The Villainous Stepdad Went Viral After Slacking Off on a Parenting Show

[Highlights: The top is no pushover / The couple dote on each other, with a sweet (or silly) vibe / Raising kids is the main focus, romance comes second]

[An imagined fictional setting, unrelated to reality. Please do not apply it to real life.]

Blurb:

Interstellar war god Alpha Fu Nanjie wakes up in the body of a useless male insect, the villain's stepfather.

He has already signed up for a parenting variety show, and he and his stepson are about to appear on a stage where the whole internet will mock and hate them. The stepson keeps opposing the protagonist and eventually dies miserably on a desolate planet.

Fu Nanjie flops down like a lazy fish. “Let's just destroy the world. I don't know how to raise kids.”

*

His stepson throws a tantrum, while Fu Nanjie stuffs paper into his ears and plays Beast Tide Incoming.

Gradually, the stepson gets hooked on the game, puts on another headset, and challenges Fu Nanjie.

The stepson cries that he wants to KO the protagonist, so Fu Nanjie folds him a paper airplane and writes “latest model battleship” on it.

The stepson and the protagonist start playing with paper airplanes. To make them fly higher and farther, they begin figuring out how to fold an upgraded version.

The stepson refuses to do his tasks and acts up, so Fu Nanjie lets him do whatever he wants. The two end up in last place.

During the tasks that follow, the stepson works grumpily, surges ahead of the protagonist and the supporting characters, and becomes the new star of the group competition.

Fu Nanjie's laissez-faire way of raising a male insect goes viral, and the internet trolls who mocked him all become fans.

[How does this even work? I've never seen anyone not spoil a male insect!]

[Hahaha, this is so satisfying! I've been tormented by the little male insect at home for ages!]

[Male insects really do know how to handle other male insects. Impressive!]

*

Jiang Qingman wakes up from the repair pod and rushes home without stopping. The moment he walks in, he sees Fu Nanjie and his stepson tangled up together, just as expected.

He is about to step in when he hears them shouting:

The stepson cries at the top of his lungs, “I got it first!”

Fu Nanjie grits his teeth. “I saw it first!”

Looking closely, he can just make out a bottle of milk between them.

Jiang Qingman: ...

TIPS:

1. Lazy top x Marshal bottom

2. The top is taller than the bottom

3. Male insect children: Jiang Qianluo, Xu Maomao

++ Female insect children: An Xingqiao, Liu Shan

Coming soon: How Can It Be Called Deceiving If You're Luring Your Wife?

Ji Jinming has three secrets:

1. He's an extra earning 70 a day, while his bank balance has seven zeros.

2. He loves watching playboys get their comeuppance, especially when it happens at his hands.

3. He accepted a confession on purpose. What was he supposed to do when someone came right to his door?

*

A little star is about to confess to the man he's been pining after for ages, and Ji Jinming gets dragged along to support him.

After completing the task, he's just about to bow out, pleased with a job well done, when someone unexpectedly grabs him and pulls him into a pair of captivating, peach-blossom eyes.

Ye Lan grips his wrist. “Actually, I like you more.”

“?” Ji Jinming catches the impatience in his eyes and licks his canine tooth.

He pretends to be delighted. “Really? I like you too!”

Ye Lan: ??

*

Ye Lan is carefree, quick with sweet talk, generous with money, and handsome and tall. Everyone he's ever dated can't get him out of their mind.

Dragging Ji Jinming in to take the heat for him was a last resort. Not clearing things up afterward was because he was distracted by Ji Jinming's looks.

Ji Jinming has no influential connections. He's clean-cut and innocent, and he hits Ye Lan's type right on the mark.

On their first date, Ye Lan plans to get the kid drunk.

In the end, he's the one left bleary-eyed and drunk.

As he's about to fall, Ji Jinming suddenly catches him around the waist with one arm and lifts him up. “Careful, gege.”

On their second date, Ye Lan waits for his date to throw himself into his arms during a horror movie.

Instead, Ji Jinming takes his hand and laces their fingers together.

His warm breath brushes Ye Lan's ear. “Don't be scared.”

On their third date, Ye Lan holds forth about the food, showing off his knowledge.

Suddenly, a piece of steak is held to his lips. “Medium rare, right?”

He opens his mouth and takes a bite. When he looks down, Ji Jinming has already swapped their plates, with the steak neatly cut into pieces.

*

All of Ye Lan's tricks and effortless charm fail in front of Ji Jinming.

Ye Lan finds it odd. “You...”

Ji Jinming immediately leans in, his soft, drooping eyes gazing at him. “What is it?”

Ye Lan is instantly speechless. He's so sweet. How could he have any bad intentions?

Until, at a banquet held by the Ji family to welcome their young master home, he sees his boyfriend standing beneath a gilded dome, chatting and laughing with important people. There isn't a trace of the innocent, helpless flower about him.

Damn, I've been fooled!

TIPS

1. Dual POV

2. The author wants to practice making the two leads dance in circles around each other, again and again

[First captured on 2024/12/20]

Theme: Only a happy education allows children to grow up healthy