The Wealthy Family's Stepdad Slacks Off on a Parenting Show

Zhou Che transmigrated into a melodramatic rich-family novel as the hapless stepdad.

The original host was a washed-up nobody with a huge number of haters. He schemed to marry the powerful male lead, only for the man to leave for overseas right after they got their marriage certificate, leaving him at home to take care of the kid.

The kid, Lu Zhouzhou, was a little terror who would climb onto the roof if left alone for three days. He needed coaxing to eat and persuading to sleep, threw tantrums dozens of times a day, and acted as if he were the center of the universe.

According to the plot, he would later take Lu Zhouzhou on a parenting variety show in an attempt to make a comeback and cash in. Then, unable to control the little terror, he would be mercilessly mocked, his reputation would be in tatters, and the whole internet would turn against him.

Zhou Che had little interest in indulging a spoiled brat, but faced with the hefty contract penalty, he gritted his teeth and dragged the little menace onto the show.

As soon as the show was announced, the haters grabbed their keyboards, ready to ridicule Zhou Che for seeing his dreams of marrying into wealth collapse, only to be forced to coddle a spoiled brat.

Then... they saw a scene unlike anything they expected.

Lu Zhouzhou threw a fit over being a picky eater and refused to eat, waiting for his cheap stepdad to coax him. But his stepdad didn't leave him a single bite, and burped: "I'm stuffed!"

The kid rubbed his empty stomach, so aggrieved he was about to cry golden beans.

Lu Zhouzhou threw himself on the ground in the street and made a scene, demanding a toy. If Zhou Che wouldn't buy it, he would lie there crying loudly, trying to make Zhou Che die of embarrassment in public.

Zhou Che watched the kid's fake crying with great interest, then gave a scathing review: "Over-the-top movements, fake expressions, atrocious acting."

The kid: ...

He stopped fake-crying in an instant, blushed, and scrambled up from the ground at lightning speed.

After taking one loss after another, Lu Zhouzhou angrily packed his little schoolbag and decided to run away from home. But after just five minutes, his feet hurt and his pace slowed more and more.

Zhou Che leisurely followed him in his little car, rolled down the window, and mercilessly teased him: "You've barely walked anywhere and already can't go on? Didn't you eat lunch?"

Lu Zhouzhou: Waaaaaaah...

At last, after being defeated time and again, Lu Zhouzhou understood that he couldn't beat his black-hearted stepdad and no longer dared to act like a brat.

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Once the show aired, the novelty of this fake father and son constantly sabotaging and bickering with each other was like a mudslide crashing through a wholesome parenting show. Zhou Che's ways of disciplining the little terror went viral, drawing crowds of netizens to watch.

More and more people even started calling Zhou Che "wife"

and declaring that they wanted to be Lu Zhouzhou's stepmom.

One day, the powerful male lead came home after working hard on his career and was surprised to find Lu Zhouzhou, who usually made everyone's life difficult, giving Zhou Che a back rub. Looking expectantly at him, the boy asked, "Stepdad, after you divorce my dad, can you take me when you split the assets?"

The powerful male lead: ???

It seemed his bargain wife had more to him than met the eye.

The skeptical male lead eventually fell prey to the law of "the more you resist, the more you love it." He planned to fall in love with his wife after their marriage, but every netizen was trying to steal his wife from him.

They were all so brazen about it: [What do you mean, your wife? I don't like that. He's everyone's wife!]

The powerful male lead sneered.

Sorry, we can share the son, but not the wife!

& A silly, sweet comedy, one-on-one, both lovers' first love

& The kid isn't the seme's biological child, but they are related by blood

& The kid is a bit of a brat at first, but gets better later

Theme: Face setbacks with a positive attitude