Entertainment: A whirlwind marriage with a fairy-like mother at the start!

At this moment.

Inside a rented room in Beijing.

A man wearing thick-rimmed glasses and with hair as messy as a bird's nest was eating instant noodles while frantically switching between more than a dozen alternate accounts to stir up trouble on the forum.

He is the behind-the-scenes operator of the "entertainment gossip" channel, nicknamed "Old Ghost".

Tonight's deal was personally assigned by Boss Tang. The money is generous, and the requirements are simple: ruin that girl named Liu Yifei to death. As long as the "godfather" label is firmly attached to her, the deal will be done.

"These days, netizens are the easiest to fool."

Old Gui took a sip of noodles, his face glistening with oil. "As long as there's a little color involved, and a few ambiguous pictures, those idiots can conjure up a whole drama of family feuds in their minds."

Just as he was about to make up a few more jokes about "special fetishes", pop-up windows suddenly appeared in the lower right corner of the screen.

You have a new @ message.

You have a new @ message.

You have a new @ message.

……

The beeping sounds were so dense they sounded like machine gun fire, and the computer instantly froze.

"Holy crap? My account's been banned?"

Old Gui frantically closed the pop-up window and finally managed to restore the page.

I clicked on it and took a look.

The first thing he saw was the repost from someone named [Yu Le].

"Heh, the main character's finally making his move?" Old Ghost sneered disdainfully. "Looking for death. Playing dead is the best PR tactic right now; showing your face is just suicide!"

Before he could even formulate a rebuttal, he scrolled down and saw the second long blog post.

And that glaringly red photo.

Marriage certificate.

Steel stamp.

Old Ghost spat out the mouthful of unchewed instant noodles onto the screen with a "pfft".

"Cough cough cough! This is...!"

His eyes widened as he stared intently at the screen.

"You have a certificate?!"

Old Ghost felt his head buzzing.

This script is wrong!

Where's the greasy, balding sugar daddy we were promised? Where's the promised power-for-sex deal?

They are a legally married couple with valid licenses!

What kind of "sugar baby" is this? This is called "internal resource allocation within the family"!

This isn't some kind of godfather; this is a legally recognized biological father!

Old Gui's hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

He's a professional troll, and what he fears most isn't a lawyer's letter, but rather the other party directly presenting such irrefutable, hard-hitting evidence.

How can this be considered black?

……

at the same time.

The online world is in complete uproar.

The public opinion that had been overwhelmingly critical of Liu Qianqian suddenly reversed dramatically, as if it had hit an impenetrable wall.

The onlookers were first bewildered, then shocked, and finally celebrated after realizing what had happened.

[Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Unfortunately, I'm uncultured; one "holy crap" is all I need!]

This plot twist...it hurt my back! Even screenwriters wouldn't dare write something like this!

So, the so-called "sugar daddy" is actually the mother's husband? The legendary stepfather?

[This stepfather is so young and handsome! With looks like that, it's a shame he's not in the entertainment industry!]

[The person upstairs is missing the point! The point is they're a legally married couple! They're spending money to promote their daughter, what's it to you?]

[This is hilarious! Where's that marketing account that was just saying "men over fifty are balding and greasy"? Come out and show yourselves! Their hair volume is enough to make you envious!]

[Case solved! The "most handsome guy in the universe" in the photo Liu Yifei posted on New Year's Eve is him! I knew he looked familiar!]

[This isn't just a story about a sugar daddy/sugar baby relationship, it's practically a story about a doting father! "She'll cry if I don't make her braised pork"—that line is just too sweet! I've found a strange couple!]

[@EntertainmentBigMouth, stop pretending! You've received a lawyer's letter! Hahahaha!]

The tide of public opinion instantly shifted from "being universally criticized" to "being universally reviled."

Who wouldn't want a handsome, good-cooking, and charismatic dad who can stand up to the entire internet for you?

Although he's a stepfather, he treats me even better than my own father!

.........

Xinchang Great Buddha Temple, Guesthouse.

Yang Nuo was carrying a steaming bowl of wontons when she carefully pushed open the door.

"Sisi, have something to eat, the boss said..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Liu Qianqian, who had been huddled on the chair like a mushroom, now holding her phone, her whole being in a strangely still state.

It was like being acupunctured.

"Xixi?" Yang Nuo panicked, quickly put down the bowl, and leaned over. "What's wrong? Did those people online insult you again? Don't look at them anymore, didn't the boss say he would handle it...?"

Liu Qianqian slowly raised her head.

The expression on that little face, streaked with tears, was extremely complex.

There was shock, shyness, emotion, and a sense of social dread that made me want to disappear into a crack in the ground.

She turned her phone screen towards Yang Nuo.

"Sister Nuonuo..."

Her voice was a little unsteady, "Yu Le... he released my mother's marriage certificate."

"what?"

Yang Nuo was taken aback, took the phone and glanced at it.

next second.

A scream loud enough to blow the roof off rang out in the room.

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

Yang Nuo was so excited that she jumped three feet high on the spot and grabbed Liu Qianqian's shoulders, shaking her wildly.

"The boss is so cool! Absolutely so cool! That was a killer move!"

"Just show them the marriage certificate! Who can criticize that?!"

"Hahaha! I bet those haters look worse than if they'd eaten shit! So satisfying! Absolutely so satisfying!"

Liu Qianqian was dizzy from being shaken, but she couldn't help but smile.

She looked at the line of text on the screen.

I'm the unlucky dad who makes her cry if I don't make her braised pork.

Hate.

Who's crying?

And my unlucky dad...

If you dislike it so much, why announce it to the world?

Liu Qianqian sniffed, feeling her eyes getting a little hot again.

But this time, it wasn't about feeling wronged.

It's the kind of reassuring feeling of being protected behind someone, shielded from all the storms of life.

Is this what it feels like to have a father?

Outside.

Yu Le leaned against the wall in the corridor, listening to the screams and laughter coming from inside the house, and her tense body finally relaxed.

He took a mint out of his pocket, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth.

The cool taste melted on the tip of my tongue, dispelling some of my fatigue.

He's been running around like crazy these past few days.

Flying between the two cities.

But it was all worth it; after all, he ended up with this mother and daughter.