Outrageous! Who said my wife is vain?!

Mingxi was thinking about learning how to make soup, but she forgot about it the next day.

He was fast asleep when his sister, Mingyu, yanked him out of bed. "Wake up! The sun's already high in the sky!"

Mingxi was forced to sit up before she could even fully open her eyes. Before her brain could recover, she was knocked down by an unknown object and pushed back onto the bed.

"Uncle! Uncle! Get up and play with me."

"Uncle, do you miss me? I miss you so much. Mom says people who sleep until noon are pigs."

"Uncle! Uncle! Get up quickly!"

A delicate and adorable little boy, with his exquisite features, was lying on Mingxi's body, pinching his face with his tiny hands.

Mingxi let out a mournful wail, and then, under the harassment of her sister Mingyu and nephew Jin Zeyu, she successfully got out of bed.

Mingyu is six years older than Mingxi and looks almost exactly like a female version of Mingxi. The two siblings are also very similar in temperament, personality, and hobbies, but Mingyu is much smarter than Mingxi.

Mr. and Mrs. Ming Jianhua always wanted to give their two children the best, so the siblings attended elite schools from a young age.

Mingyu knew what she wanted from a very young age. In junior high school, she had already chosen her future husband, a boy whose family background was far superior to theirs.

Of course, Mingyu's charm is undeniable. The boy, who is also Mingxi's brother-in-law, treats Mingyu like a goddess. They were childhood sweethearts and had been in love for many years. She is his white moonlight and his cinnabar mole.

The two got married right after graduation, and Mingyu gave birth to her son Jin Zeyu the following year, living a wonderful life with both love and bread.

After a few days of eating, drinking, and having fun with his family, Mingxi's friends, who had learned that he had returned to his hometown, started clamoring for a get-together.

When Mingxi remembered that he hadn't learned how to make soup yet, it was already the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, so he quickly begged Ye Wenya to teach him.

Ye Wenya looked at him suspiciously, "Why do you suddenly want to learn? If you want to drink it, I'll make it for you."

Mingxi appeared quite nonchalant, saying, "You can make it for me when I'm at home, but I won't be able to drink it when I go back to Beijing. Once I learn how, I can make it myself."

Why didn't you think about learning it before?

"Um... I was younger before, but now that I'm older, I should drink more soup to nourish myself."

After hearing this, Ye Wenya stared at him for a few moments, making Mingxi a little uneasy. Suddenly, she smiled and said, "Okay, what kind of soup do you want to learn? I'll teach you."

Mingxi grinned and took Ye Wenya's arm. "What kind of soup is good for your health and suitable to drink all year round?"

"And it shouldn't be too difficult or too troublesome," Mingxi added.

"Try the tea tree mushroom, fig, and old duck soup. It's good for beauty and skin, nourishes yin and kidneys, soothes the stomach, and doesn't cause internal heat. It's suitable to drink anytime."

Kidney tonic?! That's great! Mingxi's big cat eyes lit up, and she nodded vigorously. "That's good, then I'll learn this."

Seeing him smiling happily, Ye Wenya was also happy and patted his arm. "Let's go buy the ingredients for making soup."

"Okay! Let's go!"

……

Mingxi was determined to practice making soup at home every day from now on, but the next day she received a call from her best childhood friend...

"Ahhh! You're such a big star! You've become even more beautiful!"

At this moment, a sweet-looking, cute, and very youthful girl was grabbing Mingxi's arm and swaying it back and forth, looking her up and down.

In the mutual flattery, Mingxi couldn't be outdone. "You are too. Your skin has gotten even better, like a peeled egg. Wait, why does it look like this part is a little swollen?" Mingxi tapped Liu Caiyin's temple with her finger.

Liu Caiyin slapped his hand away, saying, "Don't poke me, I just hit you a few days ago."

"You're already so naturally beautiful, why would you need injections? That's just ridiculous."

"Even natural beauty needs to be enhanced. Do you think everyone is as good-looking as you?" Liu Caiyin rolled her eyes at Mingxi and then pinched his cheek.

Mingxi slapped her hand away. "Stop touching me like that. Let's go, let's think about what to eat."

"Want to eat seafood?"

"Seriously? I finally got back and this is what you treat me to?"

"What's wrong with this? I ate this every day when I was in England. Wait, why am I paying? I only got off the plane yesterday, okay? I barely made it back!"

"We are in China now, not Britain..."

After dinner, we went shopping, had afternoon tea, went to karaoke, got a spa treatment, and petted the cats…

Mingxi had originally planned to go to a bar, but she thought that she couldn't just keep an eye on Chu Yu without asking herself for help, so she firmly rejected Liu Caiyin's advances.

The two are currently lying in Liu Caiyin's small villa, enjoying a drink and chatting.

"Xixi, what did Auntie say?"

"Of course, no problem. It's not like I haven't stayed here before."

"By the way, does Ding Cheng really have an illegitimate child?" Liu Caiyin asked Mingxi with a gossipy look on her face.

Mingxi said speechlessly, "I don't even know him, how would I know if he has any illegitimate children?"

Liu Caiyin didn't believe it. "How could you not know him? He's a member of the very popular boy band ONE ONE."

"I know who he is, but we don't know each other. Why? Do you like him?"

"Ha! Who likes him? A greasy guy who can't sing or dance at all. He was at the bottom of the voting list back then, but inexplicably came in third in the last round. Who would believe it wasn't rigged!"

Well! I guess the guy she was chasing was squeezed out of the debut position by this Ding Cheng. Mingxi just listened quietly as she talked about Ding Cheng's dirty secrets for about half an hour.

When asked about feeling thirsty, Liu Caiyin took a sip of wine to moisten her throat, then continued, "Xixi, do you think what I said is right?"

"Yes, yes, that makes sense. It's a miracle that someone like this became famous."

At this moment, Liu Caiyin suddenly moved closer to Mingxi, looking at him with a strangely lewd expression, which made Mingxi feel uncomfortable.

He reached out and pushed her. "What are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Hehe, Xixi, is your relationship with Kong Rui real or fake?"

It's true what they say, the more you annoy someone, the more they bring it up. Mingxi rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. "Of course it's fake! How could it be real between him and me? He's a pointy-faced, weasel-faced scumbag who has a girlfriend but still likes to mess around."

When they worked together before, Mingxi overheard Kong Rui making phone calls to different girls and flirting with them several times. It was disgusting.

"Hahaha! Five thousand yuan in hand!" Liu Caiyin clenched her fists and made a celebratory gesture.

This left Mingxi completely confused. "What, five thousand yuan?"

"Yingzi, we made a bet. I said your relationship with that Kong Rui was definitely fake, just a publicity stunt. She insisted it was real and even secretly shipped you two as a couple, not letting me tell you. So I made a bet with her, five thousand, and I won!"

"You two are so boring." Mingxi said with a look of disgust, then added, "By the way, speaking of Yingzi, where did she go? She didn't even come home for the New Year."

"She took her internet celebrity puppy abroad for a trip."

"Which one? That Yu Chen?"

"No, that one was replaced a long time ago. This one is really good at sweet-talking. He's got Yingzi completely smitten, saying it's true love. I'll find that guy for you to chat on Douyin."

Liu Caiyin scrolled through her phone while complaining, "I've never seen him in person either. You can only get a general idea from what you see on Douyin. The photos Yingzi posted of this guy are heavily photoshopped and taken at awkward angles."

As she spoke, she held the phone up to Mingxi's face. Mingxi took the phone and clicked her tongue, saying, "What's wrong with this world? You can make money just by showing your eyes? Covering up like that, you're obviously an ugly monster."

"Right? That's what I think too. I've been so good to Yingzi, and I've spent a lot of her money since we got together. Now she's gone on vacation abroad. I'm really hooked."

"You don't need to worry. Don't you know her? She says it's true love, but she's had plenty of true loves. Once she gets tired of this one, she'll find another true love."

"That's true. By the way, Xixi, haven't you dated anyone in Beijing? Every time I ask you, you say no. Really? I don't believe you..."

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