Chapter 118: The Right to Sleep with Mengmeng

Chapter 118: Chapter 118: The Right to Sleep with Mengmeng

"What’s wrong, Ms. Qingqing?"

Mengmeng looked at her with a puzzled expression, having already thrown herself into Jiang Fan’s arms.

"N-nothing’s wrong."

Su Qingci took a deep breath and looked at Yin Ruxue.

For a rare moment, she actually looked away!

But in Su Qingci’s eyes, it looked like shyness.

She had always thought Jiang Fan and Yin Ruxue had some kind of connection.

At most, she figured they were relatives.

Or, at best, close relatives.

But she never expected it would be *this*.

"Um, wait a second. I can explain."

"I didn’t mean to hide it from you on purpose."

Yin Ruxue quickly pulled Su Qingci aside, afraid she might blurt out something for Mengmeng to hear.

"Huh? Mommy, what are you hiding from Ms. Qingqing?"

Mengmeng asked with a look of pure innocence.

"It’s nothing, it’s nothing."

"Go play with your toys. Have Daddy play with you."

"Ms. Qingqing and I have some work to discuss. We’re going upstairs."

Yin Ruxue smiled gently, patted her little head, and then pulled Su Qingci upstairs.

"What are you doing! What is going on?"

Su Qingci felt like her brain was about to short-circuit.

Yangcheng’s number one beauty, its famous ice queen, had rejected countless young masters from Noble Families.

She was the dream girl, the goddess, for innumerable men.

The fact that this goddess had a child out of wedlock was already enough to make countless people have a meltdown.

They had secretly cursed that man to hell and back. And now, suddenly, the man was back, and they were married...

A whole drama was already playing out in her mind.

"So Mengmeng’s father, the one who never showed up, is him, right???"

"Hey, don’t overthink it."

Yin Ruxue quickly grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her firmly.

"You have to keep this a secret for me. Don’t go blabbing about it."

"What’s that supposed to mean! Do I look like that kind of person?"

Su Qingci retorted indignantly.

"Uhh... You don’t look like it, you *are*!"

"If it weren’t for your big mouth back then, how would the whole world have known about Mengmeng?"

Yin Ruxue said helplessly.

At first, she had just wanted Mengmeng to grow up peacefully without any attention, so she hadn’t planned on publicly announcing Mengmeng was her daughter.

But one time Su Qingci found out, and then the whole world knew.

This girl was great in every way, except she was too loose-lipped.

Anyone could easily trick the information out of her.

"That was an accident!"

At this, Su Qingci looked a little embarrassed.

She hadn’t realized at the time that those people were just trying to pry information out of her. To think she had considered them friends.

"No, but seriously, what do you see in this guy?"

"So many good men—with good family backgrounds, good looks—you had your pick, and you didn’t like any of them."

"And now you’ve chosen this guy?"

"Is he even worthy??"

By the end, Su Qingci’s voice had grown agitated.

"He is worthy. You don’t know him."

"Things are great like this."

Yin Ruxue turned to glance at Jiang Fan, who was playing with Mengmeng.

"Great?"

"Are you crazy? Or has a fever fried your brain?"

Su Qingci reached out and placed her hand on Yin Ruxue’s forehead.

The two of them locked eyes, neither backing down in the slightest.

In the end, it was Su Qingci who backed down. She knew that once her best friend made up her mind, a team of wild horses couldn’t drag her away.

"I just hope your judgment isn’t wrong."

Su Qingci said, waving her hand dejectedly.

"At least for now, it’s not wrong, is it?"

"He’s genuinely good to Mengmeng, from the bottom of his heart. Both you and I can feel that."

Yin Ruxue pulled over a chair and sat down, quietly watching the father and daughter playing happily.

"I’ll trust him for now. But if he’s ever not good to Mengmeng in the future, I’ll teach him a lesson he’ll never forget."

At this moment, Su Qingci seemed to have completely forgotten that she couldn’t even block a single palm strike from Jiang Fan before.

RUMBLE RUMBLE.

Just as she finished speaking, Su Qingci’s stomach let out a series of growls.

"When are we eating? I’m starving."

"We already ate."

"You haven’t eaten? I’ll have Nanny Chen make you something."

Yin Ruxue regretted it the moment she said it.

Sure enough, Su Qingci tilted her head, her eyes staring at her with razor-sharp intensity.

"Didn’t we agree to have hot pot together tonight?"

"It was supposed to be a girls’ night! A man suddenly showing up is one thing, but you already ate with him and didn’t even include me!!"

"Don’t you think you’re being a little outrageous?"

Su Qingci stood with her hands on her hips, looking down at Yin Ruxue.

Yin Ruxue’s pretty face flushed, and she subconsciously looked away.

While eating the family bucket with Jiang Fan, she had completely forgotten about it.

"Fine, fine. I get it now. All these years of sisterhood can’t compare to a man who just suddenly appeared."

Su Qingci extended a slender index finger and poked Yin Ruxue’s forehead forcefully.

"Nanny Chen, get me something to eat."

She really made herself at home, asking directly.

By the time the food was ready and she had finished eating, Mengmeng had already finished her homework and had been playing for a good while.

It was almost 9 o’clock, nearly time to get ready for bed.

"Um, Qingci..."

Yin Ruxue grabbed her, wanting to say something, but Su Qingci ignored her completely, flinging her hand away and turning toward Mengmeng.

"Sweetie Mengmeng, how about you sleep with Ms. Qingqing tonight?"

Su Qingci crouched down and hugged Mengmeng.

"Huh...?"

With a soft sound of uncertainty, Mengmeng remained motionless in Jiang Fan’s arms.

Her little face was buried deep in the crook of his arm.

The smile on Su Qingci’s face instantly froze.

HAHAHA.

Jiang Fan didn’t have as many scruples and burst out laughing.

His laughter sounded particularly grating to Su Qingci’s ears.

"Sleep with Auntie, and tomorrow I’ll take you to buy a beautiful little dress."

"The limited-edition one from your favorite Barbie doll line."

Su Qingci went all out, speaking through gritted teeth.

This was a very expensive little dress; there were only five of them in the entire world.

By chance, there was one in Yang City that hadn’t been sold yet because of its high price.

Mengmeng had always wanted it, but Yin Ruxue never bought it for her, not because she couldn’t afford it.

She felt that children shouldn’t have such a competitive mindset, as it wasn’t good for their development.

"Is it that pretty?"

Jiang Fan asked curiously.

"Of course!"

"It was designed by one of the top designers in the world! If she wasn’t from Yang City herself, we never would have been allocated one here."

Just then, Yin Ruxue walked over and patted Su Qingci’s shoulder.

"Alright, stop teasing her."

"We’re not buying it, and that’s final. A dress worth several hundred thousand is unnecessary."

"Huh? Haven’t you always wanted to connect with that designer?"

Su Qingci was a bit confused. Buying the dress was one thing, but another reason was to help her best friend.

"I’ll find another way."