Reborn as the Stepmother of the Real and Fake Young Masters [Variety Show]

Upcoming story: Waking Up as a Married Couple Comparison Group [Variety Show]. Add it to your collection if you're interested~

Mu Wan, from a chaotic world, transmigrated into a novel about a real and fake young master. She became the young masters' stepmother by marriage, a washed-up actress hated by the entire internet.

The real young master was gentle and adorable, innocent and straightforward. He became famous thanks to a variety show about teenagers spending time with their parents, winning the audience's affection and earning the protection of powerful people from all walks of life.

The fake young master, on the other hand, was despised and criticized on the show. In the end, the Shi family kicked him out, and he died destitute.

Mu Wan looked at the ending she was fated to meet in the book, and at a line that slowly appeared on its pages.

[Please join the variety show Growing Up with You, uncover the hidden truth in the book, change the twisted ending, and turn your life around.]

Mu Wan accepted the invitation to appear on the show. The three-person family in the book immediately became a normal two-person family,

and she was paired with the fake young master.

Before the livestream: Mu Wan and Shi Qing were hated by everyone. Viewers called them a fake and a loser, made for each other.

After the livestream:

[Violent beauty protects her baby online!]

[Tingting, Mommy loves you!]

*

Ever since he could remember, Shi Qing had known that his family didn't like him, because his mother had died giving birth to him.

But was that his fault?

Shi Qing went from confusion to bewilderment, and finally to acceptance.

Maybe it really was his fault.

Otherwise, they wouldn't refuse to speak to him, or even to be seen with him.

He didn't have a single photo with his family. He had never once eaten at the same table as them, and nobody had ever celebrated his birthday.

Day after day, Shi Qing curled up in a dark room, gradually accepting the idea that things would be better if he didn't exist.

But why had he suddenly turned out to be fake?

Then he wasn't the one who caused his mother's death, was he?

[But why? Why don't you hate him? Why don't you hit him? Why don't you lock him up in that dark, freezing room where I could only curl up and stay?

Why don't my fake family like me, while my real family wants to kick me out because they feel guilty toward him?]

Shi Qing clung to the variety show like a lifeline, hoping to make one last effort to get his father to like him, even just a little.

Just a little would be enough.

He wasn't greedy, really. Just a little would be enough.

*

Shi Haoyan regretted it. He looked at the woman's bold, striking features and the young man's helpless yet gentle eyes.

Shi Haoyan admitted that he regretted it.

But what he hadn't expected was that when he came looking for her, the woman only smiled and asked the young man, "Do you still want a dad like this?"

The young man shuffled over in his fluffy slippers, rubbing his sleepy eyes. "What do you want to eat? I'll make it."

The boy who had once tried so desperately to please him wouldn't even look at him.

The woman shut the door in his face without the slightest hesitation.

Shi Haoyan watched the variety show over and over again, setting out an inescapable net and spending countless sums of money to let everyone know he regretted what he'd done. He wanted that woman, and he wanted that son.

But what arrived was a divorce agreement and the transfer of custody of the boy.

Reading Guide:

1. This is about family love, the bond between Mu Wan and her son Shi Qing.

2. Shi Haoyan will suffer a long redemption arc. The mother and son won't get back together with him, and they won't forgive him.

3. I hadn't decided whether there would be a male lead, and if there was, he'd just be a background character. (There is a male lead now~)

4. There's a reason Shi Qing was treated differently. (Extreme angst and melodrama warning.)

5. This is probably a niche theme disguised with popular tropes.

Upcoming story: Waking Up as a Married Couple Comparison Group [Variety Show]. Blurb:

Shen Peiyao was once a hugely popular young actress. After getting married, she moved behind the scenes to support her husband's career.

This time, the two of them signed up for a couples' extreme sports variety show,

but a voice that suddenly appeared beside her ear caught her completely off guard.

[Shen Peiyao, you idiot! You don't even know Chen Yu has been secretly flirting with me.]

Shen Peiyao blinked. What the heck?

She instinctively looked around. The rising young actress was looking at her. Their eyes met, and the young actress smiled sweetly. "Sister Shen, would you like some water?"

"Oh, sure." Shen Peiyao reached out.

[She's exactly the kind of bully who throws her weight around. Poor Chen Yu, stuck with someone like her.]

Shen Peiyao: "!!!"

Shen Peiyao secretly followed the young actress.

"Chen Yu." Her sweet, delicate voice was full of excitement. "You're amazing!"

Her husband instantly turned into a lapdog.

Shen Peiyao: "..."

She quietly took the fish-scaling knife from behind her.

[Ahhhhh! You evil woman, get away from him! Don't come any closer! I have a wife, ahhhh!]

[No! That's for my darling wife! Don't give it to that woman, ahhhh!]

Uh...

Husband?

Shen Peiyao was so startled that her feet tangled together, and she fell toward the ground.

[Ahhh! Careful, honey!]

Bang!

At the last moment, Chen Yu managed to catch his precious, beloved wife.

"Are you okay?" Chen Yu took the fish-scaling knife, which Shen Peiyao had been holding right against one of his private parts, and said expressionlessly, "Don't pick up dangerous things like that."

Shen Peiyao: "..."

*

Little Scene 1:

While they were rowing, a wave hit the boat. Shen Peiyao and the young actress both lost their balance and fell toward the side.

Chen Yu grabbed the young actress by the arm and pulled her back onto the boat.

At the same time,

[Ahhh! Honey, I have to save my wife! Boohoo...]

Shen Peiyao: Good thing your wife can swim.

Little Scene 2:

"Honey, I want some of that. Grill it for me."

Chen Yu nodded. When it was done, the young actress exclaimed, "Wow, Chen Yu's grilling looks so delicious."

Chen Yu's arm immediately changed direction.

[Boohoo, my dear wife, I grilled it so carefully for you! Boohoo!]

Shen Peiyao: I knew it!

Little Scene 3:

[Ahhhh! I'm finally free of the control! Hahaha, I'm coming, my darling wife!]

Huh?

Shen Peiyao's heart stirred. Sure enough, her husband, who said one thing and meant another, stopped acting like a lovesick puppy around the young actress.

Shen Peiyao curled her lips into a smile.

Bang!

Smack!

Crash!

Shen Peiyao rolled up her sleeves and gave her husband a loving beating.

"Ahem, Yaoyao, I can explain."

[Ahhhh! My wife's fists are so soft! I want to hold her, kiss her, hug her, and lift her up high!]

Shen Peiyao shuddered with disgust. Chen Yu pinned her against the wall, his low, pleasant voice sounding above her. "Yaoyao, honestly, you have to believe me."

Shen Peiyao: I think I'm getting sick. The mentally ill kind. What do I do?

Theme: There's no such thing as a regret pill in this world.