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In the eyes of outsiders, Shen Yu is a lucky orphan, admired by everyone: both his parents died, but he was adopted by the Shen family. Then, in one fell swoop, he rose from rags to riches by marrying into a wealthy family. He and his husband are deeply in love, an Alpha and Omega couple with a child and a harmonious home. He seems to have landed the perfect lie-flat life.
Especially their six-year-old honor student Omega: handsome, brilliant, and the recipient of award after award. A sure bet for Tsinghua or Peking University.
In front of others, Shen Yu always wears a dignified smile, but inside, he feels as bitter as if he had swallowed a gallnut.
Marrying into a wealthy family is miserable.
Their loving marriage is a sham.
Worst of all, he had a child with a top student for a father, and the kid is always bossing him around.
The little brat works himself to the bone every day, which would be bad enough, but he also insists that Shen Yu work harder.
At home, watching TV is forbidden, scrolling through short videos is forbidden, and if Shen Yu spends too long in the bathroom, someone knocks to check on him.
As soon as work ends, Shen Yu has to sit at his desk and study with grim determination, following a daily study plan he was forced to make for himself.
Whenever he resists, the little tyke gazes at him with bright, dark eyes and says in a soft, sweet voice, "But, Dad, studying is so much fun."
Shen Yu: "…"
He didn't even work this hard when he was taking the college entrance exams.
After yet another attempt to sneak some time on his phone at midnight ended with him discovering that it had been locked with a new passcode, Shen Yu reflected on his misery, slapped the table, and prepared to revolt.
With a loud slap, he threw a contract onto the devastatingly handsome sleeping face of his husband. His gaze was resolute, his voice full of force: "You lousy Rong, I want a divorce!"
"I don't want anything, except for one condition: you have to keep our son!"
He was determined to escape his afterlife family!
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Ever since escaping his afterlife family, Shen Yu has been having the time of his life!
He can play on his phone until the battery dies, game all night, and leave his brain completely switched off.
Meanwhile, the Gu family's elegant, refined lady of high society, once known for her graceful composure, now spends every day with messy bedhead and dark circles under her eyes, copying calligraphy, practicing arithmetic, and studying poetry under her little grandson's watchful eye, alongside her husband.
Every day, she teeters on the brink of a breakdown.
One day, Shen Yu suddenly gets a desperate call from Madam Gu.
In a humble, choked voice, she says, "Xiaoyu, from now on, Mom won't oppose the two of you being together ever again."
"Mom's old now. I really can't study anymore. Can you teach me how to cheat so I can get by?"
Shen Yu: What?!!
Theme: Personal growth