The Good-for-Nothing Beauty’s Career Crashes, Then She Goes Viral on a Parenting Show

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Blurb:

CP: Jiang Le and Yan Zhan [Joy Beyond Words]

Jiang Le became an overnight sensation on a talent show thanks to his stunning looks. Just as he was about to make his debut in first place on the final night, a scandal broke that he had a child out of wedlock, and he lost his chance to debut.

A month later, Jiang Le joined a parenting variety show. His antis came in droves, determined to curse this useless waste of space out of the entertainment industry.

But when they tuned in, they discovered...

Jiang Le was dressed in plain clothes bought online for 9.9 yuan, while his little dumpling was dressed in a famous national brand.

He'd been too stingy to buy a little cake for himself, but his child only had to glance at it for Jiang Le to buy it without hesitation.

He was the very picture of a doting dad.

He got up earlier than a rooster, went to bed later than a dog, ate worse than a pig, and worked harder than an ox.

The word "miserable" was written all over him.

The useless beauty persona he'd become famous for on the talent show had thoroughly fallen apart.

A beauty who wasn't useless: the internet loved him to bits, and Jiang Le became famous all over again.

Antis: Damn it, how are we supposed to hate someone who's beautiful, strong, and miserable?!

When Jiang Le was eighteen, his childhood sweetheart went abroad, and his parents died one after the other. He went from being the young master of a wealthy family to a penniless nobody.

A few months later, Jiang Le discovered he was pregnant. Terrified yet relieved, he decided to keep the baby, the only comfort he had left.

He did everything he could to spoil his little one and raise him well, waiting for the child's other father to come back.

Years later, when he and Yan Zhan met for the first time, Jiang Le was so overjoyed that he cried. The other man felt nothing.

The man who'd promised to come back after Jiang Le graduated had returned, but he'd forgotten him.

Yan Zhan's life was perfectly predictable. He founded his own business empire at a young age, and at twenty-three he awakened to his own self-awareness. He learned that he was the no-CP male lead of a business novel, and that the meaning of his life was to build his career. Yan Zhan accepted this without a hint of resistance.

Until one rainy night, when he received a call from a strange man. The man cried as he told Yan Zhan he was in pain. Yan Zhan stayed awake all night, and from then on, every night his dreams were filled with that tearful voice.

When he returned to the country and saw Jiang Le, the images from his dreams gradually became real.

On the variety show, Jiang Le was an all-capable superhero dad. But watching him left Yan Zhan so heartbroken he could barely breathe. A voice told him that Jiang Le should be cherished by everyone, spoiled and proud.

If he wasn't, then Yan Zhan would spoil him until he was. As for the ex Jiang Le couldn't stop thinking about, ha! A deadbeat who abandoned his husband and child, not worth a thing and certainly not worth missing. Yan Zhan would completely replace every memory the two of them had shared.

Reading guide:

1. Both leads are each other's first love. Romance-focused.

2. Childhood sweethearts. The gong has amnesia at first, and gets jealous of himself.

3. Formerly pampered young master, now frugal, hardworking, optimistic beauty shou x formerly principled man who doted on his childhood sweetheart, now a shamelessly indulgent gong.

Upcoming novel: Survival Guide for a Flop Idol Group

Pei Siwen is calculating and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He snatches someone else's debut spot to become an idol, and Feng Shuo, the group's leader, despises people like him. Though the two are in the same group, they act like rival kings who never meet, wearing their dislike for each other on their faces whenever they're in public.

Feng Shuo's fans are just like their upright, principled idol: they can't stand Pei Siwen, a slick, worldly hypocrite who only looks out for himself.

Pei Siwen's fans, in turn, can't stand how their idol's leader is cold and harsh toward him alone.

A mischievous netizen compiled a video of the two superstars' conversations from their first year after debut. It was less than five minutes long. They practically had coldness and hatred written all over their faces.

The video unexpectedly went viral online. Not everyone likes shipping couples, but everyone loves a bit of drama. Overnight, the obscure group R.S. became known, and countless people wondered what had happened between the two.

The group was quick to sense the opportunity and immediately spotted a marketing angle.

Confucius once said: If a boy band doesn't sell fanservice, it might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes.

A survival guide for a flop idol group: sell out with no shame, and maybe you'll finally get noticed.

As for the opinions of the two men who really weren't close, who cares?

Theme: Work hard and live well