Wen Bailiu was originally the heir to the Wen family. After his birth mother died young, his father quickly remarried. His once gentle and kind stepmother showed her true colors as soon as she entered the family, causing young Wen Bailiu to suffer an accident that left him with disabled legs.
After a series of schemes and calculations, he finally managed to seize his stepmother's shares, send his stepbrother to prison, and remove his biological father from the board. But he died on his way to the board meeting where he was to take office as president of the Wen Group.
When he woke again, he discovered he had transmigrated into a book called The Celebrity Young Master: Conquering the Entertainment Industry.
The original was a Mary Sue-style novel aimed at female readers, with a soft and adorable male protagonist who did nothing but cry. After his family fell on hard times, he joined a parenting variety show, caught the eye of a billionaire CEO, and was taken home to be showered with sweet affection.
As for Wen Bailiu, he was the gloomy villain the protagonist met on the show... his stepfather.
The original Wen Bailiu in the book was also called Wen Bailiu, and was an illegitimate child of the Wen family. He had grown up in an orphanage, living in poverty, eating leftovers and wearing secondhand clothes donated by others. After being brought back to the Wen family, he was allowed by Madam Wen to waste his life as a spoiled playboy.
After buying his way into Imperial City University, he let himself go even more, drinking heavily, street racing, and doing every kind of reckless thing. When his eldest brother, Wen Ji, became head of the family, he couldn't wait to marry Wen Bailiu off to Mo Chenhuai.
The father of Jiang Du, the gloomy villain.
Mo Chenhuai had topped the rich list for three consecutive years. He owned countless businesses, but was a complete workaholic.
He was rarely home and hardly ever appeared in public.
Wen Bailiu, a lifelong bachelor, had never expected to end up with a healthy body, a billionaire husband, and a villainous son from the start.
Taking the gloomy villain to a parenting variety show, Wen Bailiu had no desire to keep up a sunny-boy image. He just wanted to slack off.
He would never again have to live at someone else's mercy. He only had to wait until he could stand on his own two feet, and then he could live the carefree life he wanted.
"This bag is too heavy." Carrying a travel backpack half his height, Wen Bailiu couldn't help complaining.
The boy in a white shirt, his gaze fierce, wordlessly hoisted the backpack onto his own shoulders. The tendons stood out along his slender neck.
[What's the relationship between this gorgeous boy and Wen Bailiu?]
[His son? An effortless dad? Who's his husband??]
[What a waste of that face. He's got a pig's brain. He must have married some short, ugly, rich old man!]
[It's been a year, and Wen Bailiu still hasn't improved at all. He's actually tormenting a little kid! Morality has completely collapsed!!]
The contrast to Wen Bailiu was the protagonist, as bright as a little sun.
[Miao Miao can do it! You'll make it to the finish line~]
[Miao Miao can't carry it alone. Somebody help! Brother Du, could you help Miao Miao?] The round, bright eyes gazed expectantly at Jiang Du.
But Jiang Du simply walked right past him.
Viewers scolded Wen Bailiu for his bad attitude and demanded he leave the show, making him a convenient stepping stone for the production team to stir up controversy.
The topic kept trending, and a torrent of hate was directed at Wen Bailiu.
And yet...
Late at night, Wen Bailiu sat with Jiang Du at a tiny desk. [There's another way to solve this problem. Draw an auxiliary line through the middle. Isn't that simpler?]
Jiang Du bent over his work, calculating. The viewers went wild in the livestream.
[Holy crap, that's really it! Bai Shen is amazing!]
[Watching Bai Shen carry the team is so thrilling~]
[I heard Wen Bailiu was a top student at Imperial City University. His face is actually his least impressive quality~]
Wen Bailiu became a sensation on the parenting show, and rumors about the wealthy backer behind him ran rampant.
During one shoot, his shoes didn't fit. After just two steps, one flew half a meter away.
"My shoe."
Jiang Du turned toward the handmade sheepskin shoe lying in the distance and said in a low voice, "Wait."
Before he could walk over, someone had already picked up the shoe and strolled over to Wen Bailiu.
The man wore an expensive custom suit. His features were stern, and he bore some resemblance to Jiang Du.
He knelt without a care for anyone watching, took Wen Bailiu's foot in his hand, and slipped the shoe onto it.
[Holy crap, who is this guy? Don't tell me he's Wen Bailiu's sugar daddy!?]
[Where's the short, ugly old man we were promised?!]
"Teacher Wen, this is..." The director immediately smelled a chance to boost his ratings.
Jiang Du's face darkened. "His bargain-bin husband."
*An overthinking, self-deluding pursuer
*A sharp-witted, willful recipient
*Jiang Du is not Mo Chenhuai's biological child
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