A Tough Guy Raising a Kid: As Long as We Survive

Top, top, top.

Rugged CEO top x domestic, snail-girl-like bottom x adorable, tiny little top

Yao Bai is a textbook domineering CEO.

A born work machine and overtime fanatic, when the company gets busy, he rolls up his sleeves and works alongside the staff.

His daily routine is a straight line between the gym and the office. No one has ever seen him smile, and his subordinates privately call him the Living Hades.

One early morning, Yao Bai opened the door before heading out for a run.

A little kid was squatting outside his home, head down as he counted ants. He wore a plaid shirt and overalls, had tiny arms and legs, and was clutching a baby bottle.

More alarming still, the child had a face exactly like Yao Bai's when he was little.

Wasn't that Yao Bai at three years old?

When little Yao Bai tilted his head to speak, his words came with tiny hiccups and a quiver in his voice. His chubby cheeks were rosy.

"W-who are you? Why are you at my house?"

Yao Bai slammed the door shut.

Impossible. He couldn't have been that stupid as a kid.

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To keep his younger self from ending up on the streets,

Yao Bai eventually took little Yao Bai in.

Little Yao Bai was fussy and vain.

He wanted warm milk first thing in the morning.

He wouldn't go to kindergarten unless he had nice clothes on.

He even wanted a balanced dinner with meat and vegetables.

Yao Bai casually mixed the formula with cold water.

He put little Yao Bai's thermal shirt on over his clothes, used a pair of long underwear as a scarf, then styled his hair with wet hands.

He cooked the steak until it was twenty times overdone and handed it to little Yao Bai with a cold expression. "Now there's no bacteria left. You can eat it without worrying."

With his hair like a bird's nest, little Yao Bai puffed out his cheeks and chewed the steak with all his might. He sighed sympathetically.

"Yao Bai, what kind of life did you have before I came along?"

To help big Yao Bai live a normal life,

little Yao Bai looked around and eventually decided that Yao Bai's secretary, Tao Tao, seemed reliable.

He clutched Tao Tao's clothes and looked up at him. "Big brother, could I ask you to take care of Yao Bai from now on?"

Tao Tao: ?!

Could it be that little Yao Bai had already figured out he'd been secretly in love with Yao Bai for decades?

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News that Yao Bai was married with a child spread through the social circles, but not a single photo ever got out.

The most sought-after eligible bachelor in their circle had been snapped up, and rumors immediately ran wild.

Some said Yao Bai's wife was ugly and couldn't be shown in public.

Others said Yao Bai, who'd built himself up from nothing, had married into his wife's family. She must come from a powerful family and look down on him.

Some even attacked the child's looks.

Then one day, a variety show featuring kids, produced by Yao Bai's company, premiered.

Yao Bai's family appeared on the show as special guest stars.

In the footage, Tao Tao held little Yao Bai in his arms and turned to look at Yao Bai with such a smitten gaze, it practically sparkled.

[You call that look from Tao Tao a sign of a bad relationship?]

[Little Yao Bai looks almost exactly like Boss Yao. Boss Yao ranked 13th on last year's list of the world's 100 most handsome men, and you call this kid ugly? Excuse me?]

[Wait, has nobody noticed that Tao Tao's belly looks kind of abnormally big...?]

[Holy crap... Boss Yao really has it all.]

[Boss Yao really has it all!]

[Holy crap... No need to say anything else. I'm dreaming about Boss Yao tonight! (Gently closes eyes.)]

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Content warnings:

Top! The story revolves around Yao Bai.

Domestic life and childcare, romance x bottom has a crush on top x top dotes on bottom

It's probably a story about a family of three healing one another. A little slice-of-life sweetness, written as it goes.

Theme: Good stuff.