A Metaphysical Mother and Son Go Viral on a Parenting Variety Show

[The story is complete. My new novel, Transmigrating into a Book as a Walking Comment Section, is now available. Please add it to your collection and send some flowers!] In her previous life, Jian Ning, a prodigy of the mystic arts, died protecting her sect. In this life, she planned to lie flat and live like a lazy fish. So Jian Ning grew up, fell in love, got married, and had a child, just like an ordinary person. Then she took her son on a parenting variety show and suddenly realized that the world she lived in was a book. On the show, the female lead was gentle and considerate, fussing over her stepson and doing everything she could to make him comfortable, even at her own expense. By contrast, Jian Ning, his birth mother, acted like a stepmother. She always took the first bite of the good food herself, and even when she did chores, she made sure to bring her child along. The stark contrast got Jian Ning dragged across the trending topics, and people around her kept accusing her of being unfit to be a mother. Jian Ning: My parents always told me, "Don't make yourself suffer, and don't spoil your child." What's wrong with that? * Four-year-old Yanyan had always known his family was poor. Other families had servants everywhere, and other kids' mothers had lots of glittering jewelry, while his family had nothing. So he had to work hard to make money. On the first day of filming, Yanyan grabbed the director's hand and said seriously, "Uncle Director, your forehead looks dark, and I see a bloody disaster in your future. Don't drive today." Director: ??? Yanyan was puzzled. Why wasn't Uncle Director giving him money yet? On the second day of filming, Yanyan grabbed the hand of the actress next door. "Auntie, there's a little girl on your back. She wants to bite you. For only 888, I can get rid of her for you." The actress: What is wrong with this kid?! Yanyan blinked, baffled. So TV really was full of lies. Making money was so hard! Later, the director who'd escaped disaster and the actress tormented by nightmares both came looking for him. Yanyan blinked at them. "My mom has to handle these things now, and her rates have gone up since before!" Jian Ning looked at the little guy, who winked at her smugly. Jian Ning: Help! I don't want to return to my old job. Is it too late to tell him our family isn't poor, and it was all a beautiful misunderstanding? Unfortunately, the little guy misunderstood her and worked even harder to drum up business. Years later, Jian Ning, now revered as a master, thought back on what had made her return to this line of work and couldn't help sighing. "At first, I really didn't want to..." [Please add my upcoming novel, Transmigrating into a Book as a Walking Comment Section, to your collection.] Lin Tiantian was a tagalong kid brought into a wealthy family when her mother married into it. She tried to compete with the Gu family's children for the inheritance, and in the end, the eldest Gu brother sent her off to an island to grow bananas. After finishing the book, Lin Tian couldn't help thinking that the original character had been dealt a great hand and played it terribly. Then she woke up and found she'd become that tagalong kid. Thinking of the original character's fate, Lin Tian clutched her allowance card and did her best to keep a low profile. Sorry, I just want to be a lazy fish! The Gu family noticed that troublemaking Lin Tian had become quiet lately. Stranger still, they could see words written above her head. The eldest Gu brother frowned at the compliments Lin Tian showered on him every day. The second Gu young master had always treated Lin Tian like air. Every time he saw her, he caught the captions above her head mocking him. [He dresses like a peacock every day. Does he think he looks good?] [Damn, my goddess actually likes him? What does she see in him?] Second Gu young master: ???? So she'd been pretending all along. Just as the second young master was about to take his mother's advice and give up his directing career to join the company, he saw another one of Lin Tian's comments. [He's such an idiot. Why fight for power when he can do what he loves and still get heaps of dividends every year?] [Look at it another way: isn't his big brother working for them?] Second Gu young master: My horizons have just opened right up. The eldest Gu daughter had always hated her stepsister, ignoring all the captions above Lin Tian's head praising her. That is, until one day... [Girl, get a grip. You're marrying for an alliance just to fight for power? Aren't you happy shopping all day?] [If you sacrifice your marriage and freedom, will you even have time to enjoy all that money after working yourself to death?] The eldest Gu daughter looked at the assets and shares under her name. That actually made a lot of sense. Lin Tian, who spent every day trying to be a lazy fish, looked at the jewels sent by the eldest Gu young master, the pocket money wired by the second young master, and the designer clothes gifted by the eldest Gu daughter, and fell into deep thought. What on earth had gone wrong? To her horror, things got even worse. One day, a man appeared in her room. The eldest Gu brother, known as an iceberg, smiled gently at her. "Didn't you think he was handsome?" Lin Tian: ...???? Wait, big brother, isn't he your best friend? Is this really okay? Everyone in their circle was waiting to see the Gu siblings fight over the family fortune, but instead, the Gu family grew more and more harmonious. Even the tagalong kid everyone used to criticize was spoiled until she became a proper young lady from a prestigious family! Theme: Keep kindness in your heart, and the world will become a better place!