The Villain's Mom Becomes Famous for Fortune-Telling and Gossip Ch. 57

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He followed up with a bear emoji patting its chest:
[Your lil bro's not just some nobody anymore! Tell me, maybe I can help!]

[Zhou Xi: You really can't. President Meng just assigned me to... escort his daughter-in-law... (utter despair emoji)]

[Sister: Yeah... bet you didn't see that coming. I thought I was finally hitting the peak of my career, and turns out the one I'm getting handed is this Jiang Jiang. I really thought it was gonna be the master...]

Zhou Xi put down her phone and let out a long sigh, staring at the glossy floor beneath her feet.

When President Meng called her in this morning, she'd been all excited, thinking she was finally getting to manage the Master Yu, the big-name artist. Who knew President Meng actually admired her boldness and was planning to groom her into a trusted right-hand? Instead, she got saddled with the daughter-in-law.

Speaking of Jiang Jiang, President Meng's daughter-in-law—anyone with half a foot in the industry had probably heard of her.

She started out as a small-time influencer with a few hundred thousand followers on a short video platform. Then somehow, she broke into the entertainment world, and from that point on, her life was like a cheat code. First, she shot to fame with a white moonlight* character in a fantasy costume drama. Then she landed two more popular supporting roles. And finally, after the only son of entertainment queen Meng Qianhe died in a car crash, she stepped up and claimed she was pregnant with his child.

(*first love; a symbol of pure; unattainable affection.)

That news caused a total uproar in the entertainment circle. If Meng Qianhe hadn't worked overtime to cover things up for the sake of her son's reputation, Jiang Jiang would've really blown up big time.

But the whole thing still felt weird to Zhou Xi.

She wasn't from some nobody background either. Sure, she couldn't compete with Meng Qianhe's entertainment empire, but her family's businesses had plenty of dealings with Meng's. She'd even met that only son before.

If she had to pick one phrase to describe that young man, it would be: "peerless elegance."

He was born with a silver spoon, ridiculously good-looking parents, and he inherited all their best features—literally a born beauty. On top of that, he'd received elite education from the start. Polite, gentle, charming, and clever, he later graduated from one of the world's top business schools and had already expanded the family's business overseas while still in college.

No one ever expected someone that gifted in both brains and looks would get mixed up with a socialite like her—let alone leave behind a posthumous child.

At first, President Meng didn't believe it either. Back then, Jiang Jiang had just started getting a bit of fame, but her reputation in the circle was basically dragged out of a sewer—completely out of the league of her son.

Still, disbelief aside, if she really was someone her son loved, as a mother who cared about her son, Meng Qianhe couldn't just leave the girl out in the cold. She used her iron grip to clean up Jiang Jiang's public image, and when the baby was born and confirmed to be her son's, President Meng gave Jiang Jiang pretty much anything she wanted for the sake of the child.

At the time, Zhou Xi had even thought maybe Jiang Jiang had some hidden charm that won over the young master. But after actually working with her, she realized that Jiang Jiang's reputation hadn't been exaggerated—it was actually sugarcoated.

Not only did she take "throwing your weight around" to the next level, bullying rookies wherever she went, she also constantly flirted with any good-looking male celebrity she ran into. If it weren't for President Meng keeping her in check, this woman probably would've already picked out a few new dads for her kid.

Zhou Xi had once even had a tiny crush on the young master herself, but she knew the gap between them was way too big. It was just a fleeting thought—she always treated him as a distant dream. But ever since Jiang Jiang started snatching resources from her artists, all that dreamy white moonlight filter she had for the young master vanished.

Anyone who'd fall for that must've been blind from birth!

While she was stewing and venting over here, clearly in a foul mood, Zhou Yu on the other side didn't dare bring up his own happy news, afraid of setting her off. After scarfing down the takeout his mentor brought him, he quietly started prepping for his move.

Zhou Xi was unhappy about the new agent assignment, but Jiang Jiang—the artist in question—was even more unhappy about it.

"Wait, sister, you're really not taking me? My manager's seriously gonna be that blockhead Zhou Xi?"

In the luxury mansion, Jiang Jiang handed her son off to the nanny, frowning hard as she looked at Liang Ling sitting across from her.

Liang Ling took off her sunglasses, her expression worried as she nodded—of course, she didn't mention that this idea was something she herself had suggested to the company.

Now that Yu Yuan's reputation was gradually turning around, managing Jiang Jiang—despite being President Meng's daughter-in-law—was just too exhausting. The woman constantly pulled stunts, and Liang Ling had to clean up after her every time, leaving barely any time to focus on her other artists. Compared to sucking up to Jiang Jiang for status, it was clearly safer to focus on developing real talent. And it just so happened that yesterday Zhou Xi had made some kind of connection with President Meng, so Liang Ling passed the opportunity along as a favor.

Seeing Jiang Jiang's freshly drawn straight brows furrow, like she wanted to keep questioning her, Liang Ling casually changed the subject. "Hey, why do you have an offering table set up in here? You believe in all that ghost and spirit stuff too?"

Jiang Jiang followed her gaze. The moment her eyes landed on the table used for the ritual last night, her face turned pale. "That... I..."

She stumbled for words, unable to come up with a coherent explanation. Liang Ling didn't press it. "Seeing that table actually reminded me—did you watch Yu Yuan's livestream yesterday?"

Jiang Jiang was still racking her brain for an excuse, but froze the moment she heard that. "Yu Yuan? You mean that ex-teammate of mine?"

She still remembered Yu Yuan. Back in the day, Yu Yuan had been the best-looking one in their D-list girl group—got more than a few people jealous. After the group disbanded and everyone went solo, Jiang Jiang had heard that Yu Yuan ended up becoming nothing more than a pawn for her manager to chase after resources.

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