After Transmigrating as the Vicious Female Supporting Character, I Ran Away While Pregnant - Chapter 19
The lady owner moved quickly, and before long, two stir-fried dishes were served. She said with a smile, “Eat up. Your work is too exhausting and hard. You looked so much more energetic when you first started coming here.”
“Thank you, Auntie Liu.” Bai Jing’s cold temperament was a result of long-term work in a high-pressure environment, a weariness cultivated from communicating with patients’ families; in truth, she was simply a quiet person.
Bai Jing took off her glasses and rubbed her brow. “There are many people getting paternity tests these days, but I haven’t met anyone quite like you.”
As Bai Jing finished, their gazes met, and they both burst into laughter simultaneously.
As the child’s mother, Li Sheng bringing the hair samples of another man and woman to test against her daughter was indeed quite interesting, though a bit heartbreaking upon deeper thought.
Li Sheng knew Bai Jing had misunderstood, but rather than explaining with a bunch of unbelievable stories, it was better to let her misunderstand and share a laugh.
“Let’s not talk about that,” Bai Jing picked up her chopsticks. “Auntie Liu and Uncle Liu are very skilled. Give it a try.”
Li Sheng ate a bit; Bai Jing hadn’t overpraised them. The stir-fried dishes were indeed delicious.
Bai Jing had brought out Chinese liquor. She drank quite a bit and still looked fine, though her gaze was gradually beginning to lose focus.
“Huaxia people like to handle business at the dining table. A cup can dissolve an old grudge, and a cup can make a new friend. We’ve clinked glasses now, so does that count as being friends?”
Li Sheng nodded. She wasn’t used to this kind of liquor yet, but sipping it slowly revealed a unique flavor.
Li Sheng didn’t go back that night. She stayed at a nearby hotel and didn’t drive back until she woke up sober the next day.
As soon as she got home, she was met with Guan Tai’s complaints: “If you weren’t coming back, you should have told me earlier! I didn’t get your call until nearly midnight. I didn’t have time to tidy the guest room, so I slept on the sofa all night. Now my back is sore and my limbs are numb.”
“Sorry.” Li Sheng placed a hand on Guan Tai’s shoulder and patted it with some force. “Thank you!”
“Fine, with our friendship, those words are unnecessary. Ranran talked on the phone with Miranda for too long last night and is still sleeping. Go in quietly and don’t wake her.”
Guan Tai still had work with the film crew, so now that Li Sheng was back, he hurried off.
Mo Yueshuang was at the studio shooting an advertisement. Nothing seemed wrong when she arrived in the morning, but as noon approached, she noticed the staff looking at her with strange expressions.
Chen Yue went to prepare lunch for Mo Yueshuang and heard various whispers all along the way.
“Is the news true or false?”
“Her older brother back home broke the news himself. He posted a thirty-minute video accusing Mo Yueshuang of being unfilial. I heard her mother is currently lying in a hospital bed waiting for medical fees.”
“The news must be fake. A human being ought to have a conscience; Mo Yueshuang doesn’t look like the heartless type.”
“How many people in this circle are clean? We don’t know if Mo Yueshuang is kind-hearted, but since her brother said so, could it be fake?”
“Wasn’t this news leaked a few years ago? It caused a huge stir then too—saying Mo Yueshuang became successful but didn’t support her parents or recognize her siblings. Her brother had a fever as a child that damaged his brain, and the family sold or rented out their house and fields to treat him. They live a miserable life.”
“Whether it’s exaggerated or not, look at Mo Yueshuang’s status now—a top-tier Huaxia star and the presumptive female lead for Director Wen’s international blockbuster. Her family is this poor and she doesn’t help at all? That’s so heartless.”
“I don’t think so. Maybe someone is jealous of her fame and intentionally tripping her up. We’ve seen this happen before.”
Chen Yue knew the inside story. Hearing these words along the path made her teeth itch with rage; she clenched her fists to suppress her anger. The Boss is such a good person; how can those vampires in the Mo family have no humanity at all? Are they determined to drive the Boss into a dead end?
Mo Yueshuang checked the news online and understood what was happening.
“Spend money to push down the trending searches, then contact Mo Haogui. Bring some ‘muscle,’ and contact the Mo family side as well. Be sure to find reliable people; this matter cannot be allowed to escalate,” Mo Yueshuang instructed Chen Yue softly, as if they were just having a casual chat.
Chen Yue sighed heavily. “Boss, when will these days end? There’s still a year left on the contract, and already it feels like ice and fire.”
“Alright, stop complaining. Go and arrange it quickly.”
Mo Yueshuang didn’t want to just endure and be slaughtered. Mo Haogui had caused a scene and was sent to the station the next day. Before she could take action herself, she received news about Ji Ruodong.
Ji Ruodong wanted to use Mo Haogui against her, so he certainly wouldn’t let her hurt Mo Haogui easily. But now that Ji Ruodong had “let her go,” Mo Haogui was useless to him.
She couldn’t deal with Ji Ruodong or the company, but if she steeled her heart and spent enough money, she could still settle the Mo family.
Mo Yueshuang’s state was very poor today. It wasn’t until she got home and took a hot bath that she slowly relaxed, but she was still terrified in her dreams at night.
She could handle these petty “black” rumors, as most were just distortions of facts. However, that day five years ago remained the nightmare of her life.
Being drugged and sent to a hotel, she managed to escape a tiger’s mouth only to enter a wolf’s den. Drugged and semi-conscious, she couldn’t remember who the other person was; she only vaguely recalled a blinding light in the room. She suspected that everything that happened that day had been photographed, but she didn’t know why the person holding such a massive secret against her had waited five years without leaking it.
What was their goal?
Li Sheng was in the toy room. Ranran was sitting on the floor playing with her toys. Looking at the piles of various toys filling the room, Li Sheng couldn’t help but laugh; they had bought so much in just a few days that the nearby toy shops all recognized her.
Ranran was playing seriously. Li Sheng sat against the wall and picked up a child’s guitar toy lying nearby. She casually plucked the strings, producing a crisp and distant melody.
Li Sheng liked this tranquility, but things were changing. If Ranran and Ji Ruodong had no blood relation, then the novel’s plot she knew so well had already fundamentally shifted.
Although she had some guesses about Ranran’s origins, she found it hard to believe. Why would she and Mo Yueshuang have a child?
Could it be that I transmigrated physically and then with Mo Yueshuang…? And finally had Ranran? But if I transmigrated physically, I should have an evolved person’s totem on me.
She couldn’t rule out that the original supporting character, Li Sheng, had some special hobbies and had a secret “transaction” with the female lead Mo Yueshuang, eventually leading to a mysterious child.
But Mo Yueshuang seemed to have no impression of her at all; they were complete strangers before.
Forget it, I’ll think about these messy things after the results come out in half a month.
For now, Li Sheng just wanted to spend time with Ranran.
At night, just as Li Sheng was about to fall asleep, there was a frantic knocking on her door along with Ranran’s crying. Li Sheng woke up instantly, opened the door, and saw Ranran standing there clutching her beloved small tablet, her face covered in snot and tears.
Li Sheng held her distressedly. “What’s wrong? Don’t cry, Ranran. Did you have a nightmare?”
“Mommy, Auntie Mo is being bullied.”
Ranran held the tablet up to show Li Sheng. Ranran only knew some foreign languages and could barely recognize a few dozen Huaxia characters, so Li Sheng had bought her a custom tablet where every message could be read aloud.
Ranran clicked the small speaker icon, and a string of insults directed at Mo Yueshuang filled Li Sheng’s ears.
“Ranran, the place where Auntie Mo works is very special. It’s common for people there to be misunderstood, and common to be scolded or feel wronged. Don’t cry, calm down first, okay?”
Ranran was sensible, but she was still a child.
“Mommy! They are bullying Auntie Mo. Waa…”
The insults online were indeed excessive. Knowing the original novel, Li Sheng knew how bizarre the Mo family was. Seeing that Mo Yueshuang’s brother, Mo Haogui, had personally leaked the information, she understood that the Mo family had failed to suck her blood and was now trying to burn everything down.
“Stop crying, okay Ranran?”
“Mommy, Auntie Mo must be very sad. Auntie Mo is going to cry.”
Ranran wasn’t wrong. Mo Yueshuang was indeed very sad. Although she wasn’t at the point of crying, the internal and external pressures of the past five years often kept her at the breaking point. She had just taken a sleeping pill and was lying in bed waiting for the effect to kick in so she could sleep and better face work tomorrow.
Although she had resolved to deal with Mo Haogui, she used methods within the scope of the law. Mo Haogui was immune to both soft and hard approaches; even after a beating, he wouldn’t back down, determined to ruin her. The Mo family even went before the media to weep about Mo Yueshuang’s heartless, “white-eyed wolf” behavior, even dragging out her twenty-something-year-old simpleton brother: “Mo Yueshuang is cruel; she’s a shameless, heartless wolf. We raised her, and now her old mother is dying in the hospital, yet she hasn’t visited once in all these years. Xiao Bao may be a simpleton, but if it weren’t for her back then, our Xiao Bao would have been fine.”
Mo Yueshuang looked at the nauseating Mo family on her phone screen. If it weren’t for me, Xiao Bao would have been fine. They were likely referring to the attempt to marry her off to “Xiao Bao” to cure his illness with “joy,” only for her to escape.
Tired. Every bone and every strand of her soul was tired.
Trapped in endless darkness, when can I walk toward the light? When will these days end? How can I stop hurting so much?
Mo Yueshuang drifted into a troubled sleep amidst her chaotic thoughts.
Mo Yueshuang didn’t go out for the next few days. The advertisement from before was finished, and her other work had been postponed due to her current scandals. Now she only had to rest at home until Chen Yue settled the rumors.
Mo Yueshuang was practicing yoga when she suddenly felt something was wrong, as if someone was watching her from the shadows. She quickly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and saw two figures in the opposite building hurriedly ducking behind a wall.
Mo Yueshuang sighed, drew the curtains, and turned on all the lights in the room.
Losing the mood for yoga, she simply lay on the floor and fell asleep.
For four consecutive days, Mo Yueshuang lived at home, losing track of time. Chen Yue was too busy to see her. Mo Yueshuang was glad she had brought back some vegetables from Li Sheng’s house, which prevented her from starving.
Although she had no appetite, she remembered Li Sheng’s instruction before leaving: Don’t waste food, be sure to eat it soon. Mo Yueshuang smiled and struggled to get up, making some boiled vegetables and forcing herself to eat.
In the early hours of this day, after having a bit of wine, Mo Yueshuang received a call from Chen Yue.
“Boss! The trending searches have been suppressed. Those media outlets that reported randomly have issued apologies, and even your brother hasn’t spoken up again. The Mo family changed their story, saying they were paid by malicious media to blacken your name. There are also posts online confirming you were adopted by the Mo family but left when you were young. These have been verified; the Mo family has completely vanished.”
Mo Yueshuang was a bit dazed. She reached up to scratch her messy hair and finally composed herself. “Who did it?”
“I’m not sure either. When I was negotiating with them these past few days, they were all incredibly arrogant, opening their mouths wide to swallow us whole. I thought settling this would cost us a fortune, but when I checked, it was already resolved.”
“I thought you had found someone to handle it, Boss. I didn’t expect you wouldn’t know either.”
“Boss, do you think the company did it?”
“It couldn’t be the company.” Mo Yueshuang was very clear about the company’s attitude toward her and their current “cold treatment.”
“Forget it, Boss. No matter who helped, it’s good that the matter has been settled. Several media outlets apologized simultaneously, so things didn’t escalate out of control. According to the original plan, there’s a variety show today.”
“Promotion for Feng Zhi?” Mo Yueshuang vaguely remembered. This drama was filmed last year and had passed review for broadcast.
The premiere of Feng Zhi was in a few days. Now the director had arranged for several lead actors to participate in a variety show for temporary promotion.
“Alright, I understand. Pick me up in the morning.”
Mo Yueshuang logged into her secondary Weibo account and saw that the online sentiment regarding her had indeed changed. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.
From 2:00 AM to 7:00 AM—only five short hours—it was the most peaceful sleep Mo Yueshuang had had in five days.
Author’s Note:
Mo Yueshuang: “Where were you when I was being blackened into a piece of honeycomb coal?”
Li Sheng: “At home coaxing the child. Yours, biologically! Why? Any objections?”
Mo Yueshuang: “No, no objections.”
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