CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 37: ONE MINUTE FOR PHOTOS, THIRTY MINUTES FOR PHOTOSHOP

The rest of the dresses were taken into the wardrobe by the servants and then they left.

Jiang Ruan sat on the sofa, holding a red strapless dress, unable to let it go, her eyes sparkling.

She was just worried about not having content to shoot.

Isn’t this content right here!

A few minutes later, in the wardrobe.

A woman in a sexy red dress stood in front of the full-length mirror. When the light shone, her graceful and alluring S-shaped figure was on full display, the butterfly bones on her back prominent.

She looked like a stunning beauty.

The dress was just her size, with not a centimeter off.

Not surprising from the man who shares her bed.

Jiang Ruan’s lips curled up, feeling great, she picked up her phone and started taking pictures.

Finally, she changed out of the dress, selected the photo she thought was the best, and posted it on Weibo.

With the caption: "One minute to take a photo, half an hour to edit."

She didn’t wear makeup, so her face wasn’t shown.

The picture was of the dress from her neck down.

But it was still so! enticing!

Just after posting, the comments section blew up.

"Ahhh wife is so beautiful, such a great figure, I’m going to have a nosebleed..."

"So pretty, so pretty!"

"Baby is so gorgeous!"

"Whose wife is this beautiful, oh, she’s mine!"

"Wife has been so active lately, we love you more!"

"Ahhh sister, I can, beautiful hottie!"

"You’re the moon in the water, star in the sky, moon in the cup, person in the heart!"

"So gorgeous, I swear, this isn’t edited, my wife’s figure is naturally good, no debate!"

"Can’t wait for the new show to air..."

Jiang Ruan scrolled through the comments, casually replying to a few.

Until she saw this one comment.

"Dare to post looking like this, aren’t you afraid I’ll spin 52,800 degrees on one knee with flowers in hand and a rose in my mouth to marry you, wife, you’re all I see, after eighteen bowls of baijiu, I’m drunk, I scream! Ah! Wife, so beautiful!"

Jiang Ruan laughed so hard she clutched her stomach and rolled around, tears of laughter coming out, her shoulders shaking repeatedly.

This fan’s comment was absolutely top-notch.

In the end, Jiang Ruan replied enthusiastically: "Impressed by nothing but you!"

Unexpectedly, this landed her on trending searches.

Half an hour later.

#1 trending search: "Jiang Ruan’s enthusiastic reply to a loyal fan’s quote: Impressed by nothing but you."

Regarding this, Jiang Ruan was amused yet exasperated.

How could a casual reply make the trending list, guys!

Lately, it feels like the trending list is owned by her family.

But Sister Qin was thrilled.

She called to lavish praises, a free trending topic, didn’t cost a thing, and it’s directly number one.

Who wouldn’t be happy about that?

With the trending search, the hype for the new show increased significantly.

Jiang Ruan’s scenes with Bai Yi were getting extremely popular!

But there’s always someone happy while others are resentful!

In the hotel, Li Xin was looking at Jiang Ruan’s trending topic, so angry she simply wrecked the room.

Why! Why does Jiang Ruan’s popularity have to be so high!

She just posted a Weibo and went trending?

Li Xin was unwilling, and after a fit, she picked up her phone to call her agent: "I want to buy a trending spot! I want to buy publicity!"

Facing her questioning, the agent calmly replied: "Do you have money?"

Just four words shattered all Li Xin’s illusions.

The anger deflated like a balloon, instantly gone.

Her eyes were swollen red, biting her lip, she said dejectedly: "No."

Where would she get the money from?

Her uncle and father just got back from the hospital.

Her father’s leg was left disabled, he couldn’t walk normally anymore.

The family’s villa was gone, mortgaged away.

They were living in a flat in an alley.

The Li Family today is a world apart from before.

"Without money, how will you buy a trending spot? Do you know how expensive trending spots are now? How much publicity costs? It needs greasing everywhere," her agent sneered.

"What, seeing Jiang Ruan on trending made you jealous?"

The agent hit the nail on the head with her intentions.

Li Xin spitefully said: "Yes, why can she, a poor student from a small town, a graduate from a third-rate university, rise so high in just a few years and easily make trending spots."

"Why do so many people like her!"

"Everyone must be fooled by her, who knows whose mistress she’s become behind the scenes, getting resources through being kept..."

Li Xin cursed, driven almost mad by jealousy.

Her hair was disheveled, sitting on the floor, the room she had trashed in pieces.

She looked like a lunatic.

Li Xin was unwilling.

The changes in the Li Family hit her too hard, she still doesn’t understand how it suddenly happened.

Li Xin hated the Bao Group and Bao Ye for causing her family such harm.

She hated them to death.

Her agent quietly listened to her vent, having been with her for so long, was used to her temper.

But now was not like before.

The agent sneered, "So what, even if she rose from the mud, now isn’t she trampling you, Li Xin, underfoot, burying you in the mud?"

"What’s there to compare between you and her now?"

Be it wealth, resources, or popularity.

What compares to Jiang Ruan’s?

Actually, her agent had long wanted to give up on her; before, he had no choice but to support her, but now, people leave when the tea cools off.

The Li Family has fallen.

Truth is, now she lacks both a background and capability, but keeps a spoiled rich girl attitude, like a madwoman.

What good would it do his career supporting her?

But there’s one thing the agent had to admit, he still saw potential in Li Xin.

She was ruthless enough.

All he needed to do now was push her.

Push her to use any means necessary, whatever it takes, to climb up.

"Chen Caibin!" Li Xin shouted his name furiously, eyes red, cursing, "Don’t compare her to me, she doesn’t deserve it, you hear me? I’m telling you, she doesn’t deserve it!"

"Then show your skills," the agent said, "You were born to be a lady, shouldn’t be overshadowed by her. What is she?"

"I have a way to let you regain more resources and make a comeback, do you want to hear it?"

Hearing these words, Li Xin was immediately tempted; she didn’t hesitate: "Tell me."

But after hearing everything her agent said, Li Xin’s face turned pale, she wavered, "You mean you want me to sleep my way up?"

Li Xin trembled as she uttered the last two words.

Even if the other party was high-ranking.

But she didn’t even know what they looked like.

And since childhood, Li Xin was pampered; no boyfriend could stand her rich girl attitude.

Let alone sleep with her.

Li Xin was still a blank slate about those things.

"You can’t say it like that; if you want something, you must give something in return, that’s fair."

"Think about it, whether it’s more important for yourself, or to trample Jiang Ruan underfoot, and all those watching your downfall as well."

"And I guarantee, once you go, the trending spots will be yours, the new show’s poster center position will be yours, your popularity will rival Jiang Ruan’s."

These words were the greatest temptation for Li Xin right now.

Li Xin’s heart wavered, she was making one last struggle.

Knowing well that ahead was an abyss, stepping in might never bring her back out.

But she had no choice left.

Better than being stepped on like this.

Li Xin gritted her teeth, she might as well risk it all.

So, Li Xin said: "Fine, I’ll do as you say, I’ll go!"

Her agreement was expected by Chen Caibin.

After hanging up, Chen Caibin looked at his phone, a mocking smile on his lips.

"Li Xin, Li Xin, you won’t guess whose idea this was, huh?"

Not his.

Even he didn’t expect that person.

Indeed, the cold-blooded nature of people shows in desperate times, even among family.

If he didn’t mind pushing Li Xin into the fire pit, why should he care?

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Jiang Ruan spent two whole days lazing at home.

During the day she ate, slept, watched shows, practiced Pilates, at home with that man... a day of this and that...

Finally, by the afternoon of the last day of her leave granted by Sister Qin, she became restless.

Luckily, Lu Jie called with exciting news!