Playing Stepmom in a CEO Romance

Gan Yanyan has worked hard and earned great merit. After completing her missions brilliantly in all kinds of rich heiress stories, everyone-loves-the-heroine stories, stand-in stories, and revenge stories, the System finally sends her into a CEO romance full of over-the-top drama, where she becomes a scheming, sweet-talking stepmother whose favorability is repeatedly raised by others.

Being a stepmother is great: she can spend money freely, pick up young men whenever she likes, and do bad things without feeling much guilt.

The only thing she’s unhappy about is that she has a villainous stepson who appears throughout the entire story and keeps making trouble for her.

When she goes swimming, he won’t let her wear anything revealing.

When she invites a handsome young man for coffee, he won’t let her sit too close to him.

Even when she just shakes hands with the original male lead, he disinfects her and wraps her hand in plastic wrap.

Come on, the old man has been running laps in the underworld for ten years. What could they possibly have to do with each other? Why is he so controlling?

If he weren’t holding the inheritance she’s supposed to receive over her head, Gan Yanyan would have packed up and left long ago.

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In the end, Gan Yanyan is still kicked out with nothing!

In front of all the important people in the family, she clings to her former stepson’s leg and cries, "At least leave me something! You’re already worth billions, so why are you still after my little bit of money?"

Wen Xiye crouches down, wipes the large tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertip, and gazes deeply at her. "You think it’s your money I want?"

Gan Yanyan: ??? What else could it be?

Many years later, Gan Yanyan finally becomes a real mom. A reporter points at her enormous, ball-shaped belly and asks, "What message would you like to share with the child you’re carrying?"

Thinking back on the painful journey of being ruthlessly pursued and won over, Gan Yanyan sighs. "I hope the baby doesn’t take after his dad. His tastes are way too intense."

Mr. Wen, the child’s father, who has been waiting nearby, nods repeatedly. "Mm, my wife is always right."

[Reading Guide]

1. A feast of shamelessly cheesy tropes. If it isn’t cheesy, it’s free.

2. Romance-focused, no blood relation.

3. They’re all villains. The difference is between a minor cannon-fodder villain and a powerful major villain.

-2022.2.9-

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