My Ex Is a Movie Emperor, and Now I'm a Hit on a Parenting Show

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#What is it like to go back to being three and have your ex-boyfriend become your temporary dad?#

Xiao Mi: ...Thanks for asking. I'm on a parenting reality show, and I'm numb.

Everyone knows that award-winning actor Lu Zhe once had a vain ex-girlfriend. She dumped him before he became famous. They say he was deeply hurt and hasn't dated anyone since.

His fans are going bald with worry, while hating his ex-girlfriend with a passion.

Then a parenting reality show came knocking.

The manager's eyes lit up. "This is a great opportunity."

After an accident, Xiao Mi became a three-year-old toddler. The absurd part was running into the boyfriend she'd broken up with five years ago. Even more absurd, he was going to be her temporary dad, responsible for her care in the days ahead.

Xiao Mi stared blankly: ...

She'd been awful to him when they broke up, and was afraid he'd take revenge, so she clung desperately to her secret identity.

News that the award-winning actor would be appearing on a variety show with a child broke the internet!

Lu Zhe was cool and reserved, a celestial being who supposedly lived on fresh air and was just one step away from ascending to heaven. They wanted him to look after a child? Was he going to demonstrate cultivating immortality?

Fans: ...We're worried about the child's safety.

Once the show aired:

When Xiao Mi wanted water, the actor made her a healthy fruit tea.

When Xiao Mi was hungry, the actor prepared a nutritious meal for kids.

When Xiao Mi's dress ripped, the actor even showed off his sewing skills!

The internet was stunned: Was this considerate, domestically skilled man really the aloof award-winning actor everyone knew?

His fans were so envious they practically drooled, all wishing they could swap places with Xiao Mi. Overnight, she became the luckiest... kid on the internet.

*

Seeing his little partner, who looked just like his ex-girlfriend, Lu Zhe had no one to lavish his fatherly love on, so he poured it all into her.

But the longer they spent together, the more she reminded him of someone.

Those little unconscious gestures; her dislike of carrots, the way she wrinkled her nose in disgust at stinky tofu; even the face she made when hopping mad looked exactly like his ex-girlfriend's.

Maybe it was just Xiao Mi's imagination, but lately Lu Zhe had been looking at her strangely. Clutching her secret identity and worrying herself bald, Xiao Mi couldn't shake the feeling that he had figured something out...

Xiao Mi: Clutching my secret identity and trembling.

One day, Lu Zhe casually called out, "Mimi..."

Xiao Mi, only three years old and sitting nearby playing with a puzzle, didn't even turn around. "What?"

Then she suddenly remembered she didn't go by that name anymore and froze. She turned around to meet Lu Zhe's meaningful gaze: ...

Oh... oh no!!!!

A lovesick award-winning actor who wants to rekindle an old romance X a clear-eyed, dazzling heiress

1. The female lead will return to normal. There will be no romance until she does.

2. The variety-show storyline will take up a lot of the book.

3. A sweet little story with no logic or literary merit, and no real-life basis.

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After transmigrating into a book, Luo Zhi became the cannon-fodder fiancée.

She was destined to pine for the male lead, go crazy for him, and bang her head against a wall for his sake.

To make him breakfast, she got up at five every morning. When he casually praised her soup, Luo Zhi spent four hours a day making it. On a freezing winter night, she drove four hours just because she heard he was sick.

Luo Zhi: ...MMP, what a trash male lead. Isn't the guy I'm romancing in my otome game way better?

But whenever she strayed from the plot, Luo Zhi was punished with heart pain. With no choice, she had to diligently play the lovesick supporting character.

*

Everyone knew Luo Zhi was hopelessly in love with Jiang Yan, and he believed it too.

When he turned down her advances for the 218th time, Jiang Yan suddenly heard her thoughts.

Holding takeout from somewhere else, Luo Zhi's eyes reddened. She looked heartbroken but held back her tears. "It's okay if you don't like this flavor. I'll make something you like next time."

[I'm busy going on a date with Yan Yan. Make you food? Not a chance. Go eat dirt!]

Jiang Yan: ???

He realized he didn't understand his fiancée at all.

When the female lead appeared,

Luo Zhi forced herself to look alert, her eyes bleary after staying up all night watching Xiao Ruyan's videos. "I'm warning you, stay away from Jiang Yan!"

[Yan Dad is so gentle. He actually called me his goddess... Help! I want to be his dog! (screaming)]

Jiang Yan: ???

When it came time to talk about breaking off their engagement,

Luo Zhi's eyes were red and swollen from crying. She covered her face with both hands and wailed hysterically: "I won't agree! If we break off the engagement, you might as well kill me!"

[Finally! I've put up with this for three months, and the day has finally come... Sob, Yan Yan wanted to break up with me yesterday... What kind of otome game am I playing? It should be called Widow Simulator!]

Jiang Yan: ?

One day, Luo Zhi got drunk. She toppled onto Jiang Yan and wrapped her arms around his neck, refusing to let go as she wailed.

"How can you be so cold, so heartless, so unreasonable!"

"If I can't marry you, what meaning does my life have?"

"I was wrong. Don't break up with me. I'm your dog! I'm your dog..."

Jiang Yan's face darkened, a storm brewing in his eyes. "Be clear. Whose dog are you?"

Premise: I will always love you.