The Cannon Fodder Male Supporting Character Slacks Off on a Parenting Show

[Please add my next novel, "Transmigrating into the Su Family's Live-in Son-in-Law," to your favorites. The blurb is below!]

After taking a tumble, Sang Chi discovers that the world he's living in is actually a novel.

He's a disposable supporting character in the story. Unhappy with his wealthy husband's coldness, he deliberately gets cozy with a newcomer in the entertainment industry while appearing on a parenting variety show.

In the end, he leaves with nothing and can't even see his child.

After the newcomer becomes famous from the show, they kick him while he's down.

Sang Chi: ...Clutching my helpless, hapless, chubby little darling.

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Day one of the parenting show:

Other people's kids: They act cute, throw tantrums, and kiss their parents.

Three-year-old Naonao, looking serious: "My dad's too young. Our family can only rely on me."

Sang Chi: ?

Naonao struggles to tie on a tiny apron, then makes a tremendous clatter in the kitchen and comes out with a cup of tap water and two raw eggs.

Naonao: "Dad, hurry up and eat."

Sang Chi: "...Sweetie, Dad isn't hungry."

To support his helpless, fragile dad, Naonao learns to beg for food everywhere. The sight is absolutely heartbreaking.

Lu Yicheng happens to open the livestream: "...Is this show short on funds?"

Assistant: "Boss, this is the show your wife invested in."

Lu Yicheng, unusually reflective: "Maybe I really have neglected him."

[Sang Chi has never liked anyone else. In the original novel, he was just a disposable plot device.]

Next novel: "Transmigrating into the Su Family's Live-in Son-in-Law"

Blurb: Qin Zichu transmigrates into the body of a bookish young man who never lifts a finger. As soon as he transmigrates, his parents pressure him to become the Su family's live-in son-in-law.

Qin Zichu: "...I can support myself!"

He was a hundred percent against marrying into another family, but the moment he sees Su Xiaohan at their betrothal, his heart aches for him.

Qin Zichu touches his chest:

Oh no. Heartache is often the beginning of love...

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Su Xiaohan was frail from birth, and the doctor said he would probably have trouble bearing children in the future.

As soon as word gets around, the matchmakers steer clear.

Su's father had already prepared to support Su Xiaohan for the rest of his life. Then the Qin family suddenly shows up and says they want their son to marry into the Su family...

The villagers all laugh at Su's father for being foolish. He only had to support one person before, and now he'll have to support two. They hear that the Qin boy studied for years at great expense and still can't even pass the county-level exam.

Just you wait. He'll regret it for sure!

But events gradually veer off course, and the ones who end up regretting it are the villagers themselves.

Cheerful, considerate scholar seme x shy, sweet, pitiful uke

Theme: Face hardship by actively seeking a way to overcome it.