I Woke Up Divorced with Two Kids

[Updated the bonus chapters on June 23, 2025. Chapters 90-93 are new, adding about 40,000 words.] At 23, Cheng Shu is a fourth-year PhD student with countless papers to her name. She has won the national scholarship three years in a row and even pushed her advisor to become a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. But no one knows that the overworked Cheng, known to her fellow students as Senior Sister, only wants to be a lazy fish who lies flat. Her dream is to have lots and lots of money, then live alone in a pretty little villa. One day, after a group meeting, a junior male student from her cohort sidles over to ask about her love life. Cheng Shu glances at this student, who's about to graduate but still can't get a paper published, and immediately understands. He isn't interested in the doctoral student who just chewed him out. He's after the first author of one of her papers. Cheng Shu says coldly, "I'm divorced, with two kids." From then on, a shocking rumor spreads far and wide: "Senior Sister is a single mom who has to go home at night and nurse her babies." Even her real age becomes a mystery. One day, Cheng Shu stays up all night working, feeling a little lightheaded. When she wakes up, she discovers two children beside her. Looking more closely, she sees a four-story villa, occupied by just the three of them: mother and kids. The date on the calendar clearly reads November 20, 2033. Had she somehow transmigrated ten years into the future??? Cheng Shu asks, "Where's your dad?" The two kids answer in unison, "We don't have a dad." Cheng Shu's vision goes black. That's it, she's really divorced with two kids now. Ye Mian has been feeling troubled lately. The marriage she's always been "proud of" seems to have run into a problem... With no other choice, she posts online to ask for advice. [Why has my wife moved out with the kids again? Waiting for replies, this is pretty urgent.] The netizens offer all kinds of opinions: "The seven-year itch. Just hang in there and it'll pass." "At this point, I'd say you should get divorced." "Have you considered that you might be the problem?" Some even suspect her of domestic abuse. Ye Mian looks at the screenful of accusations, tears welling in her eyes. She just doesn't lift a finger around the house and doesn't know how to do chores. Why are they all saying such mean things... To win his wife back, the pampered Miss Ye learns to cook and mop the floors. Full of confidence, she stands in front of the little villa she bought for her wife, asking for a hug, only to hear her wife, who normally calls her "Mianmian," ask coldly, "Who are you?" Ye Mian: I should have known. She only loves my money. [Academic genius × pianist ++ absolute rationality and intense emotionality] Reader's Guide 1. Soft sci-fi: The technological development of 2033 is entirely the author's imagination. 2. Raising kids: One parent is in charge of being smart, the other of being cute. 3. A parenting reality show: More or less the first domestic reality show featuring wives raising kids together. 4. Career storyline: Both leads are exceptionally talented, with a bit of a wish-fulfillment feel. 5. Romance: They married first and fell in love ten years ago. Now it's Miss Ye's turn to chase her wife. 6. Comedy: Serious problems can all be solved in a lighthearted way. 7. Side couple: Includes a bit of the entertainment-industry trope where someone chases their ex after treating them badly. 8. Important: The entire story is fictional. In a nutshell: A workaholic meets a rich woman who wants to lie flat. One-on-one, both are virgins, happy ending, same-sex marriage is legal, and children can be conceived technologically. Blurb revised November 13, 2023. It may be revised again. Theme: Face your shortcomings and build a better future together