Chapter 73 Two-in-One
Due to this explosive post, many of the insults and questions about Rong Xiu on the internet decreased the next day. Instead, people turned to criticize Wen Lan Sheng for being wrong and using netizens’ sympathy as a weapon. Seeing this situation, Rong Xiu curled his lips in satisfaction. To defeat the enemy, one must disintegrate them from within, making them fight among themselves.
“Young master, this is freshly stewed corn and pork rib soup. It’s nourishing and good for the digestive system,” the servant brought up a steaming bowl of soup.
Rong Xiu had grown tired of hot soups these past few days, but for the sake of the child in his belly, he had to endure even if he was tired of it.
He slowly scooped a spoonful of soup and put it in his mouth. The taste of the soup was very bland, seemingly with barely any salt added. Rong Xiu frowned.
The servant quickly said, “Young master, too much salt is not good for your health.”
Not good for health meant not good for the child. Rong Xiu endured again, forcing himself to drink a mouthful, and asked, “When did Fan Xia leave?”
“Miss Fan left early this morning. She specifically instructed me to be quiet so as not to wake you up. She also said I must make sure you finish this bowl of corn and pork rib soup,” the servant said.
A hint of a smile appeared in Rong Xiu’s upturned eyes. He drank all the soup in the bowl in one go and sent a message to Zhuang Nian, telling the public relations department to launch the second move – expose Wen Lan Sheng’s photos.
A man’s face is his greatest asset in pleasing women, the same goes for mistresses.
Even those men on the internet who utterly despised Rong Xiu for being lowly had to admit that Rong Xiu was born with good looks. Online men are extremely picky about male celebrities’ appearances and physiques, to the point of pursuing a pathologically deformed degree where even shoulders must be right-angled to be considered a great beauty. However, when it came to Rong Xiu’s face, it was hard to find fault.
Since the photos of him, the mistress, were already spreading wildly on the internet, how could the original wife’s photos be left out? Everyone has a scale in their hearts, and only with comparison can there be contrast.
Soon, the Four-Leaf Clover forum published another post.
[I’ll also join in on the buzz and talk about someone I know who’s recently become very popular]
Whether the content in the post was true or not, netizens had no way to verify, but the leaked photos of Wen Lan Sheng quickly spread across the internet.
“Wow, is this the original poster’s true appearance? Although she’s considered pretty, she’s really far behind compared to Rong Xiu.”
“As someone who previously supported the original poster, I now have mixed feelings. The original family is bloodsucking compared to the mistress’s better family background, being a full-time homemaker compared to the mistress’s financial independence, and even in terms of looks, she’s just average and not as good-looking as the mistress. The comparison is too cruel. If I were a woman, I’d definitely choose the mistress. Indeed, men really need to be independent. Don’t think you can relax after getting married. You still need to go out to work, take care of yourself, exercise, and always maintain your best condition.”
“To the one above, it’s not wrong for the original poster to wholeheartedly be a homemaker. Not everyone needs to be a career powerhouse, and don’t you know how discriminatory the workplace is against men now? After 25, many companies don’t want men anymore, fearing the burden of maternity leave.”
“Exactly, on one hand, they want men to have children and take care of family matters, on the other hand, they want men to beautify themselves, stay fit, and be as beautiful as flowers. Which man can do all that?”
“Responding to the one above, Rong Xiu can do it, that’s why he’s in a higher position now.”
“……”
“Well, not talking about the original wife or mistress, doesn’t anyone think Rong Xiu really looks very good? Haha, I asked my girlfriend, if the original wife and mistress stood together, who would she choose, she didn’t hesitate and directly chose Rong Xiu.”
“Help, my girlfriend is the same. It seems that Rong Xiu’s type of looks is really attractive to women. The women around me all think Rong Xiu looks better. They say he has a kind of silent seductiveness that attracts women, abstinent yet seductive, both restrained and desirable.”
“Ah yes yes yes, women around generally think the mistress’s looks are exceptional. Women’s sense of morality is very low, they don’t care if you’re a mistress or if the original wife is pitiful, they only look at appearances. Rong Xiu’s face is really a killer weapon. I kind of want to learn his makeup.”
“LOL, there are already beauty bloggers on a certain platform doing Rong Xiu’s abstinent style makeup tutorials. Go check it out, the view count has already exceeded a million.”
“Damn, I’m going right now.”
“I’m so done with you bunch of men. On one hand, you’re denouncing Rong Xiu, on the other hand, you’re frantically wanting to become Rong Xiu. Have you forgotten that the essence of this matter is infidelity?”
But such voices became as small as dust in the flood-like praise for Rong Xiu’s appearance, crushed by the giant waves, not a sound could be heard.
Soon, the hashtag #RongXiuAbstinentMakeup# surpassed #RongXiuMistress# to reach the top of the hot search. Rong Xiu’s abstinent style makeup tutorials were all over the internet. His face shape, eye shape, lip shape, and even the small tear mole at the corner of his eye were meticulously analyzed by beauty bloggers. Later, it even evolved into ‘wealthy young master makeup’, and some people even started learning his ‘noble aura dressing’.
When a serious ethical incident is entertainment-ized, its original form becomes unclear.
AD 3And because of this wide-ranging discussion of entertainment-ized makeup, it even drove the prosperity of the plastic surgery department under the Shanhai Group. Those who initially clamored for Rong Xiu to get out of the Shanhai Group, those who said they felt sick just looking at Rong Xiu, were now eager to enter the plastic surgery hospitals, eager to become him. This led to a rise in the stock prices of subsidiary companies.
Therefore, although it looked chaotic outside, the board members were delighted, counting money until their hands cramped.
In a damp and cramped single rental room, a shabby room without a single window, filled with a musty smell of rotten wood, the glaring light from the mobile phone illuminated the dark room. On Wen Lan Sheng’s eyes, full of red bloodshots, it was like a beam of light shining on two bloody hollow eyes, the strong light making his face look ferocious.
“It’s impossible!”
“Why is it like this? How did it suddenly change?”
“He’s clearly the mistress, he ruined my family and my happiness, why aren’t they scolding him anymore?”
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*Spotlight on Finished Novel Translations*
Daily Life of a Scumbag Man Giving Birth (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The way for a promiscuous scumbag man to atone for his sins is to let him get… pregnant.
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, scammed countless women, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to scam them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
● The female lead has a deceased husband and a daughter.
● The male lead is a scumbag with no bottom line, undeserving of sympathy. Even after being with the female lead, he still tries to cheat, but fails to climb the wall and is caught and severely punished, gradually being educated into a female-dominated man.
● The male lead has a constitution prone to pregnancy. As retribution for his scumbag behavior in his previous life, he will give birth to more than one child and experience miscarriages.
● This is an unhealable healing story.
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Ancient and fantasy Chinese novels are very difficult to translate accurately, especially the way characters address each other according to their roles, status, positions, and titles.
Sometimes, the main characters have multiple different names, and depending on whether the person is a close relation or a stranger, they will call them by one name or another.
There are also idioms, metaphors, place names, things and phenomena that I don’t understand specifically what they are.
So I often take liberties with the translations.
When reading, please be understanding and don’t place too much importance on this issue.