The adults gaped at the little girl, who blinked at them innocently.
"Huh?"
"Hong Yinling, you were the ex-wife's best friend?"
"So you had been sleeping with your best friend's husband behind her back?"
Having not poured enough oil into the fire, Luo Xianxian continued, "And Auntie Hong is pregnant with my little brother, too! Daddy said that it was the best birthday gift he had ever received!"
At that moment, Luo Yanming wished that Luo Xianxian had never recognized him as her father.
Hong Yinling was close to fainting and throwing up at the same time.
This little... This little demon took after her mother entirely!
Fang Ruoye snickered. She reached out to pat Luo Xianxian on the head.
"A child doesn't know how to brew schemes. She can only speak what's on her mind. My ex-husband divorced me because I was unable to bear him a son. I had already accepted this fact and planned to move on with my life, but why must these two people speak badly behind my back and in front of my face? If that's not defamation, I don't know what is."
Jiang Yue draped an arm around Fang Ruoye's waist and smiled.
"It is a blessing in disguise, Ruoye. Imagine wasting many more years of your life with this scumbag husband."
Manager Lin cleared her throat.
"I was about to mention another clause in the contract. Party B agrees not to get pregnant during the first three years of signing with Longyue Entertainment."
"You have only signed with Longyue Entertainment for what, two weeks? You have not only been caught going in and out of hotels with a married man, but you are also careless enough to get pregnant with his baby. A single breach of these clauses warrants expulsion, yet you have violated two simultaneously."
Hong Yinling closed her eyes in defeat.
Even Luo Yanming was rendered speechless. He didn't know what else to say. He simply wanted to go back home.
Security guards were called, and Hong Yinling and Luo Yanming were soon escorted out of the building. Before she crossed the double glass door, Hong Yinling turned her head and shot Fang Ruoye one last vicious look.
"At least I can give Brother Luo a son he desperately wishes for," she said, her voice dripping with venom. "Unlike a certain barren woman."
Fang Ruoye sneered, but those words did sting her heart a little.
Jiang Yue came up with a quick reply, "You can thank that son for your ruined acting career in the months to come."
Hong Yinling's face turned as black as a pot bottom.
The two troublemakers left soon after.
Luo Xianxian was deliriously happy after watching the satisfying show, but a trace of sadness remained on Fang Ruoye's face. This naturally did not escape Jiang Yue's keen observation.
Yun Feng, who was trying to curry favor with Jiang Yue, volunteered to accompany Luo Xianxian around the film studios, thus giving Jiang Yue a chance to speak to Fang Ruoye in private.
"Ruoye, did something happen in the past that made you no longer able to conceive?"
Fang Ruoye offered a sad smile in response.
"It's... It's a long time ago. Three years ago, I suffered from a miscarriage. I did not receive help in time, and my womb was found to be heavily damaged afterward. That's why I was unable to get pregnant again, no matter how hard I tried to conceive."
To add salt to the wound, the child she lost that time was supposed to be a son.
If she had given birth successfully at that time, would Luo Yanming not have turned away from her and cheated on her with her best friend?
Fang Ruoye did not know.
Many times, she wondered if she carried half the blame for her failed marriage. But then, after much self-reflection, she came up with the conclusion that she was truly helpless in this aspect.
She didn't want to lose the baby either.
She found out about Luo Yanming's affair with Hong Yinling early on, but she kept hoping that it was only a phase. That her husband still loved her, and only needed some distraction to recover from the child loss.
It was not until she saw Hong Yinling in their house that night, proudly carrying a baby in her womb, that Fang Ruoye realized that all her love and affection had been fed to a swine, and that she had wasted the best years of her life caring for such an unworthy husband.
"In retrospect, although I regret losing the child, I am also glad that I did not give birth to any more of his children," Fang Ruoye slowly said. "Otherwise, it would be even harder for me to leave him."
Jiang Yue patted her back affectionately.
"I want you to know that you have not done anything wrong. Not at all. If it were up to me, I would have abducted you on your wedding day and not let you marry that bastard at all."
Fang Ruoye's lips curled into a smile.
"But then we won't have Xianxian. Brother Yue, I know that you love Xianxian."
"I do, damn it, I do," Jiang Yue said with a sigh as he watched Luo Xianxian running around the filmset cheerfully with Yun Feng chasing after her frantically.
"I am so glad that she takes after you, appearance and personality."