When a Socially Anxious Person Becomes a Wealthy Family’s Stepdad

Ten years of social anxiety have left little painter Fu Cen unprepared when he transmigrates into the role of a vicious stepfather who married into a wealthy family.

The domineering CEO hands him an agreement: raise the child properly over the next three years, and he will receive a ten-million-yuan reward when the contract ends.

That very night, Fu Cen packs his bags and sneaks off.

To his surprise, he runs into the child, who has also climbed over the wall to go out and play.

The two of them: "..."

For the child's safety, Fu Cen has no choice but to let the kid drag him out shopping. They get separated, and the broadcast station suddenly carries the voice of the child's outgoing little social butterfly.

"Hello, hello! Has anyone seen my stepdad, Fu Cen? That's Fu with the person radical, Cen with the mountain radical. He's wearing a white shirt and blue sneakers. If you see him, please call XXX."

Everyone's eyes turn to Fu Cen. With nowhere to hide, the "vicious stepfather" leaves his body in spirit and flees the planet.

The outgoing kid: "???"

Who exactly is the vicious stepfather here?

The CEO arrives to pick up his husband and child: "..."

-

Over the next three years, the outgoing kid takes the lead in looking after his stepdad. He especially loves Fu Cen's paintings, and proudly tells his kindergarten classmates, "My stepdad is a genius painter. I want to be like Dad Fu Cen!"

Thanks to the kid's relentless promotion, Fu Cen's name starts to get around. He gradually becomes famous, and countless bigwigs clamor to get their hands on each of his paintings.

Fu Cen grows more and more distressed. He just wants the agreement to end as soon as possible.

When the CEO silently transfers the ten-million-yuan reward to Fu Cen, Fu Cen is so nervous that his legs shake. After spending so much time with the outgoing kid, he blurts out, "That's all?"

The CEO: "..."

-

At first, the CEO says, "Once the contract expires, pestering you would be impolite."

Now the CEO tears up the contract and pursues his husband relentlessly. "If you think that's too little, how about a lifetime contract? I'll give you everything I earn."

The kid takes out the bank card his stepdad gave him and says solemnly, "My dad gets ten million for each painting now. He doesn't need the money."

* The kid isn't the CEO's biological child, but they are closely related by blood.

* 1v1, happy ending, no angst in the romance.

----A preview of an upcoming novel----

"Everyone Online Can Hear the Little Nobody's Inner Thoughts"

Blurb:

Zhuo Ti stays up all night finishing a melodramatic entertainment-industry novel. When he wakes up, he's transmigrated into the story as a useless little nobody on the verge of quitting the industry.

Zhuo Ti: "Great!"

In an entertainment industry full of juicy gossip, Zhuo Ti has a script that lets him see the future, and he has the time of his life following the scandals.

But he never imagined that his thoughts as he gleefully devoured the gossip would be broadcast to everyone else.

Scene One:

At an awards ceremony, as the winner of Best Actress is about to be announced, Zhuo Ti looks at the script:

[In one minute, the newly crowned Best Actress will thank her innocent, sweet best friend for her encouragement in her acceptance speech. But her friend is already three months pregnant, and the father is the actress's fiance?!]

That very night, the actress and the sweet young star fall out, the trending topics go wild, and a certain social media platform crashes.

Scene Two: At a live performance, a popular singer wows the whole crowd with an astonishing song, and the fans erupt in cheers.

[In five minutes, the singer's lover and manager will meet a certain idol backstage and loudly plot to use this performance to ruin the singer's reputation?]

The music show is interrupted. The singer rushes backstage to catch them in the act. The idol is disgraced, the fans' favorite couple falls apart, and everyone is left heartbroken.

Scene Three: At an introductory reception, an award-winning director claims he devotes himself entirely to film and has remained single to this day.

[Tsk, but in ten minutes, the director is going to drug an innocent young actress and take her back to his place. His villa's basement is also holding dozens of girls who went missing after entering talent competitions!]

From the leading actors to the supporting cast, everyone refuses to work with him. The director is sent to prison, where he weeps bitterly and performs his own prison-cell lament.

Zhuo Ti had only meant to quietly enjoy the gossip. But suddenly, a famous Best Actress nominee wants to work with him, a singer he has barely spoken to throws his full support behind him, and countless people thank him.

Zhuo Ti: "Huh? What happened?"

Fans who hear Fu Cen's inner thoughts through the cameras are collectively stunned!

To dig up more gossip, they keep watching Zhuo Ti's variety shows, following his behind-the-scenes content, and analyzing his interviews.

Before long, they become his fans for real.

He's not only a multitalented singer and dancer, but also the voice of the internet, and the authorities have officially dubbed him the entertainment industry's "detective."

Zhuo Ti has already decided to quit the industry and go home to inherit his family fortune, when he suddenly becomes a sensation.

Everyone online: Please don't quit. We want to keep getting the gossip straight from the source.

The celebrities forced to appear alongside him break out in a cold sweat.

Someone angrily posts, "I refuse to believe Zhuo Ti has no scandals at all!"

The reply: "He has one."

Then they post two marriage certificates.

The comments fill with laughter, everyone saying the poster did a great job faking them.

But then a livestream camera catches Zhuo Ti getting out of a luxury car, one hand on his lower back.

The window rolls down, revealing the handsome face of Nan Fuyao, the legendary businessman whose looks have the whole internet swooning. "Baby, I'll come pick you up later. Stop staring at people. I'll get jealous."

Zhuo Ti smiles on the outside.

On the inside, he curses up a storm: [Bleep, ]

The livestream audience: You're the best, all right. You drop a huge bombshell without saying a word!

Moral: No matter your personality, self-reliance and independence can lead to success.