Shen Gu transmigrated into a book three years ago. In the intensely competitive cultivation world, he barely managed to survive until the late stage of Golden Core. The last thing he saw before dying was his handsome, sinister adoptive father, burdened by a blood feud, gripping a sword with a knowing smile as he prepared to destroy the universe.
A banana peel foiled the destruction. The two transmigrated together, back to the real world.
After transmigrating back to his original world, Shen Gu, a minor idol on the verge of debuting, returned to the eve of his transmigration into the book. Thinking back on those three years, he wanted to throw in the towel and walk away. Being someone's son was just like being someone's grandson. He wasn't going to be anyone's grandson anymore!
"Where are we?" Suddenly, a little hand tugged at Shen Gu's sleeve, accompanied by a childish voice.
Shen Gu slowly lowered his head with grave solemnity, only to see his 1.9-meter-tall, black-haired, black-eyed, utterly cold-blooded adoptive father turned into a soft, round toddler.
Wait, what?
With a bet agreement hanging over his head, Shen Gu was forced to join a parenting variety show, taking along his adoptive father, now a little kid.
His dad was a villain bent on destroying the world, but he was three and a half years old now, and awkwardly calling Shen Gu "Dad."
Forty years east of the river, forty years west of the river. For the first time, Shen Gu laughed out loud. Still, he crouched down and pretended to comfort Gu Lin, holding his back. With a wicked grin in front of Gu Lin's face, dark enough to drip, he pointed his thumb at himself:
Your dad's got you covered.
But then...
On a deserted island, while the other kids wait eagerly for their dads, his kid coolly catches fish with one hand and shoots birds with the other, a total all-rounder.
Shen Gu: Son, your old man is counting on you.
While the neighbor's brat cries and throws a tantrum, shouting "Where's my dad?", his kid starts a fire outdoors, builds a shelter, gathers materials, and shows off astonishing cooking skills.
Shen Gu sits in the front row, munching sunflower seeds and blowing on a rolled-paper whistle: "You're amazing, little one~"
Gu Lin's neck turns red, and he even blows on the skewers to cool them before handing them to Shen Gu.
The whole country is moved! The two of them turn a parenting show into a story of a wonderful three-year-old son helping his disabled father dominate the entertainment industry.
While the other kids are still in bed, a delicate little doll is busy running around.
Shen Gu is half-asleep and muddled with a high fever, waiting for someone to feed him.
Shen Gu: Daddy (whimpering).
Audience: ??
Audience: I suggest you be a decent person.
The parenting show becomes a huge hit, and Gu Lingling, who is only three and a half, wins the title of "Nation's Dad" by a landslide.
[That kid is so amazing. He's truly a good dad to the whole country. It must be hard raising his dad in reverse!]
[I'm not here to break up this family. I'm here to join it! Handsome, look at me.]
[Does the kid still need a dad? I'll gladly be his wife!]
Just as the whole internet is shipping them, rumors about the Gu family suddenly emerge. Apparently, the kid's dad is a direct heir to a wealthy family.
Shen Gu: That can't be true. How come I don't know?
The next day, Gu Lin, back in his adult body, comes to see him and says he will return to the wealthy family as the real young master.
It turns out Gu Lin's becoming three and a half years old in the real world was part of a wealthy family's scheme.
Shen Gu: Wait, so in this world he still has the tragic, beautiful, powerful, crazy villain role? Nooo!
I thought this would be a childhood-crush romance, but it really turns into a patron and his kept lover later on. Well, then, I'll give him whatever he wants.
* The top gets the real-versus-fake young master plot in the real world.
* The bottom is a sickly beauty.
Cutoff date: 2022.10.13
Theme: Stay positive and keep looking for hope.