After Keeping the Baby and Staying Put, the Sickly Beauty Becomes a Star

[Complete. Next up: The Sickly Beauty Lies Flat on a Parenting Show After Transmigrating into a Book] [Blurb] Xie Zhixue has been frail since childhood. He's a famous sickly beauty who gets winded after just a few steps, as delicate as snow on a branch, just like his name suggests. Despite his breathtaking looks and formidable professional skills, his frail health often forces him to turn down good job opportunities, leaving him perpetually mediocre in the entertainment industry. Xie Zhixue is quite calm about it. He only joined the entertainment industry to earn money for his medical care and live one more day at a time. Then Pei Hengyu, who had also been drugged, walked into the wrong room. The two of them ended up spending the night together, and Xie Zhixue's peaceful life was shattered when he awakened to the plot of the original book... It turned out he was merely a sickly beauty destined to be a cannon-fodder character in a novel. The male lead was lying beside him, and his only purpose was to highlight the bottom's happiness. In the book, the cannon-fodder sickly beauty is caught up in a baby-switching scandal and serves as a foil to the bottom's happy childhood. He is short-lived, has a one-night stand with the male lead, then runs away while pregnant. After giving birth, his frail body gives out and he dies, leaving his child to be adopted by the bottom. This serves both to showcase the bottom's kindness and to bring the male lead and bottom together. The dead sickly beauty is repeatedly brought up as a tragic contrast, while even his biological mother transfers her affection to the bottom and the child. The male lead and bottom have a perfect family and glittering careers, while the sickly beauty lies buried underground. The cannon-fodder sickly beauty himself, Xie Zhixue: ... With little time left to live, Xie Zhixue decides to defy fate. Running away while pregnant and quitting the entertainment industry are out of the question. He'll keep bringing light to the world of art and entertainment. So Xie Zhixue talks back to a respected veteran on a livestream. Later, the veteran's true colors are exposed, scandalous rumors flood the internet, and public opinion turns completely against him. Xie Zhixue questions a beloved celebrity couple on a dating show. Later, the wife thanks him for opening her eyes: she's already cut her losses and kicked her cheating husband to the curb. Xie Zhixue stands up for an actor plagued by scandal, drawing a storm of mockery and abuse. In fact, the actor is a good performer who was smeared after refusing to give in to casting-couch demands. He later makes a comeback on the strength of his talent and becomes a huge star. Xie Zhixue becomes the trendsetter of the entertainment industry, living each day to the fullest and thriving. But his belly is still showing signs of life. Xie Zhixue lays his medical report in front of Pei Hengyu: “I'm pregnant, and I'm about to die. Be prepared.” Pei Hengyu, stunned by one shock after another, stares blankly for three minutes, then reaches out to touch his own forehead. “I must have a fever.” Xie Zhixue: ... On the day the baby is born, Pei Hengyu grits his teeth. “You are not allowed to die. If you do, I'll chase you all the way to the King of Hell and take you back by force.” Xie Zhixue is perfectly calm. “Wake up. This is a pregnancy novel, not a fantasy novel.” And yet, something fantastical happens... He's still full of energy after giving birth?! Has he really succeeded in defying fate?! What's more, a famous businesswoman known as the Iron Lady comes to him, claiming to be his birth mother and wanting to take him home. Later, Pei Hengyu leans in to kiss Xie Zhixue. “Honey, the baby's asleep. My study pass expires tonight. Can I transfer back to our bedroom?” [Blurb written 20221230] [Slightly revised 20230303] ※ Next up: The Sickly Beauty Lies Flat on a Parenting Show After Transmigrating into a Book. Please add it to your reading list! Blurb: Xuan Zhixia transmigrates into a book, becoming the villainous stepfather who deliberately marries into a wealthy family to repay a debt of gratitude, secretly abuses his stepchildren just days after the wedding, can't resist temptation and has an affair, and is ultimately exposed, kicked out of the family, and left with a miserable fate. Xuan Zhixia arrives on the second day of the marriage. Apart from the fact that almost everyone in his wealthy husband's family dislikes him and his stepchildren put salt in his medicine, things aren't too bad. Xuan Zhixia, frail since childhood and an optimist about it: Just don't disturb me while I'm recovering. But the original owner was a C-list celebrity who had already discussed a whole list of publicity stunts with his agent to become famous. Less than ten minutes after Xuan Zhixia transmigrates into the book, news breaks online that he's married into the top-tier Shang family. At the same time, ads begin appearing everywhere, announcing that he'll soon bring his stepchildren onto a popular parenting show to share their wealthy family's daily life with viewers. His unreliable agent excitedly informs him: “That parenting show really did contact you! I've already signed the contract for you!” The penalty for breaking the contract is an astronomical sum for Xuan Zhixia, and his wealthy husband, who can't stand him, unusually agrees to appear on the show. So Xuan Zhixia gives up resisting. He can treat it as recovering in a different place, and earn some money on the side. - As head of the Shang family in his generation, Shang Shuji is detached and cold, and had no plans to marry or have children. A few years ago, he adopted a son and daughter to raise as his heirs. He married the sickly Xuan Zhixia to keep things simple, and agreed to bring the children onto a variety show for the same reason. Before filming, Shang Shuji and the children think: They should make sure outsiders see their attitude toward Xuan Zhixia and his place in the Shang family, so he can't keep claiming he's married into the family and use it to cause trouble or gain an advantage. But once filming begins, the scene everyone expects, with “Xuan Zhixia doing everything he can to act like he's deeply in love with Shang Shuji and a saintly mother to his stepchildren,” never happens. Xuan Zhixia lies flat and ignores everyone. Shang Shuji asks him to go shopping together. Xuan Zhixia glances at the blazing sun, then covers his mouth weakly. “A fortune-teller said today isn't a good day for me to go out.” His stepchildren complain that they're hungry and demand he cook. Xuan Zhixia calmly points to Shang Shuji. “Go ask your real dad. Your stepdad isn't responsible for feeding you.” The viewers are dumbfounded: Is Xuan Zhixia planning to divorce him as soon as the show's over, or does he have some dirt on the Shang family??? How did he even marry into the Shang family? Did he save the galaxy or something? Later, the stepchildren obediently massage Xuan Zhixia's legs while innocently reprimanding Shang Shuji, who is cooking. “Dad, stop forcing Daddy to exercise at night. It keeps him from getting enough sleep. Exercising during the day can keep him healthy, too!” Shang Shuji nods calmly. “All right. We'll switch to exercising during the day next time.” Xuan Zhixia can't bear to listen and turns bright red. The viewers are practically panting: “Let the innocent kids leave! We want to watch the couple exercising live! [Blushing face.jpg]” ※ Coming soon, 2: The Sickly Beauty in a Harem-Bottom Novel Awakens Blurb: On the first day of university, Shen Jianyü dreams that he's the protagonist bottom of an explicit harem novel, and that Top One, Top Two, and Top Three are the roommates he just met. In the book, the protagonist bottom is frail and poor. Top One confesses to him, and when he's rejected, forces him into a relationship and lands him in the hospital. Top Two pretends to comfort and care for him, but is actually harassing and molesting him. Top Three secretly watches him for a long time and constantly plays the victim to gain his sympathy. The moment he gets the protagonist bottom into bed, he turns on him. The protagonist bottom cries his eyes out, only for his biological parents to show up and marry him off to Top Four, who has a disability in both legs and has been abandoned by his family. He suffers endless humiliation. Shen Jianyü, having learned the plot: ... The next day, Top One comes to confess to him, and the atmosphere is tense. Shen Jianyü blinks. That same day, Top One and Top Two get into a huge fight and make the campus headlines. - In He Liqiu's eyes, Shen Jianyü is a frail junior with breathtaking looks but a dark, scheming mind. He Liqiu has more than once seen Shen Jianyü play his roommates like a fiddle without giving it a second thought. He Liqiu dislikes Shen Jianyü and thinks his roommates are idiots. Until Shen Jianyü turns to him with a smiling face and speaks softly: “Senior He, would you like to go to the library together?” He Liqiu can't help himself. He nods. - At first, Shen Jianyü approaches He Liqiu only because he's Top Four's uncle in the book, and Shen Jianyü wants to use him to learn more. Later, once he's achieved his goal, Shen Jianyü claps his hands and prepares to leave. The usually composed and genteel He Liqiu goes mad. “Either marry me, or I'll make sure you don't graduate.” Shen Jianyü: ...I've never met anyone this outrageous. Theme: Health and happiness