Chapter 3
“Your Elder Brother-in-law is working overtime at the company, so I took some time to come and see you.”
As soon as Meng Yao entered the room, she put on a show of sisterly affection, "How is it? Still okay? The comments people made online are simply too much."
Meng Xi smiled, thinking to herself that this actress's acting skills were indeed quite good. No wonder she could become famous so quickly without relying on her family's influence.
She now held a top-tier position in the entertainment industry and was the first female celebrity to surpass 80 million VB followers.
If someone was unaware of the situation, it was easy to be blinded by her feigned affection. Unfortunately, this trick won't work on her.
"I'm fine." Meng Xi led Meng Yao to the living room. "It's just a baseless rumor. There's no need to take it to heart. Elder Sister, you don't need to worry."
Meng Yao was slightly surprised.
That shouldn't be the case.
Given Meng Xi's fiery temper, shouldn't she be furious at this point after being slandered like this?
But why was she so calm?
"It's good that you think that way."
Meng Yao nodded and changed the subject to Huo Mingcheng, "That Mingcheng is really something, I don't know what he's thinking all day long. The matter had blown up so much, he must have known about it, right? He didn't even bother to come forward and make a statement to help you clarify things."
Ha.
Wasn't this exactly what she wanted?
Meng Xi sat down on the sofa with her, forcing a smile. Meng Yao continued to ask, "By the way, where's Ming Cheng? Isn't he home?"
"He said he has a social engagement, so he came back, changed his clothes, and went out again."
Ah Lan brought over a cup of tea, Meng Yao's favorite rose tea. Even though Huo Mingcheng never drinks this kind of thing, he always kept some on hand.
Quite attentive.
"Miss Meng, please have some tea."
Ah Lan respectfully placed the tea in front of her. After thanking her, Meng Yao picked it up and smelled it, her nose filled with a faint fragrance.
In front of Meng Xi, she deliberately smiled and said, "Ah Lan, tell your family’s Mister that although I like to drink rose tea, Meng Xi prefers green tea, so in the future, don't buy so much rose tea and leave it there. Buy more green tea instead."
Ah Lan glanced at Meng Xi, unsure of what to say. She felt that Madam was the mistress of the house, and that it was inappropriate for Miss Meng to say such a thing.
It sounded as if the wife had no say in front of her husband, and if she wanted some green tea, Miss Meng had to ask for it.
But as a nanny, she couldn't say much, so she nodded and left.
"Elder Sister, you're being too polite," Meng Xi said generously. "We'll always remember what you like. But since you don't come here often, it's not good to leave so much rose tea there all the time. Why don't you take it home and enjoy it slowly?"
"Ah Lan, go and pack up the rest of the rose tea so that Elder Sister can take it with her later."
Meng Yao's hand holding the cup froze.
To her surprise, her words did not arouse Meng Xi's jealousy; on the contrary, she was so generous as to give her all the rose tea.
When Meng Yao raised her eyelids, she met Meng Xi's smiling face and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Three years ago, when she first met Meng Xi, she had a face covered in heavy makeup, and she had been like that for years. It was rare to see her without makeup.
Now, looking at it closely, without the exaggerated eyeshadow and lipstick, her face was clean and beautiful, like a lotus emerging from the water.
Everyone thought that Meng Xi's face was surgically altered to resemble hers, but little did they know that the two were born from the same mother.
Two months later, when she was officially introduced at the company's annual meeting, it will probably cause quite a stir.
The only daughter of the Meng Family suddenly had a younger sister. Meng Yao would often secretly grumble about it in her heart.
More than twenty years have passed, so why was Meng Xi showing up again to compete with her for her parents' love?!
There was also Huo Mingcheng.
Even if she didn't want him, she didn't want to give him to someone else.
Meow~ Meow~
Fatty came over to join in the fun.
It wagged its tail and swaggered over to Meng Yao, rubbing against her leg.
Meng Yao immediately picked it up, poked its round belly, and said jokingly, "Little fatty, are you hungry? Meng Xi didn't feed you, did she?"
“Ah Lan had already fed it,” Meng Xi said.
“That means it wants to eat snacks.” Meng Yao said as if she knew it very well. “Fatty is a bit like me. He often doesn’t eat his regular meals properly and always likes to pitifully beg for snacks. I remember when we were in school, Mingcheng would specially bring me a bag of snacks to school every day.”
The author didn't describe the cat much in the novel, so Meng Xi naturally didn't know much about it, nor did she know what kind of snacks it liked to eat.
Seeing Meng Yao take out a bag of dried fish from her bag, she couldn't help but find it a little funny.
It turned out that she not only wanted to keep Huo Mingcheng hanging, but also wanted to bribe his cat as well.
When Huo Mingcheng returned after his social engagement, Meng Yao had already left.
Meng Xi was lying on the sofa watching TV, covered with a blanket. Fatty was lying at her feet. Hearing a noise at the door, it jumped down and ran over quickly.
As soon as Huo Mingcheng entered the house, he heard it meow and report, "Meng Yao came by and even fed me dried fish."
Meng Yao?
Every time Huo Mingcheng heard those two words, his heart would stir with emotion. She must have come at this time because of Meng Xi's scandal.
Looking around again, the woman embroiled in scandal was leisurely lounging on the sofa watching TV.
When he returned, she didn't react at all.
"Mister, you're back." Ah Lan came over, smelled the alcohol on him, and quickly said, "I'll go heat up some milk for you."
Huo Mingcheng used to need a cup of hot milk every time he came back from drinking.
But today, seeing Meng Xi's completely disregard for him, he was inexplicably a little angry.
He didn't even want to drink dragon milk anymore, let alone milk .
Strange!
He clearly wanted this to happen, so why was he feeling unhappy about it now?
"No need." Huo Mingcheng waved his hand and went upstairs.
Meng Xi gently raised her head, glanced at his back, scoffed, and continued watching TV.
Inside the room, Huo Mingcheng was surprised to learn from Fatty about the conversation between Meng Xi and Meng Yao.
She was so kind as to give all the rose tea to Meng Yao?
On the first day after she moved in, Ah Lan threw everything away...
Filled with doubt, Huo Mingcheng sat down and opened VB.
He had been busy all day, and all he knew was that Meng Xi was involved in another scandal, but he didn't know the specifics.
Upon opening it, anger erupted.
Because under Meng Xi's VB post that said "Not a mistress, have a husband, and he's very successful," all the comments were insults directed at him.
"So what if you have a husband? He's still just a coward."
"My intuition tells me that your husband isn't a good person either."
"He's probably a gigolo."
...
In a fit of anger, Huo Mingcheng retweeted the VB post, saying, "Thank you for the compliment."
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