Link: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-male-leads-villainess-stepmother/ Synopsis: In the novel, the wealthy CEO male lead has a villainess stepmother. She put up a front of being nice and tender to him, when in fact she was bullying the male lead with her son. After she had successfully driven the male lead and his father apart, her ambition continued to grow as she attempted to take away the inheritance from the male lead. In the second half of the book, the truth came out — that the father had no feelings for her whatsoever but was merely using the two of them to help his son grow. In the end, both the stepmom and her son were sent to jail by the male lead after he took over the family business. Yan Shuyu transmigrated and became the well-hated villainess stepmother, but she had transmigrated to the time before everything happened, and the male lead was still a foolish child. Only a fool would want to become the stepmom of a foolish child. Yan Shuyu took a longing look at her “assigned husband”, who was pretty much like the Sleeping Beauty, before she quickly packed up and made a run for it. After that, Yan Shuyu checked out her $250 remaining on her card. She turned to look at her son, who was clinging onto her leg and asking for milk. She wanted to look up and howl at the sky. Is it too late to go back to become the male lead’s whetstone? Spoiler please~
Read upto chapter 3 It's interesting. Mc is naive but vaigue. She is attracted by looks so she doesn't get attached easily. She doesn't desire for money or prestige. She just want a peaceful life with a steady income source. Male lead is mc's novel's male lead's dad. He seems like a deepily hidden cunning person from summary. But he is yet to be properly introduced. Spoiler The story has reached the point where the mc has transmitted in between a sex session. She thinks she is dreaming having sex with ex boyfrnd, as she has just broken up. She than comments she must be fantasizing as boyfrnd has amazing skills in dream, even his chuckle is bone melting. She passes out. When she wakes up she noticed the strange situation around her. The different room and the stranger on bed. She then quessed she must have transmigated. She goes to bathroom to admire her beauty and figure and thinks she has a killer body, even she as women is drooling over it. After that by chance she remembers the stangers name and comment zhoi has performed good on bed. Lo behold. Boom. She remembers who she is and where she ia now. It's a novel world where in future she will be jailed. She realised it's first time she has bedded this zhou guy and its still 2 year early before she marry him. Being naive as she is, she decide to run from him as being with him will result in her being heroine og orange is the new black. So she hastly dresses up and flee like a typical playboy after a one night stand. Zhou did wake up but he did not get opportunity to clarify the situation before she dash out. This was first time he was used and dumped.
"first time he was used and dumped"???? Is that mean there will be other time she will use and dump him again??
That i dont know. I am at chapter 22nd. Yan is trying to maintain a distance from dad zhou but failing at it. And he is trying to descreetly woo her.
No cute scenese with all four of them. But dad zhou has met cute son of yan and both chatted like sweethearts. He also brought his own son to meet yan that too twice. Who was bewitched by her beautiful smile and piono skills. Well interactions betwen yan and dad zhou are hilarious.
The spoiler continues Spoiler: Upto chapter 22 Yan flees from the hotel. It seems she is the housekeeper for dad zhou. One day dad zhou decides to stay in the hotel yan was working. Although yan was a new employ she did get opprtunity to work for him exclusivly for night shift with one more worker. She got this offer as she was a single mother and she did maintain good relation with her manager. So now she sorts out her memory and return to her apartment. On way she decide she will marry dad zhou and will be a good step mother. So in that way later the ml (stepson) will not send her to jail.when she enters her apartment she finds her just woken up son. Who was cute like an angel. And he was carbon copy if her original look. He leeps into her hug and she was smitten. She has ths whle new feelings for this son who trust her with his everything. His dependance moves her and she decides to raise him as her own. She thn recall this sons fate in novel. Zhou dad spoiled him a lot. He provided him with all oportunities and wealth. He even directly gave him a higher position in company after graduation while the dad's son has to start from grass root level. Mom's son was outstanding and even better in results in all aspects from dad's son. But it was all a ploy of zhou dad. He wanted his son to be strong. How to make him strong? Arrange a evil stepmom and striving srep bother. Job done.Later on he passed the company to his own son. After getting company dads son arranged a car accident for moms son and like that he list his life. Yan even comnents she did gave a chance to live as she was always potraying a good image in from of step son but her son always strive to anger or comnent on him. The reason was being raised in a single parent family he realky wanted a dad and zhou das being so good to him, made him conceited and create longing for his live. So being a good mother she is she decides to change job and city to save him from this situation. She thnks she will raise ths littke bun into a good man who in return will look after her in old days. So She checks her svings account and find just 10000. She is devastated. She noticed orgnl hst lives in a very exoensive apartmnt in a posh area and snds her son to an expensve kindrgardn.So she decide to get refund from apartmnt and change to cheaper one . Sane with son's kinder garden but is rejected by both sides. So thn she decides to atleast change job. She get it done with liss of half month pay as penalty for keaving without notice. On the other side zhou dad watched the security footage of her fleeing on loop. The manger and higher ups got to know that yan did sleep with boss and then flee to not get affected. Zhou dad asked his assistant to investigate her as she intrique him. Mom is devasted. Orgnal host has taken a loan and the emi reduced the saving to 2000. So she decides to look for job. She doesnot have enough qualification to wirk in higher paid job. So she decides to work in a posh cafe in front if her aprtmnt. Owner offers her food and board with goid payment. As she already has living conditions sorted out she asks owner if she can take littke time out in eveing to fetch her son. Owner even offered to being son to cafe after his school and even sons dinner will be taken care by cafe. She happily joins the work. Zhou dad asks the manager to call her and offer rest of her salry on ground that thy as goid compny will not deduct her salary. As she has stated the cause of resgntn as poor health of son.only She has to pesnly visit to get it in cash that too on sunday. She being naive bring her son to get it. She never suspects zhou dad behind the ordeal. She visit manger who pretnded to be busy to make a opening for zhou dad to meet her. But instead of yan zhou dad mer yan's son and befrnd him. After that zhou dad visit her cafe with some miss bai who requstd for yan to play piano. Yan play a song from anime and a childrns song. Zhou dad gave her a gnrous tip and she was elated. Later on zhou dad brngs his son. Her collgues thnks dad is intrstd in yan. But yan denies it. So one of her collgue ask her if she can srve then and yan agrees to prove the point. Within 2 min that server return with msg that dad was askng for yan. When coming to ask what he need dad ask why she didnt come to serve she rply with that she is uncomfortble so she chnged the srver. Zhou dad thn answerd that his son was asking for her as he wantd to hear her piano but as she is ill. Thy will come later and leaves imdiatly. She regrets loss of tips. Zhou dad again visit cafe with little son within a week. He directly says he will order the same as last week. Yan recalls his ordr wth no difclty and zhou dad smiles on this situation. Later he asks her yo play piano and she does do with gusto for tips. But thus time zhou dad didnot tipped her and she us spooked. She comnents she will nvr play for thm again when thy visit next . Zhou dad didnot vist for two weeks and she become love sick and looses her happy go lucky attitude. Ownr notices her sad mood and offer her vacation on nxt day. He evn offer to pick up her son from school on her behalf. Next day while shopping in a cheapr distrct she meets with zhou dad who ask her what she is doing there and she says she is out having fun . Zhou dad offred her to ride with him to mall. Thn later accompany her to movie. He evn buy her popcorn whn he notice a boyfrnd buying popcrn for his girl frnd. Befor movie while sorting close zhou dad was really temted by her beauty and lips. Later on she gets video call from her son whch she rejects twice. When zhou dad ask her why she tells him her son is infstud with him so she doesnt want her son to meet him. He proimses to stay away from lens . She picks up the phn but little darling is angry and she instantly lies to soothe him which garnerd a smle frm zhou dad. Later zhou dad brngs her to a expnsve french restaurant for dnr. Then he drpd her to her apartmnt.
MC is spoiled and stupid as all Chinese web novel MCs, but with one difference she owns it. She wants to run to the ML and be the stepmom so she would not have to work, but she is afraid of death more than work so she finds a job. She also wanted to make sure her son will not look at ML as a father figure, so she told him stories about his real dad, by making him a hero who died, but loved his son dearly (by the way there are a lot of hints that says the dad is not dead just make it seems like he is dead). Little bun is a cliche extremely sensible loved by everyone type. ML is..... carbon copy of other overbearing figures so far, but I did not read too much yet.
Both yan son and zhou son compete for MC the first time they met . Then they become good friend because both son are fanatic of MC
I like MC optimistic and bright personality. Although MC tried to reject ML everytime but ML gentlemanly pursue manage to counter MC rejection . Spoiler: Chapter 45 MC finally accept ML pursue and they officially dated. Although there are 'two light bulb' when they went for date
It's not revealed yet. This novel is still ongoing. Idk whether dad is still alive, but the writer implied that dad is not just your regular cannon fodder (probably secret son of some rich family?)