I Became the Female Side Character and Rose to Fame Raising Kids on a Variety Show

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Xu Lingan was transported into a parenting variety-show novel as the female lead's foil.

Once the show began, the contrast between the two families was obvious.

The female lead's family was harmonious, with an adorable, well-behaved child whom everyone loved. The supporting female character and her husband were a couple in name only, and their child was depressed and obsessive, a little nutcase whom everyone hated.

The female lead's parenting guide was praised all over the internet, while the supporting female character's family was mocked by everyone.

The show was starting in a few days, but now there was a bigger problem.

The gloomy, obsessive, aloof, dignified CEO who always held prayer beads had fallen and hurt his head a few days ago. Now he had the intelligence of a three-year-old.

Which meant she now had two kids to look after.

Then she looked at the skinny little wolf cub lurking in the corner, his face dark and clearly hostile toward her.

She might as well grab the family fortune and run away tonight.

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When the show began, the haters were ready to slam Xu Lingan for her unhappy marriage. Then they saw the aloof CEO, Duan Qingyan, who hadn't spoken to her the entire way, get out and take her hand.

Xu Lingan was helpless. Before the show, she'd told him to talk less and nod more, but she hadn't told him not to touch her.

Fine. This seemingly ice-cold CEO was currently a "child" who needed to hold hands to walk.

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On the show, only Xu Lingan's family had a weird dynamic.

In other families, the parents worked hard at the challenges while their kids cheered them on. In hers, it was the other way around.

Viewers could see that her five-year-old child could eat, sleep, and tidy up by himself. He could even read children's stories to his dad, and from time to time he had to look after his own mom.

1: The child is the male lead's older sister's.

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An obsessive, possessive male lead X a funny, carefree female lead

After the actress Gu Taoyou died suddenly, she transmigrated into a wealthy-family angst novel as the spoiled wife of Fu Yansang, the head of a powerful family.

Their child was five, the child's father was dead, and he'd left behind a massive inheritance.

In the original story, the original female lead was forced to marry Fu Yansang, who already had a child. She abused the stuttering kid. After her husband died, she took a liking to the male lead, an illegitimate son who had just returned to the Fu family, and started an affair with him. Their story was a melodramatic romance full of twists and turns.

Gu Taoyou: No way!

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Gu Taoyou did the opposite. She crafted a devoted-wife persona, doted on the child, and drove away the illegitimate son.

She returned to the entertainment industry, rejected every attempt to make her part of a celebrity couple, and played independent female leads.

In front of the cameras, with tears in her eyes:

"My beloved husband will live forever in my heart."

Gu Taoyou, focused on her career: I've wanted to stop acting in romance dramas and being paired up for publicity for ages. I just want to play independent female leads! Thank you, dear departed husband. I'll burn you plenty of spirit money!

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Overseas, Fu Yansang, who had lost his memory and been adopted by a wealthy family, stroked the woman's eyes on the screen. His voice was hoarse:

"Now that your husband is dead, those eyes should be looking at me."

A few days later, businesses back home were thrown into turmoil. They said it was the work of a mysterious tycoon who had returned from overseas.

After returning home, Fu Yansang pursued Gu Taoyou again and again, but she kept avoiding him. At last, he caught her at a cocktail party.

He grabbed her around the waist and hid with her in the shadows, whispering in her ear: "Miss Gu, I heard your late husband looked a lot like me. I don't mind being his replacement."

"Turn around and look at me."

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Little scene:

Fu Baobao thought he'd never like that bad woman, even though she'd been treating him well lately.

Until a kid at kindergarten said his stepmother was evil, and he punched him.

Gu Taoyou was called to the school. Before she'd even walked in, she heard him say: "She uses my allowance, makes me tell her stories, and steals my snacks, but when someone bullies me, she helps me. She takes me to the planetarium and buys me stars. I like Mom the most!"

"But I'd like her even more if she didn't get together with that man who looks like Dad."

Fu Yansang, with his hand on the doorknob: …

1: The child is the male lead's older sister's.

2: The amnesiac male lead falls in love with the female lead at first sight and willingly becomes the other man for love. I'll be my own replacement, I'll cuckold myself, and he gets his memories back later.

3: You can escape a vintage angst novel, but you can't escape vintage domineering pursuit.

Synopsis last edited: April 19, 2022

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