Cen Xi's mission is to play all sorts of utterly ordinary bit characters.
But by the end of each story, everyone has somehow fallen in love with her.
[World One: The Biological Young Master's Adoptive Mother]
She's well into her thirties, but has gained years without gaining any skills. Lazy, greedy, and shiftless, she's always been a leech on her parents and is about to become a leech on her child.
She feels not the least bit ashamed, and often smugly says her son takes after neither her nor her tastes. She hates studying and is useless at everything, a bona fide man-child of a deadbeat, while her son is brilliant, and everyone who sees him calls him a young genius with a bright future.
Who could have guessed her words would come true? The boy she'd raised for over a decade really wasn't her son. He was the young heir of the richest family in the country, switched at birth because of a nurse's mistake. She followed her adopted son to the dazzling capital, Jing City.
The eldest son of the rich family, who had once despised her as a clingy freeloader...
The uncle of her future daughter-in-law, whom the rich patriarch had arranged for her biological son to marry...
Her current boyfriend, who came asking her to make him her husband every single day...
The father of her child, who had suddenly turned up after a one-night affair years ago...
She's always been utterly carefree. When she finally came to her senses, she realized that the way these people looked at her was... a little off.
[World Two: The CEO Male Lead's Nanny]
He has two secrets. First, he's fallen in love with the nanny who works in his home. Second, he's about to die.
His doctor tells him his cancer is terminal and he has only six months to live. He had been planning to propose to the nanny, but now he can only abandon the idea. Seeing that the nanny is absent-minded, utterly unskilled, and easy prey for anyone who wants to fool her, he decides to find her a safe place to land before he dies.
He's no saint, so of course he's jealous. He hopes the nanny won't fall for anyone else, yet he also hopes she'll spend the rest of her life with someone she loves.
At last, he finds someone: young, handsome, upright, and rich. He's satisfied, and so is the nanny.
He waits to die in the hospital. Through a pane of glass, he sees the nanny, who said she would come take care of him, kissing and cuddling with someone else. He closes his eyes, indulging in one last, petty selfishness: he doesn't want to watch the nanny in love with another man.
He tells himself to let go. He has no regrets. He's already arranged a way forward for the woman he loves. Wanting anything more would be too greedy.
At last, he grows completely calm.
But just then, his doctor rushes into the room and tells him the test results were mixed up. He doesn't have cancer.
The usually composed and self-controlled man suddenly sits bolt upright. Looking at the lovers kissing outside the window, he lets out a string of curses.
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[Synopsis screenshot dated August 31, 2024]
Theme: Courage and resilience