The CEO Was Forced to Become a Dad

Xu Zenan unexpectedly runs into his ex-girlfriend again. Looking at the two children, who resemble him at least seventy percent, Xu Zenan loosens his tie and asks with confidence, "These two children are...?" His ex-girlfriend doesn't waste a word. She simply shoves the kids at him. "Xu Zenan, they're not my children alone. You've been an absentee dad for years. Surely you can watch them for a little while?" Xu Zenan: "I can, but..." Before he can finish, his ex-girlfriend flags down a cab and disappears. Leaving him and the two children staring at one another. The boy frowns exactly like him. "Are you our dad, who's been dead for ages?" The girl sympathetically slips a candy into his hand and corrects her little brother. "Brother, the dead can't come back to life. He's just a substitute." Xu Zenan: "...?" - Ever since Xu Zenan and his ex-girlfriend got back in touch, he has received calls from Xi Yan again and again. "I'm visiting a student's home today. You pick up the kids." "I have to supervise evening study tonight. You pick up the kids." "Today I... just want to rest, that's all. You pick up the kids." Xu Zenan: "...?" - Workaholic Xu Zenan has lately found himself checking the time more and more often at the office. A meeting runs until 3:30 when he suddenly interrupts the presenter. "You have five minutes. Get to the key points." The presenter looks bewildered. "If you're not in a hurry..." He could easily keep talking for another five hours. "I am. I have to pick the kids up from kindergarten." Everyone at the meeting: "?" - According to the rosy picture Xi Yan has painted, once the kids start elementary school and can take care of themselves, Xu Zenan can go back to being an absentee dad. Later, Xu Zenan discovers that elementary school means helping with homework and crafts every day. Other parents make one of everything, but he has to make two. Xi Yan has no choice but to dangle another carrot. "When they start middle school, I'll send them to boarding school." Xu Zenan stares blankly. 2022.4.16 Coming soon: Ordinary Kids, a Long Road Ahead After her company is acquired, Su Wangru discovers that the new CEO, Liang Xuci, is the man she almost dated years ago. Liang Xuci is great in every way, except that he is extremely strict about maintaining his image. He has a whole system for his grooming, posture, and body fat, right down to the curve of each strand of hair, the pattern on his tie, and the material of his cufflinks. He's a real handful. Su Wangru and Liang Xuci are invited to appear on the same program. Hoping to bring business leaders closer to their audience, the host asks the two successful guests whether anything in their personal lives ever gives them trouble. Su Wangru replies that, like most parents, she worries about her child's studies and education. After taking two seconds to process the fact that she'd actually chosen to get married and have a child so early, Liang Xuci answers coolly, "I can't relate." The host follows up, "Mr. Liang, have you never been in a relationship?" Looking at Su Wangru, Liang Xuci continues coolly, "I have." Before the host can ask another question, Liang Xuci keeps looking at Su Wangru and says coolly, "If she'd chosen me back then, our child wouldn't be this ordinary." - After filming wraps, Su Wangru asks Liang Xuci to wait for her in the lounge. There is a child in the lounge who is unmistakably Su Wangru's. The child looks miserable, with two full pages of scratch paper covered in more than a dozen different methods of solving the problem, and not one right answer. Since he once spent a night with his ex-girlfriend, and her child must therefore be his nephew, Liang Xuci decides to see just how ordinary this nephew can be. In just half an hour, Liang Xuci has taken off his suit, pulled off his tie, crushed his cufflinks, and rolled up his sleeves. His black shirt is all wrinkled, and the hairstyle he had done for the show is ruined. Looking at the child, who strongly resembles his ex-girlfriend but not him at all, Liang Xuci asks coolly, "Who is your dad? His genes must be incredibly strong." The child looks him up and down and replies coolly, "I guess it's you." Liang Xuci: ? "If I weren't yours, would you have spent so long teaching me?" "You taught me math, then Chinese, then English. And after English, you even asked if I was mentally healthy." "Even if you loved my mom like crazy and were desperate to win her back, seeing a kid like me should help you get over her." Theme: The most important thing in life is to be happy.