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The First Day I Got Out of Prison, My Parents Forced Me to Continue the Family Line

share time: 2026-02-27 06:00:33

Chen Mo, just released from prison, ran home clutching his release certificate, his mind filled with his mother’s braised pork. But when he opened the door, he was stunned—the living room was full of girls in floral dresses. His parents, eyes red, said: “You spent three years in jail; the family line can’t be broken. You have to choose one today.” Looking at his middle school diploma on the wall, Chen Mo thought of the fight he got into to save his friend, feeling both guilty and resistant: he wanted to find a delivery job first to restart his life, not become a father right away. Then, Lin Xiaoman, who was hiding on the balcony smoking, bumped in—she was a “backup” tricked by her aunt. They hit it off immediately and pretended to be a couple. But his parents’ “supervision” got stricter: locking them in the room to “bond,” asking matchmakers to bring betrothal gifts. Lin Xiaoman also discovered Chen Mo’s past. Can this “fake relationship” help them escape the marriage pressure, or will it make two “pushed-around” people find their true belonging?

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