Chapter 74 Chapter 74

Initially, netizens thought Ruan Xi Yin was making a meme, until they clicked on the video.

In the video, Ruan Xi Yin was wearing a simple and refreshing T-shirt and jeans. She seemed a little unaccustomed to being in front of the camera, nervously tugging at the whitish bag strap.

"Hello everyone, I'm Ruan Xi Yin, and today I'm going to challenge myself to spend a day in Beijing with twenty yuan."

Ruan Xi Yin explained that she was going to another district for a vocal lesson that day. After the lesson, she had to clock in at the company and then go back to the dormitory.

The netizens did a quick calculation.

【No way, it spans three districts! Just the subway fare would cost more than ten yuan, leaving only enough money to buy a few buns!】

【Isn't she a wealthy heiress? She has a car to take her around; she doesn't need transportation fees, right?】

【Even without transportation fees, twenty yuan in Beijing isn't enough for a single takeout meal, right?】

Then they saw Ruan Xi Yin using a combination of buses and shared bicycles, and only spent three yuan to reach her destination. And because she took a shortcut, it wasn't much slower than the subway.

After her vocal lesson, she walked to a nearby charity restaurant and had a 10-yuan vegetarian buffet.

After eating, she went to a nearby vegetable market to buy noodles and vegetables, and to the supermarket to exchange points for eggs, tissues, and sausages. When she returned from the company, she cooked a meal of egg noodles at the dormitory, with meat, vegetables, and main dishes. She even managed to get a 10-cent discount on a cup of milk tea.

She even enthusiastically recommended a local money-saving group on a certain bean app and the essence of getting discounts from various apps while drinking her milk tea.

The netizens were all amazed.

【20 yuan! Me: staying home and eating instant noodles all day. Ruan Mei: nutritious and balanced meals, and even milk tea! What kind of money-saving genius is this!!】

【Mom asked me why I'm watching the video on my knees, this is the experience that young people today need to learn!】

【So practical!! I'm going to download it and watch it frame by frame!!】

But gradually, some people noticed something wrong.

【Isn't Ruan Mei a wealthy heiress? Why is she so skilled at using these money-saving tips?】

【I thought Ruan Mei was creating a persona, but her act of haggling over a single scallion while buying vegetables was too classic, only someone who has been shopping in vegetable markets for many years would have such a subconscious action.】

【So what if she's a wealthy heiress? Everyone needs to eat, drink, and use the bathroom. Don't idolize them. Wasn't there a wealthy family who grew vegetables and raised chickens in their garden before?】

【Exactly! Can't wealthy people be frugal? Ruan Mei clearly has very little pocket money, and she's the type to make every penny count.】

【I came here excitedly to watch the life of a wealthy heiress, but after watching it, I want to send Ruan Mei money…】

【The first time I've seen such a down-to-earth wealthy heiress, hahahahaha】

【Finally found a common ground with a wealthy heiress [dog head]】

……

Ruan Yi watched the comments on Weibo and was furious.

"That country bumpkin is simply not presentable!! She's completely disgraced the Ruan family!!"

He had worked so hard for so many years to help the Ruan family shed its image as country bumpkins and join the ranks of the wealthy.

But Ruan Xi Yin's video had ruined everything.

He immediately called Ruan Xi Yin.

When the call was connected, he was about to start yelling when he heard a competent female voice on the other end: "Hello, I'm Ruan Xi Yin's assistant. The artist is not available to take calls at the moment. Please leave your name and number, and I will pass it on to her when she's free."

Ruan Yi: "!!!"

What the heck?!

Didn't she know he was Ruan Xi Yin's father! She actually wants him to wait until she's free before passing on the message.

He roared: "I'm her father! I ￥#%@#@#…"

The assistant coldly said: "I'll remind you again, if you continue to insult our company's artist, I will record this conversation and hand it over to the company's legal department for handling."

Then she hung up the phone.

Ruan Yi: "?!"

But when he called again, there was only a busy tone, apparently he had been blocked.

Ruan Yi was furious.

That ungrateful Ruan Xi Yin!!

But Ruan Xi Yin was now living in Le Shi's dormitory and never went home, so even if he wanted to scold her, he couldn't find her.

Ruan Yi raged impotently, taking his anger out on Xiang Li and Ruan Wen Rou.

"How did you take care of your daughter! Now it's all over the internet, do you think it's very glorious?"

Xiang Li was also aggrieved: "At that time, weren't we afraid of giving Xi Yin too much money and spoiling her? You agreed to it too!"

Ruan Yi's face flushed red, then he said: "Then you should have treated them equally. Why did Xi Yin have so much less pocket money than Wen Rou? No wonder people say you're biased and have no sense of propriety!"

Ruan Wen Rou bit her lower lip tightly.

The words "biased and have no sense of propriety" pierced her heart deeply. Her eyes immediately turned red.

Xiang Li naturally couldn't bear to see her daughter suffer, arguing: "You're talking about Xi Yin, why bring Wen Rou into this? Even if she's not biologically related, she's also a child we raised. You can't just take your frustrations out on Wen Rou because you got the short end of the stick with Xi Yin!"

Seeing that she was still so protective of Ruan Wen Rou, Ruan Yi's suspicions finally couldn't be contained: "Not biologically related? I doubt that."

Xiang Li was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Ruan Yi: "You know what I mean!"

Ruan Wen Rou wanted to mediate, but Ruan Yi pushed her away: "Fine, since you're still pretending to be oblivious, then I'll be blunt. Is Ruan Wen Rou your illegitimate daughter with some other man?"

Xiang Li was both angry and wronged: "You… what are you talking nonsense about!"

"Nonsense?" Ruan Yi sneered, "I've always found it strange, Xi Yin had just gone missing, and you brought a girl back to adopt her. She has nothing to do with us, yet she looks so much like you. And you treat her better than Xi Yin. If she's not your biological child, who would believe it!"

Xiang Li was both angry and wronged: "You're slandering me because of this? If you don't believe me, we'll do a paternity test!"

Seeing that she didn't seem to have any guilt, Ruan Yi also hesitated for a moment, but this matter was like a needle in his heart, so he followed her words: "Fine! Let's do a paternity test!"

Sweat trickled down Ruan Wen Rou's palm, a dark and ambiguous light flashed in her eyes.

-

Ruan Xi Yin came out of the recording studio, and her assistant promptly handed her a glass of warm water and told her about her future schedule.

Suddenly, she paused slightly: "Someone called you while you were recording."

Ruan Xi Yin was stunned: "Who was it?"

Assistant: "He said he was your father, but his tone was very unfriendly, and he started cursing… I was worried it was a hater, so I temporarily blocked him. Um… could it really be your father?"

Ruan Xi Yin hesitated.

Her first reaction was Ruan Yi.

But why would Ruan Yi call her?

In the past, if there was anything, he would never call her directly, he would always have Xiang Li pass on the message. Ruan Xi Yin didn't even have his phone number.

Now that she had left home, it was even less likely that he would call her.

So, she shook her head affirmatively: "No."

The assistant was relieved: "I thought so too. It must be a hater who somehow got your number. Be more careful with unfamiliar numbers in the future."

Ruan Xi Yin didn't take the matter to heart and went straight to Gu Xing Shi's office.

Gu Xing Shi first asked her how the recording went, and after hearing that everything went smoothly, he said: "The company has already arranged your publicity…"

Le Shi was no longer the penny-pinching small company that couldn't even afford song copyrights.

Whether it was the publicity plan for the single or the subsequent arrangements, it was all extravagant and covered the entire network.

Not only that.

Gu Xing Shi also took out a variety show planning document, an invitation from Watermelon Network for a live travel variety show.

The variety show was called "Let's Travel Together," a flagship variety show of Watermelon Network, now in its fourth season.

For a newly debuted artist like Ruan Xi Yin, this was a very good resource.

Ruan Xi Yin was shocked.

She had now set foot in the entertainment industry, and she naturally knew how rare these resources were. Other companies would definitely use these resources to exploit artists, demanding very harsh contracts.

But the contract Gu Zong signed for her was very lenient, so lenient that it didn't match the resources he was giving her.

Ruan Xi Yin even started to worry if Gu Xing Shi's earnings were enough to cover the company's expenses.

She calculated her small savings, if it didn't work, she would still do some side jobs to earn money for Gu Zong to spend.

Gu Xing Shi didn't know that his artist was already worried about his wallet.

Under his extravagant publicity, Ruan Xi Yin's new single "That's Fine" directly topped the hot song charts.

This song was custom-made for Ruan Xi Yin by Gu Xing Shi, incorporating her past experiences, even though she had been suppressed and hurt, she could still bravely stand up, filled with warm hope.

【So good to listen to! Ruan Mei's voice is so warm! It warmed my very soul.】

【Hearing this song reminded me of my past, and I suddenly started crying. I used to make a living on my own because of my family, and I owed 300,000 yuan. I thought I couldn't bear it, but in the end, I still persevered and paid off the debt. Later, I got married and had a happy little family. Now I can say to myself, that's fine.】

【Oh, I was so painful and desperate, I didn't even want to live, but after hearing this song, I felt that there was still hope in life, it wasn't so bad.】

【Ruan Mei really sang to my heart, I even felt that she seemed to have the same experience as me, struggling for survival at the bottom.】

【I used to hate those rich second-generation kids who came to the entertainment industry to make money, but after listening to Ruan Mei's song, I couldn't hate her at all…】

【Ruan Mei！！！Sister loves you！！！】

……

As Ruan Xi Yin became more and more popular, Ruan Wen Rou became more and more anxious.

Although for the previous paternity test, she had bribed the staff in advance and replaced her DNA sample, the secret was not exposed.

But this did not change Ruan Yi's attitude towards her.

Ruan Yi paid more and more attention to Ruan Xi Yin and ignored her.

Xiang Li felt sorry for her, but she was a housewife and still depended on Ruan Yi, so she had no resources.

Lately, even her pocket money has been reduced. Ruan Wen Rou couldn't even afford the dress she wanted to buy.

Moreover, after the incident of the real and fake heiresses was exposed, her former girlfriends had distanced themselves from her, and the few rich second-generation guys who had chased her had also cooled down.

Ruan Wen Rou had long been accustomed to a life of being surrounded by attention and luxury, how could she accept such a disparity now.

She gritted her teeth and made a call: "Brother, I miss you…"

-

Le Shi.

The popularity of Ruan Xi Yin's new song exceeded everyone's expectations.

Even the shows she participated in later became popular, especially the variety show "Let's Travel Together" she was about to participate in. The program team was overjoyed.

They sent the director team to communicate early.

Le Shi's artists had recorded variety shows before, so Gu Xing Shi was familiar with the process.

After the communication was almost finished, he asked: "Which other artists are participating this time?"

The director team mentioned several names, all of whom were popular young actors and actresses.

Gu Xing Shi asked the system, thankfully there were no big scandals.

This put his mind at ease.

At this time, the director's phone rang. She gave Gu Xing Shi a gesture and walked aside to answer the call.

At the same time, Gu Xing Shi heard the system pop up:【Host!】

Gu Xing Shi immediately realized something:【It can't be the scandal of this variety show, right?】

System:【Host, you're getting smarter and smarter!】

Gu Xing Shi:【…】

He would rather not be smart than hear such bad news.

System:【It's the last artist participating. You won't believe who it is!】

Gu Xing Shi:【Try being any more mysterious?】

System:【…】

System:【It's Ruan Wen Rou!】

Gu Xing Shi frowned:【Ruan Wen Rou isn't an artist, how can she participate in this variety show?】

System:【Money makes the world go round! But it wasn't Ruan Wen Rou's money, it was Ruan Xi Yin's brother, Ruan Cheng Ze's money.】

Gu Xing Shi:【?】

System:【This is a big scandal! When Ruan Wen Rou was brought into the Ruan family, Ruan Cheng Ze was already eight years old, so he knew that Ruan Wen Rou was not his sister. In the process of getting along, his brother-sister feelings for Ruan Wen Rou gradually changed, and he actually fell in love with her!】

【Ruan Wen Rou also realized this. She knew that with her status, she couldn't be with Ruan Cheng Ze, but she didn't alienate Ruan Cheng Ze, instead, she kept him dangling. Ruan Cheng Ze was a hopeless romantic, not only did he accept it willingly, but he also obeyed her, and even helped her suppress his own sister.】

【This time, Ruan Cheng Ze was originally negotiating a deal abroad, but Ruan Wen Rou made a phone call to bring him back. Not only did he drop the deal, but because of Ruan Wen Rou's complaints, he spent a large sum of money to get her into this variety show. Oh, and they even hired water armies to guide public opinion later…】

Gu Xing Shi narrowed his eyes.

The system immediately became excited:【Hehehe, Host, I can tell by your expression that you're brewing something bad again!】

Gu Xing Shi:【… Tsk, why do you talk like you've been studying with Cheng Xin, how can doing justice be called brewing something bad!】

System:【…】

-

On the day of the variety show's live broadcast.

According to the process, family members would send them to the assembly point.

Ruan Wen Rou was the first to arrive. She was wearing a little dress she had prepared, her makeup was full of scheming, making her look pitiful.

She sat in the back seat, driven by Ruan Cheng Ze in a luxury car to the red carpet.

Ruan Cheng Ze was handsome, tall, and leggy, and with the aura of a wealthy young master, he caused a stir in the barrage as soon as he got out of the car.

【Whoa!! So handsome!】

【I can do such a domineering CEO!】

Ruan Cheng Ze opened the back seat door and gentlemanly helped Ruan Wen Rou out.

Ruan Wen Rou gently held Ruan Cheng Ze's arm: "Brother, I'm a little nervous, it's good to have you by my side."

Ruan Cheng Ze gently stroked her hair: "Don't be afraid, brother will always be with you."

【Brother is so gentle!】

【Ahhhh such a brother, please give me a dozen!】

【I'm so envious of Ruan Wen Rou! Beautiful and excellent, and she has such a handsome brother!】

【Didn't they say that Ruan Wen Rou is Ruan Xi Yin's sister? Then her brother is also Ruan Xi Yin's brother, why is her brother with Ruan Wen Rou and not Ruan Xi Yin?】

【What else could be the reason? Rou Rou is more likeable.】

【Some people say they are heiresses, but they are not actually favored.】

【Brother accompanies his sister, if I were Ruan Xi Yin, I would be so embarrassed!】

……

Ruan Wen Rou glanced at the barrage, her smile even sweeter, and she held Ruan Cheng Ze's arm even tighter.

She knew that Ruan Xi Yin had always longed for the approval of her family.

In the past, she often showed off her close relationship with Ruan Cheng Ze in front of Ruan Xi Yin, provoking her. Every time she saw Ruan Xi Yin's envious and disappointed expression, she was very satisfied.

This time was no different.

Once Ruan Xi Yin appeared, seeing that her brother had specially accompanied her here, she certainly wouldn't be able to control her expression.

At that time, the water army would naturally guide public opinion, allowing her to rise by stepping on her.

Thinking of this, she became even more impatient.

At this time, a luxury car roared in and then steadily stopped in front of the red carpet.

【This car is so cool, and the parking skills are so cool! Who's in the car?】

【Ahhhhh, get out of the car! I want to see!】

But the luxury car door remained closed.

While everyone was wondering, several more cars came and stopped beside this luxury car.

【？？？】

【Wait, did a whole family come?】

【This is too favored! Although they haven't gotten out of the car yet, I'm already jealous!】

……

Ruan Wen Rou frowned, a little unhappy.

This time, besides suppressing Ruan Xi Yin, she also wanted to enter the entertainment industry through this opportunity.

Wasn't Ruan Xi Yin just good at singing? She was proficient in everything from calligraphy and painting to chess and Go. If Ruan Xi Yin could become popular, why couldn't she!

But she didn't expect that her carefully planned appearance would be overshadowed.

At this moment, the driver's door of the luxury car opened, and Gu Xing Shi slowly walked down.

【Whoa!!! President Gu!!!】

【Ruan Mei is awesome! President Gu sent her personally!】

【Wait, President Gu is here, the people in the other cars… crap, it won't be what I think it is!!】

Just as everyone thought.

The doors of the other cars also opened, and Meng Yuan Sheng and others came down one after another.

【My male gods are together!!】

【This is called style!!!】

【Ahhhhhhh!! What kind of winner is Ruan Mei!!】

Gu Xing Shi opened the back seat door.

Ruan Xi Yin put her hand in his, Gu Xing Shi smiled warmly and led her across the red carpet, followed by four handsome guys with different styles.

【Hahahaha, what kind of princess treatment is this!】

【Crap!! This picture is too pleasing to my eyes!!】

【Who said our Ruan Mei is not favored before, I also want to be unfavored like this!!!】

【Suddenly, Ruan Wen Rou feels a little shabby, we have five such brothers (bushi】

Ruan Wen Rou's face stiffened, and Ruan Cheng Ze was also stunned looking at Ruan Xi Yin who was surrounded.

However, Ruan Xi Yin didn't look sideways and walked straight past them.

It was Gu Xing Shi who glanced at the barrage and suddenly chuckled.

"It's not the Ruan family, it's the heiress of our Le Shi."