Chapter 84: Five Pregnant Men!
Sui Yupeng choked up again.
He blamed himself for being so naive; it turned out that only he was still sentimental, while his ex-girlfriend's heart was truly hardened.
"..." Jiang Miaomiao seemed to see through his thoughts, and for a moment she felt like vomiting but was afraid of polluting the environment.
She crossed her arms and said, "Sui Yupeng, I have a feeling you'll soon be sweeping the floor and leaving the country. I wonder what your elders will think? Remember to tell them that I, Jiang Miaomiao, always keep my word and really did spend a good time with you all in China!"
"Time is money. We're so busy and successful, what's the point of talking nonsense now that we know he'll be bankrupt from the withdrawal of investment?!" See? That's even more infuriating. Without another word, Ren Ziwei dragged Jiang Miaomiao away.
But Jiang Miaomiao was still generous and polite, placing two fingers to her lips and giving a farewell kiss.
Sui Yupeng could no longer bear it, but he could only kick the trash can in the corner to vent his anger.
This is vandalism!
Before walking away, Jiang Miaomiao recorded a video to report the incident.
...As a result, Sui Yupeng later received a warning from the police and was forced to wear a yellow vest and arrest people who ran red lights on the street.
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Ren Ziwei couldn't wait to drag Jiang Miaomiao to play mahjong.
He organized the whole thing!
He's the biggest!
He receives the least share of the quarterly revenue, so he has to squeeze more profit out of the mahjong table.
He invited Jiang Miaomiao, Han Cuo, Jiang Si, Jiang Mian and others to come.
As for who ends up at the table, it doesn't matter, as long as you have money to fleece them.
In terms of intelligence, Jiang Miaomiao rightfully deserves a place.
When it comes to wealth, Young Master Han is absolutely unmatched.
However, when Jiang Miaomiao went to pick up Yan Yousui, he was being locked up by Lin Yuqing's Iron Arm technique.
Lin Yuqing loved joining in the fun, so he took advantage of Yan Yousui's sympathy and pretended to be weak, hoping Jiang Mian could help him find a partner. After all, he wanted to expand his online dating platform...
As for Lu Han, she came to visit her godson on her way to play mahjong at Jiang Mian's house.
But she also happened to be entangled with Shan Zuoxi.
A group of people, like a swarm of bees, gathered at Jiang Mian's house.
Jiang Mian didn't have enough food, so she could only pour the small pot of chicken soup that was simmering into the largest soup pot and then dilute it with water.
Xie Ziqi opened his hand, which had five small dimples, and pestered Jiang Mian, asking, "Mom, didn't you say that anything diluted with water is bad?"
Caught red-handed, Jiang Mian was embarrassed. "Son, special times call for special measures. Keep it a secret and don't ruin things, okay?"
Xie Ziqi blinked and said in a childish voice, "So today is a special day? So I can watch an extra episode of anime?"
Hearing this, Jiang Mian frowned: "Who taught you to take advantage of someone's misfortune?"
Xie Ziqi turned his head and pointed to Jiang Miaomiao, who was already sitting comfortably on one side of the mahjong table.
Jiang Miaomiao seemed to sense something, turned her head to look at her, and when their eyes met, she smiled and waved the TV remote control in her hand. These unscrupulous merchants wouldn't even spare a four-year-old child when it came to brainwashing; she certainly didn't want her godson's virtues to be merely "naivety" and "innocence."
Han Cuo gracefully took his seat, sitting in the position below Jiang Miaomiao.
Ren Ziwei then seized Jiang Miaomiao's upstream position, cutting off Yan Yousui's chance to flirt with Jiang Miaomiao while they were neighbors.
An unexpected turn of events occurred when Shan Zuoxi took off with her long legs and snatched the last remaining spot.
That position was originally reserved for Yan Yousui.
But Yan Yousui looked at Shan Zuoxi, whose face was as thick as a city wall, and then at the style of the four people sitting at the same table, and decided to retreat: "I'll go to the kitchen and make things worse."
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At this moment, the mahjong table resembled a negotiation table, with a hint of impending conflict.
Dan Zuoxi was the first to attack Ren Ziwei: "I heard that the money that you refused to give to Uncle Xie and Aunt Xie has recently run into problems again?"
Ren Ziwei rolled his eyes: "Since they know I refused to invest, it means I didn't take their money. What business is it of mine if they later scammed out of that money?"
Dan Zuoxi sneered: "I never said their money was stolen, but you've already admitted it."
Ren Ziwei choked up.
Jiang Miaomiao then chimed in, "Chairman Xie didn't say he wanted to keep quiet about wanting to sponsor Ren Ziwei, so naturally the news spread like wildfire. Who among us here doesn't know about it? But Ren Ziwei is on my side, so it's fine that he refused Chairman Xie's investment. We haven't heard of Chairman Xie and his team taking a liking to any other projects since then, so anyone with a brain knows the money is still stuck in their hands..."
Jiang Mian then secretly promoted the fact that Xie's parents held a huge amount of cash flow.
So she raised her eyes and sneered: "It's none of Ren Ziwei's business that they've been targeted by an audacious international fraud ring!"
Jiang Miaomiao also harbors considerable hostility towards the Xie Group.
Dan Zuoxi rubbed the mahjong tiles with one hand, and said with a playful tone, "Okay." There was indeed no evidence to suggest that Xie's parents being targeted by an international fraud ring was related to her, but that didn't mean Dan Zuoxi and the others believed these events weren't fabricated coincidences!
He and Xie Ran were brothers, so naturally he had a tone that suggested he wanted to get revenge for the Xie family.
Dan Zuoxi didn't mind showing his hostility: "Then let's hurry up and play mahjong. Why aren't you shuffling the tiles? Are you afraid of losing to me?"
Han Cuo saw that his behavior was quite similar to his own before he first fought Jiang Miaomiao.
He feigned concern and advised, "You haven't even explained the rules of mahjong yet, and you're already starting the game? Aren't you being a bit hasty?"
Dan Zuoxi chuckled: "As long as you don't team up to cheat, I can afford to lose every round. I don't need to listen to the rules."
“Okay.” Han Cuo glanced at Jiang Miaomiao and Ren Ziwei, and a tacit understanding formed between them.
The three men reached out to join in shuffling the cards.
In the very first round, Shan Zuoxi proved his arrogance by winning the hand directly. He then arrogantly reached out to Jiang Miaomiao, who had discarded the winning tile, demanding chips from her. "I won the first round, so some things are destined to be won or lost."
Jiang Miaomiao flicked his hand away with two fingers and laughed, "Our mahjong rules state that you can only win by self-draw, not by eating. Young Master Shan, what are you doing by revealing your tiles now?"
Ren Ziwei answered for him: "It counts as a 'bomb win'. A 'bomb win' means you have to pay out to three other players."
Dan Zuoxi frowned: "When did you say we couldn't eat Hu?"
Han Cuo reminded him, "I was just about to say this at the beginning: you yourself emphasized that you don't need to listen to the rules. Should I kindly remind you? You don't seem like the kind of person who can afford to lose every game."
This was a provocation, but it still damnably struck a nerve with Shan Zuoxi's proud heart.
He could tolerate taking the first loss, unwilling to show weakness, while arrogantly probing, "So you just can't take the loss, right? Fine, I'll still pay."
Jiang Miaomiao, Han Cuo, and Ren Ziwei tacitly remained silent.
So much so that Shan Zuoxi's expression remained calm while he roared inwardly: Why don't you all say something? What other rules are there besides eating Hu?
Shuffling continues, and so does dealing.
Dan Zuoxi composed himself and became wary, but then he heard Jiang Miaomiao say to Ren Ziwei, "Three strips, eat."
Dan Zuoxi stared in disbelief and shouted, "Hey, you can't eat a winning tile but you can eat a tile? What kind of rule is that?"
Jiang Miaomiao said, "That's how Guangdong Mahjong is played."
Shan Zuoxi: "..."
Jiang Miaomiao: "Self-draw!"
Dan Zuoxi: If I suffer a second loss, at least I'll know I'm playing that uncreative Guangdong mahjong.
The third round, the fourth round, the fifth round...
Everyone else kept winning by drawing the winning tile themselves, but Shan Zuoxi struggled alone and never even got a winning hand, let alone won.
Because in other people's game, the player before him plays and the player after him eats, but the player before him was Han Cuo.
He threw out the five of bamboo in the previous round, and Han Cuo threw out the five of bamboo in the next round.
He threw out 70,000 in the previous round, and Han Cuo threw out 70,000 in the next round.
This completely blocked his path to winning the game.
Watching them feed each other cards, three against one, how can they even be so shameless?
Lu Han brought over some fruit.
Taking advantage of the situation, Shan Zuoxi wrapped his arms around her slender waist and played the victim: "Damn it, who are these three people? They've got way too many slut tricks up their sleeves!"
Jiang Miaomiao poured out a drawer full of chips, counting them as she said, "You said at the beginning that you could afford to lose every time, but when you lost, you didn't care about appearances. Dr. Lu, they say you can tell a person's character at the gambling table, so you should be careful when you're looking for a partner."
With both old and new grudges, Shan Zuoxi frowned: "Jiang Miaomiao, it's better to destroy a temple than to break up a marriage. You should watch your words."
Jiang Miaomiao asked in confusion, "Did I just say anything bad about anyone?"
Han Cuo and Ren Ziwei shook their heads.
That settles it. "So what else do I need to be careful about when I speak?" she asked knowingly, which made Shan Zuoxi so angry that he closed his eyes in silence.
When the mahjong game was about to end, Ren Ziwei chased after Shan Zuoxi and transferred the money on the spot. Then they packed up and went to the living room to chat.
Others who didn't have seats to play mahjong also gathered around, forming small groups of two or three.
Yan Yousui sat on the sofa armrest to Jiang Miaomiao's left, occasionally bending down to hand her snacks, being very well-behaved.
Lu Han then held Xie Ziqi and played on the carpet.
Dan Zuoxi quickly stretched out his legs and sat down casually.
Han Cuo sat alone on a single sofa, his hands resting flat on his knees, determined to exude the domineering aura of the best in the room.
Lin Yuqing was immediately struck by Jiang Si's beauty upon their first meeting, and followed her wherever she sat.
Jiang Mian decided not to make do and stayed in the kitchen to dilute today's dinner.
Perhaps because they had known each other for a long time, Shan Zuoxi was even less willing to let things get too tense, out of consideration for Jiang Mian and Lu Han. He belatedly tried to reduce his hostility, saying, "You're just coming to Pengcheng to seek development, there's no need to go too far with some things. This circle is only so big, we'll all run into each other again."
Jiang Miaomiao said cryptically, "Weren't we the first to go to such extremes? I chose to start a business in Longgang because it was difficult to develop, precisely to avoid the limelight of your local business tycoons in Pengcheng. Just when things were starting to look up, we were besieged. The Pengcheng government emphasizes 'the capable should take over and welcomes investment,' but you can't tolerate anyone getting a piece of the pie. Isn't that what you call ruthless extermination?"
Dan Zuoxi was momentarily speechless, but said, "That's official business. Official matters are official matters, and private matters are private matters. Don't interfere in other people's love lives."
This displeased Lu Han, who glared at her and said coldly, "If you want to be Xie Ran's go-between again, get out of here right now!" Even though Shan Zuoxi could tolerate all sorts of nonsense in the past, she couldn't stand it when it came to Jiang Mian, and the veins on her forehead bulged.
Dan Zuoxi advised, "Little Chili, calm down. Don't lose your temper every time Xie Ran is mentioned!"
Lu Han's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Then why did you insist on bringing it up?"
Dan Zuoxi earnestly advised, "Some things are just out there, and you'll have to face them sooner or later. Why run away from reality? I know women have it tough, but men have their own difficulties too. If you can admit your mistakes and correct them, shouldn't you be given another chance?"
"No." Lu Han firmly rejected the idea.
Dan Zuoxi hesitated, then waved his hand helplessly, as if he were talking to a brick wall.
Lu Han gritted her teeth in anger. She was in the wrong, yet she had to pretend to be aggrieved? What a joke!
Jiang Miaomiao suddenly smiled and said, "Dr. Lu, I heard you've been going on blind dates lately. I happen to have an old classmate who's returned to China to develop his career. He's not exactly rolling in money, but he's quite well-off. He's also good-looking and talented. Shall I introduce you to him?"
Before Lu Han could respond, Shan Zuoxi spat out, "Jiang Miaomiao, have you forgotten that we had an installment plan? Trying to undermine me right in front of me, are you asking for it?!"
Jiang Miaomiao: "I've only just started talking, nothing's even started yet, and you're already furious. Xie Ran has been a womanizer so many times, and you still have the nerve to advise Jiang Mian to recycle junk? Do you think that just because a man has a little extra flesh between his legs, he has the double standard of being able to have affairs and cheat?"
Dan Zuoxi confronted him directly: "You want to box too?"
Jiang Miaomiao shook her head: "If demanding empathy is like boxing, no wonder there are rumors that society is full of boxing champions! Young Master Shan, are you sure you really know how hard women work?"
Shan Zuoxi knew her quite well, so he said, "Don't try to trap me."
Jiang Miaomiao smiled warmly as always: "I didn't set a trap. I always try to persuade people with reason. You say men have it tough, but that just means their jobs are tough. You say you know women have it tough, but that just means you talk about how hard childbirth is. You haven't actually experienced it, so you don't know how tough it is! Besides, whether both partners work or there's a division of labor, marriage requires both parties to be devoted and responsible. Xie Ran hasn't done that, so he doesn't deserve this marriage. This isn't a drama like 'Empresses in the Palace,' where everyone has to revolve around a man!"
Shan Zuoxi: "You people have no idea about their childhood sweetheart relationship."
Jiang Miaomiao: "If it's not as melodramatic as Korean dramas, I don't want to know."
Dan Zuoxi insisted, "No one is perfect, why be so demanding?"
Jiang Miaomiao laughed sarcastically: "So that's why your Shan Family Group likes to exclusively sponsor variety shows like 'Super Mom' and 'Where Are We Going, Dad?'?"
Fearing that Shan Zuoxi would get angry, Jiang Si spoke up at just the right moment: "Both sides have their own reasons, so why don't we place a bet and play a real game? Let's use the weekend of today and tomorrow as the deadline, and let Young Master Shan experience whether the feeling of a woman being pregnant and giving birth is really hard."
Dan Zuoxi clicked his tongue and said, "Why don't you guys try out the hardships of being a man?"
Dan Zuoxi was in the wrong again, but still tried to save himself: "After the mahjong game where I was ganged up on, I don't trust you guys."
Jiang Si then looked at Yan Yousui and the others, "Why don't you all come along? Putting yourselves in each other's shoes might strengthen your future married life."
Yan Yousui readily agreed. He had recently been making various preparations for married life!
With him around, Jiang Si naturally wouldn't lower the bar for this kind of live-action game, and Ren Ziwei, always eager for excitement, demanded to increase the stakes and participate.
Despite the odds, Shan Zuoxi said, "If I win, I can get Lu Han to agree to be my girlfriend. I'll consider participating."
Lu Han spat coldly, "If you lose, I hope you'll avoid me from now on!"
Ren Ziwei raised his hand: "If I win, I want Brother Miao to give me an extra 2% of the profits."
Jiang Miaomiao retorted: "I protest against using my wallet as a wager."
Without money, his interest dwindled, but Ren Ziwei quickly added, "Then I'll ask Master Miao for a promise for now."
Yan Yousui also said, "If I win, I will help Miaomiao break Ziwei's promise."
"Damn it! We men are on the same side now!" Ren Ziwei shouted angrily. "Dr. Yan, can't you be a tough husband sometimes? Take charge and sing your own song?!"
Yan Yousui asked doubtfully, "But if I win, Miaomiao doesn't lose. If Miaomiao wins, I don't lose either. It's a bet that's just going from one hand to the other, I don't even need to flip it."
Ren Ziwei thought about it carefully: That makes sense! Oh, how annoying.
Lin Yuqing couldn't help but say, "I win, please introduce me to someone."
Everyone was in high spirits.
Jiang Miaomiao wasn't going to spoil the fun, and generously said, "If you win, everything will be approved. If you lose, you'll all owe me a promise."
Instead of one-on-one duels, she faced multiple opponents head-on. Fortune favors the bold.
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The game is very simple.
Jiang Si immediately called and had five silicone fake bellies, each weighing about 10 pounds, delivered. She instructed them to attach them to her abdomen and strictly follow the dietary, clothing, and living arrangements of a pregnant woman for two days.
Of course, Jiang Mian's family lives in a detached villa, which is spacious and has many rooms.
She "kindly" provided upstairs guest rooms for several contestants to stay in, so they wouldn't have to go out and embarrass themselves during the competition, and it would also make it easier for Jiang Miaomiao and others to supervise and prevent cheating!
The men reached out and poked the soft silicone fake belly, and Shan Zuoxi chuckled and said, "No pressure at all."
But when they tied them to their abdomens one by one, the feeling was completely different. They were so heavy that it felt like their backs were about to break!
Wow, the five of them instinctively hugged their heavy bellies and looked for chairs to sit down.
But after sitting for only a short while, her back felt a little better, but her legs went numb, forcing her to stand up again. After going through this two or three times, in less than half an hour, Lin Yuqing was the first to break down and drop out of the competition.
Okay, the women stared intently at Shan Zuoxi, Yan Yousui, Ren Ziwei, and Han Cuo.
Seeing that they could still tolerate it, Jiang Si took out a black remote control, pressed a button, and the four men felt a sharp pain in their abdomens as if they had been kicked.
This is where the advantages of having a partner become apparent!
Jiang Miaomiao quickly helped Yan Yousui stand up and sit down, then put a cushion behind his back, feeding him water and massaging his shoulders and legs, until Yan Yousui's tightly furrowed handsome face visibly relaxed.
Dan Zuoxi looked at Jiang Miaomiao and Yan Yousui, who were supporting each other, and then looked enviously at Lu Han beside him.
Lu Han simply stood by with her arms crossed, even taking away the water he wanted to drink. Amazing!
Dan Zuoxi screamed, "Little Chili, you not only refused to help but also kicked me when I was down. That's too cruel!"
Lu Han replied, "Didn't your good brother also stay out all night when Jiang Mian was pregnant? And didn't he repeatedly cause trouble, like Miss Ruan coming to the door to provoke him and smash water glasses?"
Dan Zuoxi was speechless and choked with emotion; he'd been "choked" so many times today. He could only turn to Jiang Si and retort, "What are you up to?"
Jiang Si smiled and said, "This is imitating fetal movement. Every pregnant woman starts to feel fetal movement around the fourth month, about six times every two hours."
The four of them felt as if they had been kicked in the stomach six times. Ren Ziwei was in so much pain that he grimaced, clearly lacking abdominal muscles due to a lack of regular exercise and unable to withstand the kicks.
Seeing Shan Zuoxi's collapsed expression and Ren Ziwei's contorted face in pain, Han Cuo thought for a moment and decided that his image as the young master Han was more important. So he was the second to concede, quickly unloaded the goods, rubbed his aching back, straightened his neck and back, and looked at the remaining three with schadenfreude.
Provoked by him, Ren Ziwei lost his temper and finally admitted defeat.
Great, but they wiped out more than half of them in just one hour.
Jiang Si looked at the remaining seeded players and clenched her fist to encourage them: "Young Master Shan, Dr. Yan, as long as you're willing to give up, anything is possible!"
Damn it!
The referee's shot was still off!
Dan Zuoxi became more determined despite setbacks, declaring that he would persevere to the end, even if it meant death, for his dignity and for the dignity of the two ounces of flesh between his legs!
Jiang Miaomiao's original intention was to torment Shan Zuoxi, and she did not want Yan Yousui to suffer as well.
But Yan Yousui wanted to persevere a little longer, because this was the pain Jiang Miaomiao would have to endure in the future. He held Jiang Miaomiao's hand and said with difficulty, "In two days, after I go back to work, I will go to see the obstetricians for advice. I will ask them how to make pregnant women more comfortable."
Jiang Mian had already prepared a lavish feast.
Exhausted and in pain, Shan Zuoxi channeled her grief into strength, becoming the first to get up and stumble over, grabbing a fried chicken leg and a glass of red wine to start eating.
"Stop! You can't eat this!" Jiang Si shouted, signaling Lu Han and Jiang Mian to take the food from Shan Zuoxi's hands. "Fried foods are high in calories and contain carcinogens, while red wine contains alcohol that can be absorbed through the placenta and affect the fetus, so you can't eat any of them."
Looking at the lavish feast on the table, Shan Zuoxi pointed to the plate of steamed hairy crabs and asked, "What about this?"
Jiang Si shook her head: "Although hairy crabs are nutritious, they are cold in nature and high in purines. Eating them can easily cause diarrhea in ordinary people, let alone you who are pregnant now. They are more likely to induce uterine contractions, raise blood uric acid levels, and cause gout, which is not good for the health of the fetus. So you can't eat them."
Dan Zuoxi pointed to the stir-fried beef with yellow peppers: "What about this?"
Jiang Si shook her head as usual: "Pregnant women should avoid cold and spicy foods, as they can easily increase the burden on the pregnant woman's stomach and intestines."
Dan Zuoxi and Yan Yousui can only eat vegetables for now, while they watch enviously as others feast on meat and fish.
When it comes to food, Yan Yousui should have been unable to resist.
But he secretly swallowed his saliva, deciding to resist the urge to eat in order to fully experience the hardships of being pregnant!
Yan Yousui buried his head in the vegetables and tofu in his bowl, his expression of resignation almost making Jiang Miaomiao laugh to death.
Jiang Si couldn't help but say to her, "My dear niece, I must say you have a really good eye this time. The Three Obediences and Four Virtues, very virtuous indeed."
Jiang Miaomiao agreed, which is why she is not afraid of marriage or childbirth.
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