Chapter 1603 - 929: The Top-Tier of the Beijing Circle, Kings Never Meet (Update 2)
Chapter 1603: Chapter 929: The Top-Tier of the Beijing Circle, Kings Never Meet (Update 2)
When a person begins to attract widespread public attention, their "dark history" will inevitably be unearthed.
Even her marriage to Jiang Jinsang was twisted into something she did intentionally.
"I heard that she was supposed to break off her engagement with Mr. Jiang, but for some reason, he ended up living in her house. Then suddenly they were together, and before long, she had a child. Quite the strategiest!"
"Didn’t her stepmother and stepsister also go in? I heard she manipulated that too. Later, when she joined the Jiang Family, she started to wreak havoc, like with Jiang Zhaolin’s family."
"Three Young Master, the Fourth Younger Master doesn’t get along with his parents, and that was her doing as well."
"Even her close friend could marry into the Qi Family. That Ruan Mengxi used to be very fat. How did Young Master Qi even notice her?"
...
Jiang Jinsang came out of the shower to find Tang Wan giggling at some videos.
"After all this, you can still laugh?"
"I think these netizens are too amusing. They can link anything to me. Why don’t they say I created the world and the galaxy?" Tang Wan was initially a bit upset reading the comments, but they ended up making her laugh.
Jiang Jinsang was really worried about her at first, even rushing through his shower to come out quickly. But she was just...
Clutching her phone, laughing without a care in the world.
"According to them, I’m simply a wicked woman, casting curses everywhere, causing trouble everywhere, and stirring up trouble. Even the previous business with You Hongxian was pinned on me. But listening to their analysis, some of it even seems reasonable."
Tang Wan really admired the imagination of these netizens.
"I think you’ve gone silly." Jiang Jinsang said helplessly.
"But I do feel a bit sorry for Xixi."
"Sorry about what?" Jiang Jinsang, seeing that she was fine, also relaxed a bit, pulling a towel to dry his hair.
"Her old photos when she was chubbier have been dug up again."
"..."
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Ruan Mengxi was also quite frustrated. Tang Wan’s issue had nothing to do with her, yet inexplicably she ended up trending too.
The connections were bizarre:
[Young Master Qi’s wife is fat]
Could it be that she still didn’t deserve her own name on a trending topic?
But using Qi Zeyan’s name definitely grabbed more attention.
It was all about some photos from her high school days, which had been online for years, and every now and then they’d pop up again. Ruan Mengxi had gotten used to it.
Right now, Qi Zeyan was watching the news, and Little Juanmao came over.
"Daddy, who is this?"
The photo quality from many years ago wasn’t as high-definition as today, and paired with the plumpness, Little Juanmao didn’t recognize it as Ruan Mengxi.
"Take a closer look, who do you think this is?" Qi Zeyan handed the phone over.
Little Juanmao looked for a long while, probably recognized some facial features, looked at Ruan Mengxi and said, "Is this Mommy?"
"Yes, it is." Qi Zeyan didn’t think this was any dark history. It’s just that now being thin is associated with beauty. In the Tang Dynasty, curvaceous women were in vogue. Why should people be bound by aesthetics?
"Mommy was quite cute then..."
Ruan Mengxi didn’t expect to receive such a comment from her son, and she felt quite happy inside. But then he added:
"Chubby and adorably silly."
Ruan Mengxi took a deep breath, pulled the phone out of his hand and threw it back to Qi Zeyan, carrying him upstairs, "You need to sleep now!"
"But I’m not tired!" Little Juanmao kicked his legs, looking at Qi Zeyan, "Daddy, Dad——"
"Calling him won’t help, at this hour, you should be sleeping."
Qi Zeyan just patted his daughter’s head, "Come on, we should go to bed too."
Seeing what happened with her brother, the little girl quickly tidied up her toys with Qi Zeyan’s help and swiftly returned to her room.
She had strong survival instincts.
In every household, there’s always someone more strict. In theirs, it was Ruan Mengxi who played the "bad guy" role.
Initially, they agreed that Qi Zeyan would play that role, but once when Little Juanmao did something wrong, he was sent to teach the lesson and tell the child not to behave that way again.
Little Juanmao cried heartbreakingly, gasping for breath, his little shoulders shaking, his head of curls trembling along.
He turned and said to Ruan Mengxi:
"Seeing the kid cry makes me want to laugh, what should I do?"
Even as the child cried, he wanted to take a photo with his phone.
Ruan Mengxi had only one thought then:
This couldn’t be his real Dad.
When their daughter was born, he was supposed to play the strict dad’s role, but he said watching her cry made him want to cry too.
So the task of being the "bad guy" in child-rearing fell to Ruan Mengxi.
...
After settling the children, Ruan Mengxi lay in bed and finally let out a sigh of relief. Taking care of the two little divine beasts at home was as exhausting as fighting a battle every day. Just as she lay down, she saw some funny stories written by netizens that Tang Wan sent her.