The Widowed Movie Star and His Little One

Si Lan won the Best Actor award at twenty-one, then got into an accident.

When he woke up, the award podium, cameras, and trophy were gone. All that remained were a hospital bed, medical staff, and a big-eyed little boy calling him Dad.

Si Lan, who had been single his entire twenty-one years and was determined to stay unmarried and childless so he could focus on his career: What is going on?

Awake now, Si Lan had no choice but to accept reality. It was six years later. The entertainment industry had moved on, and he was no longer the young, hotshot Best Actor. Now he was a B-list actor who only got variety show offers, married with a child and a little burden in tow.

But Si Lan had to find out who he had married, and who he had willingly had a child with.

What sort of man was this bastard who still hadn't shown his face by his hospital bed?

The little burden hugged his father's neck and answered, "Xiao Nian only has one dad."

Not long afterward, Si Lan found the diary he had kept before being hospitalized. The first page read: [He's already dead. I'll take good care of Xiao Nian from now on. I mustn't let Xiao Nian find out.]

Si Lan: So he died. No wonder he didn't come.

Little Si Nian is three years old and attends the junior class at Granny Hua's kindergarten. He's from a single-parent family and has only one dad, Si Lan.

At least, that's what everyone sees.

Daddy once told him not to let Dad know that they were still in touch in private, or Dad would be sad.

Si Nian loves Dad very much, more than he loves Daddy. So Daddy can be sad, but Dad can't.

With his thoughtful little boy and his health gradually improving, Si Lan decides to return to the entertainment industry. If he could make it big at twenty-one, he can rise again at twenty-seven.

But after being away from the screen for so long, when Si Lan announces his return, the only offer he gets is from a parenting variety show.

On the show, an actor livestreaming with the group asks Si Lan, hoping to stir up a buzz: Why did you and your child's other father split up? Why haven't you found someone new?

Si Lan: He died. He's been dead for years.

Si Lan: I'm widowed and currently single.

There was a big shot in Hong Kong City who took in a canary six years ago.

Maybe it was his first time keeping one, and he wasn't very good at it. His canary gradually stopped singing. No matter what treasures he brought, the canary wouldn't even look at them, spending every day miserable and sickly. The big shot was at a loss.

People around him advised him to ease up. Some people are harder to hold on to the more tightly you grasp them. Better to loosen your grip. It would be better for both of them.

So the big shot let go, and the canary ran off with an egg.

The big shot wanted to chase after him, but the family doctor said, "Mr. Si is in very poor condition. Seeing you would only upset him. Let's lie low for now and wait for a chance to get back together."

And so he lay low for three years.

Three years later, his sickly canary pulled himself together and appeared on a show, as dazzling as he had been six years earlier, as if he'd finally escaped his cage.

The only problem was that Si Lan was holding his little one and casually announcing that the man was dead. The comments were full of shameless people volunteering to be the child's stepmom or stepdad.

And his good son was just like his dad. "Daddy, Dad's been much happier since he forgot about you. You should just keep pretending to be dead."

The big shot brought over the family doctor and asked ominously: So, do I still need to lie low?

Doctor: I think... I think...

Si Lan never thought he was especially popular with admirers. But after having a child, one suitor after another came along.

In fact, the flowers delivered to his hotel room, the catering truck at the film set, and the million-yuan jewelry when filming wrapped all came from the same person.

He was a wealthy, powerful, handsome investor, an unmarried bachelor.

Si Lan: What did a single dad like me ever do to deserve this?

Si Lan was softhearted but only wanted to focus on his career and give Xiao Nian a bright future. I have a child, and my husband died. Neither of those things bothers you?

Si Nian looked from one to the other. Dad, actually, he's...

The wealthy investor: I don't mind. I can accept your child and your dead husband.

Si Lan: ...You're very magnanimous.

Si Nian: Nice one, Dad.

Amnesiac, optimistic, open-minded, career-focused actor bottom who puts his son first x devoted, patient big-shot top who puts his beloved first

Content warnings:

Same-sex marriage and childbirth are legal in this setting. Male pregnancy.

The bottom has a psychological disorder.

Theme: Self-redemption is the best path to recovery.