"The defenses here are pretty good, so generally nothing goes wrong."
Meng Yao looked around and saw so many treasures. She wondered how much they were worth.
The gift Jiang Hongmin sent was carefully placed in the middle. Meng Yao opened it and took a look. It was a toy bear that looked very expensive. In addition, there was a box of colored balls that looked quite old. They should be the toys of the original owner when he was a child. He didn't expect Jiang Hongmin to store them so well.
Meng Yao took out a colorful ball and played with it in her hand. It was soft to the touch and felt quite good.
There were also a lot of gifts placed nearby, probably given by friends, there were all kinds of gifts.
“So many gifts…”
Every time at this time, she always has an inexplicable sense of belonging, as if she is confirming her existence through the reactions of the people around her, but Meng Yao clearly knows that she is not from this world at all, she does not belong to this world...
Rong Yan's eyes stopped at the teddy bear in Meng Yao's arms. He seemed to have made a new discovery: "You like teddy bears very much?"
Meng Yao hugged the doll in her arms tighter: "Who doesn't like cute ones?"
His eyes moved but he didn't say anything.
*
Meng Qingqing rubbed her aching head from a hangover and went downstairs. There was still a lingering smell of alcohol on her body, but she didn't want to care about it anymore.
She lived in a daze during this period, except sleeping and drinking at home. After all, she was now in a hidden status, and no company dared to take the risk of going against Huan Zhen to accept her and cooperate with her.
Because she failed to meet performance targets, she had to pay a large amount of liquidated damages every month, all of which were paid by the Meng family.
For some reason, she liked to use alcohol to numb her nerves more and more, as if those things could keep her away from herself. Jiang Hongmin persuaded her several times and even took her alcohol away several times, but she couldn't stand Meng Qingqing's coquettish crying and finally could only half-let her go and only set a limit for her every day.
As soon as she came downstairs, Aunt Zhang brought her some hangover soup. Aunt Zhang's eyes were filled with pity and distress: "Qingqing, how did you become so drunk? If the Madam saw you, I don't know how distressed she would be."
"She feels sorry for me?" Meng Qingqing took the hangover soup and sneered, "She and Meng Yupu don't feel sorry for me. I'm their biological daughter, but they treat me like this! They only know how to feel sorry for Meng Yao, even though..."
She didn't finish the next sentence, but just snorted and changed the subject: "Between Meng Yao and me, they never choose me. They only have eyes for Meng Yao! They just despise me for being petty and ignorant, but they don't say it on their face. They pretend to care for me like a bodhisattva every day!"
She laughed loudly, her expression fierce: "Disgusting! So disgusting!!"
Aunt Zhang was at a loss: "Qingqing, you are drunk, please don't talk about these things in front of the lady. She will be so sad if she knows."
Meng Qingqing drank the bowl of hangover soup in one gulp. She seemed to have regained her composure and asked calmly, "Where are the two of them?"
Aunt Zhang seemed to hesitate for a moment: "Go prepare a gift for Yaoyao. He has been out for a while. He should be back soon."
"Hmph—" Meng Qingqing turned around and went back to her room. The door was slammed shut with a deafening sound.
Meng Qingqing lost her temper and smashed everything on the table to pieces, including something Jiang Hongmin had specially prepared for her, without even blinking an eye.
There was a ding-ding sound coming from not far away. It was Aunt Zhang trying to open the door.
Meng Qingqing sat on her bed, her hands slightly curled up, but her eyes were calm.
Her eyes suddenly became firm, revealing a desperate ruthlessness, and she took out her cell phone from her pocket:
"Hello-"
"I am Meng Qingqing..."
It was almost evening when Meng Yao discovered a surprise: the familiar two-meter-tall teddy bear was placed on the bed in the bedroom again.
Meng Yao walked forward and hugged it tightly, then looked in Rong Yan's direction: "Husband, did you move this back from the guest room?"
"Since you like the bear so much, let it come back so you won't miss it all the time." Rong Wei stepped forward and pushed the teddy bear to the innermost position: "Just leave it here. You can be close to it, but you can't let it stand between us."
He looked over and said, "Is it okay, Meng Yao?"
Of course Meng Yao had no problem with that and nodded repeatedly.
The awkward and strange atmosphere disappeared, and the two of them resumed their previous way of getting along, just like before. They just tacitly avoided the previous topic.
*
The most popular person in June is undoubtedly Meng Yao. The TV series "Mirror" starring her has gained huge popularity since its launch, and the movie "Spring Island" currently being filmed also has great expectations. Meng Yao has broken the rumors of "poor acting skills" and "Tianyaxing is just a flash in the pan" with her strong strength.
After her status was raised, Meng Yao was always surrounded by people whenever she went out, and wherever she went, there were people rushing to greet her.
Meng Yao was quite proud of this. Which villain could become as powerful as her? It took strength to be admired by others.
Meng Yao was flipping through the script and was in a good mood.
Suddenly a phone call came in, and Meng Yao looked closely and saw it was Guan Liang.
"Hello—" Her voice always has a lazy tone, as if she doesn't care about anything.
"Meng Yao, something happened!"
Meng Yao took the phone slightly away from her ear and asked, "What happened?"
"You're having a scandal..."
Meng Yao took Xiao Song's phone and searched it, but Weibo was paralyzed and she couldn't access it at all. Meng Yao had to choose the browser as the second best option.
He was indeed involved in a scandal, and the person involved was someone he was quite familiar with—Han Mei.
Han Mei has been a top star for many years, and has an extremely terrifying number of female fans, so it seems not surprising that his Weibo account was paralyzed.
Meng Yao took a closer look and found that some staged photos had been leaked, which were obviously from gossip marketing accounts. There were also some groundless speculations, saying that Han Mei paid much attention to her, never missed any promotions for her works and birthdays, and the only female artist she paid attention to...
Meng Yao flipped through a few pages and saw something even more outrageous at the end: "How can anyone believe in such a weird thing?"
Meng Yao didn't remember any special relationship between her and Han Mei. In fact, they were just people who said hello to each other when they met.
Guan Liang's voice came over: "Fame brings gossip, that's the truth. There are always people who suspect and fabricate things. After you finish filming, have your bodyguard take you through a less crowded passage. Today's radical fans are going crazy. We've already started to push the trending searches here, don't worry. Just be careful with the media and try to avoid them. Even if you meet them, be careful when you speak."
"Okay." Her voice still revealed a hint of laziness.
After hanging up the call with Guan Liang, a message popped up.
It's Han Mei—
(End of this chapter)