My Son is a Reborn Villain

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Chi Wen’s short life has been bumpy. Ever since he could remember things, he was already living in the orphanage, growing up without a family. Later, he entered the entertainment industry and became a first generation film emperor. However, he finally ended up in ruin. In the end, Chi Wen jumped off the top floor of a building, but did not expect that he would get a chance to open his eyes again…

Back to his infancy, Chi Wen coldly looked at the woman who was laughing s*upidly in front of him. He waited, waited until the moment she finally abandoned him.

 Fu Yuanruo was transmigrated as the cannon fodder in the novel ‘First Generation Movie Queen.’ When she first transmigrated, it happened to be the plot point when the malicious cannon fodder tried to frame the female lead for the last time. After that, her evil deeds would be exposed. The whole netizens mocked, and her father angrily drove her out of the house. A former wealthy and pampered young miss fall into the mud and finally died after accidentally falling into the water…

Because of the high popularity of the original book, the author used the daughter of the original female and male lead as the protagonist for the second book. The villain who had been against the main couple of this sequel also met his just end and died tragically. After his death, the female lead let out some vague words that made readers speculated that this villain was the illegitimate son of the prequel’s cannon fodder.

After recalling the plot, Fu Yuanruo stared at the pregnancy report in her hand. She was torn: should she give birth or not?

Associated Names
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儿子是重生的反派大佬
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Recommendations
The Villain’s Mother (2)
The Struggles of Being A Mother of Villains (2)
My Whole Family Are Villain (2)
My Son Might Be A Villain (2)
Back to the Sixties: Farm, Get Wealthy & Raise the Cubs (2)
Survive As the Villain’s Cousin (1)
Recommendation Lists
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  2. Motivated mom's with their beautiful buns
  3. BG Bun Stories
  4. The World of Mothers
  5. REBIRTH OR REINCARNATION NOVELS- NO HAREM

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77 Reviews


RexJen
New RexJen
May 30, 2023
Status: Completed
I read this quite some time ago and was waiting for more translated chapters to be released. The TL has done a nice job translating. I finally decided to read MTL coz the story seemed to be too good. Well, I was disappointed. You can feel the author's motivation to write the story draining away. In the end, the plot didn't confirm to the title.

When the story started it showed lots of emotional aspects of MC and the kid, I expected this to continue when ML was introduced, it did... more>> happen to some extent, but the author didn't continue like that. In later parts for everything we were just given an idea and left to fill in everything ourselves. In the beginning, we come across a very emotional story where the kid holds a grudge against the MC and rejects her affection. We can see the 30yr old in an infant's body and feel his hurt. With this pace and strong plot, the story peaked around a certain incident

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When he finds outs that he wasn't actually abandoned but the MC died (or most probably had been murdered). It's a very emotional scene where we can feel his love for his mother as he would rather be abandoned. After this he becomes so sticky to his mom (//>.<//)

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I liked how the MC wasn't given some unreasonable plot buff and it makes sense that after becoming popular due to orchids her fan base was elite. She doesn't have some OP ability with which she turns over the novel plot, but she learns something and using it works hard to get where she is. Same way, the kid doesn't have extreme buffs because of being reborn. He doesn't remember some lottery numbers or minor detail about the economy which will suddenly make them rich. This makes sense as he was an orphan in previous life and busy in the entertainment industry, which he has knowledge of. The ML is slightly black-bellied, and this hasn't been played down in the novel. He is domineering but doesn't actually force anything on the MC. He takes very calculated moves which eventually backfires on him lol. I also like how, unlike other "child rearing" novels, here ML is not competing for MC's affection with a kid. It's nice to finally see some novel without that weird father-son rivalry, that cliche just makes me sick.

Here are the things which made the rating of the story drop in my opinion

    • About the kid
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      After learning the truth about him getting "abandoned", it seemed like the kid's IQ went offline. We understand that he is affected by a child's body and wants to compensate for his lost childhood in his previous life. But his mind of 30yr old only comes online when dealing with schemes in front of the "villains". You would expect him to understand that even though he has an adult's mind he won't be able to do a lot of stuff including protecting his mom on his own and will try to find external help, but no he just keeps claiming that he's an adult without being able to do anything. His mental age just serves him to make a kid with very high self-esteem. It hasn't been useful in the "plot." It is also very frustrating how he becomes a total brat after learning that the ML is his father. Before knowing about his mother's actual situation, he put all the blame on her and after knowing about the ML he blames him for all his past misfortunes. If he's a "30yr old" shouldn't he try to understand the whole situation instead of just assuming what happened? The dude didn't even know he had a kid!

      As the story neared the 100th chapter the kid just became a very spoiled, overly possessive, and immature brat with no maturity (due to being reborn) to be seen.

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    • About the FL/MC
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      Let me say, I love strong FLs. At the start of the story the MC is portrayed as a very strong woman, and I loved it. How she takes care of everything while still knowing when she needs the help of others. She knows her ability and protects her kid without overestimating herself. But when they moved to the city, especially after she got the fever, it seemed like the high temperature burned off any personality she has. Till now the impression we had of her as a strong woman and a good mother is completely blown away. She gives in to any of her kid's requests since he's cute. The author made her into a very one-dimensional weak woman who only listens to her child. At this point, it's also clear that Wenwen thinks his father was not a good man and she lets him think so. She knows that she had avoided the person arranged by her stepsister and had slept with some random person. She lets him have a hateful view of the father figure which becomes the biggest reason why this story went to shit. Also, how can she justify the original drugging someone no matter what. When the ML confessed to her, she has been so wishy-washy throughout without saying no to him. She feels uncomfortable and awkward because of his pursuit of her but has never once said a clear no. She leaves everything to her kid by saying "She won't think too much about it and leave it to Wenwen." At first, we understand why she is so cautious and reluctant to accept his proposal but as the story dragged on it feels like although she likes the ML, she won't accept him because she wants a flowery romance that will come to her naturally. She also told the kid about his biological father without any discussions and planning which led to a sh*t show. I feel sorry for ML here.

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    • About ML
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      ML's character hasn't been consistent throughout. In the start with how laid back and lazy his personality is shown, we can't guess his affluent background, but slowly author forgets about this setting, and we get a standard handsome, capable, responsible, and in love with his child's mother ML. His unique setting at the start was also an attractive plot point. I was expecting cute interaction between him and the cub revolving around their eccentric traits, but the author just forgot about it. At some point, I was frustrated with his approach towards the matter of FL getting to know about him being her kid's father but in later chapters realized that was one of the best approaches as FL's personality had been flushed down the drain. Another thing that left a bad taste in my mouth was how the dude enables his son to try and kill a fetus.

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    • DUBCON
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      I don't know if it will be considered dub-con or non-con as both were drugged, but this issue was brushed under the rug. It infuriated me so much when FL says it was given that a drugged woman threw herself on a man so he wouldn't be able to control it. This destroyed her image as a "strong" woman. The ML brings up that he was sane in the start and is sorry for taking her advantage, the FL DOESN'T REACT WTF? It would have been better if she was angry or she, but she didn't hold him accountable or anything. It was mentioned that the ML was also in a bad state after being drugged since also didn't originally realize who it was he was sleeping with, so I was okayish with it. But this revelation left a bad taste in my mouth and was the only reason I could endure reading chapters 90 and onwards. So that I can see him actually suffer. When Wenwen didn't accept him, I was like there's finally one character who sees the wrong but no, it wasn't because he thought that the dude r*ped (?) his mom instead because he had past grievances. TF?

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    • The villains
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      Had some hopes for them, but they aren't much. We are never told how exactly the original was bullied or given much description about her horrible life. This leads to no hatred towards the villains, only extremeee annoyance. To fix this author inserted FXR's plan to hurt Wenwen.

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minako25
New minako25
May 24, 2023
Status: Completed
Gave this a 5 star rating, but in reality it's a 4.5

I liked this, I mtl'ed it because I liked it so much and my impatient äss can't wait. This is the first novel I mtl'ed til the end. I usually wait for the translation to be finished but for this one, I couldn't wait. The plot's decent, it's kinda cliché but there isn't a story that isn't cliche anyway. The only difference between a good cliche and a bad one is how the author paces the story. Some stories... more>> just deliver one cliche after another, which makes those story unbearable, however this one was paced nicely :]

I would've loved to see the future of this little trio, like a few extra chapters but I'm glad that it ended. And it's not rushed, at least that's what it felt like, the ending didn't feel rushed.

It's decent, I enjoyed it. I finished reading this in one day and one morning xD That was how hooked I was to the development of this little family <<less
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Nikkiart
Nikkiart
May 19, 2021
Status: Completed
This novel is my favorite in the "transmigrated into a villainous/cannon fodder with a child" novel trope type. It avoids some of the shallow cliches while leaning into others. It is very slice of life btw so not too much focus on revenge or anything.

First, I will start off by saying I don't think the romance is spectacular. It's not bad and the ML is a good guy, but it's like lukewarm at best in my opinion. It's not bad at all, but it's not really expanded on properly and... more>> it feels really shallow/ they don't have super great chemistry. Like ML likes MC cuz she has his kid obviously but also she's pretty (might be standard for webnovels, but everything else is well done that this feels superficial).

Later in the extra, in another universe type thing, it comes out that
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the kid isn't actually his but he adopts him anyway which is sweet

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He is a good guy though and there's never any of that really dumb "I'm jealous my wife has someone she cares about other than me even though it's literally a kid" shit. He does sometimes think that his kid is being an obstacle but it's never in a jealous kind of way that I find is so weird in webnovels.

Now the best part of this novel really is the son's characterization. You know all those novels that use children as just plot devices to push the couple together or as geniuses who can somehow do everything and self-sufficient adults. Yeah, this child isn't that. He's an honest to god child and the characterization is extremely deep and well done.

Normally in these types of novels, the child gets treated well by the MC for like a couple days and they suddenly forget all the abuse and trauma they've suffered which is not how trauma or mental illness or anything in the real world works. In this, MC transmigrated before she gave birth and in the past life, the villain doesn't remember the MC at all as he grew up mostly in the orphanage. Because of this, he really resents MC because he assumes she threw him away to the orphanage to get remarried or something since that's what the dean of the orphanage said probably happened.

He resents her and hates her and doesn't want to get attached because he assumes that no matter how well she treats him now, eventually she's going to get rid of him anyway. But at the same time, he craves the type of love he didn't get in his previous life and he's insecure about it so he does his best to reduce his burden so she won't throw him away.

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at one point, MC makes him think that she's running out of money and so he stops drinking formula so to save her money so she won't give him up. This obviously really distresses MC as she can't figure out why her baby suddenly refuses to eat.

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But even so there's this feeling of anger he has toward her no matter how much he wants her love, because he doesn't know why she didn't want him.

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Later, one night when he gets sick and they have to walk home from the hospital really late at night and MC gets creepy vibes, she says something like "is it impossible to escape death in this life too" and the villain child loses it. He realizes or believes that his mom died in his past life (and was reborn like him) and he cries a lot before he finally starts to heal a bit from his past trauma of insecurity and fear.

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It's honestly really deep characterization for a webnovel and I think that it's very realistic in some ways while still being lighthearted. I also love that he continues to act like a real child though he thinks he's mature, but he does have the attention span and the mental age of a real kid due to biology. He's not suddenly super smart of anything (he grew up in an orphanage and then dropped out to be an actor) - later on in the novel, he realizes he can't even do 1st grade homework or something when he was expecting himself to be able to skip to sixth grade lmao.

Other reviews have said that he's reborn and shouldn't have that kind of personality, but honestly I don't think people realize that no matter how smart, understanding, or experienced a child actually is, their brains aren't fully developed and their actions and behaviors cannot be the same as adults. Chi Wen understands a lot of things a regular child wouldn't ever be able to understand (ie. The relationship between his mom and her sister), but he still can't control things like his attention span like when he gets distracted by something when he first meets ML. In addition, he's choosing to allow himself to be a child like he should've been able to in the first life. This is his re-do to get a sense of childhood and he realizes that he too has family who cares about him and who will take care of him so why should he not be a child and ruin his second chance?

The villain being reborn doesn't really give him any cheats either. In his past life, he grew up not knowing the connection between his MC and the FL (of the og novel) and her daughter (FL of the sequel) who killed him. He knows nothing about what happened to his mom or how to get revenge so his rebirth really is solely for him to be able to live another childhood happily this time.

The face slapping is pretty satisfying though not too prominent. Overall, the mom/son family vibes are the best and it's very heartwarming and cute if you're looking for that. <<less
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CaptainBunny
CaptainBunny
Nov 24, 2020
Status: c58
I really enjoyed this story. The female lead, male lead and son are just so adorable together. It's not overly complicated which I liked. In addition it has a bit of a slice of life feel in that mother and son were equally apart of the story and actually did stuff together. Unlike a lot of stories where they mention a child but never have them really show up.
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Crayon
Crayon
Dec 24, 2020
Status: --
This novel got me crying badly when Wen Wen know the real reason why his mother left him in previous life. It was so heartbreaking T_T

I cried so bad but that part was my favorite. T_T

Oh and clarification, in the previous life Chi wen wasn't the son of Si yue (ML). This life MC who transmigrated at that time got away from the man her step sister pay to r*pe MC, then she met ML who coincidentally was drunk/drug? (Mtl is really confusing). So don't worry, MC and ML broke... more>> their virginity together when they had Wen Wen. Hehehe

Overall this novel was one of my favorite. <<less
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Lumina25684
Lumina25684
Dec 06, 2020
Status: Completed
It feels okay. Not like the other transmigrate into the book and become the mother of the tragic son. There's not a lot of romance, leaning more towards mother-child love, but the father does appear in almost every chapter. Not a lot of character development, at least not one written out in details.

MAJOR DETAILED PLOT SPOILER!!!

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MC transmigrates to the night original was drugged and ran to her world's hometown to hide from the media. Chi Wen has memories since birth and is prejudice against his mother, always thinking sarcastically that she would leave him one day to live a better life despite how much love she showered him. Finally, he called her mother and decided to protect her when he learned that she had died in the original world, something MC slipped out in fright one day while taking the sick Chi Wen, now named Fu Wen, to the hospital.

In order to make milk money, MC joined a life-stream platform to grow flowers, and ML, Shi Yue, an emperor of the entertainment industry who can do anything but grow flowers, became her number one fan after giving her millions to get her to plant a seed for him.

Later, when Fu Wen was four, he met his father, who came to record a variety show and MC met the green tea step sister, Xuerou. Due to the last life, Fu Wen hates Xuerou and it's exposed that Xuerou is a stepdaughter, causing netizens to analyze and comment that where there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather, and Xuerou's smooth path began to become blocked.

Later, Xuerou was arrested for instigating a fan to try and kill Fu Wen and Fu father divorced after finding out the true face of the mother and daughter. However, Xuerou still came out due to pregnancy, but did not live a good life as Shi Yue made original ML's family bankrupt.

In the end, MC and Shi Yue married and have a daughter together. Fu father went to a nursing home and never saw MC again, as MC said that the person who can forgive him is no longer here. Fu Wen, now named Shi Wei, joined the entertainment company and met 2nd book's FL. He did nothing to her, but his fans and those around him guarded him against this white-lotus.

Extra:

Fu father dreams of the original life.

Shi Wei returned to his life in the orphanage and tried to find his father to get back his pampered life, but found out that they are not related by blood and that mother is dead. Still, Shi Yue adopted him and Shi Wei became a big president strong enough to take down original CP's powers.

Original changed lives with MC and prayed everyday that MC can have someone to guard her against CP's halo.

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Despite being reborn and having gone through all those dark days, Chi Wen decides to live as a child and became very childish, often needing to be coaxed, so it was understandable that if he were to return to the original trajectory, he would be unable to crop. <<less
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pastelbunnyyy
pastelbunnyy
Mar 01, 2021
Status: Completed
Can I just say that I enjoy it when MC doesn’t go into the entertainment industry lol. This one decides to be a florist/botanist which was great, and I love how she was resolute when she decided to keep the baby.
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Lisarra
Lisarra
Dec 09, 2020
Status: Completed
I really liked this story. I usually avoid slow romance but this novel kinda played it out well enough for me to not want to drop the novel.

I liked the ML. He is domineering yet didn't force FL for anything. And his fights with his son were cute.

FL is likeable too, mature and accepts the identity of mother unlike other transmigrated mothers who stays in utter denial of being a mom.

The son's past life was quite a tragedy. He is really a cutie pie. Really happy that he got a... more>> second chance in life and a complete family to love him. <<less
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Blueraven
Blueraven
Sep 15, 2021
Status: Completed
Sketch af. Just saying. Loved the premise, loved the son and protagonist but there were certain parts that were sketch af.

First off, the ML was straight up manipulative. He schemed his way into being accepted into the fam, he knew off the bat that Wen Wen was his kid but didn't say sh*t until he knew he was a trusted friend, confidant, and a father-figure before finally revealing his identity and sneak attacking them. That crap was planned with ulterior motives.

Second, it was never acknowledged that the mom was r*ped... more>> [and ML was the self-aware rapist]. She was literally drugged and taken advantaged of. Even when the kid realized that, instead of being like " my beloved mother that I swore to protect was f*ckING r*peD BY THE DUDE I LOOKED UP TO !" It was " I was lied to!". Dude, wtf. <<less
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gryffinpuff
gryffinpuff
Apr 16, 2021
Status: c125
Initially a pretty decent slice-of-life, lowkey showbiz story, but towards the end, its getting a bit intolerable and unenjoyable... Story started out strong/funny/serious and heartbreaking at times with MC taking care of her son, and the son adjusting to baby life and coming to terms with his prev life adandonment (?). But then the story started going downhill, pretty much since MC moved to the capital from village...

The reborn son is NOT a child, as a baby he couldn't control his body is one thing, but even his thoughts became... more>> more and more childish (?) as he grew... MC, although a good mother, is very bland character, and the 'romance' is very boring and stretched out at the end for no reason. Stop hanging the guy if you're not interested, and give a damn answer if you're interested; but the MC doesn't say anything, not even in her inner thoughts - we have no idea why she is resisting ML or if she even likes him or is just enjoying the attentions of a rich handsome guy... Same for ML, there's not even a 'Woman, you have gained my interest', he just decides one day that since they have a son, they should get together... May be it's a culture thing, but father and son competing for mother's attention for chapters and chapters gets a bit annoying... <<less
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VictimOfGuiltyPleasures
VictimOfGuil
Mar 17, 2023
Status: Completed
So cute.

I was there for the mother son relationship more than the romance.

For those saying she was too passive all I have to say is that she probably didn't even care.

... more>> Think about it. She doesn't know those ppl. She's not the original body. She feels distressed for the original but that's it. She just wanted to live well with her son away from the novel characters and that's exactly what she did. Why would she bother with them everytime they came and waste her energy.

When they kept bothering her she kept saying to leave her alone and would kick them out. She was honestly calm and collected and would fight back when they crossed the line. She literally hit the og ML with a stick for the ml.

And when they tried to
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kill her son she hated them and didn't forgive them. She didn't forgive anyone but what could she do other than just sue her. When she knew the ML would help she accepted and trusted him bc he was the father of her son and he gained her trust with the incident.

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The only moments where she was passive or ran away was when she faced the ML and romance and that was justified because she didn't have confidence as a single mother and wouldn't trust people easily either.

Her approach to everything made complete sense. If ppl dislike it, it's because they want something unrealistic coming from a woman who had to start her life again with a child in her stomach in a new world with no relatives or friends. They are delusional and just want a plot with more holes than they can find.

Realistically speaking the MC is a very strong, calm, and collected MOTHER. She even said she didn't care what ppl thought or did as long as they didn't involve her son. She was even ready to catch her falling son bear the brunt of his fall. She ran to him faster than the ml. The only reason she didn't catch him was because the ML pushed her away so that he would get injured instead of her. HOW IS THAT WEAK?!!

As for the ppl saying she was rap*d, the ML was drugged as well. He clearly said he still had a little sanity when he saw her meaning the drug was already affecting him. He himself had little recollection as he had given in to the drug when his body didn't reject her. They were two drugged people with little sanity. Even the FL remembered running into someone while drugged. They both had a little sanity when they met each other but it doesn't change the fact that they were BOTH drugged. The ML only remembered her eyes from that encounter and only really knew her identity because he asked his subordinates to investigate who he had slept with. He helped seeing she was trying to leave and not return to her family. He put up with fang xueros bothersome actions because of her. He wasn't a bad guy at all. He didn't abandon anyone since they didn't know each other and he didn't know she was pregnant. Clearly when she ran away she wanted nothing to do with him either. Why should he bother?

For the ppl saying he recognized his kid immediately despite not getting a DNA report, he clearly didn't. Like did I read a different novel or are y'all not reading correctly. He didn't know wenwen was his kid until he saw the FL and recognized her eyes. He confirmed that she was the one he was with and that the dates aligned. She was still single and the kid had said he never had a dad. Clearly form all this one can conclude that it's clearly his kid. He also knew that she didn't have anyone other than him. She clearly confirmed that she had only slept with the person she was with on the night she was drugged and he knew he was the one she was with. Ofc he's gonna be sure it's his kid. He also asked for all the information on tuneup when he found out she had a kid and in that information he must've seen that she had been living alone with her kid all along. If I were him I'd also be quite certain that the kid's mine. The reason he still did the DNA result was to reassure the mother and child that he wasn't lying or tricking them.

Also he clearly sneaked into the family as a stranger to get close to them so that they could trust him. It was an honest rational choice I don't get why people are fussing about it. The guy was a total stranger to them. How do you think a single mother would react to some rich dude coming out of nowhere saying he's her kid's dad? Obviously they wouldn't react well. Especially when he knows the kid hates his father and the FL doesn't even know him or who she slept with. He clearly says it in his little monologues that she would probably think he was there to steal her kid from her. At first he just wanted to be close to the family and support them without affecting their lives but he grew to love them and thus wanted a better identity. All his thoughts were normal. He was just going to help from afar since he didn't really know them either. He went from a single man to a father in just days. What exactly do ppl want him to do? Immediately accept his knew family and lavish them with love and money stating he's the dad? The FL would obviously be against him and would probably push him away or run away and hide from him to feel secure with her kid like any normal mother would.

Now for those who hate the ML because he said wenwen got all the bad stuff from her he was clearly being petty because MC didn't remember him. Even his manager laughed at him because he caught on to it. He held his small petty grudge for her until he realized she was already special to him. Later he does the same with his son when he gets in the way of his pursuit of the FL. He says his son grows less cute the bigger he gets. He calls him little brat and stinky in his monologues. He's clearly not serious about these thoughts. Smh ppl. Stop hating everything so easily. Giving bad reviews for no reason. I understand 3 stars but the novel does not deserve 1 stars for such flimsy reasons.

I'm not saying the story was perfect but most of the bad reviews are unfounded and thus I've given a 5 star review.
I loved it. <<less
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SSKF
SSKF
Nov 16, 2021
Status: Completed
This is not really a revenge story. This is more of a “Little bun wants revenge but is soaked in honey so much and his parents inadvertently take revenge for him”. It’s so heartwarming and sweet.

The lack of any real conflict can make this boring but there is so much sweetness in here that it is not boring. It’s interesting reading about the baby’s past life and how he is pampered in this life. The sweetness is mainly parent-child pampering.

The is nice and light. I like it.
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kingeddie
kingeddie
Jul 06, 2022
Status: c51 part1
listen, my biggest issue with this novel is that it's updated so slowly that it just becomes boring and flat. now I know that the translators are doing this for free and we aren't obligated to have anything but it's just... if there's so many chapters already translated, why not just update regularly? I appreciate the translators for doing this in their free time without pay but it's just a little frustrating only reading like three paragraphs and having to wait a week for another three paragraphs.
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Honefuusen
Honefuusen
Jan 19, 2021
Status: Completed
It's pretty good. Though I think FL and ML got together a little too slow.

The part where WenWen got to knows the reason why he was left in the orphanage in his last life was really heartbreaking. Also when he dreamt of going back to his past life, it's just so awful.

But it's a heartwarming story nonetheless.
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jinkies
jinkies
Jan 06, 2022
Status: Completed
This feels... Flat. I don't know how else to describe it. There aren't any like concrete events of why and how original MC was "bullied" by stepsister or step mother. We are just supposed to take MC's word for it that the original was neglected by the father as a result of the manipulations from the step mom.

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If not for the end, where we are let into the thought processes and reflections of the step mother, I didn't quite feel like she really was a "villain"in the original MC's life. And even then, ok so maybe you divorced your husband and manipulated your way into marrying MC's father... I don't necessarily see her as villainous— materialistic, maybe— and the author kept pushing her as the mastermind as original FL learnt all her "tricks" from her.

Tricks being, playing the role of a virtuous wife.

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Actually, while we are keep being made to believe that original FL is a green tea b*tch, and I guess she is, I didn't necessarily find her that dislikable (because yes she "stole" the original's fiance, but it was a betrothal arranged by their parents, the two never had a mutual relationship. fiance never really cared about her either. if anything I found him more dislikable) until

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she instigated someone to sabotage the wires while Wenwen was filming so that he will fall from a sizable height which was "sure to cause a disability".

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Because the family drama actually just reads as two divorcees with kids marrying for the wrong reasons, and having a really horrible blended family. Step parents are still addressed as "aunt" and "uncle" but Fang Xuerou insistently calls MC "sister". Original MC gained a bad reputation that is supposedly all fake but... MC admits that original MC was "pushed" to attempt to drug original FL in order to stage a scene and capture "humiliating pictures" only for it backfire on her, which led to Wenwen's conception.

Just makes you think that perhaps that reputation isn't unwarranted if she can come up with something like this. Maybe she never actually crossed legal lines prior, but neither did the step mom/step sister. Because all I got from what we are told is that original MC felt neglected by her father because he "sided with them against her"— we are not ever told what. And it just reads like... Maybe there's a reason.

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In fact, when the father regrets his strained relationship with his daughter. He remembers her childhood but we aren't given the in-between. You can tell he regrets things, but he's looking at the past with rose-tinted lenses when he is hit with the realisation that his daughter looks very much like his beloved dead wife. He believes everything on the internet because ~the netizens are allegedly unbiased~ but we forget that the netizens are mainly going based on their knowledge of transmigrator MC's personality to judge the family drama of the original MC. MC claims him blind, and for one, I agree. Because he's blindly listening to the Internet to judge his family's affairs as if they are even more privy to it.

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It's as if the author has an idea, but is too lazy to fill in the details. There's nothing concrete to back up the negativity original MC had to her family. We just have to take the unreliable narrator's word for it which personally frustrates me because then, all this drama feels so contrived. Which is also reflected in the later parts— transmigrator MC and our ML's relationship just... hardly develops until the very end but it felt really abrupt given how long it was dragged for.

The single most greatest part of this story is probably the reborn child Wenwen
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who because grew up in an orphanage and was led to believe he was abandoned, had a love-hate relationship with his mother, having the mentality that she would leave him soon to chase after material wealth and therefore reluctant to form an attachment whilst doing his best to be a perfect child and ease her burden so that he will be kept a while longer. The moment when he realised he wasn't abandoned in his original life, and that it was because his single mother died was actually the emotional peak in this entire story.....

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And that happened really early on. I really only kept reading to uncover the ML's real identity. Also the relationship between the family is cute I guess. Until they realised they were all actually a family and by that point I just wanted everything to end. Pronto. <<less
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Gushishi
Gushishi
Dec 01, 2020
Status: Completed
The first 30 chapters is so cute. The relationship between FL and her baby son is so cute and teary and amazing.

The rest is okay, the relationship between ML and FL are good. Almost plain.

But, I really hate revenge theme. So tired...... Face slapping etc, I don't feel peace at reading for this most heartwarming story..... turned into a dogblood relationship's story. I really can't enjoy the story anymore.....
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haine22
haine22
Nov 30, 2020
Status: Completed
I read it all in one go - good found-family type of story (characters you will love like tsundere uncle Guo and sweet Aunt Mei are still family with the MC and baby Wenwen and they don't lose presence at all!).

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mostly read the story for baby Wenwen having a happy childhood hahaha he's such a cute baby declaring "I'm an adult!" sometimes since he's also reborn, but like Wenwen you also forget he is one too when he's not talking maturely. Like there's a part he confronted a neighbor village boy who bullied his friend, but gets picked up because he's super cute and small haha or another time he forgot he's filming a show with the ML and ditches him to go have cake with his friends because he got so excited. He's smart too. Closer to the end, his paternal grandparents wanted to meet him and his mom but they understood the FL wasn't ready yet since she hasn't quite confirmed a relationship with the ML, so they disguised themselves around the property. Wenwen figures it out right away before his mom even notices lol it's nice how complex he is since he has his moments of insecurity that he's carrying from his past life (so he doesn't call Si Yue dad for a long time, and he even had this dark look when he was looking at Original FL's pregnant belly since they caused him so much misery in his acting career). Major spoiler but Wenwen final insecurity was losing Si Yue's love for not being a good boy (since again, his darkness seeps out when it came to his past life enemies) but he realizes Si Yue loves him like a father to his son by choosing to teach him better. Anyways I was surprised when the story ended so suddenly on a happy note - Wenwen (who long stopped calling himself Chi Wen in the narration) was running around with a sparkler (?) happily on New Year's... Like I thought the story would have a time skip or something 🤣 but it's alright that it ends knowing he'll have a smoother life now

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Low-key hoped for more chapters:

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i might have missed it but did ML ever get the orchid the FL was raising for him? Or was it all "look but don't touch" since both father and son (and paternal grandfather!) are natural plant killers? Also would have liked the female bodyguard to have had an action scene or something hahaha or if it's confirmed whether or not the FL was originally reborn back into this world since she herself isn't sure (originally she switched bodies and dreamt that Fu Ruoruo is happily living with her parents, later on she stopped feeling the original bodies feelings or memories and had to imagined how the original would feel seeing the Fu father, but near the end she's speculating "was I originally...?" So that's a mystery that's never solved or maybe I misunderstood idk I haven't read the extra chapters)

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aquarose
aquarose
Jun 08, 2022
Status: Completed
I'm in doubt whether to rate this 4 or 3 star. The story was good. It started good until the later part of the story. It ended abruptly and no extra stories. The face slapping was meh.

For the good parts, I like how the MC choose to live stream planting. Contrary to most novels who go live stream, they would choose cooking. I love the village people and also the children. In most novels I read, village people would be mean to single mothers, especially ones like the MC who... more>> is an outsider.

I love how the ML was first introduced.

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Skipping work because his flower died. Lol

In fact, in the later chapters, his character became inconsistent. He was first portrayed as a languid and adorable, but later the languidness disappeared. He suddenly became mature, calm and OP. His OP hidden background is also a little too unjustified.

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That was until the child, Wenwen, found out about that ML is his biological dad. He turned into a brat. What happened to his 30-year-old soul!? He started to become unreasonable.

I get that his resentment came from his past life when he was an orphan, but in that past life the ML was not his biological father.

Which is one of my gripe because the truth was never found out. He did not know all the conspiracies of that past and down right blamed everything on the MC at first for abandoning him and the ML for appearing in his past life.

It was a good read when he found out that his mother, the MC, didn't actually abandon him but died after he was born. It was heartwarming and all, but the same was not done for his father, the ML. Although, Wenwen heard that the ML had no knowledge about having a son, he was still hostile towards his father. Those father and son interactions in the past disappeared. When ML was still labeled an uncle, they were very close, but it disappeared after finding out about their relationship and never returned to being close. Although, in the last few chapters his hostility towards his father mellowed out, but it's still not the same. I missed the time before Wenwen found out ML was his dad. And the MC noticed that Wenwen had some hostility against his father even before he knew about the ML. But she never assured Wenwen about that. She just let her child have a crooked view about his 'father'. Even when she told Wenwen about the ML being his father, she did not try to consult him about it. I felt unfair for the ML.

I was really disappointed.

The ML was so good to them, yet they took him for granted.

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The MC is tolerable, but I could not come to like her.

What also disappointed me is the ending for me was cut. Not rushed nor abrupt, but cut. There was no conclusion in the ending. Some truths were never revealed. There were no extra stories of Wenwen growing up. I'm also disappointed that Wenwen's maturity disappeared. I get that he wanted to enjoy his childhood that he never had in his past life. The author seem to have forgotten that no matter what, Wenwen soul is still a 30-year-old's soul. Maturity is bone deep that is not defined by age, but by experience and mental stability.

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In the last chapter, MC and ML were still boyfriend and girlfriend. There was no proper conclusion to their romance. It was more like forced.

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Would I read it again? Probably not. The ending was not satisfying. In fact, it did not satisfy anything at all. No extra stories. No wedding, no sibling for Wenwen etc. <<less
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Vortex15
Vortex15
Feb 20, 2022
Status: --
Ok so, the story started out really nice and engaging. But by the 92nd chapter I was fed up.

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The child refuses to accept the ML as his father even though they have been interacting for more than a year. The MC, for me at least, became too annoying and soft. Later instead of being cute and a little spoilt the child turns into a full fledged brat.

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There are other antogistic characters which keep popping up and are never solved. It's a solid 'meh' book for me.
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Dragon_Reader
Dragon_Reade
May 03, 2021
Status: Completed
It's a fairly good story. Kind of like slow life, slow romance. Not too much issues. Face-slapping is done mostly by ML coz MC is least bothered about it haha. MC son (aka the villain) IS THE BEST ever. He is so cute and cuddly and once he realises his mother won't abandon him, he gives up and becomes a true child. This is so rare especially with most stories filled with kids being adult-like due to their old adult true self. We all always talk about how we want... more>> to go back to our school days of playing, running around etc etc but when it comes to stories suddenly 10 year olds are attending board meetings and stepping into the adult world. In this story, MC Son decides to enjoy being a child and subconsciously becomes a true child too. He plays with other kids his age even though he is more mature than them, throws tantrums, bursts into tears (Yes! Crying loud!), acts cute with his mother wanting her to pamper him etc etc. In the entire story, u will never believe he was once an adult and that he carries his memories of being an adult.

Wonderful novel if you want to read about a cute mom-son relationship, cute but grumpy Grandpa and villagers who are totally nice and not judgemental at all and who protect MC and her son from outsiders fiercely. And this is despite the fact that MC Son was born out of wedlock and should have been looked down by conservative villager mindset. Instead, it's MC's dad - a big shot businessman living in the big city who looks down on MC. I liked this contrast. Most novels show villagers as gossipy, judgemental people who are v bad in character and education but this novel has portrayed them wonderfully. <<less
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JustHannahK
JustHannahK
Aug 20, 2021
Status: --
I am rereading this novel. At first read I would give it a 4 but after rereading I would give it a 3.

Here's to why. The first time I read this novel I was like it was cute fluff and heartwarming kind of FL with a bun with some face slapping trope which us something most cn novel have. Its a good read at FIRST.

Until I reread it.

... more>> 1. While I don't mind the FL being a single parent with a Reborn son. I just don't like how the story progress with the ML. Meaning I felt like the romance part is so abrupt.

2. ML knows that Wen Wen is his son pretty early on but the FL didn't know that since she never looked at the man she slept with basically but the moment she learned the Si Yue is Wenwen's father she continue to deny that for like a couple of chapters. And even tho she knows that Si Yue wants to be a responsible father to their son she doesn't let it and let Wenwen continue to misunderstand and bully his Dad. Knowing that Wenwen thought that his dad is someone who bullied his mom with bad intention or something and better of dead one more thing is that he is reborn and grow up an orphaned in the first timeline thinking that his parents abandoned him. This continue for like atleast I think for a couple of chapters.

ITS JUST THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN ML AND FL'S ACTIONS AFTER KNOWING THAT ML IS HER CHILD'S DAD THAT MADE ME IRRITATED AND ANNOYED. INSTEAD OF TALKING TO EACH OTHER ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACTION THEY SHOULD TAKE LIKE THE ADULT THAT THEY ARE. /Spoiler]

Anyways its just my opinion this is good read when you're just trying to past time. <<less
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MadCC
MadCC
Aug 18, 2021
Status: Completed
Not as good as I thought it would be.

Basically from all the reviews I thought that this novel would be a very cute fluffy heart warming story.

However I ended up not enjoying it much. Here are some of the reasons:

... more>> - Not as fluffy as you would think it is:

Starts off very cute but towards the end it's more about drama and badly done face slapping.

The plot and obstacles thrown in MC's way weren't interesting or fresh. Felt like I knew what would happen next. You never get worried for the MC.

The face slapping wasn't great because the villains never were regretful or envious of her good life. + The villain wasn't good.

You'd think that since the step-sister managed to get the original host disliked by her father and fiance, that she's be very smart and cunning but instead she's kinda dumb and just pretends to be innocent and pitiful all the time.

I never really felt angry on the MC's behalf.

- The MC is way too passive:

MC never fights for herself or get angry when people wrong her.

MC has a tendency to ignore her problems, she just hopes they will go away on their own.

ML protects the MC from everything. As soon as something happens to MC ML is there to save the day. This gets annoying because it breaks the tension and makes the MC seem weak and overly dependent on ML. Ex: At one point we get a sentence saying that the step-sister, our villain, has touched MC's reverse scale, this is at a point where she has a lot of fans and influence so you'd expect MC to actually get revenge on her own but once again ML takes over punishing the step-sister for her.

- The son's personality is inconsistent: kind of mature towards the start but gets more and more childish.

In many reviews people defend the son's childishness on the fact that he's in a child's body which affects him mentally but I disagree, he's still too childish for someone who has lived another life.

What's the point of making him a reborn character if he just acts like a normal kid all the time. + It's my impression that as the writing goes the more dumbed down the son gets, which is weird because him baby is more mature than him toddler.

Feels more like the writer wrote the son as more childish and dumb to make funny and cute scenes but remembered that it wouldn't make sense to make a grown man act like a kid so she just used the excuse of his body is affecting him. <<less
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