Sunlight streamed into the greenhouse through the huge French windows. A small figure in a white suit sat on a European-style leather sofa, holding a mobile phone, his innocent face beaming with a sweet smile.
"Young master, the milk is ready." The maid who entered the flower room slowly bent down and placed the milk cup on the low table next to the sofa.
Xu Lu turned her head and smiled politely: "Thank you. Please ask Mr. Will to wait for me in the music room for a while. I'll be there as soon as I finish replying to this message."
The maid responded and left the flower room.
Xu Lu rested his hand on his temple, unsure if he would be able to play the piece well before his mother returned. He looked at the text message, his beautiful eyes sparkling: "Mom, I haven't done my homework for days, and you don't even come back to check on me."
Lying in her hospital bed, Xu Mengyu couldn't help but laugh out loud after seeing the text message: "[I think your butt is itchy...]" She added a meme of a big rabbit slapping a little rabbit's butt.
After drinking his milk, Xu Lu stood up. Holding his phone, he hesitated for a moment before replying: "Mom, I want to come see you, is that okay?"
After receiving the text message, Xu Mengyu sighed deeply. She was hospitalized, and her elders would come, including her father. The key thing was... She looked up at Zheng Tianming.
Xu Lu and Zheng Tianming looked so alike when they were young that you could recognize them at a glance.
Xu Lu walked to the entrance of the greenhouse: "Remember to bring me roast duck when you come back. I'm pretty busy, I have to play basketball with my friends later."
"Young Master, Teacher Will has arrived at the music room." The maid said, closing the door to the flower room. She noticed that Xu Lu's eyes were red and she looked worried.
Xu Lu forced a smile: "Okay, I'll be right there." He breathed a sigh of relief, composed himself, and headed towards the music room.
If she shows sadness, the maid will call her mother, who will surely worry, as she is already very tired.
Xu Mengyu lay on her side on the bed, slowly pulling the blanket up. Tears streamed down her face. She could give Xiaolu the best material conditions, but some things money couldn't make up for.
She was young at the time and didn't consider the consequences of her actions.
Zheng Tianming sat in a chair, peeling an apple with a dagger in his hand. He was fine just a moment ago, so why is he crying again? He tugged at the blanket...
Xu Mengyu peeked out, her eyes red-rimmed and her nose stuffy. She didn't want Zheng Tianming to know, so she made up an excuse: "I want to eat an apple." After saying that, her tears fell even more heavily.
Zheng Tianming looked down at the apple in his hand and raised an eyebrow: "Then continue." After saying that, he cut off a piece and stuck it with a dagger, showing no intention of giving it to Xu Mengyu.
At this moment, the door to the ward opened, and Li Mirui was accompanied by a middle-aged woman. Zheng Tianming stood up upon seeing this and said, "Mom."
Feng Xi glanced at them, then walked to the bedside: "That's why I say your dad is so carefree. You let him go with you. You grew up with him, don't you know him? What kind of person is he?"
Zheng Tianming was completely ignored.
Xu Mengyu raised her hand to wipe her eyes, her voice still trembling with tears, "Tianming is very good, he takes good care of me. Look, he's even peeling an apple for me!" As she spoke, she held out her hand, "No need to cut it into pieces." She refused to believe that she couldn't eat the apple!
“...”
Zheng Tianming could only hand the apple in his hand to Xu Mengyu.
Li Mirui took off her coat: "She was so silly, she didn't guard against anyone at all, and almost got suffocated."
Feng Xi had heard about it on her way here. She glared at Zheng Tianming and said, "You're just like your wicked father. You just don't know who to protect first. It would be a shame if you two didn't become saviors."
Zheng Tianming looked at Xu Mengyu, who was lying on the bed, munching on an apple, her eyebrows and eyes curved into crescent shapes, and she was smiling very happily, like a little fox who had succeeded.
"You can't blame Tianming for this. Who knew people could be so wicked? Auntie, please don't scold him." Xu Mengyu secretly glanced at him. Despite their playful banter, the elders' concern was genuine.
Li Mirui placed her coat on the back of the sofa: "I can drive that father and daughter crazy every day, not one of them is easy to deal with."
Feng Xi reached out and touched Xu Mengyu's thinner cheeks. "How much suffering must she have endured? She's never suffered like this at home," she said. "Don't bring up our Mengyu when you scold Lao Xu."
Xu Mengyu smiled foolishly. This was one of the reasons why she hadn't fallen out with Zheng Tianming. Aunt Feng had always doted on and protected her like her own daughter, from childhood to adulthood.
"By the way, I heard the other day that someone introduced Tianming to a blind date. How did it go?" Li Mirui sat on the sofa, clearly bringing this up on purpose.
It turned out that Zheng Tianming had already started going on blind dates. Xu Mengyu had never heard of this before. Her eyes dimmed, and a trace of sadness appeared in them.
Feng Xi took a look. She had even fantasized about it a few years ago. After all, back then, Mengyu always followed Tianming around, calling him "Brother Zheng" all the time. As someone who had been through it all, she could tell at a glance.
The two families had talked about this matter during a casual chat. Xu Sichen was extremely satisfied with Tianming, and Li Mirui did not refuse at the time. She even jokingly called him her in-law.
But ever since Tianming went to join the army, Mengyu's attitude has changed. Her best friend no longer mentions the matter. She asked Tianming a few times in private, and he said that there was no such thing at all.
Zheng Tianming is almost thirty...
"He added you as a friend, right? He doesn't even care, and his dad and I are too lazy to care." Feng Xi sighed inwardly after saying this. What a great opportunity to be alone, and he messed it up.
Zheng Tianming peeled an orange: "Nothing was added. You walk like you're carrying a thermos."
"Tianming, you're not allowed to talk about girls like that," Feng Xi frowned.
“Facts don’t count as slander.” Zheng Tianming said, standing up. “I’m going to take a nap. You guys talk.”
Unlike some people who, when they have a treasure, stick out their tongue, touch it, and hug it...
Xu Mengyu's face was sullen. His description clearly indicated that he had met the girl and was interested in a blind date, but he hadn't found her suitable.
After Zheng Tianming left, Feng Xi went to wash the fruit.
Xu Mengyu propped herself up and sat up: "Mom, I want to be discharged. I miss Lulu." She wished she could be discharged immediately and fly to her child's side right away.
"I'm so worried about you all day long." Li Mirui was at her wits' end. She hadn't dared to tell Xu Sichen about Xu Mengyu giving birth. If he knew, he would be furious.
With such a close relationship between the two families, and Feng Xi being her best friend of over ten or twenty years, she was caught in a dilemma—neither advancing nor retreating...
Xu Mengyu only told her when she was five months pregnant. She was young and the baby was already far along, so there was no other way but to give birth.
It's also her fault as a mother for not doing a good job of educating her. She was willing to eat the forbidden fruit, so she naturally has to bear the corresponding consequences.
"I'll send someone to pick up Xiaolu when I have the chance. I owed you in my past life, so I'll be your mother in this one." Li Mirui walked to Xu Mengyu's side, lifted the blanket to look at her. Her wounds were much better, but she still couldn't get out of bed and walk.
Xu Mengyu said in a coquettish tone, "I must have saved the world in my past life to have such a wonderful mother in this life." She had a sweet tongue.
Li Miru gave Xu Mengyu a disgruntled look: "Stop babbling, go to sleep for a while."
She lost because of the words of that father and daughter...
After returning to the hotel, Zheng Tianming couldn't sleep at all. He asked the staff to bring him two bottles of wine. Xu Mengyu was going abroad to recuperate after being discharged from the hospital, but he couldn't leave the country because of his status.
This means that they won't have many more days to meet.
On the deserted island, she had no one to rely on, and he could do whatever he wanted. After she came out, she became a superstar admired by thousands, surrounded by many people.
If it weren't for the relationship between the two families, he probably wouldn't have been able to see her.
Maybe next time, she'll come back with her boyfriend.
Zheng Tianming, wearing a bathrobe, leaned back on the sofa. His tanned skin glowed alluringly under the light, and the taut muscles outlined a perfect silhouette. He held a full bottle of beer in his hand. There wasn't anything wrong with being just ordinary siblings, but he wasn't content...
Why should she just quit after she's had her fill?
Xu Mengyu was texting with Xu Lu when a text message suddenly came in. She opened it and glanced at it, but then there were so many messages that she couldn't read them all.
It was all attacks and insults, along with threats telling her to be careful on the street in the future.
She was completely confused. Who were these people? How did they know her contact information? She sensed something was wrong, so she opened Weibo to take a look.
Because those who sent the text messages were attacking her, saying that she had harmed Shen Yunxi!
The top trending topic was "Xu Mengyu's Murder," followed by a blogger posting photos of Shen Yunxi in the intensive care unit. She had tubes inserted and her head was wrapped in gauze, and she looked very seriously injured.
Netizen comments:
[Come on, everyone who said our Yunxi committed murder, step forward! It was clearly that little bitch Xu who wanted to kill her. Now the evidence is out, you have nothing to say, right?]
[I never imagined Xu Mengyu was this kind of person. She's so vicious! She actually hurt Yunxi so badly.]
She's a master at feigning innocence; she previously smashed a vase over another actress's head and deliberately slapped an actress's face during filming...
Shen Yunxi's agency released a lengthy statement saying they would pursue legal action against Chen Han and Director Chen, and implying that Xu Mengyu would stop at nothing to eliminate competitors...
There are also audio clips online of Xu Mengyu making sarcastic remarks about Shen Yunxi, as well as several photos. One of them shows Shen Yunxi sitting by a campfire with a rabbit in his arms, while Xu Mengyu is holding a roasted rabbit leg. The caption reads, "Kindness reflects evil."
Amidst the overwhelming insults, Xu Mengyu's fans stood up, only to have their privacy exposed and be accused of being accomplices.
Shen Yunxi's agent paced back and forth in the office. She was going crazy. The person she had painstakingly cultivated had been ruined just like that. All her efforts over the years had been wasted.
She had to bring Xu Mengyu down so that the new talent they were training could stand out. As for Shen Yunxi, she was already a useless pawn, and it would be a waste not to make use of her. This was her last contribution to the company, and it wouldn't be in vain for all the hard work she had put into training her.
Someone anonymously sent her an audio recording and a packaged set of photos and videos, enough to definitively prove Xu Mengyu's innocence and ruin her. So what if she has connections? She's a murderer.
After turning off her phone, Xu Mengyu closed her eyes. This wasn't the first time she had been cyberbullied. At first, she tried to explain, but apart from those who truly cared about her, no one else cared about the truth.
Take the incident of the model shooting new product photos, for example. Later, she released the photos to explain, but the hype had already died down. All the public remembered was that she was a female celebrity who "played" with more than a dozen male models on a boat.
Those keyboard warriors who attacked and insulted her as a "slut" deleted their comments and acted as if nothing had happened. Some even tried to explain, but it was no use; they continued to hurl insults at her with vile language, saying the photos were just photoshopped. Those who know, know.
Li Milui naturally saw it too; she even received several videos filled with insults, and just now someone called to ask her why she gave birth to a "beast" like Xu Mengyu...
"Mom, you should change your phone number for a while," Xu Mengyu said, hugging her blanket and lost in thought.
Shen Yunxi is still unconscious, and it's uncertain whether she will wake up. Her agency sent people over, followed by a number of radio reporters.
The agent, tears streaming down her face, cried, "Our Yunxi wouldn't even kill a little rabbit, how could she possibly harm someone..."
“...”
Many brands have started contacting Xu Mengyu's agent to discuss contract termination and compensation. Her concerts in the second half of the year have had to be postponed, the promotional videos for her movie scheduled for release this summer have been taken down, and the TV series that she finally managed to get approved cannot be broadcast on time.
Xu Mengyu's studio did not respond much, only posting four words on Weibo: "The innocent will clear themselves." Xu Mengyu was worried that her fans would be implicated in this matter, so she posted a statement on her personal Weibo, telling her fans to wait for her and also telling those with ulterior motives who were digging up her fans' information that she would sue them.
Li Milui reacted quickly, arranging for Xu Mengyu's discharge from the hospital immediately after the incident.
Shen Yunxi's agent deliberately brought a group of reporters over. Some fans were very extreme. Xu Mengyu was in danger at any time living here. Last year, a male celebrity was splashed with sulfuric acid and had his eyeballs removed.
Zheng Tianming was about to go to sleep when he received the call. He had just drunk two bottles of beer and was feeling a little sleepy when he heard that Xu Mengyu had been cyberbullied, which instantly woke him up.
Times have changed; now you can kill someone even through a screen.
Xu Mengyu sat on the edge of the bed, her feet still unable to touch the ground. Although being discharged from the hospital was a bit of a struggle, continuing to stay was far too dangerous.
Shen Yunxi's manager was just visiting their artist and "accidentally" revealed the hospital address, but anyone with common sense could see that they did it on purpose.
Across from the hospital entrance, a number of paparazzi, bloggers seeking attention, and reporters from several unknown television stations had already gathered. Many fans who lived nearby had also arrived, some to cheer on Shen Yunxi, while others had unfurled banners to curse Xu Mengyu.
Zheng Tianming, reeking of alcohol, entered the ward: "I'll take Mengyu out through the front door first, and you can exit through the west door. You definitely can't go home now. I'll take her to my place first. I just bought this house after I was discharged from the army. We'll talk about it after things are settled."
"No need, I..."
Li Milui was interrupted by Zheng Tianming before she could finish speaking: "Auntie, they will definitely keep a close eye on you and Uncle Xu. Don't worry, I will take good care of her."
Xu Mengyu didn't want to trouble her parents. She could handle this herself; it was just a matter of time: "Dad, Mom, you don't understand things in the entertainment industry. Don't worry about me. I'll take care of it myself. You can go about your business and don't worry about me."
She can't always hide under her parents' wings. She has her own studio, and they are really busy and tired. The entertainment industry is not a familiar field for them, and they could easily be implicated if she's not careful.
My father is the vice president of the Pei Group, and his influence extends far and wide; it's no joke.
“No way,” Li Milui firmly objected. “I’ll call someone else over.”
She never expected that Chen Han would run away under the pretense of going to the toilet. He had already changed his nationality, and his assets had probably been transferred before the incident.
Xu Sichen, with a stern face, pulled Li Mirui into his arms: "Others may not be as reliable as Tianming. Let's listen to Mengyu first." He believed in his daughter and also believed in Zheng Tianming.
Li Miru really wanted to pinch Xu Sichen, but Feng Xi stood aside watching her with a hesitant expression, so she couldn't show it too obviously.
And so, Zheng Tianming left the ward with Xu Mengyu.
"Congratulations, Miss Xu, you've fallen into my hands again." Zheng Tianming said, carrying Xu Mengyu onto the elevator...
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