Kid, I'm Your Mommy

Lao YuNovel Reading Network2014

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Word count
426.8K words

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Girls' Fiction Social Fiction Idol StarUrban RomanceHalf BrotherContract MarriageFamily FeudWealthy FamilyWeb NovelMacau

Summary

Architecture student Mai Yingxi is sold to Macau as an auction item to cover her father's gambling debts, forced into marriage with a wealthy man as his fourth wife. On her wedding day the groom is attacked and vanishes, leaving her a widow overnight—and the bewildered mother of four half-brothers: the eldest, the cold and enigmatic CEO of the Lei Group; the second, a scandal-plagued idol; the third, the campus heartthrob from her own school; and the youngest, seemingly sweet but secretly scheming. When she publicly declares, "You are all my sons," she is pulled into the Lei family's feuds and romantic entanglements, struggling through debt, kidnapping, car accidents, and other turmoil.

Editor's review

A textbook early-era wealthy-family romance, packing in gambling-debt slavery, the mysterious CEO, and becoming a stepmother all at once—dense in conflict and fast-paced, suited to readers who want melodramatic thrills. The heroine is independent and stubborn, and her confrontations with her four stepsons are a highlight. Weaknesses: the premise is overblown, the logic doesn't hold up, and the prose and plot are clichéd; readers seeking realism or literary quality may struggle to get immersed.

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Reading tips

  1. Start with the prologue and the "Huge Debt" chapters to see if you can accept the exaggerated auction-sale opening
  2. Treat the four stepsons as an ensemble draw, and watch how the heroine's scenes with the eldest son develop
  3. The family-feud arc in the middle is long; feel free to skip repetitive misunderstanding scenes and jump to key turns

About the publisher

Novel Reading Network

Novel Reading Network is an organization focused on online literature reading and publishing; public information is limited, and details about its founding background and country or region have not been confirmed. Its library contains 822 titles, with publishing centered on categories such as women's fiction, time-travel and alternate-history stories, premium ancient romance, modern romance, and period fiction. Representative titles include The Empress Defies Heaven and Fights the Firmament, Your Return, K-Entertainment Secret Messages, Speeding Rumors, A Glimpse of 1993, Lonely Rock: Guitar Hero, and Peach Blossom Spring Across Past and Present Lives, covering ancient romance, time-travel fantasy, modern relationships, period narrative, and pop-culture derivatives. Representative authors include Zi Yunxi, Xian Ting Luohua, Wu Xiong, Xu Ersan, Banmu Nanshan, Renjian Buceng Shige, Yunduo Mianyi, and Luren You, forming an author base centered on original online romance and genre fiction. Its publishing character lies in closely following online reading tastes and steadily developing female-oriented narratives and genre-based titles.

FAQ

Is this a time-travel novel? Some platforms label it as a time-travel romance, but the main story opens in the contemporary city with no obvious time-travel plot.
Who does the heroine end up with? The ending has the heroine waiting in Rome for that person to return; the relationship is left open, so you'll need to finish the book to confirm.
How many chapters are there? The version on Novel Reading Network has about 275 chapters including the prologue, completed in 2014.

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About the author

Lao Yu Author

Lao Yu (English name: Lao Yu) is an author about whom limited public information is available; neither nationality nor dates of birth and death are clearly recorded. Two of the author's works are held in the collection: "Stinky Kid, I'm Your Mommy" and "Dragon Fighting and Martial Cultivation." Judging from the titles and categories, the former leans toward women's fiction and social fiction, while the latter involves men's fiction and xianxia/wuxia themes. Lao Yu's writing spans different readerships and genres, handling narratives of family emotion and social relationships as well as the imaginative world of xianxia and wuxia, which suggests a certain adaptability across subject matter. Because public information on the author's life, writing experience, and creative philosophy is currently lacking, a deeper assessment of stylistic origins and literary influence is difficult. Readers wishing to understand Lao Yu's writing may begin with works in these two thematic areas and observe the narrative orientation and genre interests in the texts themselves; further information may be added later if more materials become available.