My Son is a Reborn Villain

by Usui Takumii

not mine, aerialrain. Waiting for the translater to update.

7. 31 to 35

Early the next morning, Wenwen went back to the village. Fu Yunruo had to do the morning livestream, so she couldn't leave and had to ask Uncle Guo to send the boy back to Mei family's house.

Looking at Wenwen's happily departing figure, Fu Yunruo finally tasted the sadness of an empty nest. The boy's wings had hardened, and he was finally about to fly away to venture into the broad world and no longer needed his old mother.

Her Baobao was not even four years old yet, and he was clearly so sticky to her before, but he no longer needed her? How sad *sob* *sob*…

Wenwen was ignorant of his old mother's sadness. After arriving at the door of Mei family house, he quickly climbed out of the car and waved her chubby hand: "Grandpa Guo, see you later."

Then he turned around and ran with his short legs into the yard.

At this time, Si Yue was stretching in the yard while chatting casually with his cameraman. Seeing the happy little dumplings running in, he smiled: "Little guy, come here."

Wenwen looked at the big camera, then he carefully walked around the lens and stopped at the position closest to Si Yue but was still out of the camera range. He raised his head and greeted Si Yue with his childish voice: "Good morning, Uncle Yue."

Wenwen then turned his head and looked at the cameraman, whose presence was almost non-existent: "Uncle, good morning too."

"Good morning, Wenwen." Si Yue subconsciously softened his voice: "You came so early, did your mother bring you here?" Just now, he heard the sound of a car outside.

Wenwen shook his head, "No, Grandpa Guo sent me here."

"I'm going for a walk. Do you want to come along?"

Wenwen replied energetically: "Yes!"

Thus, one adult and one child left Mei family's yard and walked along the rice paddy path. The rice plants had been matured. Their grains sunk heavily, and some were already golden yellow. The harvest season was approaching. Seeing the signs of a bumper harvest made anyone feel joyful.

Considering Wenwen's short legs, Si Yue walked slowly, but he was still too fast for the boy. For every step Si Yue took, Wenwen had to walk three steps.

Wenwen had been looking up at Si Yue all this time, which made his neck sore. From his perspective, Si Yue was really tall, almost like a giant. Si Yue was probably around 1.8 tall. He was even taller than Wenwen after he grew up.

Wenwen looked enviously at those long, straight, and slender legs. Looking down at his own short and chubby legs, the gap was like heaven and earth. Even his total height now was just a bit above Si Yue's knees. It would be great if he could grow up to this height in the future…

When he was still submerged in his thoughts, Wenwen suddenly found his line of sight was getting higher. The boy was surprised, and his little hands subconsciously gripped the big hands holding his body.

"What is Wenwen thinking about?" The two of them had been walking for a while when Si Yue found that the little guy, who was previously trotting behind him, suddenly stopped in a daze. Si Yue thought that Wenwen was tired from walking, so he simply turned around, lifted the little guy up to his shoulders, and then continued walking.

Wenwen replied with all seriousness: "I want to grow up quickly." He turned at Si Yue and said admiringly, "I want to grow as tall as you."

Si Yue encouraged: "Of course you will. As long you eat all your vegetables, you will surely grow to be as tall as me in the future."

"I am too short now." Wenwen sighed. Although he had enough self-confidence, being shorter than his peers always made him depressed, even if he knew it was just temporary.

"You are still young. Uncle was also this short when I was your age."

Wenwen emphasized: "I am four years old!" He had passed his third birthday, so he was four years old now!

Four years old? Was a four years old child this short? Si Yue glanced at Wenwen's short legs and estimated his height to be around two years old. But this little guy spoke fluently, so he might really be four. So Si Yue continued his comfort: "Uncle was also at this height when I was four years old."

Wenwen was happy. This means that he also has the opportunity to grow up as tall as Si Yue!

Although Wenwen had no experience in this aspect, this conversation with Si Yue made him subconsciously feel that Si Yue must be a good father to his future children.

"Then I will eat more vegetables!" Wenwen declared loudly. Even his idol said that he needs to eat more vegetables to grow taller. This showed that the advice must make sense. Hw would stop being a picky eater!

"I want to grow up soon!"

"Why do you want to grow up so quickly? Isn't it good to be a child for longer? You are carefree all day long, only eat, drink, and play."

Children's life was simple and happy. They didn't have to worry about anything except for playing and having fun all day. Although the time was relatively short in Si Yue's case, he also had a carefree childhood.

"I want to take care of my mother." Wenwen sighed like a little adult. "My mother is naive and innocent. She is stupid and easy to believe in others. I have to protect her. Otherwise, what should I do if she gets deceived?"

Si Yue couldn't help laughing. Such a small child was so serious when talking about his mother. It was really warm and funny.

"What about your father?"

When Si Yue asked about his father, Wenwen frowned, "I don't need him. That man is very bad. Very, very bad!" He clenched his small fist, "If I see him someday, I must give him a good lesson!" Dared to bully his mother, humph!

Hearing this, Si Yue understood that this child had never seen his own father. What an irresponsible man. How could someone have the heart to abandon such a cute child and his mother? He must be a scumbag!

"What a bad guy."

"Yeah!" Wenwen nodded enthusiastically.

After taking a stroll, Si Yue took Wenwen back to Mei family house. Auntie Mei and Uncle Mei immediately greeted Wenwen with a warm smile, which showed how popular he was with the family.

After breakfast, Si Yue and Xin Xu went to work at the field again per the variety show's task while Wenwen was called by his friends to play together.

Wenwen was called by his friends to play together. However, he was thinking about something and was a little absent-minded. In the end, he couldn't help asking his friends: "Do you know about other stars who are coming here?"

Wenwen was curious. Since the show was able to invite a super first-line actor like Si Yue, who else came? He tried to recall the famous stars of this time. But it was already years ago from his era, so he couldn't remember much.

The children looked at each other and couldn't answer after a while. At first, due to the novelty of having TV people up close, they went and watched the show's shooting process for two days. However, adults repeatedly warned them to not get too close to strangers, so the children had little contact with the stars and the crews.

Wenwen's playmates were still too young to begin idolizing stars, and they couldn't even differentiate who was from whom. In their eyes, these so-called big stars were no different from other adults. Their family members gossiped a little at the dining table, but the children focused more on the meal and didn't understand what adults were talking about.

Wenwen couldn't dig any answers from his playmates and was speechless for a while. But he quickly consoled himself: Well, he shouldn't be demanding of the children. After all, there was nothing more interesting in children's eyes than eating, playing, and having fun with friends.

The world of adults was too complicated for children to understand.

However, Wenwen's friend couldn't bear seeing Wenwen's disappointed look and hurriedly said: "There is a vicious queen!"

Vicious queen?

"Yes, yes!" Other children also remembered and said quickly, "It's the vicious queen from Snow White!"

"She asked us who is the most beautiful!"

"We told her that Big Sister Ruoruo is the most beautiful…"

A child suddenly asked, "Will she kill Big Sister Ruoruo like Snow White's stepmother?"

When the children heard this, they were panicked. In the fairytale, the vicious queen heard the magic mirror said that Snow White was the most beautiful, so she gave Snow White a poisoned apple!

The children were so scared that they burst into tears.

Wenwen was also worried. He didn't know which female star his mother had offended accidentally. If the star had a bad personality, she might even hold grudges.

His mother was so naive, and now she had made an enemy without knowing it. What if she gets bullied?

However, Wenwen didn't show his worry on the surface. He put on a serious face and comforted his friends confidently: "No, there is no vicious queen in reality."

However, the children were still very worried.

Wenwen had no choice but to say again: "Then we should be the dwarfs so we can protect Mom together!"

When other children heard this, they were immediately comforted. They all happily expressed their desire to protect the princess.

Diandian was still worried and instructed Wenwen: "Wenwen, we don't want Big Sister Ruoruo to eat poisoned apples. You must watch Big Sister Ruoruo carefully and don't let her eat things given by strangers."

Wenwen patted his chest and promised, "Of course."

So the children continued to play happily.

When Wenwen was playing, he always felt that he had forgotten something. When he saw two strangers approaching, only then he remembered: oh, right, he wanted to take a look at the stars.

Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village were adjacent to each other, and the children were playing in the area between the two villages today.

At this moment, Fang Xueruo in a white dress was turning her head to the side and gently talking to the livestream audience, "…well, I know you guys want to see Brother Yue, that's why I'm taking you there, don't I?…of course no, we are just ordinary friends…"

Seeing a group of children playing, Fang Xueruo walked towards them with a cordial smile. She asked softly, "Children, may I ask if Mei family's home of Shanghe Village is this way?"

The children stared at her and then quickly ran away.

"The vicious queen is here!"

Upon seeing the children's reaction, Fang Xuerouo showed a helpless look. She looked sadly at the camera and said: "Actually, I really liked children. I don't know why they ran away when they saw me…" She then lowered her head slightly, showing a sad yet charming side profile. The Snowballs1 who watched the livestream instantly felt distressed. They immediately comforted their idol and also scolded those unpleasant country kids.

It wasn't until the cameraman reminded that there was still a kid who didn't run that Fang Xueruo looked over. A cute little dumpling stood silently in place, staring at Fang Xueruo in a daze.

Seeing there was a child remained, Fang Xueruo was surprised. She quickly approached the little boy and leaned down with a gentle smile on her face. She then reached out her hand as if she wanted to pat the boy's cheek: "Little guy…"

Fang Xueruo watched Si Yue's livestreaming record at night and knew that this child was the one who appeared along with Si Yue. Since this was the child Si Yue liked, she could use him to get close to Si Yue.

Wenwen was stunned when he saw Fang Xueruo. He didn't expect to see an old face so soon in his new life.

Fang Xueruo! She was that woman's mother and also the old woman who disliked him very much. Her appearance didn't seem to change much from twenty years later. Except that she looked younger, her temperament was different, and there were no deep traces brought by the passing of time.

However, he never forgot this woman, who always looked at him with eyes high above, full of contempt and disgust as if she was looking at a mouse in the gutter. Fu Wen at that time was desperately trying to climb up like a mad man. He resented the woman's contemptuous eyes, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do anything to her.

That woman was a wealthy lady. She was also from a wealthy background, with a loving husband of so many years. On top of that, she was also a legend in the entertainment industry…

Every time Fu Wen showed signs of becoming popular, he would be suppressed again and again, along with scandals that couldn't be washed away no matter what he did. It was only later that he found out that there was this woman's shadow behind everything.

He didn't know why she would notice him, a small and insignificant person. But Fu Wen refused to succumb and decided to fight back, even though he was bleeding all over by the malicious surroundings.

Later, he met Chang Xue'ai, who had the same temperament as that old woman even up to their look. Knowing that she was that old woman's daughter, Fu Wen hid in the dark and tirelessly made trouble to her, just like her mother did to him.

However, the huge difference in power decided everything in the end. He had no background and could only be slaughtered by his enemies. The other party had deep and powerful protectors, with both Fang and Chang families as her backers and even various suitors with the same background. In the end, Fu wen failed in his struggles.

Boundless malice and resentment surged throughout his body. The same woman who had driven him to his death in his previous life was now smiling at him tenderly and gently, and even reaching out her hand to pat his cheek. The soft touch of her skin sent chills down his spine and made his body tense.

Wenwen tilted his head and quickly gave a hard bite on the woman's hand.

When Fang Xueruo got closer to the child, she could see his face more clearly. The child's facial features gave her a strange feeling of deja vu. It was a sense of familiarity that inadvertently aroused a malicious feeling in her heart.

When Fang Xueruo was deep in her thoughts, she suddenly felt a sharp pain from her fingers. She shrieked and subconsciously pushed the child away.

Fu Wen was pushed back hard and fell heavily on the ground.

"Wenwen!"

After the children ran away, they realized that Wenwen was not with them. They couldn't leave Wenwen alone to face the vicious queen, so they ran back in a panic.

The children arrived in time to see the vicious queen pushing Wenwen to the ground.

"Dare to hit Wenwen!" Dali and Dashan clenched their small fists and rushed up angrily, "I will beat you to death!"

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the cameraman hurriedly stepped forward to stop the children.

"Stop, stop! It's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"

The children didn't want to listen to excuses. They saw their Wenwen being bullied and were furious! All children, regardless of their size, angrily waved their small fists to punch and kick.

The cameraman didn't dare to fight back, so he could only try to stop them. However, it was already very difficult for him to stop two half-teen kids alone. A few fists landed on his body, and he couldn't stop the other seven, eight years old children who rushed to Fang Xueruo.

"Beat her! Beat her back!"

Dashan's younger brother Xiaoshan, who was less than four years old, also screamed and bumped his head on Fang Xueruo, who was panicked under the barrage of attacks.

Diandian and a few younger girls gathered around Wenwen and cried very loudly.

It was total chaos.

Wenwen, who was still on the ground, looked at the chaotic scene and was utterly dumbfounded.

In no time, Si Yue and a few people heard the commotion and rushed over. When they arrived, they saw a group of older children yelling and besieging the two adults, with another group of younger children sitting on the ground and crying. Meanwhile, there sat a dumbfounded little dumpling in the middle of crying children, staring blankly in a daze.

The stars doing the tasks nearby came first, followed by the crew who noticed the commotion from the livestream broadcast. Not long after, the villagers also rushed over upon hearing the children's loud cry.

Si Yue quickly walked over and took Wenwen into his arms.

The crew members, dressed in black shirt uniforms, hurriedly came over and separated the older children from Fang Xueruo and the cameraman. However, it was not easy to stop strong children like Dashan and Dali, who kicked and punched around in struggle.

"What are you doing?! Aren't you people here to record the show? Why are you bullying the children?!"

When the villagers saw that the outsiders had a conflict with their children, they were furious. If not for the villagers to see that the TV crew didn't do anything bad to the children and only held them to stop them from hitting the female star, they would have already rushed up and fought before talking. Even so, the villagers' eyes towards the outsiders were now full of alert and dissatisfaction.

Seeing the adults coming, the children became more confident. They hurriedly struggled free and ran to their elders to make a complaint.

"Second Uncle, they bullied Wenwen!"

"They beat Wenwen!"

"Grandpa! They beat children!"

These statements instantly formed a confrontation between the two sides.

An assistant director asked bitterly whether the livestream broadcast should be stopped or not. Because of this incident, the livestream's popularity exploded, followed by several trending topics on Weibo. The director weighed his options and quickly decided to continue livestreaming. Originally, because there was not enough 'drama' during the broadcast, the number of the audience never reached its initial peak again. Although this kind of publicity might kill the show if not handled well, it was also an opportunity.

Director Peng said with a smile: "Fellow villagers, please calm down. We have no malicious intent towards the children."

However, the villagers were still dissatisfied. It was clear that their children were bullied. Even a fool knew something was wrong!

The children glared at them hostilely. Dashan shouted: "She beat Wenwen! We saw it with our own eyes!"

All eyes moved to Fang Xueruo.

Fang Xueruo was in a sorry state at this moment. Her white dress was stained with many dirt and footprints, her hair was disheveled, and her face was pale. She was weeping, showing a weak and aggrieved look as she defended herself: "I didn't hit him. I just lightly pushed him by accident." There was a very conspicuous red teeth mark On her white fingers, which she waved around inadvertently.

The cameraman, who was in worse shape in order to protect Fang Xueruo, also explained: "The child bit Miss Fang, and Miss Fang accidentally pushed him in shock."

Weng Huaibei saw the painful-looking bite marks on Fang Xueruo and couldn't help condemning: "Even young children cannot bite people indiscriminately!"

Hearing this, the villagers became even more dissatisfied. One of the adults said: "We have known Wenwen since he was just a newborn baby. We saw him grow up, and he has always been well-behaved and sensible. He even takes care of older children very well. What did you do to Wenwen before he bit you?"

Fang Xueruo showed an even more aggrieved look. There were tears in her bright eyes, which made people couldn't help but pity her. She weakly said: "I just want to pat his face. I'm sorry. I didn't know that the child doesn't like others to touch him. I will be careful next time…"

As soon as Fang Xueruo said this, the distressed Snowballs bombarded the comment area with angry remarks.

[If I was bitten by a stupid child, I wouldn't just push him away. I would definitely give him one or two good slaps. How do his parents teach him?]

[This kid is really annoying! Hateful!]

[Xuexue wanted to get close to you, isn't it an honor? You don't know how to tell the good from bad!]

[Right, right. Except for being lucky, how can country folks like you guys have a chance to get so close to our Xuexue?]

[Xuexue is so pitiful. The nerves on fingertips linked to heart, and she was bitten so hard!]

[Naughty child should be beaten!]

Some people couldn't bear seeing it and began to quarrel with Fang Xueruo's fans.

[What year do you think is now? Are you people from the feudal era? Because your Xuexue is willing to get close, the other party must kneel down and accept with full gratitude?]

[Isn't it right for children to be vigilant? You are scolding a young child so viciously. Have your consciences been eaten by dogs?]

Hearing Fang Xueruo's accusation, a middle-aged aunt angrily retorted: "Nonsense. Even when we pinched Wenwen's cheek, he never bit us. Big Sister over there, our Wenwen doesn't know you. Without the company of an adult, a stranger suddenly approached and wanted to touch him. Of course Wenwen would be frightened and bite!"

Big…Big sister?! Fang Xueruo almost couldn't conceal her shock. Having been called a 'Big Sister' by a woman several decades older than herself, she was extremely repulsive.

"Right! Grandpa, grandma, mom, dad, and other adults always say that we cannot talk to strangers casually. We also cannot let strangers approach us. Otherwise, we would be kidnapped far away and cannot go home again!" Dali said loudly.

"See? I said before, this woman with a thin face like a monkey's jaw is not a good person. I know it at first glance."

"She even bullies children…"

A thin face like a monkey's jaw? For a split second, Fang Xueruo's face distorted hideously. The most prominent feature of her appearance was her small and oval face, which made her look delicate, lovely, and charming.

"Miss Fang, is it what you mean by a light push?!" Si Yue's cold voice suddenly rang.

After Si Yue got Wenwen, he quickly checked him from head to toes and immediately saw the scratches on his white and tender palms.

When the child's small palms were spread out under the camera lens, the red scratches looked shocking.

Wenwen only felt a burning pain in his palms, but didn't look at them until now. Probably when he fell, he subconsciously reached out his hands before his body contacted the ground, which accidentally scratched them. Wenwen's skin was originally white and tender, and just a bit of force was enough to tear them open. Blood oozed out from his scratch wounds. There were even some purple-blue bruises, which looked terrifying.

Wenwen had been loved and pampered since he was reborn. Living as a child for more than three years, he hadn't been so wronged for a long time now. His small body made him unable to suppress his emotions, and he burst into tears.

Fu Wen really hated seeing Fang Xueruo's weak and innocent posture. It reminded him of Chang Xue'ai, who behaved the same way in front of him. No matter whether he did something to bully her or not, she would always act pitifully every time, which flamed even more hate towards him.

Sure enough, like a mother, like a daughter. He could easily imagine the malicious words spewed by the livestream audience at this moment.

Afraid of exposing the distorted hatred in his heart, Wenwen buried himself into Si Yue's arms and shrank like a small ball. His back shook from time to time as if he was greatly frightened.

However, after hearing how his idol completely defended him, the hatred suddenly dissipated.

Right, he is now a loved child.

Wenwen looked up from Si Yue's arms. He raised his two small hands and cried aggrievedly: "It hurts…"

Si Yue blew Wenwen's hands softly: "Pain, pain, go away."

"Brother Yue?" Fang Xueruo couldn't believe it. She and Si Yue belonged to the same variety show. Shouldn't he stand by her side?

It was a pity that she was totally overestimating herself. Si Yue's thin lips curled up into a ridiculing smile: "Miss Fang, you should be self-aware. You clearly don't like children, but deliberately approaching them. Of course others will doubt your intentions!"

He continued mercilessly: "It is said that children are the most sensitive. They can distinguish between people's goodwill and maliciousness. Miss Fang, since they hate you so much, shouldn't you reflect on yourself?"

Si Yue's words clearly accused Fang Xueruo. She obviously disliked children, yet pretended to be gentle to approach them with an ulterior motive. As a result, she scared the children and got bitten. Didn't she deserve it?

But Si Yue didn't stop there. After learning that Wenwen bit Fang Xueruo, he borrowed tissue from his cameraman and carefully wiped Wenwen's mouth. He also lectured the child: "Many diseases come from the mouth. Don't just put anything into your mouth carelessly. What if you get a stomachache?"

Fang Xueruo's face was totally ashen. She was greatly shaken by Si Yue's words.

Others didn't dare to speak at all. Even though they wanted to please Fang Xueruo, they couldn't afford to offend Si Yue either.

Director Peng wiped his endless stream of cold sweat. This Movie Emperor Si was really poison-tongued. He suddenly regretted that he didn't stop the livestream broadcast just now.

Compared with Fang Xueruo's hostile fans, Si Yue's fans were much more rational and composed, but their tongues were no less poisonous than their idol.

[Of course there must be a reason for such a cute child like our baby to suddenly bite someone.]

[Pushing the blame to a small child. This Fang Xueruo is really capable.]

[Brother Yue is right. Children are very sensitive. When our baby first met Brother Yue, he let Brother Yue hug him. Later, he even took the initiative to hug Brother Yue's thighs. If our baby doesn't like her, there must be something wrong with her. Why doesn't she self-reflect instead of shifting the blame?]

[Scolding a three years old child? Fang Xueruo's fans are indeed 'capable.']

[You dare to bully our baby?! Do you think baby doesn't have any fans? With his Mom fans here, let see who still dares to bully. I will scold them back until they cry for their mother!]

…

Seeing there were still some sensible ones among the TV people, the villagers' attitude softened. But their gaze towards Fang Xueruo was still full of hostility.

"Wenwen is a very likable child. Who in our village — adults and children alike — doesn't know this? You dare to bully one of our children. If you don't give us a good explanation, we won't let this matter over."

"Yes. Do you think that our village is easy to bully?"

More and more villagers rushed to surround the TV crew. Director Peng was sweating profusely as he tried hard to diffuse the situation.

Si Yue watched with cold eyes as the villagers scolded the crew. After a while, he spoke again: "This is mostly Miss Fang's fault, but the crew also have some negligence in duty. How about we make Miss Fang apology to the children, and then the crew will compensate with some gifts. What do you think?"

The villagers saw that Si Yue was standing on their side. Coupled with the fact that Wenwen was very close to him, they were willing to accept his proposal.

So, under pressure from Si Yue and the show's production team, Fang Xueruo apologized in tears.

The children looked at Wenwen silently, waiting for his lead.

Wenwen turned his head and peeked timidly from between Si Yue's hands, clearly showing that he was still scared of Fang Xueruo. He said tremblingly: "I forgive you. You didn't push me on purpose. It was my fault for standing unsteadily…" After speaking, he quickly buried his face in Si Yue's arms again.

Other children also reluctantly expressed their forgiveness.

Fang Xueruo was taken away by the crew. Once she was alone in her room, her face instantly turned distorted with anger, and she clenched her hands fiercely.

Si Yue!

Suddenly, her mobile phone rang. She picked it up and took a look. After pausing for a while, she answered the phone, her voice was weak and full of grievance: "Brother Chang…"

Si Yue took Wenwen to the clinic to treat the wounds on his palms. Although the wounds were just some scratch that would be healed on their own in a few days, Si Yue felt strangely distressed when seeing it.

Wenwen was small and soft. He sat on the bench obediently while Si Yue held his two small wrists to prevent him from moving. The clinic doctor cleaned his wounds with disinfectant. Feeling the burst of tingling pain, Wenwen's eyes became tearful. He didn't move, but his mouth slightly opened with a hiss and his hanging feet waved around in pain.

Si Yue felt even more distressed. The unfamiliar feeling made him subconsciously frown in irritation.

Wenwen saw Si Yue's face darkened. Thinking that his idol disliked him for being too squeamish, he quickly held back his tears. The boy carefully looked at Si Yue and said with a small voice: "I'm not crying."

Seeing the child's cautious expression, Si Yue's face eased, "Yes, our baby is awesome."

Wenwen's face suddenly brightened. Yes, he was awesome! Other children cried and howled when they got injured, but he didn't!

When Auntie Mei heard the news, she hurriedly ran to the village clinic. Seeing Wenwen's two small palms were tightly covered into small white buns, she exclaimed in distress.

Auntie Mei was on her way to work in the fields when her fellow villager came and told her that Wenwen was bullied by outsiders. She hurriedly rushed over, but the crowd had been dispersed by then. Hearing from others that Wenwen was in the clinic, she immediately ran here.

Si Yue calmed Auntie Mei and explained the matter clearly and objectively. Auntie Mei immediately had a bad impression of this female star and cursed the woman for a while.

Then she hugged Wenwen, her tears almost falling, "Wenwen, where does it hurt? Tell grandma."

Wenwen shook his head, "No more."

Si Yue remembered that Wenwen was sitting on the ground when he arrived. Wondering whether the child's butt was also injured when he fell, he hugged Wenwen up, lay the boy on his thighs, and then pulled down his small pants, revealing a toddler's fleshy white butts.

Si Yue observed for a while. A small patch of blueish skin looked very conspicuous on the white and tender butts: "There is a bruise here."

Auntie Mei also leaned over to look, covering her chest with distress.

Wenwen was suddenly taken up. Before he could react, his pants were taken off, and two adults stared at his butts before beckoning the doctor to come over and put on the medicine.

Wenwen's small face turned red with a bang, spreading even to his neck.

Too, too embarrassing!

Wenwen couldn't bear it anymore and started crying.

Si Yue suddenly heard the loud cry and was stunned for a while. Thinking the child was crying because of the pain in his butt, he hurriedly rubbed it with his hands.

Um? It feels good? Si Yue couldn't help but squeezed Wenwen's butts slightly. It was soft and slippery, like a jelly.

Wenwen's cry paused for a moment, then he cried even louder.

He no longer has a face to meet people, whaaaaaa!

Auntie Mei knew Wenwen's self-esteem better than Si Yue. She quickly picked up the boy and helped to pull up his pants.

"Don't cry, don't cry. Grandma isn't looking anymore!"

Wenwen was so sad that he cried on Auntie Mei's shoulder. From now on, he would ignore Si Yue, this bad guy!

Only then did Si Yue understand the reason for Wenwen's cry. He touched his nose, thinking: although this little guy was still very young, he had strong self-esteem.

Auntie Mei took Wenwen home. Si Yue walked by their side. His eyes looked at the little guy from time to time. Wenwen's cry had finally stopped, but he still hiccuped from time to time.

Auntie Mei put Wenwen in the living room. After comforting the boy, she went to the kitchen to cook. One morning had passed, and it was already lunchtime. Auntie Mei felt distressed by the mishap that happened to Wenwen's today, so she was determined to cook a sumptuous lunch to console the boy.

Si Yue looked at the little guy whose cheeks, nose, and eyes were red due to crying. He tried to spoke to him in a soft voice. Unexpectedly, the little guy had a big temperament. He turned his small body around and directly faced his back at him.

Ignore him, huh!

Si Yue: "…"

Si Yue folded his hands and pondered about how to coax the little guy. He had no experience of coaxing a child. Well, he also didn't have any toys either.

After thinking for a while, Si Yue turned around and went upstairs.

Wenwen pricked his ears to listen to the movement behind. Hearing Si Yue's footsteps leaving, he quietly turned his head to take a peek, but found no one was there.

How annoying! He didn't even know to coax him!

He decided to break up with Si Yue! They will no longer be friends! He is not his idol anymore!

After Si Yue went downstairs, what he saw was a small chubby figure turned into a pufferfish in anger. He walked over and squatted down beside Wenwen.

Wenwen turned his body in defiance, but his eyes couldn't help but look at the older man secretly, as if telling: come to coax me!

Si Yue smiled inwardly as he obediently coaxed: "I was wrong. Wenwen is a little adult. I shouldn't take off your pants. Please eat candy and forgive me, okay?"

Si Yue bought a pack of candies to bribe the children in the village and put some leftovers in his room. Now, he was using it to curry favor with the little guy.

Seeing the candy, Wenwen became even angrier. He complained: "You gave Zhuangzhuang and the others candies, but never gave me one!" Zhuangzhuang and his other playmates told him a long time ago. Si Yue gave each children candies, but he got none at all!

Si Yue: "…" For the first time in his life, he felt a headache. Why was it so difficult to coax a child?

"It's my fault. I shouldn't forget Wenwen." He didn't know there was an extra child at the time.

Wenwen snorted loudly, "I'm angry!"

But his little paws tried hard to take the candies from Si Yue's hands. Since other children had it, he should have too!

Si Yue helped to put the candies on Wenwen's bandaged palms. But the little guy quickly put the candies in his pants pocket, refusing to give him a good face at all.

Si Yue: "…"

After a short while, Auntie Mei came out of the kitchen. She brought with her a pan of fragrant steamed egg with minced meat. After setting up the table, she filled Wenwen's personal small bowl with soft and fragrant rice.

Wenwen sniffed with his little nose. His eyes lit up suddenly. It smells so good!

Both Wenwen's hands were injured, and he couldn't hold the spoon, so Si Yue volunteered to feed him. When Wenwen saw this, he became apprehensive.

He didn't want Si Yue to spoonfeed him! This involved his dignity as a man!

Wenwen said stiffly: "I'm not hungry." But his eyes drifted to the piping hot steamed egg with minced meat, and he unconsciously swallowed his saliva.

"Are you really not hungry?" Si Yue dug a small piece of meat with a spoon and mixed it with rice.

"I'm not hungry," Wenwen said adamantly, but his stomach grumbled in betrayal.

Si Yue squinted at the boy's fat belly.

Wenwen clutched his belly, trying hard to barely hold on to his dignity: "I'm actually not hungry, but my belly has its own thoughts."

Si Yue almost couldn't hold back his laugh. He asked with a serious face: "What does your little belly think?"

Wenwen moved his gaze slightly, "It says that it wants to have a taste."

Si Yue held back his laughter. He blew the spoon loaded with mixed rice, meat, and egg before delivering it to Wenwen's mouth: "I see. Then we should let your belly taste it."

The thick aroma of meat drilled into Wenwen's nostril. He couldn't hold back his appetite anymore and leaned over to take the bite. Si Yue suddenly remembered something and moved the spoon away. Wenwen's mouth moved with it. His body almost lost balance, but Si Yue quickly held him with one hand.

Wenwen: "…?" He raised his head and looked at Si Yue with accusations. How could he be so bad?

Si Yue remembered that this little guy had just bitten someone and hadn't rinsed his mouth yet. Even after wiping it with tissue, Si Yue still felt unsanitary. So he put down the spoon, picked up the boy with one hand, and said: "Rinse your mouth before eating."

Wenwen shook his limbs resignedly and let himself be taken to the bathroom.

Seeing this warm scene, Auntie Mei smiled before she went back to the kitchen to continue cooking. When she was cutting vegetables, she suddenly patted her forehead.

Oops, forgot to inform Ruoruo about Wenwen's injury!

Auntie Mei quickly took out her cell phone and called Fu Yunruo.

At the dining table, Wenwen sat on his special high stool again and finally ate the long-awaited meat. His mouth squirmed, and his eyes squinted unconsciously.

How delicious~

"Does your little belly feel satisfied with the taste?"

Wenwen looked up at Si Yue. After making sure that the idol wasn't laughing at him, he said with a stern face: "It said it's so-so."

"Would it like to try again?"

"Yeah!"

…

After finishing her morning livestreaming, Fu Yunruo received a call from the singer's PR team. The MV they were collaborating with was going to be released tonight, so the team specially called to let her know. Fu Yunruo expressed her support and ended the call after a few more chit-chats. Immediately after, Tiantian also called from the studio.

Tiantian was very efficient in her work. Fu Yunruo's studio has been opened and is running smoothly. Tiantian was calling to ask when the boss would meet other employees.

Fu Yunruo replied that she would arrange the time.

Panda Live's headquarter was located in Beijing, and Fu Yunruo's studio was also opened there. However, because Fu Yunruo was still living in this remote countryside, the studio's daily operation was run by Tiantian, who acted as the boss' representative.

The two talked about work for a while, then hung up the phone.

Fu Yunruo saw that it was almost noon, so she went to cook lunch. Until the end of the meal, Fu Yunruo kept thinking of Wenwen, the little heartless guy who was playing so much that he seemed to forget his old mother.

Right after the dishes were washed, Fu Yunruo received a call from Auntie Mei. She smiled. Happy that her Baobao still remembered her, she connected the call. Immediately after, Fu Yunruo heard Auntie Mei's voice and called sweetly: "Auntie Mei."

However, after hearing what Auntie Mei said, Fu Yunruo's smile suddenly froze. She quickly ended the call and then said to Uncle Guo: "Uncle Guo, I'm going back to the village."

"What's the matter?" Uncle Guo walked in.

"Nothing. I just want to go back and take a look." Fu Yunruo didn't want Uncle Guo to get worried and pretended to be calm. After speaking to Uncle Guo, she quickly rushed over with her electric scooter.

…

Si Yue fed Wenwen one spoon at a time. He suddenly became addicted to feeding. Seeing the child opened his cute little mouth and waited to be fed each time was really interesting.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside. Wenwen's eyes lit up. The boy quickly stood up and ran out, "It's Mom!"

Halfway through, Wenwen ran back. He turned to the cameraman and the livestream equipment in the corner and said: "Don't take a shot of my Mom!"

Only after the cameraman assured him that the camera had been turned off that Wenwen turn around and ran out without worry.

In Wenwen's opinion, it was enough for him to bear the maliciousness of the internet alone. If his mother was also captured in the lens, those unscrupulous haters would only scold her alongside him. He wouldn't let others scold his mother!

Si Yue looked at Wenwen's happily jumping little figure. This little guy was truly heartless. Even though he was so kind to feed him food, the little guy easily 'abandoned' him without a second thought for his mother.

Si Yue looked at the last piece of meat in the bowl. Deciding not to give it to the heartless baby, he scooped the meat and put it in his mouth.

It was at this moment that Wenwen and his mother came in.

Si Yue raised his eyes and saw a pair of familiar eyes.

With a click, the spoon in his mouth fell.

Wenwen ran in angrily. Seeing the meat in his bowl was all gone, he immediately complained: "You steal my meat!" His idol is actually this kind of person! He steals his meat!

Si Yue quickly concealed his shock. Putting on a solemn face, he said to Wenwen: "Haven't you eaten enough? We must not waste food, so I helped you finished the rest."

After a pause, Si Yue said, "I don't even care about your saliva!"

"Humph!" Wenwen hummed like a piglet, "I hate you!"

His meat, ah! There was only one last bite left, but Si Yue stole it!

Wenwen ran to complain to Fu Yunruo, "Mom, look! He is bullying me!"

Fu Yunruo couldn't help but chuckle. Seeing her son's energetic state, her worry lessened a lot. She raised her eyes to the sitting man and thanked him sincerely, "Thank you for taking care of Wenwen."

"You're welcome."

When Fu Yunruo came in, she saw the scene where the legendary actor stole..cough, helped Wenwen finished his meat. Her favorability instantly increased. She could see that her son was very close to Si Yue, so she didn't take the so-called bullying accusation seriously.

Fu Yunruo looked a few more times curiously. Si Yue was indeed worthy of being the person who made the male lead and female lead helpless in the novel. He was not only very handsome, but also had an extraordinary aura. But when Fu Yunruo recalled the scene where he was being caught for eating Wenwen's meat, the sense of distance instantly lost, and Si Yue suddenly seemed very down-to-earth. Fu Yunruo never expected that the legendary Si Yue actually also had such a childish side. She took Si Yue's sudden dropping of the spoon as a gaffe of being caught red-handed and generously pretended as if she hadn't seen it.

But Fu Yunruo didn't have time to think more. Her attention was all on Wenwen. After hearing the news that her son was injured, Fu Yunruo drove the electric scooter as fast as possible and arrived in front of Mei family's house in ten minutes. Before she even entered the yard, she saw Wenwen running out of the house. The temperature outside was high, so Fu Yunruo took the child into the house first.

Wenwen was being sticky to Fu Yunruo. He held out his two hands and showed his mother: "Mom, it hurts!"

Fu Yunruo looked at the tightly bandaged little hands with a distressed look and said gently: "Mom will blow it for you…it won't hurt anymore…"

Fu Yunruo wanted to see Wenwen's injuries, but the bandage was so tight that she couldn't untie it.

Si Yue looked at Wenwen, who was so coquettish to his mother. There was an inexplicable light in his eyes. Seemingly inadvertently, Si Yue said: "His butt is also hurt."

When Fu Yunruo heard this, she quickly picked Wenwen up and pulled down his pants to have a look.

Wenwen blushed, but didn't struggle. After so many years, he had long been used to it. Which part of his body that his mother had never seen?

If he didn't let his mother see, she would cry sadly, which would make him relented anyway. Since the end result was the same, it was better to be obedient from the beginning.

Fu Yunruo saw the blue bruise on the child's white and tender butts. She was very distressed. But luckily, there was only one light bruise which would be gone in a few days.

Didn't cry? Si Yue sighed. So this little guy changed his attitude depending on who he was facing.

Auntie Mei entered the room, "Ruoruo, you are here!" She looked at Fu Yunruo apologetically, "Sorry Ruoruo, I didn't take good care of Wenwen and let him get hurt."

"It's okay, Auntie Mei. It's normal for a child to stumble and fall down." After Fu Yunruo confirmed that her son's injuries were not serious, she let go of her worry and began to ask what had happened.

"Auntie Mei, what's happened?" The phone call didn't make it clear, and Fu Yunruo only heard that Wenwen was pushed down by someone. She was confused. Did Wenwen have conflicts when playing with other children?

But Fu Yunruo thought it to be impossible. She knew how popular her son was among other children. There should be no children who would bully him.

Auntie Mei quickly relayed what she had heard to Fu Yunruo.

When Fu Yunruo heard that Wenwen was injured during a conflict with the variety show's people, her expression suddenly turned ugly. Adults bullying small children? Who did such a thing?

"Who did it?" Fu Yunruo asked. When her son was bullied, she was not by his side. Fu Yunruo felt very uncomfortable for failing to protect her child in time. If it wasn't for the show's production team to have apologized in front of other villagers, she would have gone to their door to demand an explanation.

"She was called Fang… Fang what?" Auntie Mei didn't remember.

Si Yue said from the side: "Fang Xueruo." Then he watched Fu Yunruo's reaction.

Sure enough, when Fu Yunruo heard this name, her complexion suddenly changed. She didn't expect Fang Xueruo to be willing to endure hardships by participating in this variety show, let alone to appear before her son. She had been hiding for so many years in peace and didn't want to face neither the male lead, female lead, or the original body's family. For her, they were nothing but troubles.

Fu Yunruo had a comfortable life here and really didn't want her life to be disturbed.

Auntie Mei finally remembered to introduce, "A'Yue, this is Yunruo, Wenwen's mother." Then she turned to Fu Yunruo, "Ruoruo, this is Si Yue, a big star. Do you know him?"

Fu Yunruo put aside her worry and turned her head towards Si Yue. Meeting his eyes, she smiled friendly and said: "Yes, I've seen your movie, they are great!"

"Thank you." Si Yue has been observing Fu Yunruo silently. The woman was polite and courteous, completely treating him as a stranger. Did she not remember, or did she fail to recognize him?

Fu Yunruo didn't talk with Auntie Mei for long. Wenwen, who was lying in her arms, was already drowsy. His lunch was later than usual today. By this time, he usually had finished eating and was taking a nap.

Fu Yunruo picked Wenwen up and bid farewell to Auntie Mei.

Fu Yunruo picked Wenwen up and bid farewell to Auntie Mei.

Si Yue, who was mostly silent, suddenly said: "Why don't you let the child sleep here?"

Fu Yunruo turned her head at Si Yue, surprised that he suddenly took the initiative to speak to her. But they were just strangers, so she replied politely: "No need, thank you. Our home is not far. I can take him back on foot."

When Si Yue heard that they lived nearby, he didn't say anything and just nodded.

Si Yue watched Fu Yunruo disappear at the gate, carrying Wenwen in her arms. But in the end, he said nothing to stop her. He then walked back in a trance and found Auntie Mei. Si Yue pretended to ask casually: "Auntie Mei, Wenwen is four years old, right? When is his birthday?" He paused and added: "The child has been frightened today. Maybe we can give him a birthday to drive bad luck?"

"Wenwen is three years old. His birthday is 27th February." Auntie Mei replied.

Si Yue knocked on the knuckles of his fingers, "Oh, that's really a shame." Then he began to compliment: "No wonder Wenwen is so cute. He has such a wonderful mother! This place is really outstanding to have such extraordinary people."

Auntie Mei seemed to be pleased. A smile bloomed on her wrinkled face as she said proudly: "Isn't it? Our Ruoruo is much more beautiful than those female stars."

"Indeed." Si Yue agreed.

In Auntie Mei's view, Si Yue was a person who had seen the world. For someone like him to be full of praise of Ruoruo showed that this girl was indeed very good.

"But Ruoruo is not a local. She must have been a city girl before. She got here somehow and stayed here."

"This girl has a kind heart and excellent temperament. Everyone in our village likes her…" Auntie Mei babbled endlessly. After saying a lot of things, she suddenly remembered, "Look at me, I've been taking your time here. Quickly go back to your room and take a rest. Otherwise, you will be tired in the afternoon."

"It is my honor to talk with Auntie Mei." Si Yue smiled. He didn't have the habit of taking a nap, but he didn't refuse, "Then I will go upstairs first."

Si Yue went upstairs and returned to his room, but he didn't have any sleepiness at all. The amount of information he received just now was too great. If he wasn't used to controlling his emotions, he would have lost his composure a long time ago.

Yunruo? Fu Yunruo…

The age was also right…even thinking with his toes, he could guess the truth.

So it turned out that he actually has a son?

Maybe he felt close to Wenwen not only because of his natural affection for a cute child, but also out of fatherly instinct?

Si Yue held his aching temple.

So Wenwen is actually his son?

He has a son?

Suddenly, his cell phone rang. Si Yue took it out and saw his agent's name on the caller display. Once the call was connected, Yuan Xin's helpless voice came through: "Didn't I tell you not to expose your real personality? Cannot you at least wait until the livestream was turned off before you use your poisonous tongue?"

Yuan Xin knew that Si Yue was very upset because of Fang Xueruo's participation in this show, so he didn't dare to ask too much. Yuan Xin only asked Si Yue to maintain his public persona in front of the live camera, but would say nothing about the off-air time.

But Si Yue, in front of tens of millions of livestream viewers, actually acted very rude towards Fang Xueruo, who was also a very popular star. The internet exploded, and their company had a hard time doing public relations.

Si Yue nonchalantly waited for Yuan Xin to finish pouring his bitterness before opening his mouth and said, "Send me all the information about Fu Yunruo you found out before."

Yuan Xin heard an unexpected name in an unexpected moment. At first, he almost didn't remember who it was. Fortunately, his brain cell soon connected. Yuan Xin asked strangely: "Why did you think of her suddenly?"

Si Yue didn't say the reason. He only urged his befuddled agent to send the information before hanging up the phone.

Soon enough, he received a folder of scanned documents on his mobile phone.

Si Yue flipped through the documents for a while. The information here was all before Fu Yunruo's disappearance.

Si Yue still remembered. It was him who ordered her traces to be erased…

It turned out that she ended up staying here? Then what? What had she experienced here? How was Wenwen born? How did he grow up?

Looking at Fu Yunruo's previous photos, Si Yue could see how she used gorgeous makeup to disguise her fragility. Her eyes were full of hostility. Like a hedgehog, the girl stabbed others in an attempt to protect herself.

The person in the photo and her current appearance was almost two extremes. The current Fu Yunruo looked very peaceful and calm. Her face was also bare with no makeup, which actually made her look beautiful and dazzling.

If Si Yue hadn't seen Fu Yunruo's eyes, he wouldn't even realize how deep was his impression of that night. So deep that he recognized those eyes after just a glance.

What made him a little bit concerned was that he recognized her, but she didn't recognize him. Shouldn't it be him who was more recognizable?

Fu Yunruo…

Si Yue pondered for a moment and dialed a number. The call immediately came through, and a respectful voice came from the receiver: "Boss…"

Si Yue said coldly: "Investigate someone…"

Fu Yunruo carried the sleeping Wenwen back to their rental house. She put the child on the bed and turned on the air conditioner to quickly cool down the temperature in the room. She then lay beside Wenwen, covering both of their bodies with a thin blanket. Fu Yunruo was not feeling drowsy, so she took out her mobile phone and quietly browsed the variety show on the internet.

Because Fu Yunruo paid no attention before, she didn't know which stars came to the village. She stayed in the flower garden most of the time and rarely got outside news in time. Now, when she finally took the initiative to find out more, Fu Yunruo was surprised to see the overwhelming info on the internet, both on Weibo and live forums.

The show's production team adopted the method of TV and livestream parallel broadcast. The livestream recording was broadcasted live before they were uploaded into a video streaming site three days later. Following that, the two hours after-edit TV episodes were broadcast weekly. The rhythm of the TV episodes was better, the content was richer, and some extra behind-the-scenes were added to make them more interesting. Therefore, even after the audience watched the livestream, they would still watch the TV broadcast.

Today's livestream was only partially uploaded to the internet, with some parts were cut beforehand. Even so, some audiences managed to save the deleted contents and share them on the internet. Fu Yunruo saw no relevant news on the trending topics list, which probably resulted from PR suppression. But when she manually searched with specific keywords, she could still find many results.

Especially after she found the deleted part of the video and watched when Fang Xueruo approached Wenwen and pushed him down after being bitten. Fu Yunruo's teeth were itchy with anger. She understood her son well. The boy didn't like people other than her to pinch his cheek. Even before he could speak, he would groan in protest whenever others tried to pinch his cheek. Seeing such an obvious rejection, adults generally wouldn't force the child.

The malicious comments made by some netizens infuriated Fu Yunruo even more. Not only did they attacked Wenwen, but they also scolded his parents. Fu Yunruo knew that these people were Fang Xueruo's fans. However, the number of the netizens who spoke on Wenwen's defense was not small either. The two sides quarreled hardly. No one was willing to let the opponents take the upper hand.

Fu Yunruo checked the usernames of Wenwen's defenders and found that most of them were Si Yue fans. She had seen the clip where Si Yue confronted Fang Xueruo for Wenwen, which gave her an even better impression of him. Fu Yunruo wasn't sure why Si Yue was cold to Fang Xueruo, considering that this world was a book where everyone loved the female lead blindly. Nevertheless, this fact added to her favorability of Si Yue.

When Fu Yunruo was browsing the internet, Xin Xu returned to Mei family house. The incident from this morning caused a lot of dissent on the internet. Two gods were fighting, and as mortals, the production team was pressed on both sides without knowing which one to stand with. The production team initially wanted to settle the dispute peacefully, so they sent notice to the casts to attend a meeting to discuss how to achieve a win-win situation. However, until the meeting was over, Si Yue never showed up, while Fang Xueruo stayed in her room under the excuse of feeling unwell.

The attitudes of the two parties were clear and firm. Today, Fang Xueruo had lost a great deal of face, and she was also forced to apologize in public. How could her agent, Sister Wen, let her artist suffer such a loss? Fang Xueruo's management was forcing the production team to give them an explanation.

On Si Yue's side, he was a no-show, so the director could only contact his agent. The agent's attitude was also very tough. In short, Si Yue's agent was determined that his artist had done nothing wrong. It was impossible for Si Yue to apologize, and the responsibility lay not with Si Yue.

The director almost balded himself in stress. He knew that Si Yue was practically at odds with Fang Xueruo, but never expected that the dispute was big enough to reach such a point that no one was willing to give the other a basic courtesy.

Fang Xueruo's entertainment company and the capital behind it began to put pressure on the production team, and Apple Entertainment, where Si Yue belonged, also put equal pressure. The show finally got the momentum the production team wanted, but they couldn't control the situation at all. Stuck in a dilemma, the production team could only play safe diplomacy. They couldn't afford to offend Fang Xueruo's backers, but they also couldn't afford Apple Entertainment either, who was a giant in the entertainment industry.

In addition to this one trouble, there was also another problem of whether the show could still be shot here or not. After Fang Xueruo clashed with local children, the villagers' warm welcome had obviously faded, especially those in Shanghe and Xiahe Village. People in the remote area were usually wary of outsiders, and they were also very united. Offending one person was equivalent to offending one or even several villages. If it weren't for Si Yue to stand on the villagers' side and mediate, they might have been driven away.

Both the crew and casts couldn't help but complain secretly. Why did Fang Xueruo have to clash with the children? She was an adult. Why did she fall into a conflict with such a small child? Children were naturally ignorant, and that boy was only three or four years old. Besides, he was also very cute…

Si Yue too. He was a public figure, and his every move attracted countless attention. Yet, he so blatantly attacked Fang Xueruo…

The production team decided to leave both Si Yue and Fang Xueruo alone and wait until the two finished fighting on their own. It wouldn't be too late to side with the winning side then. The most important thing to do now was to deliver the token of apology and placate the villagers' dissatisfaction.

Some crew was quickly dispatched to buy various gifts from the nearest town. Those gift were then sent to each house along with an apology. After the villagers promised to not hold a grudge over the matter, the problem would be solved. The apology gifts to Wenwen were the most. It consisted of two cans of formula worth hundreds of yuan and a pile of toys and large bags of sweets and fruits, delivered to Mei family's house.

Seeing the pile of gifts on the table, Xin Xu rubbed the back of his head before going upstairs and knocking on Si Yue's door.

Seeing the pile of gifts on the table, Xin Xu rubbed the back of his head before going upstairs and knocking on Si Yue's door.

Si Yue's handsome face showed no expression as he walked out and sat on the sofa in the living room. "What's happened?" He asked.

Xin Xu sat on the other sofa and asked Si Yue: "Brother Yue, your company will protect you, right?"

There was a set of wooden sofas and a glass-topped coffee table in the living room on the second floor. Since Si Yue and Xin Xu began to live here, there were always clean cups and a teapot on the table. The tea was nothing special, just local roasted tea leaves with no distinct flavor. Si Yue poured tea into two cups, pushed one in front of Xin Xu, and then picked up the other cup slowly to take two sips.

Xin Xu took a few sips absent-mindedly. He was naturally biased on Si Yue's side regarding today's matter, not to mention that he also liked Wenwen very much. However, Xin Xu's opinion wasn't worth anything. Seeing that most of the crew and casts stood by Fang Xueruo's side and showed dissatisfaction with Si Yue, he was very upset.

In the past, Xin Xu also admired Fang Xueruo, whom he thought to be kind and beautiful. Especially her smiles, which made people feel natural admiration. But now, Xin Xu suddenly felt that Fang Xueruo didn't seem to be as pure and gentle as he thought her to be.

Xin Xu was genuinely worried about Si Yue's situation. As a top actor, Si Yue was never arrogant. The man always treated others warmly and even took care of Xin Xu like a younger brother. However, Si Yue didn't have a strong background. Especially because Si Yue didn't own a studio and was entirely reliant on Apple Entertainment. Although Apple Entertainment was strong, Si Yue's situation would immediately turn to the worst once his company stopped protecting him.

Si Yue glanced at Xin Xu. Seeing the younger man's worry, he said confidently: "Don't worry, I will be fine." Apple Entertainment wouldn't dare to not protect him.

Xin Xu glanced at Si Yue enviously. Was this the confidence of a top-tier star? When could he reach this height? Changed to him, if he offended a big figure, the company would immediately give up on him after weighing the profit and loss.

"What did the production team say?" Si Yue asked. He knew there was a meeting just now, but his mind was full of a more important thing and was not in the mood to listen. Anyway, the meeting wouldn't discuss anything important, merely how to control the public opinion and solve the problem smoothly.

Xin Xu briefly explained the attitude of the production team. As for the attitudes of his fellow casts, he carefully avoided saying anything specifics, so as not to sound like he was badmouthing other stars.

After listening, Si Yue nodded, still looking unperturbed.

Infected by Si Yue's attitude, Xin Xu was no longer as worried.

Si Yue looked at the clock and muttered to himself: "He should have enough nap. Has he woken up now?"

Adults usually take a light nap for about 20 to 30 minutes. Sleeping too much, and they would feel dizzy and lethargic after waking up. But children were still growing, so they needed longer naps. Young children of Wenwen's age probably napped for one to two hours a day.

Two hours had passed since the little guy went to sleep. Should he wake up now?

"Huh?" Xin Xu was dumbfounded.

Si Yue asked: "How long do children usually take a nap?"

Xin Xu was not sure, "One hour? Two hours?"

Si Yue nodded without saying anything. He then stood up and walked downstairs.

Xin Xu followed behind, totally confused.

Auntie Mei was doing chores in the yard. Si Yue greeted her and asked naturally: "Should we send the compensation from the crew to Wenwen's house?"

"It should be so." Auntie Mei nodded without hesitation. These were all Wenwen's compensation after being shocked today, and she wouldn't covet Wenwen's things.

Auntie Mei wiped her hands on the apron and walked. "Wenwen and Ruoruo should be awake now. Let's send these things now."

Si Yue said: "I'll send them. These things are heavy."

"Yeah, heavy labor should be entrusted to Brother Yue and me!" Xin Xu appeared from behind Si Yue. The young man patted his chest enthusiastically and took the bags on the tabletop.

Although today's incident had affected Auntie Mei's perception of the TV stars, she had no dissatisfaction towards the two young men living in her house. Seeing their eagerness to help, she was also happy: "Alright, I will leave it to you."

Xin Xu smiled and said, "This is what we should do."

Si Yue turned his head and saw Xin Xu's silly smile. He snorted softly, with a hint of annoyance in his eyes. But Si Yue said nothing and took the rest of the bags into his hands, ready to go out.

Auntie Mei stood at the gate and showed them the way, "Go straight from this road, do you see it? It's the old house with high walls."

Xin Xu walked beside Si Yue and couldn't help asking: "Brother Yue, have you seen Wenwen's mother?" A woman who could give birth to such a cute and lovely child as Wenwen should be beautiful, right?

Si Yue didn't reply.

Xin Xu also didn't press for an answer, as he wasn't truly curious.

…

Fu Yunruo's rental house was very close to Mei family's house. The two men walked quickly, and they soon arrived. Si Yue stood still in front of the gate. For the first time in his life, he had a hesitation akin to the fear of apprehension. But Xin Xu was ignorant of the entanglement in Si Yue's heart. Seeing that Si Yue hadn't knocked on the gate, he stepped forward and shouted: "Is anybody home?"

Fu Yunruo's rental house was very close to Mei family's house. The two men walked quickly, and they soon arrived. Si Yue stood still in front of the gate. For the first time in his life, he had a hesitation akin to the fear of apprehension. But Xin Xu was ignorant of the entanglement in Si Yue's heart. Seeing that Si Yue hadn't knocked on the gate, he stepped forward and shouted: "Is anybody home?"

At this moment, Fu Yunruo was playing with her son in bed. After browsing the internet for a while, Fu Yunruo slowly became drowsy and fell asleep. Soon after, she was awakened by Wenwen, who was full of energy after taking a nap. Fu Yunruo tickled the boy's waist, who then twisted his body and turned over, laughing happily with a flushed face.

Hearing the call, the mother and son stopped their game.

Wenwen pricked his ears and told Fu Yunruo: "It's Uncle Xu."

Xin Xu? Fu Yunruo had just checked the information about the show and naturally had an impression of the star who was partnering with Si Yue. She hurriedly got out of bed and quickly tidied her messy appearance. Then she took Wenwen, who had already slipped out of bed and put on his shoes, before going out and opening the gate.

Two men who looked out of place stood just outside the gate. Fu Yunruo greeted: "Mr. Yue," then she turned to Xin Xu: "Hello."

Fu Yunruo felt that the word 'Mr. Si' sounded unpleasant, so after a brief contemplation, she chose to call him Mr. Yue. Seeing the bags of various sizes in the two men's hands, she asked puzzledly: "What bring you here?"

Si Yue quickly replied: "It's the compensation from the production team."

As soon as Fu Yunruo heard that these things were sent by the production team, she wanted to refuse. However, she soon changed her mind. Her Wenwen had suffered today. It was his loss if she refused to accept the compensations.

When Xin Xu saw the woman who came to open the gate, his eyes suddenly brightened. The woman whose bare face wasn't smeared by makeup was like a pure lotus flower. Even the ordinary T-shirts and casual pants she wore couldn't hide her beauty.

Xin Xu said enthusiastically: "Hello, you are Wenwen's elder sister, aren't you? We are here to deliver the apology gifts from the production team. We are really sorry that Wenwen has been shocked today."

Facing Xin Xu's sincerity, Fu Yunruo couldn't show any displeasure. She also knew that this young man was not in the wrong, so she gave way and invited the two into the house, saying: "You are too polite. I am Wenwen's mother."

"Huh?" Xin Xu widened his eyes in surprise, "Really? I can't believe it. You look like seventeen or eighteen! I think you are still a college student."

Fu Yunruo couldn't help smiling. Being praised young always made women feel pleasant. Although she was indeed still young — she just gave birth early.

"Sister—ah, can I call you elder sister? My name is Xin Xu, you can call me Xiao Xinxin or Xiao Xu. I am 22 years old!"

Si Yue's attention was originally on Wenwen, but hearing Xin Xu and Fu Yunruo chatted happily from the side, he felt subtle displeasure.

This feeling might be due to her being the mother of his son.

Si Yue cleared his throat. Seeing Fu Yunruo turn her head, he said with a calm face: "Take a look at these things. If you are not satisfied, I will notify the crew to send some more."

Si Yue had also taken a look and saw that these were low-quality toys bought in batches from a local shop. He couldn't help but frown in displeasure, thinking that the crew was too insincere by gifting away these cheap things.

Fu Yunruo had no expectations of the so-called compensation. She politely said: "It's okay. Thank you for sending it."

Wenwen also leaned over to take a look. Seeing the toys that he had long outgrown, he immediately looked away in disinterest.

—He had a lot of such toys. Both in the flower garden and here.

Fu Yunruo put away the formula cans and toys, intending to give them to other children in the village later. The apples and grapes were taken out, washed, and then plated for the two guests.

Xin Xu was very enthusiastic. He followed Fu Yunruo outside to wash the fruit and showered her with compliments: "Your yard is so beautiful and neat! The flowers are so pretty! I've been in this village for some time, but your yard is my favorite. It has a poetic charm…"

"You are too polite. I just take care of it casually…"

Wenwen squatted at the door, carefully watching Xin Xu's strange enthusiasm with a measuring look.

Was Uncle Xu trying to pursue Mom? Wenwen shook his head. Uncle Xu was younger than Mom, so he was not suitable.

His mother deserved to be pampered, not to pamper others. It was enough for Mom to pamper him alone.

Then Wenwen saw Si Yue's tall figure also squatted next to him. The boy blinked and tilted his head: "Uncle Yue?" Why are you looking at me like that?

Si Yue's eyes carefully examined Wenwen. As expected of mother and son, Wenwen's facial features mostly followed Fu Yunruo. But after looking closely, some parts still resembled him. For example, the nose. Wenwen's nose was tall and straight, typical of his Si family. However, the child was still young with a roundish face and baby fat, making this feature hard to see.

Si Yue stretched out his hand and pinched the bulging fat on Wenwen's cheek. It was soft and slippery. Si Yue watched as the boy's peach blossom eyes1 that looked exactly like Fu Yunruo's widened slowly.

Si Yue thought to himself. Boys of Si family generally resembled their fathers, but this stinky boy actually didn't look like him. Did it mean that his genes couldn't beat Fu Yunruo's?

Wenwen clutched his chubby cheeks and stared at Si Yue for a long time, then he stood up and hurriedly ran towards Fu Yunruo, hugging her thighs angrily.

Fu Yunruo lowered her head, "What's the matter?"

Wenwen tattled: "Mom, Uncle Yue pinched my face!"

When Fu Yunruo heard this, she turned her head at Si Yue and said politely: "Mr. Yue, Wenwen doesn't like people pinching his face."

Si Yue's expression froze for a moment. He then stood up calmly, "I saw some dust on Wenwen's face, so I wiped it…" He paused, then sincerely apologized: "Since Wenwen doesn't like me touching his face, I will be careful next time."

Wenwen's eyes widened in disbelief. Si Yue clearly pinched his face! How could he lie?!

Fu Yunruo was stunned for a moment. She looked at Wenwen, and then at Si Yue. Somehow, she saw inexplicable grievance in Si Yue's calm expression.

Maybe Wenwen had misunderstood? After all, why would the great actor pinch a child's face for no reason? So Fu Yunruo apologized: "Sorry, I misunderstood."

Wenwen held his chubby cheeks and suddenly fell into self-doubt. Did Si Yue only want to wipe the dust off his face? Did he really misunderstand his idol?

The more Wenwen thought about it, the more sure he was. Although Si Yue sometimes was a bit bully, he definitely would not lie!

Therefore, Wenwen ran to Si Yue, tilted his head up, and said with a guilty tone: "I'm sorry, Uncle Yue. I misunderstood you."

"Well, it's okay." Si Yue said solemnly. But in his heart, he commented: this child seems quite stupid and doesn't inherit the shrewdness of Si family at all.

Si Yue glanced at Fu Yunruo silently. This child must have inherited the shortcomings from his mother, too. With such a stupid temperament, even a random woman could bully him. How could he deal with those old foxes in the business world after he grew up later?

Si Yue pondered seriously. Educating a child couldn't be done in a short time. Perhaps he should work harder to accumulate more family fortunes and wealth for his son. At least, enough so the child could still be rich and wealthy for life even if his inheritance was deceived and swindled by others.

As the newly (self) appointed father, Si Yue suddenly had a lot of worries.

Fu Yunruo put the plate of fruits in front of the two guests, then peeled a grape before feeding it to Wenwen. Seeing the child eat the grape without spitting out the seeds, she warned: "Do not eat the seeds. Do you want grapevines to grow from your belly?"

Fu Yunruo didn't know where Wenwen's habit came from. Why did he think that grapes taste better with seeds in? She didn't have such a habit.

Si Yue, who was absent-mindedly eating grapes without spitting out seeds: "…"

Wenwen rebuked proudly: "No! I know that grapevines won't grow from my belly!" This lie could deceive a three-year-old baby, but he was now a four-year-old big kid. He wouldn't believe such a childish lie!

"Grape seeds are not tasty." If Wenwen was an adult, Fu Yunruo didn't care if he spits out the seeds or not. But he was still a child, and his digestive system was still fragile. Fu Yunruo was afraid that he might have a stomachache.

"It's tasty!"

In the end, Fu Yunruo picked the seeds away before feeding Wenwen the grape. Wenwen shook his head in dissatisfaction. He still ate the grape, but didn't forget to protest: "I want to eat the seeds!"

"No."

"Mom, you're a bully!"

Si Yue watched the mother and son's quarrel. Looking at Wenwen, he suddenly felt satisfied. Yes, this child was just like him, eating grapes without spitting out seeds.

The two guests and two hosts chatted over fruits and refreshments. The four of them quickly became familiar with each other and chatted freely. After eating the fruits, Wenwen could no longer sit still and wanted to go out to play. But his hands were still injured, and Fu Yunruo didn't allow him to go out. The four of them finally moved to the more spacious courtyard so Wenwen could play outdoor.

Xin Xu and Wenwen went to water the flowers. Because Wenwen's hands were still bandaged, he stood on the side and seriously instructed Xin Xu about the correct way of watering flowers with his babyish voice.

Fu Yunruo didn't stop Wenwen and let him play freely. Seeing that the two hadn't left yet, Fu Yunruo couldn't help but ask Si Yue, who was standing nearby: "Don't you two have to go back for the afternoon shooting?"

"No, the shooting will resume tomorrow."

Today's incident had not been completely suppressed, let alone Fang Xueruo claimed to be unwell and needed to rest. Could the production team force her to continue shooting?

Si Yue was leaning against the door leisurely with his arms crossed on his chest. He was very charming, the type of a model blockbuster whose face shot didn't need any touch-up at all.

Si Yue turned his head at Fu Yunruo and asked, seemingly inadvertently: "Have you ever thought of finding Wenwen's father?"

Fu Yunruo knew that Si Yue liked Wenwen, and it was normal for him to care about the child's matter. So Fu Yunruo replied honestly: "I have no such plan for the time being. If Wenwen is happier with our present life, I won't remarry."

Fu Yunruo could also perceive Wenwen's rejection of the word 'father.' At first, she thought that the child would eventually be curious and then asked why other children had fathers while he didn't. Fu Yunruo had prepared a load of excuses and explanations, but none came in handy. Wenwen didn't even like the idea of having an extra person in their family.

Re-remarry?

Si Yue almost choked by the answer. His mouth twitched, "I mean, finding the child's biological father."

"Have you ever thought about it? What would you do if Wenwen's biological father came to fight with you for his custody?"

In the beginning, Si Yue really had this idea. He knew that if he really wanted to fight for Wenwen's custody, Fu Yunruo had no chance of winning at all. However, looking at the deep relationship between the mother and son, Si Yue knew that Wenwen would definitely reject or even hate the father who forcefully took him away from his mother.

Moreover, Si Yue also remembered that Wenwen hated his father, whom he had never met. Since this approach would not work, he dismissed the idea.

Now, what should he do? Si Yue, who was used to planning meticulously and acting accordingly, felt lost about what to do for the first time ever.

In the end, he decided that his only choice was to slowly cultivate a relationship with his son first, just like now, taking one step at a time.

Hearing Si Yue's question, Fu Yunruo waved her hand and laughed: "How can? He had been dead a long time ago. Can he crawl out of the grave and snatch my son from me?"

Fu Yunruo didn't see clearly what the man looked like, let alone remember his face. Presumably, the same was also true for the man. Besides, Wenwen looked very much like her, not at all like other people. As long as she didn't conduct a mass DNA test, how could she find the man out of countless possibilities?

Of course, the truth couldn't be said, so she answered perfunctorily.

Si 'Dead Man' Yue: "…"

Tsk, what a deceptive woman.

That night, per Wenwen's request, he and Fu Yunruo stayed in the village. Fu Yunruo generally never refused the child's request except for principled issues such as picky eating. What's more, Wenwen was frightened and injured today, so Fu Yunruo was even more accomodating to him. Since he wanted to stay here, then they would stay here.

When Fu Yunruo took Wenwen to bathe at night, she also changed his wound dressing. Seeing the terrible bruises, she was even more distressed.

After the two finished preparing for bed, they moved to the yard. The night breeze was blowing gently. Fu Yunruo sat on a low stool with a phone in her hand. Wenwen sat next to her, stretching his neck to watch.

Fu Yunruo logged into Panda Live and notified her followers that she wouldn't do livestream tomorrow. She also added that tonight was the release date for Liu Zhi's new album MV, and the most beautiful highlight in the video was produced by her, so she would be grateful if her fans would tag and share the MV. She and her studio also forwarded the news on their accounts, so it would be better if she did livestream tomorrow. But it didn't matter. Though her career was important, Wenwen was more important. Moreover, Fu Yunruo's popularity had stabilized, so she simply let things flow naturally.

Wenwen watched the viewer count and nodded with satisfaction. Not bad. It had reached half of Mom's usual viewer count during the peak period.

Seeing the child's serious posture, Fu Yunruo couldn't help rubbing his little head and said teasingly: "Do you understand this?"

Wenwen nodded proudly: "Of course!" Don't underestimate him! Among his peers, he is a genius. He knows more than elementary school students!

"Arrogant little guy." Fu Yunruo poked his nose lovingly.

The album was to be released at nine o'clock, and it was still seven o'clock now. It was still very early. Fu Yunruo thought for a moment and decided to take her son out for a walk. Before leaving, she didn't forget to set the phone alarm at 8:45, so she could be back in time to log in and forward the MV as soon as possible.

The most popular night gathering spot for the villagers was the court on the village entrance. There was a wide open space there, with some trees and no buildings. The cool night breeze blew and took away heat from the body. Gathering there during the nights was one of the most popular summer activities for the villagers. The villagers sat on the small benches they brought from home, fanned themselves, and chatted loudly about local gossip and daily matters.

When Fu Yunruo and Wenwen arrived, the place was already very lively. She could hear the loud voice of village aunts and uncles from a distance away. She didn't know what they were talking about, but everyone seemed to be full of laughter and smiles.

Seeing the mother and son, the villagers greeted them happily, "Ruoruo, Wenwen, you are here!"

Everyone was very concerned about Wenwen's injury. For a while, the little boy was surrounded by a group of distressed grandpas and grandmas. He replied to their concerns with a crisp and cute voice, which was very pleasant.

"Sister Yunruo." Xin Xu quickly stood up and greeted, "Come here and sit down."

Fu Yunruo was originally watching her son with a smile when she heard Xin Xu's voice. She turned her head sideway and saw Xin Xu stand up and beckoned to her. Si Yue was also there, sitting among a group of uncles and aunts. The two stars looked very conspicuous in the crowd of local villagers.

Fu Yunruo walked towards the two. Xin Xu hurriedly offered a small stool to her as he moved to sit on Si Yue's bench.

"Sister Yunruo, are you taking your child for a walk?"

"Yes." Fu Yunruo answered, "I don't know you two are here too." Unexpectedly, these two big stars were very down-to-earth and actually came out to join the village's largest gossip exchange. It seemed they were well accepted by the locals.

"It's quite interesting." Xin Xu smiled. In the past 22 years of his life, he had never experienced this kind of lifestyle. People here carried small benches to a gathering place at night to chat about daily lives and various gossips. When the gathering was over, they carried the benches back to each house. After participating on the first day, Xin Xu found it very novel and took Si Yue to join every night.

Fu Yunruo couldn't help but glance at Si Yue. She could understand Xin Xu's interest. After all, he was still young and a little childish. But Si Yue? Fu Yunruo felt inexplicable, even a bit funny, when seeing him surrounded by a group of uncles and aunts.

Wenwen finally broke through the encirclement and came to Fu Yunruo. He ran to his mother's side, then greeted Si Yue and Xin Xu.

The villagers soon turned the conversation to the gossips from neighboring villages.

Xin Xu asked curiously: "Sister Yunruo, I haven't seen you here before. Do you usually live outside the village?"

"Yes. I work in another place. Since it is more convenient, I live there more often than here." Fu Yunruo replied. At first, her intention was to stay in the village except when it was rainy or cold, but after a while, she found that commuting back and forth every day was very bothersome. In the end, she and her son only came back to the village once every seven to ten days.

Xin Xu nodded, "It must be hard."

"It's not hard. Fortunately, Uncle Guo takes care of me very much."

Si Yue listened quietly from the side, but he frowned subconsciously. Fu Yunruo, the daughter of Fu family, was actually reduced to working in such a remote place to make ends meet? She was bullied too much.

Wenwen also listened from the side. His big moist eyes looked at Xin Xu from time to time. The boy once again wondered: Does Uncle Xu really want to be his stepdad?

Wenwen also listened from the side. His big moist eyes looked at Xin Xu from time to time. The boy once again wondered: Does Uncle Xu really want to be his stepdad?

Wenwen trotted with his short legs and moved to Si Yue's side. He then grabbed Si Yue's knees and tried to stand on his tiptoe to whisper. However, Wenwen's small body was too short. Even if he stood on tiptoe and stretched his body, he still couldn't reach Si Yue's ear.

Si Yue picked Wenwen up and put the boy on his lap before lowering his head cooperatively. Wenwen put his arms around Si Yue's neck and whispered: "Uncle Yue, does Uncle Xu want to be my stepdad?"

Si Yue: "…"

Si Yue looked over the younger man. His eyes were sharp and full of annoyance. Just that guy? Want to be his son's stepdad? Daydreaming!

Si Yue said firmly: "No."

Wenwen immediately felt relieved. He didn't want an extra person in the family to compete with him for his mother's affection.

Xin Xu, who was laughing happily while talking with Fu Yunruo, suddenly shuddered and felt a chill rose from his spine. Xin Xu touched his back confusedly. Why did he suddenly feel cold? He turned his head and took a look, just in time to meet a pair of dark eyes that made him instinctively sense a danger.

"W-what?" Under the inexplicable pressure, Xin Xu stuttered.

Fu Yunruo also looked over and saw her son was hugging Si Yue intimately. Fu Yunruo inwardly mused. Unexpectedly, Wenwen liked Si Yue so much. It was her first time seeing the boy take the initiative to get close to someone other than her. Even Uncle Guo, Uncle Mei, and Auntie Mei rarely got this privilege.

Fu Yunruo suddenly felt a bit sour.

"When will the show end?" Fu Yunruo asked Si Yue. She knew that it would take half a month to finish the shooting, but she wasn't clear which day they would leave.

Si Yue replied: "In ten days."

Xin Xu secretly pondered. Right, they would leave this village after ten days. By that time, he couldn't see Sister Yunruo and Wenwen anymore, making him feel unwilling.

Wenwen was also very reluctant when he heard that. Only ten days more, ah!

Fu Yunruo smiled and said: "I want to invite you two for a meal as a thank you for your care of Wenwen." Except for a meal, she didn't have much to repay the two. They could be considered acquaintances now, so it would be nice to have a lively dinner together. At that time, she would invite Auntie Mei couple and Uncle Guo too.

Fu Yunruo knew that their intersection would probably be limited to this. After all, she and these people were not from the same world.

Xin Xu's eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed, "Okay!"

"Then it's settled. You two can set the time, just tell me one day in advance." Suddenly, Fu Yunruo's phone rang. She took a look at the alarm on display: it's already time.

Fu Yunruo turned off the alarm and stood up: "We should go back now."

Wenwen skilfully jumped off Si Yue's arms and walked towards Fu Yunruo.

Feeling the sudden lack of the small soft heater in his arms, Si Yue was at a loss for a while. After a moment, he also stood up. Under Xin Xu's puzzled gaze, Si Yue said: "We should go back too."

"Yes!" Xin Xu quickly stood up and walked out of the crowd with Si Yue. After saying farewell to the villagers, they left.

Fu Yunruo, Wenwen, Si Yue, and Xin Xu walked together on the same road.

Wenwen bounced carefreely on the road, while Si Yue and Fu Yunruo walked side by side. Fu Yunruo glanced at Si Yue doubtfully. She somehow felt that the man was not in a good mood tonight and didn't seem to be in the mood of talking. However, they were not familiar with each other, so she was embarrassed to ask too much.

Si Yue was indeed not in the mood to talk. Whenever he saw Fu Yunruo, he remembered that he was a dead man in the eyes of mother and son, which made him feel gloomy.

Having passed Mei family's house, Fu Yunruo looked suspiciously at Si Yue, who was still following her.

Si Yue said concisely: "Send you two back."

When Xin Xu, who was about to enter the gate, heard Si Yue's words, he smacked his forehead and hurriedly turned around: "Right, we should send Sister Yunruo and Wenwen back."

"No, it's just a few meters. It's very close." Fu Yunruo didn't expect to still receive this kind of treatment, so she refused repeatedly. After all, it was a road she had walked back and forth countless times before, so there was no need for others to send them back.

However, the two young men were very persistent. Fu Yunruo was embarrassed to reject too strongly, so in the end, the four of them walked back to the rental house.

When they arrived at the gate, Fu Yunruo and Wenwen said goodnight to Si Yue and Xin Xu, but didn't invite them in. As a single woman living with a young child, it was not good for her to invite two young men to her house so late at night.

Si Yue stood at the door and said, "Don't forget to lock the door."

Fu Yunruo nodded.

Wenwen poked his head out from his mother's back and waved his chubby hands: "Good night Uncle Yue, good night Uncle Xu."

Si Yue and Xin Xu also said good night. After seeing the gate closed and listening to the door locked, they also return to Mei family house.

After Fu Yunruo closed the gate, she led Wenwen into the house. Luckily, they were on time. When she finally turned on her phone and logged into her account, it was still two minutes before nine.

Wenwen bounced around, "Mom, I want to watch too! I want to watch too!"

Fu Yunruo had no choice but agreed. She sat down and hugged Wenwen on her lap so they could watch together. As soon as the clock turned nine, Liu Zhi's Weibo and other social media accounts published the MV.

In less than two minutes, the tags related to #LiuZhiMV rose rapidly on the trending topics, reaching number one in no time. Although this was mostly the result of the heavy promotion done by Liu Zhi's studio, it could be seen that the MV's popularity was exploding.

This was Fu Yunruo's first time to watch the final, post-edited version of the MV. The visual was stunning, especially when it was paired with diva queen Liu Zhi's charming voice.

The result was excellent.

Fu Yunruo couldn't help watching the MV three more times: once to listen to the song, once to watch the MV's story, and then once to enjoy both the song and the story. It was truly a complete auditory and visual feast.

"Awesome!" Fu Yunruo couldn't help exclaiming.

When Wenwen heard this, he pointed to the screen and exclaimed: "It's very beautiful!" Of course he meant the part of the video produced by his mother.

Fu Yunruo smiled. Hearing the child's high evaluation of her, she couldn't help but kiss his soft cheek.

Wenwen immediately covered his small face with his hand. He was a big kid now, but Mom still loved to kiss him. How embarrassing!

After reading the comments for a while, Fu Yunruo found that the MV's general acceptance was very positive. Feeling relieved, she put the phone aside, went out to fetch water, and then came back to wipe their hands and feet before going to bed.

…

After Si Yue returned to Mei family's house, he was not idle either. The efficiency of his subordinates was very high. The information about Fu Yunruo these past four years was quickly compiled and delivered to him.

After reading the investigation report, Si Yue felt a little uncomfortable, but he quickly suppressed this unfamiliar feeling.

"Buy me some toys that three to four years old boys like to play with." Si Yue remembered the bunch of toys sent by the production team and thought that his son deserved the best.

"Yes."

"Buy a dozen sets of children's clothes too…" Si Yue recalled the clothes Wenwen usually wore. It was obvious that Fu Yunruo took very good care of the boy. Although the styles were nothing special, the materials were not cheap. Yet, those couldn't be compared to specially-customized, made-to-order children's clothing.

Si Yue hesitated for a moment, but he still said: "Order some regular dresses for Fu Yunruo, as well as bags, shoes, cosmetics…"

Si Yue reasoned to himself. He wasn't trying to please anyone, but just wanted to forge a better relationship. No matter what, Fu Yunruo was his son's mother, so he couldn't let her look too shabby.

That woman Fang Xueruo was still here, and they might accidentally meet eventually. Although Fu Yunruo's temperament and appearance completely surpassed that woman, he didn't mind adding superficial objects to give her a crushing win.

His…cough, his son's mother deserves the best.

Si Yue thought for a while, felt it wasn't right, and finally changed his words: "Forget it. Just send the child's things, but not the woman's."

In such a remote village, expensive fashion items had no use except for being needlessly eye-catching. Besides, if he gave her things for no reason, Fu Yunruo would definitely refuse.

"…just prepare some first. No need to send." After Si Yue finished giving his instructions, he hung up the phone.

"Yes."

In the luxury office on top of a tall building, a young man in a western suit and leather shoes put down his mobile phone with a perplexed face.

Seeing this, another man in a similar suit asked from the side: "Does the boss have other orders?"

"Yeah." The man nodded and said to his colleague, "Our boss is going to have a madam."

"? What are you talking about?"

The man slowly said, "Just now, the boss changed his instruction three times for a woman." And that was to send her clothes, bags, shoes, cosmetics…

The man couldn't help glancing at the neon lights in the night sky outside the tall windows, wondering whether the sun was going to rise from the west tomorrow.

His colleague suddenly nodded in understanding: "I think we won't wait long."

Their boss, who was always very decisive, suddenly acted abnormal, showing that the lady has a special status in his heart. They had worked under Boss for so long, but never saw him personally gifting any woman this kind of thing before.

…

Si Yue was unaware of his subordinates' wild imagination. As soon as he hung up, his agent Yuan Xin called.

"What's the matter?" Si Yue asked.

"Just a reminder, Chang family has made a move, trying to pressure the company to control you."

Si Yue pressed his brow. His personal affairs were in a mess now, so he had no time to deal with this, "You can deal with them yourself."

"You are so idle." Yuan Xin was fuming. They were so busy that they couldn't sleep well, alright!

"I'm not idle." Si Yue said. He was very busy.

Yuan Xin asked suspiciously, "You aren't causing me more trouble, did you?"

Si Yue replied nonchalantly, "How can I give you any trouble here?"

How could Yuan Xin believe? The company PR department was currently so busy that they were still working overtime. All thanks to the trouble this guy caused there.

"I'll stop by your place in two days." Yuan Xin couldn't feel at ease and decided to personally pay a visit.

Si Yue ignored him. Suddenly remembering something, he asked: "What's Fu family's situation now?"

"Fu Family?" Yuan Xin naturally paid attention. After all, they were Fang Xueruo's backer. "There is nothing for the time being, don't worry. I let someone pay attention to them."

Si Yue responded, "Pay good attention to Fu family and notify me if there is any change."

"Okay." Yuan Xin hung up the phone, feeling a little suspicious. Why did he feel that Si Yue suddenly paid too much attention to the Fu family?

At this time, someone called him, so Yuan Xin answered and left.

He must be thinking too much.

The weather was fine the next day. Fu Yunruo didn't have to go to the flower garden, so she put on a skirt today. The dress she was wearing was retro style with her long hair, falling diagonally on her left chest, was braided to match.

Due to the nature of her job, Fu Yunruo never wore skirts in the flower garden. On most days, she wore either jeans or casual pants and only wore skirts when staying in the village.

Every time Wenwen saw his mother wearing a skirt, his eyes lit up, and his little tongue waggled in sweet compliments: "Mom is super beautiful!"

Fu Yunruo also boasted: "Our Wenwen is super handsome today too!"

Fu Yunruo put on small denim shorts with a suspender for Wenwen today. Coupled with a white short-sleeved shirt, the boy looked very handsome.

"Of course." Wenwen raised his head proudly. "Only a beautiful Mom can give birth to such a handsome baby like me!"

"Yes! That's right."

When the mother and son were busy complimenting each other and laughing happily, a few children ran to the house, poked their heads into the yard, and called mysteriously: "Big Sister Ruoruo, Big Sister Ruoruo…"

"What's the matter?" Hearing the call, Fu Yunruo walked out and saw only older children came, led by Dali and Dunzi.

Dali whispered: "Big Sister Ruoruo, we are going to take you to a place."

"Take me where?" Seeing the children's mysterious look, Fu Yunruo became curious.

Wenwen ran over, "I want to go too!"

Dunzi looked at Wenwen's small body and scratched his head in hesitation. Upon seeing the boy's big moist eyes, no one had the heart to say a rejection.

But the mountain road is not easy to walk, ah! What to do?!

"Big Sister Ruoruo, bring a basket!"

Fu Yunruo didn't know what these children were going to do, but she obediently went to the kitchen and fetched a beautiful bamboo basket, made especially for her by Uncle Mei.

In the end, Wenwen also tagged along. The mother and son followed the children and went to the mountains.

Wenwen walked with his short legs and asked curiously: "Where are we going?"

Dali answered with a low voice: "To our secret base!"

After walking for about 20 minutes, the group finally arrived at the so-called 'secret base.'

"Is that a mulberry?" Fu Yunruo looked at the mulberry tree in front of them, with ripe purple-black fruits hanging on it. There were also mulberry trees in the village, but the children picked them clean before the fruits had any chance to ripen. Such a ripened mulberry tree was an unknown sight around here.

The children ran to pick up the fruits, then put them into Fu Yunruo's basket, "These are for Big Sister Ruoruo and Wenwen. Wenwen is injured, so he has to eat more. But keep it secret, okay!"

This was the children's way of apologizing. When Wenwen was injured by the vicious queen yesterday, they felt that they were also responsible. It was their fault for running away on their own and failing to notice that Wenwen was left behind. So, they decided to share their secret base with Wenwen.

Fu Yunruo didn't refuse the children's kindness, "Alright. I will pick them, but we will eat together. With so many fruits, Wenwen and I cannot finish them alone. It would be a shame to let them go bad."

"Okay!" The children agreed happily.

Wenwen was equally happy. He stepped forward to help pick the mulberries. Compared to eating mulberries, he liked picking them more!

This small patch of mulberries looked quite a lot at first glance, but in fact, the fruits were not so many. After the bamboo basket Fu Yunruo brought was full and the children's pockets were bulging with ripe fruits, they were all gone.

"Okay, let's go back!"

With Fu Yunruo's call, the children ran happily: "Go back and eat mulberries!"

Fu Yunruo smiled and followed behind.

…

The variety show resumed its livestream today, but due to yesterday's incident, the atmosphere at Fang Xueruo's group was a bit stiff. Fang Xueruo's face was haggard, yet she still showed professionality during the shooting. However, the lens occasionally captured the weak appearance she accidentally revealed, which roused strong distress and desire to protect from the audience.

According to the script, today's theme was 'exchanging partners.' Originally, the production team planned to pair Si Yue with Fang Xueruo to add more drama. However, they no longer dared to do so with what happened yesterday and quickly changed the group composition, pairing Xin Xu with Fang Xueruo and Si Yue with Weng Huaibei.

Weng Huaibei had a good impression of Xueruo and naturally couldn't understand Si Yue, who slandered and insulted his goddess. As a result, he couldn't help throwing some provocations, but was easily deflated each time.

Weng Huaibei suddenly remembered something. He said with a grin: "I remember the kids saying that there is a big sister named Ruoruo in their village, who seems to be more beautiful than Xueruo. I actually don't believe it."

"I heard that this Big Sister Ruoruo is from Shanghe Village. Brother Yue, have you ever seen her? Is she really that beautiful?"

Sure enough, the comment screen was immediately filled with ridicule.

[Just a village girl? Is she worthy of being compared to Xuexue?]

[Even the name is very similar. How sickening.]

[Could it be that she deliberately changed her name to rub on Xuexue's popularity?]

Si Yue raised his eyebrow slightly. Looking straight at Weng Huaibei, he said: "Children are the least likely to lie, so this must be true."

Weng Huaibei smirked: "You think so? Then I really want to see this person."

Si Yue said indifferently: "No need. After all, not everyone is willing to be harassed for no reason by trivial people."

Weng Huaibei: "…"

The cameraman hurriedly moved the lens away from the two, so as not to capture Si Yue's mocking face again that might attract more hatred.

Si Yue's tongue had become more and more poisonous…

The cameraman was thinking about the director's repeated instruction and thus didn't notice the group of people coming from the distance and captured by the lens.

[Ahhhhhhhh, Mr. Cameraman, hold on! Hold on!]

[Do not move, do not move!]

[Goddess!]

[She must be a fairy who got stranded in the mortal world!]

[I want to know all of this beauty's information in three minutes!]

[I am willing to go yuri1 for this beautiful lady!]

[Me too!]

[How beautiful, aaahhh!]

Captured by the high-definition professional camera, a girl with a bamboo basket in her hand walked slowly on the village road. She was surrounded by a group of laughing children, and her retro-style dress swayed slightly with her steps. The sun shone on her beautiful white face, like a golden halo.

The moment they looked up, the audience could only think of one phrase — love at first sight.

Fu Yunruo was holding the bamboo basket, and her attention was entirely on the children who were running and frolicking around her. Seeing the children's carefree laughter, she also smiled subconsciously. Her smile was warm and pure.

Suddenly, the children stopped and stared forward. Seeing this, Fu Yunruo also raised her eyes in the same direction. Not far away, Si Yue was standing with an unfamiliar male star, accompanied by two cameramen. At first glance, Fu Yunruo could see that they were in the middle of shooting. Thinking that she shouldn't disturb their work, she didn't say hello to Si Yue. After pausing her steps, Fu Yunruo turned to the children and said: "Let's take a detour."

Wenwen saw Si Yue was in the middle of a livestream broadcast. He looked at his mother nervously, wishing her to leave this place quickly. Hearing her words, he immediately grabbed her skirt and walked around.

Si Yue saw Fu Yunruo appear with a group of children. Seeing the camera was facing them, he frowned. Wenwen had expressed his wish to not let his mother appear on the camera, and he also didn't want Fu Yunruo to receive the irrational attack from Fang Xueruo's brainless fans. Si Yue walked in front to block the lens before giving the cameraman a cold glance.

Facing Si Yue's cold face, the cameraman reacted and quickly moved the camera away.

The audience of Si Yue's livestream channel was busy immersing themselves in the beautiful face when someone's back suddenly blocked the camera. The audience groaned in annoyance and began to protest, telling Si Yue not to block the camera. They still wanted to see the beautiful goddess!

Finally, Si Yue moved and stopped blocking, but the goddess was no longer on screen.

[Mr. Cameraman, please take more shoot of that beautiful sister! I'll treat you a chicken drumstick in return!]

[Ohhhhhh, I haven't seen enough. How cruel!]

[Fortunately, I was wise enough to take screenshots.]

[Hand over the screenshots, and I will spare your life!]

No matter how much the audience wailed, the cameraman unwaveringly fixed his lens at Si Yue and the empty scenery behind.

[Comrades, go take a look at Weng Huaibei's channel next door!]

It turned out that Weng Huaibei's cameraman also noticed the newly-appeared group and quickly moved the lens to capture their shoot.

When the audience saw the super conspicuous comment, they remembered that Weng Huaibei was also on the scene. They immediately swarmed over. In an instant, the number of viewers on Si Yue's side dropped drastically, while Weng Huaibei's side skyrocketed.

Weng Huaibei also saw a girl walking by, wearing ordinary clothes which could not conceal her outstanding appearance. There was a surprise in his eyes. In terms of appearance and aura, it seemed that this girl was above Fang Xueruo. For a split second, Weng Huaibei even started to believe that the children were correct, and this girl was indeed more beautiful than Fang Xueruo. However, he quickly diminished this thought.

How could a mere country girl be compared to Fang Xueruo, who grew up in luxury?

Many fans of Weng Huaibei were also fans of Fang Xueruo, and thus they also threw many mockeries along with their idol. But at this moment, the amount of mockery they threw before was equal to the amount of face slap they received.

Si Yue's fans who rushed to Weng Huaibei's channel began to lick the screen and directly occupied the whole comment area with lavish praises and rainbow farts. Most of the original audience who got slapped in the face was as quiet as wet chickens. Some, however, were still insisting on their original opinions. They even began to spread a conspiracy theory, claiming that this country girl was crazy with fame and wanted to step on Xuexue's head to gain popularity. Then, as if they had found a perfect reason, they began to ridicule again.

However, public opinion this time was not one-sided, and a group of face-fetish passersby started a ferocious counterattack.

[Oh? Then your aesthetic must be very 'unique.']

[To be honest, if we look at her face alone, Fang Xueruo is actually not that beautiful, especially in the entertainment circle. I really don't understand how her fans can be so arrogant.]

[Right. I used to think that her pure temperament adds some points to her beauty. But now, when we compare her with a real pure goddess, the difference between a pirated copy and the genuine product is as clear as day.]

[What pirated, what genuine? I think it is the difference between high-quality and low-quality products.]

[Rather than awkwardly trying to brag about Fang Xueruo's beauty, it's better if you brag about her acting skill. After all, an amateur has no way to compare acting achievement with a movie empress.]

[lol]

Most of these powerful commenters were Si Yue's fans, who had never concealed his dislike of Fang Xueruo. As a result, his fans' perception of Fang Xueruo was either zero or even negative. Moreover, after Si Yue exposed his poisonous tongue, his originally mature and calm fans suddenly also exposed their poisonous tongue, and their fighting power soared. This was probably the so-called 'like the fans, like the idol.'

Weng Huaibei saw the girl lead the children to change direction and hurriedly chased after them: "Please wait!"

When the children saw two strangers running over, they hurriedly guarded Fu Yunruo and Wenwen behind them and barked fiercely, "What do you want to do?"

Weng Huaibei stood one meter away, showing a friendly smile, "Please don't misunderstand. We are not malicious." He then looked at Fu Yunruo: "Are you Miss Ruoruo?"

"Why are you looking for Big Sister Ruoruo?" The group of little dwarfs watched Weng Huaibei warily. They still remembered how these outsiders bullied their Wenwen yesterday. Did this adult even want to bully their Big Sister Ruoruo now?

Fu Yunruo glanced at the camera that was facing her and politely said to the cameraman: "Excuse me, can you keep the lens away from me? I don't want to get broadcasted."

Seeing the pair of beautiful eyes, the cameraman hesitated for a moment before finally turning the lens back to Weng Huaibei.

Fu Yunruo then looked at Weng Huaibei, "May I ask what can I do for you?"

Fu Yunruo turned to look at Weng Huaibei, "May I ask what can I do for you?"

Weng Huaibei suddenly became tongue-tied. For a while, he didn't know what to say to the girl. "I…" He glanced at the bamboo basket she was holding and then smiled wryly: "Have some mulberries!"

Fu Yunruo looked at the bamboo basket and guessed that this person probably stopped them because he wanted to eat mulberries. So she asked the children: "These uncles want to eat mulberries. Shall we give them some?"

The children hesitated. They didn't want to give any, but when they saw Si Yue walking by, they remembered that Uncle Yue had given them sweets and treated Wenwen well, so they nodded generously: "Give mulberries to Uncle Yue."

They then looked at Weng Huaibei and reluctantly said: "This uncle can also taste some."

Fu Yunruo almost laughed, but she solemnly nodded and gave a handful of mulberries to Weng Huaibei and the two cameramen. Finally, she gave twice the amount to Si Yue. After all, who made Si Yue's hand so big? She must give proportionally.

Fu Yunruo smiled and nodded in greeting at Si Yue, but didn't say a word. After sharing the mulberries, she took the children and left briskly.

Si Yue watched until Fu Yunruo and the children disappeared from his sight before turning to Weng Huaibei. Seeing the other man's dazed stare, he let out a mocking sneer.

Si Yue turned and left with a smile on his face, "Wash the mulberries before eating. They look delicious."

At this moment, the audience was busy filling the livestream channel with excited comments. When they saw the little cutie Wenwen again, they noticed that the little cutie and beautiful goddess looked so much alike. At first glance, it is evident that they were related by blood. Were they brother and sister?

What kind of godly parents gave birth to such beautiful children? Did they save the earth in their previous life?

And then, when the audience heard Si Yue's parting words, they immediately became envious. They also wanted mulberries from the beautiful goddess!

…

Although Fu Yunruo only appeared on the screen for a short moment, topics related to her soon appeared on Weibo.

#Goddess#

#BeautifulSiblings#

#BeautifulGoddess#

#MissMulberry#

The tags quickly appeared on the trending topic list, and the popularity soared rapidly. The one that gathered the most attention was a ten-second video recorded by a viewer, showing the side feature of a very beautiful girl. The self-proclaimed face fetishes quickly fell into a quagmire and couldn't stop themselves from replaying the video in an endless loop.

Afterward, they rushed to the show's social media and demanded the beautiful goddess to appear on the screen again.

…

Fu Yunruo had no idea about the commotion currently happening on the internet. After taking the children home, she unloaded the mulberries from the basket and the children's pockets, washed them clean, and placed them in a fruit bowl.

The children acted so secretively when they went to pick the mulberries, but they were very generous when it came to eating. They called the rest of their playmates and divided the fruits equally.

The children ate the mulberries in delish. After they finished, their hands, mouth, and tongue turned purple-black. They stuck out their tongues and made faces at each other jokingly.

Wenwen's mouth also turned purple after eating mulberries. Refusing to look ugly, he hurriedly ran to his mother and asked her to help wipe his mouth.

Fu Yunruo wiped Wenwen's lips with damp towels, but the color remained, so she prepared lightly salted water to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth.

After the children finished the mulberries, they took Wenwen to play hopscotch in the yard. Invited by the children, Fu Yunruo also queued to play for a while, until she quit to answer her ringing mobile phone.

Fu Yunruo wiped her sweat and answered the call, "Hello, Tiantian?"

"Ruoruo, you appear on the trending topics."

Fu Yunruo was stunned for a moment. She thought about the camera that might have taken their shots just now, but couldn't figure out why she got into the trending topics. Her first reaction was: could it be that her identity was dug out by some netizens, and now she was under attack? Fu Yunruo remembered the nasty and hurtful words described in the novel, as if she was an unforgivable sinner. Her heart suddenly sunk.

"Should we deal with it? Although we still haven't announced your identity to the public, we should prepare a PR plan in place so we can promptly handle the situation in case your identity was exposed…"

As the one in charge of Fu Yunruo's studio, it was part of Tiantian's job to monitor the trends on the internet. She was in the middle of browsing the trending topics when she found Fu Yunruo appeared as the protagonist of a trending video. Tiantian knew that Fu Yunruo didn't want to expose her face to the public. Although Fu Yunruo could be more popular using her face, she relied only on her technique. Seeing this unexpected incident, Tiantian quickly called Fu Yunruo.

"Why did you get shot?"

"It was an accident." Fu Yunruo replied. Hearing Tiantian's relaxed tone, it seemed that the situation was not as bad as she thought, so she asked: "How is the sentiment on the internet? Is it positive or negative?"

"Basically positive." Tiantian answered, "Should we take this opportunity to announce your identity?"

According to Fu Yunruo's popularity, if they operated well, they could take advantage of this tide to disclose her identity and gain many new fans.

"No." Fu Yunruo refused. "We have been doing well. If possible, try to quell this matter as soon as possible."

Fu Yunruo didn't want to show her face, nor did she want her private life exposed to the public. She was very content with her current peaceful life. No matter what happened on the internet, it didn't disturb her.

"Okay." Tiantian felt it was a pity. After all, it wasn't easy to get such good publicity for free. But she still respected Fu Yunruo's opinion. "Then I will pay more attention to it."

"Okay. Sorry for the trouble."

"By the way, Ruoruo, I have sorted out the information about the schools you asked me to do before, and I have contacted people to find the house you want to buy. I will notify you once a suitable house enters the market."

"I see. Thank you for your hard work."

Wenwen was very smart for his age, so Fu Yunruo wanted to enroll him in kindergarten this September. Originally, she wanted to let Wenwen stay here throughout his kindergarten years. But after thinking about it again, she decided to move earlier. Wenwen would enroll in the local kindergarten until next year. Next year, he would be four, the age for pre-kindergarten class in Beijing. One year was enough time for her to arrange everything in their new home.

In the dead of night, she often carefully thought about Auntie Mei's advice. For her own sake, for the sake of her son, she indeed couldn't continue to hole in this mountain nest. It was time for her to depart for the outside world.

It's just…she still didn't know how to convince Uncle Guo to go with them…

After hanging up the phone, Fu Yunruo became curious, so she went online to check the situation herself. She browsed the trending topics and people's comments. Fu Yunruo suddenly felt embarrassed. Although she indeed considered herself beautiful, it wasn't as exaggerated as the comments said. She was even given the nickname of 'Miss Mulberry,' was it because she was holding a basket of mulberries in the video?

Fu Yunruo continued her browsing. Except for praising her beauty, people were mostly asking about the identity of the mysterious girl, and no one actually recognized her as 'Fu Yunruo.' Netizens were really forgetful. She remembered that this body's original owner had also repeatedly appeared on the internet, but was blasted by mockery and insults.

It was obviously the same face; why such a large contrast? Fu Yunruo used the front camera to take a look at her face. The difference between the present and past was just the usage of makeup. Did everyone really fail to recognize her?

Fu Yunruo then began to check the past news and found that at some point, all the news related to her could no longer be found on the internet, as if they never existed before.

For a while, Fu Yunruo felt mixed emotions. But before she was immersed in the emotion for long, Wenwen ran over and hugged her legs. The boy looked up at her and asked in concern: "Mom, what's wrong?"

Fu Yunruo put aside her mind and patted Wenwen's face, "Mom is okay."

She then stood up and took her son back to his playmates.

…

In the afternoon, the casts and guests returned to their lodgings to rest. At this time, Fang Xueruo naturally saw the trending topics and also saw the so-called 'Big Sister Ruoruo' whom the children claimed to be more beautiful than her.

Fang Xueruo clenched her hand so hard that her fingernails left red marks on her white palm. Fang Xueruo didn't know what kind of shitty luck did she had recently. It seemed that nothing was going smoothly. Obviously, this had never happened before.

It all started after she joined this show…

She shouldn't have come. This show and the people here must be incompatible with her, causing her bad luck!

Fang Xueruo glared at the smiling woman in the video; her eyes were burning with jealousy.

Just a village girl, how could this country bumpkin be better than her, who received high-class education for so many years? No, it must be the beauty effect of the camera filter. Otherwise, how could they be comparable?

This face…truly made her feel disgusted.

When Fang Xueruo left the room, she perfectly concealed all the negative emotions, showing only an innocent face and gentle smile. She walked to Xin Xu. Seemingly inadvertently, she began to give sincere compliments: "I just saw the trending topics. This girl called Ruoruo indeed looks much more beautiful than me."

Xin Xu smiled meekly, but said nothing. Although he agreed with Fang Xueruo, he couldn't nod honestly before the actual person.

Fang Xueruo's smile remained unchanged, but she secretly clenched her hand again. With a soft voice, she said: "Is she the sister of the child yesterday? It was my wrong yesterday. After reflecting on it, I think I should properly apologize to the child's parents." Fang Xueruo lowered her eyes and bit her lip slightly, "Do you know them? I wonder if you can take me to the child's house?"

Xin Xu hesitated. But after thinking about it, this was indeed what Fang Xueruo ought to do. Sister Ruoruo was obviously angry because Wenwen got hurt. If Fang Xueruo apologized in person, Sister Ruoruo should no longer be as angry.

Xin Xu finally replied: "All right."

Xin Xu and Fang Xueruo departed to Shanghe Village. Before reaching Fu Yunruo's house, they met Si Yue and Weng Huaibei.

Seeing Fang Xueruo, Si Yue frowned.

"Brother Yue! Brother Huaibei." Xin Xu greeted the two happily.

Si Yue said, "If I remember correctly, you should be doing the task in Xiahe Village?"

Xin Xu glanced at Fang Xueruo and scratched his head awkwardly, "Brother Yue, Sister Xueruo said that she wants to apologize to Sister Ruoruo in person."

Fang Xueruo tucked a strand of loose hair to the back of her ear, took a step forward and looked at Si Yue with gleaming eyes: "Yes. I should apologize to Wenwen's parents."

Si Yue gave her a meaningful glance and suddenly asked: "So you have seen the trending topics on the internet."

Fang Xueruo smiled sincerely: "Yes. Wenwen and his sister look so alike. Both are very beautiful, as the comments on the internet said."

Si Yue glanced at Fang Xueruo up and down, then he gave her a mocking smile: "If I remember correctly, you have come to me three times before, all because you were searching for your sister?" Si Yue emphasized the word 'sister' very meaningfully.

The so-called elder sister whom she worried so much actually appeared before her eyes, yet she couldn't recognize her?

Si Yue only had an intersection with Fu Yunruo once, and his consciousness was blurry at that time. Even so, he recognized her at a glance. Yet this woman, who lived with her sister for more than ten years and kept saying how much she cared about her sister, couldn't recognize her after seeing the video?

If Fang Xueruo anxiously came here after seeing her sister in the video, Si Yue would still have half a respect for her. As a result?

Looking at this hypocrite woman, Si Yue found her so ridiculous that he laughed twice in mockery.

He really couldn't understand why such a stupid woman was able to live so smoothly until now.

Fang Xueruo didn't react for a while. More than three years ago, she indeed had chased Si Yue to find out about Fu Yunruo's whereabouts. But afterward, Fu family deliberately downplayed her existence. After being missing for so long, no one remembered her anymore. Now people only knew that Fu family only had one young miss…it had been a very long time since Fang Xueruo last thought about Fu Yunruo.

Si Yue suddenly mentioned this name. Fang Xueruo froze for a while, but she quickly recovered and exclaimed in a surprised joy: "Do you know about my sister's whereabouts? Where is she?"

Si Yue ignored her fakery and said with utmost contempt: "What a hypocrite. You truly disgust me." He glanced at Xin Xu and said, "Let's go."

"Eh? Oh." Xin Xu was confused, but he still followed Si Yue and even forgot about the show's shooting.

"Wait…" Fang Xueruo was about to catch up, but her mind suddenly flashed with a thought, and her face changed drastically.

Ruoruo… Fu Yunruo?!

Weng Huaibei didn't understand what the two were talking about. Seeing Fang Xueruo's ugly expression, he asked in concern: "Xueruo, what's the matter with you?"

"It's okay." Fang Xueruo returned to her senses, but her expression was still not good, "Let's go back."

"Okay." Weng Huaibei looked at her with concern. But seeing that she didn't want to talk, he no longer asked.

Fang Xueruo quickly returned to the farmhouse she was staying at. She quickly shut herself in her room, turned on her phone, found the video, and watched it again.

Fu Yunruo!

It turned out to be her!

Why did she change so much in just four years?

The woman she remembered had sharp eyes, a grumpy temper, full of thorns all over, and extremely aggressive. Because of lack of sleep, her skin condition was poor, which she always hid under thick makeup so that no one could see her haggard look. Yet, the woman in the video had a completely different appearance. They simply looked like two different people.

Fang Xueruo suddenly knew why she disliked the boy so much. Wasn't it because his face was the copy of the young Fu Yunruo?

When she and Fu Yunruo first met when they were still very young, that step-sister of hers also looked at her and her mother like this, with eyes full of repulsion and hostility.

Fang Xueruo calmed down suddenly. Another thought came to her mind, which evoked a smile on her lips.

Younger brother? No, that child must be Fu Yunruo's son, right?

…

Xin Xu followed Si Yue back to Mei family house. Along the way, he was still at a loss and kept thinking about the dialogue between Si Yue and Fang Xueruo.

Sister? Who were they talking about?

Wasn't there only one daughter in Fu family? That was what everyone said, right? But in truth, Fu family actually had more than one daughter?

The marriage between Fu family's daughter and Chang family's son was a match made in heaven. Fang Xueruo, as the daughter of Fu family, didn't want to rely on her background when she entered the entertainment industry, which was why she debuted using her mother's surname. In fact, even though Fu Yunruo always denied it, no one in the industry didn't know that she had the backing of Fu family and Chang family.

Otherwise, how could Fang Xueruo be so smooth in her career, with so many good resources got piled up and no one dared to do 'unspoken rules'1 on her?

This information was openly circulated by Fang Xueruo's fans, who were proud to show off that their idol was a real noble young lady. They also bragged about how she was the cleanest female star in the entire entertainment industry.

Although Fang Xueruo's team never openly acknowledged it, everyone accepted it as a fact.

Was there more than one daughter in Fu family? It seemed to be so. There seemed to be gossips that Fang Xueruo had an older step-sister who often bullied her…Xin Xu suddenly felt dizzy. The upper-class society was too complicated!

Si Yue didn't care about Xin Xu. After they arrived home, he immediately returned to his room, took out his mobile phone, and called his agent: "Keep a look at the situation on the internet."

Yuan Xin's first reaction was: "What good deed did you do this time?"

"…" Si Yue sighed, "Watch Fang Xueruo's side. If rumors involving Fu Yunruo began to spread, you must handle it well."

Yuan Xin hummed and then said suspiciously: "Are you hiding something from me? Why have you been so concerned about Fu Yunruo recently? Even if she is the first and only woman you have a physical relationship with, I have never seen you care about her before."

Si Yue: "…shut up!"

Yuan Xin smirked, "You used to be so picky. I never saw you get angry when I laughed at you being an old virgin. Now you aren't anymore, why are you still shy? It's not like you to act like an innocent boy!"

Si Yue chuckled angrily: "Me? Shy? No matter what, I am still much better than a certain someone who doesn't even have a child at such an old age."

Yuan Xin laughed, "As if you have one."

Si Yue: "…"

Yuan Xin: "…"

"F**k! You really have a child?!" Yuan Xin yelled, "Dog man! You are hiding something this big from me! You # &*$!" He was so angry that he didn't even censor his words.

"Okay, that's all. Goodbye." Si Yue ended the call.

"You…" Yuan Xin's angry voice stopped abruptly.

Si Yue put the mobile phone aside and tapped his knuckles on the desktop. Fu Yunruo no longer needed to hide here if he solved these troubles, right? Si Yue began to plan ahead. After ten days, the variety show would finish shooting. There was no reason for him to stay after that, nor was it realistic for him to be here for a long time. To persuade her to leave with the child, apart from convincing her with emotion and reason, the most direct way was to resolve her worries.

In the past, every time he wanted to do something to that couple, there was a voice in his heart preventing him from doing so. His instinct had always been accurate, and thus, he let the annoying couple with their mysterious luck bounce noisily under his eyes. Later, he noticed that every time someone did something unfavorable to them, it would eventually turn into a blessing in disguise, with the opponent ending up with bad luck.

Now, Si Yue ignored his instinct and decided to completely solve the trouble from its root. Even if he got some bad luck, he could afford it.

Wenwen was as stupid as his mother, and the two were too easy to bully. If he, as a father, didn't solve the problem, should he let others bully his son again?