I Take My Kid on a Parenting Show, Then Become Everyone's Favorite

[A huge thank-you to all the sweethearts supporting the official version on Jinjiang!] [Pre-release: My Roommate Keeps Coveting My Tail. Please add it to your reading list!] 1. Born into a wealthy family, Yu Nianbai excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. A famous, icy beauty of a campus heartthrob at Jing University, he skyrockets to fame after unexpectedly appearing in a campus drama. For various reasons, Yu Nianbai, already halfway into show business, signs up for a talent competition. Just before making his debut, he discovers by chance that Su Yu, his fellow contestant, is actually the real young master of the Yu family. And he is the impostor who stole the real young master's destiny. One misunderstanding after another sends a flood of abuse into Yu Nianbai's DMs, and people even photoshop his face onto memorial portraits. With his debut right around the corner, his adoptive parents tell him to withdraw from the competition. Adoptive father: “Nianbai, your younger brother has suffered so much. Why do you still want to compete?” Adoptive mother: “Enough. There's no room for you in this family. Leave.” Younger sister: “Big brother, I can't believe you're that kind of person! You're not my brother anymore!” Yu Nianbai catches a cold and has a long, vivid dream. No matter how hard he tries, he will only ever be a stepping-stone on the real young master's road to success. He comes to terms with it and decides to leave show business. Before he can quit, his adoptive parents more or less force him onto a wildly popular parenting variety show, where he is meant to make the real young master look kind and virtuous by comparison. His adoptive parents remind him, “Please keep a low profile and make Su Yu shine. Consider it repayment for raising you.” Yu Nianbai's eyes turn red. “Fine. After this, we owe each other nothing.” 2. When the parenting show premieres, the other participants are all competing to be the best parents, doing their utmost to care for the kids. They make nutritious breakfasts, exercise, play educational games, help with homework, and teach the children all kinds of life lessons. Yu Nianbai's livestream fills with haters, ready to insult him and leave. “D-Daddy.” The frail, well-behaved child, an ordinary kid with no showbiz connections, stands on a little stool to make breakfast. Yu Nianbai looks at the bowl of slop that looks like shit. “Can you even eat this?” He opens the fridge, takes out some very expensive ingredients, and sneers, “Lucky you. This is probably the only time in your life you'll get to eat this.” The child asks for help with homework. “Daddy...” Yu Nianbai pretends to be impatient. “You can't even do something this simple? You're hopeless. Listen up, I'm only explaining it once.” The child is scared to sleep alone and wants to share a bed with his new dad. Yu Nianbai says disdainfully, “You're filthy.” He picks the little chick up and takes him to have a bath. [Could Yu Nianbai just die already? I'm sick] [That piece of trash stole my brother's destiny, and now he's abusing the kid?] [Please ban this arrogant, useless pretty boy already. Get out of show business] After the show ends, the well-behaved child clings to Yu Nianbai's leg. “Waaah, Baby doesn't want to be apart from Daddy.” Many viewers also realize after watching the show that Yu Nianbai doesn't seem all that cruel. Once all the misunderstandings are cleared up, they regret everything. But Yu Nianbai leaves show business without a backward glance. Remembering the child who clung to his leg and cried like a little tear factory, Yu Nianbai considers adopting him. As he begins the adoption process, a superstar actor, untouchably famous in the industry, comes to find him. “Sorry, Tangyuan is my nephew, and he was separated from our family.” With the adoption out of reach, Yu Nianbai clenches his fist slightly. “Oh...” The child clings desperately to Yu Nianbai's leg. “Waaah, Baby doesn't want to be apart from Daddy!” 3. The next time netizens see Yu Nianbai, it's in the background of a live interview with the superstar actor. Yu Nianbai carries a child downstairs, his eyes red with worry. “Tangyuan has a stomachache. We need to get to the hospital!” His clothes are disheveled, his slender, snowy-white neck covered in suggestive hickeys, and the loose shirt he's wearing is the one Wen Huo had on earlier. Tangyuan wraps his arms around Yu Nianbai's neck and whines, “Daddy, my tummy hurts.” Then he turns to the superstar actor and calls out weakly, “Papa, I don't feel well.” The viewers watching the livestream for gossip collectively lose it. Wait, wait, wait? Who called whom what? When did Yu Nianbai and the superstar have a kid?! Can men give birth? Did the superstar leave those hickeys on Yu Nianbai?! Not long afterward, the famously private superstar actor posts an update: Wen Huo V: Let me introduce you to my beloved, @Yu Nianbai The entertainment industry is in an uproar, Weibo crashes, and the fans completely lose control. First drafted on March 18, 2023, revised for the second time on April 13, 2023. Screenshots have been saved. Pre-release: My Roommate Keeps Coveting My Tail Cold, chaste campus heartthrob seme X adorable, sheltered kitty who's incredibly easy to lure away Blurb: Pei Huai thinks his roommate is very strange. His college roommate, Li Miao, is completely hopeless at everyday tasks. He doesn't know how to wash clothes, turn on a computer, or use a phone... At first, Pei Huai assumes that Li Miao, with his delicate, pretty looks, must be a pampered young master, which is why he's so helpless. Then Pei Huai sees Li Miao eat plain rice and stir-fried greens in the cafeteria on his first day. On the second day, he eats plain rice and stir-fried bean sprouts. On the third day, plain rice and shredded stir-fried potatoes. Even a chicken drumstick is a luxury. Li Miao really does seem poor. He often looks enviously at the meat and chicken drumsticks in Pei Huai's bowl. Pei Huai is aloof, sure, but apparently he has a hidden weakness for pretty faces. And so he gradually starts feeding the skinny Li Miao. Before long, strange animal carcasses start appearing on his desk: mice, little birds, and even cockroaches. Pei Huai curls his lip and lies in wait several times before finally catching the stray cat responsible. The stray cat's fur is clean and glossy, looking practically new. But after asking around, Pei Huai confirms it doesn't belong to anyone. At a loss for what to do with the cat, he gives it two or three swats on the bottom, then lets it go. That evening, when Li Miao gets back to their dorm, he glares at Pei Huai for ages, angry with him. Pei Huai is completely baffled. He has no idea what he's done, but still takes the initiative to make up. Li Miao is really easy to appease, after all: just buy him a big chicken drumstick. - Everyone has a great time and drinks a lot at a department get-together. Drunk out of his mind, Li Miao throws up all over Pei Huai. Frowning, Pei Huai puts an arm around him and takes him to a hotel to get a room. After a quick shower, he returns to the bedroom and tells Li Miao to go wash up too. That's when Pei Huai sees that his roommate has sprouted a pair of pale yellow cat ears and a fluffy tail. Pei Huai: “...” He gives them a dubious pinch or two. Li Miao, drunk and resting his head on the pillow, lets out a meow. His ears turn bright red, and he hurriedly pulls his tail back under the covers. “Don't touch my tail!!!” From that day on, Li Miao realizes that the good-guy roommate he thought he had might actually be a pervert. Why is he staring at his butt all the time?! He's such a pervert!!! Li Miao's heat is coming soon. If he can't find someone to soothe him, he'll have to get his OO removed. So Li Miao, blushing, goes to find Pei Huai. “Do you want to pinch my ears and tail?” “If you want, you can pinch them.” Pei Huai does, and assumes he and Li Miao are flirting. Li Miao lying on his bed, blushing, is just too cute. After several days of cuddling and sweet talk, Pei Huai wants to pinch Li Miao's ears and tail again. Li Miao clutches his own tail, his face bright red as he scolds him. “You pervert.” Pei Huai: “...” Do you even hear yourself? Theme: Keep moving forward through the darkness, and dawn will come at last.