.
He settles into the role of an honest, gossip-loving spectator, quietly hiding in the back row and trying to keep a low profile.
Later,
The aloof Best Actor drops his guard and fusses over Song Yao.
A top-tier star spends all night writing a song to confess his love to Song Yao.
A financial tycoon commissions a million-dollar fireworks display just to make Song Yao smile.
The ten guests compete for attention, and wherever Song Yao goes, there's a love-rival showdown.
Song Yao: ...Weren't I supposed to be just a pretty face?
The haters' private forum is flooded with posts every day:
[The way he crouches in the corner munching on an apple is so cute!]
[He's so silly and adorable when he's shipping couples!]
[Baby, stop shipping other people's couples. Your own couple is the best one to ship!]
[Wait, wasn't I a hater?]
* A chaotic love-rival showdown with a universally adored protagonist. The whole world loves him.
* Gu Qingyu is the main love interest, but appears later.
* Many scenes feature Love Interests 2, 3, 4, and so on, falling for the protagonist one-sidedly.
Upcoming: "I Went Viral After Getting Caught in a Love Rival Showdown on a Kid's Variety Show"
Jian Yanqiu is transmigrated into a novel as the wealthy, evil stepfather who abuses his stepson and meets a tragic end when the truth comes out.
Now that the marriage has been arranged, Jian Yanqiu is worried: He has no experience raising children, and becoming a stepfather straight away would be irresponsible to the kid.
Just then, he receives an invitation to the parenting variety show "Daddy-in-Training."
The show's four trainee dads are all tall and handsome, and the four kids are all adorable. The promotional photo of this impossibly good-looking group draws a ton of attention.
Jian Yanqiu: No way. I want less screen time.
He quietly slips into the back row, diligently taking notes on how to raise kids and trying to keep a low profile.
But later,
Kid 1 opens his arms: I only want Brother Yan to hold me!
Kid 2 clutches Jian Yanqiu's clothes and refuses to let go: Brother Yan, I want to marry you!
Kid 3 says seriously: An'an is very busy tonight. He has to coax Brother Yan to sleep.
Kid 4 uses his soft, chubby little hands to push his "Daddy" toward him: Brother Yan is thirsty. You should get him some water.
It's one thing for the kids to cling to him, but the dads join in too.
"Cooking in the fumes is bad for your skin. I'll do it!"
"Yanyan, you're always playing with them. You never pay attention to me."
"Kids, get out of here. This is the adults' room, and Yanyan is mine tonight!"
"Can I tell you a secret... Would you break off the engagement and marry me instead?"
Even the viewers are saying...
[Brother Yan is gorgeous, I'm drooling!]
[I want to possess a kid's body so Brother Yan will hold me too!]
[I want Brother Yan to feed me too, sob.]
Jian Yanqiu: ...Are we sure this is a parenting show?
Upcoming: "After Our Contract Marriage, I Ran Away Pregnant"
Luo Chu drinks himself unconscious at his graduation celebration. When he wakes, he's lying on a large hotel bed with an impossibly handsome, refined, elegant man beside him.
Luo Chu flees in a panic, hoping to pretend nothing happened.
To his surprise, the man finds him the next day and offers him a fortune:
Marry me. For three months.
Looking at the string of numbers, Luo Chu thinks: Uh, that might actually be okay?
Before their three months are up, Luo Chu's body starts acting increasingly strangely.
He's actually... pregnant!
The night he sees the test results, Luo Chu grabs the money and runs.
In his thirty years of life, Huo Xianqing has never fallen for anyone. After an unexpected encounter with Luo Chu, he feels responsible. The marriage is supposedly a contract to appease his family, but in reality, he goes to great lengths to make it up to Luo Chu.
He never imagined that one day, the young man would run off without a word.
Afraid something might happen to him, Huo Xianqing mobilizes all the resources and connections of the Huo Group to search everywhere.
At last, he finds Luo Chu's hiding place. As soon as he opens the door, he sees him looking pale from throwing up, tears gathering in his eyes. "I feel so awful. I'm going to die."
Huo Xianqing picks him up, heart aching beyond words. "Come on, let's go home."
Now that I've brought you home, you can never leave again.
* A melodramatic contract-marriage romance that turns into love, one-on-one pairing.
Theme: No more coasting through life. Work hard and make money.