Chapter 629: Chapter 502: Netizens Investigate Youyou and Xiaoshi

She was a very quiet, very beautiful little girl.

As soon as she saw the photo of the little girl, a peaceful feeling grew in her heart, wanting to take a few more glances.

The little girl had a rosy, delicate face, with exquisitely carved features like a doll.

She resembled Ning Yi, and also Xia Youqing.

But in the entire photo, the most captivating to her were the little girl’s clear, bright eyes, serene and translucent, as if they housed the soul of an adult.

She had been married before and had a handsome and intelligent son.

Thus, the more honest Ning Yi was with her, the more at ease she felt, and the more she could accept and embrace everything about him, his ex-wife, and their daughter.

"You Qing has announced her relationship with Yiyi." Her mind cluttered with thoughts, Ming Jinxin’s attention returned to the news she had just seen online.

Ning Yi paused while scooping red date millet porridge, "They announced it so soon?"

"It was posted on Weibo at around 8 this morning," Ming Jinxin laughed, "Now there are two trending searches on Weibo."

Ning Yi picked up the phone beside him, opened Weibo and skimmed through it, "It’s quite straightforward."

"Yes," Ming Jinxin placed her hand on the coffee cup, "Straightforwardly announcing the relationship so that all that mess in the circle stays away from the child in the future."

"These people online have too much time on their hands," Ning Yi put down the phone.

"Who wouldn’t be commenting on Weibo all day if they’re not bored?" Ming Jinxin put down her cup, thought for a moment, and suggested to her husband, "Should you say something for them? Yesterday, Youyou was still saying in the group that Yiyi was not in a good mood because of the negative comments."

If Xia Youqing hadn’t announced her and her son’s news, it wouldn’t matter.

Now that she’s proactively announced it, it means the Xie family is ready to support the child.

Given the situation, they might as well seize the good timing and give them a push.

"Sure," Ning Yi picked up his phone again and began drafting a Weibo post.

Seeing this, Ming Jinxin said, "Show me when you’ve finished editing."

Ning Yi handed the phone with the freshly edited content to her, "Can you check it for me?"

"It’s good," Ming Jinxin smiled after looking it over, "Good thing I made you watch Yiyi’s competition, otherwise you wouldn’t know what to say now."

Ning Yi picked up another dumpling, "What’s so good about these singing and dancing shows?"

If it weren’t for his wife’s insistence, he really wouldn’t want to watch a bunch of boys with heavy makeup and more jewelry than girls hopping around.

He’s too old for that kind of appreciation.

"It’s Yiyi’s debut talent show; as family, how could we not support it? Besides, these kinds of shows are really popular with young people now," Ming Jinxin laughed, "After following it for so long, I’ve found that their programs are actually well made."

Ning Yi’s expression was a dead giveaway of his indifference, "As long as you like it."

Ming Jinxin didn’t care whether he was sincere or not; she really thought the show wasn’t bad, "Youyou was right; Yiyi really seems born for a career in showbiz, he has good qualities all around, and I think he’ll be a big hit sooner or later."

"He looks decent enough."

After a brief comment on his ex-wife’s son, Ning Yi continued eating dumplings, finishing one and muttering another three words — "Didn’t grow crooked."

Ming Jinxin ducked her head, her half-buried face in her coffee cup, laughing uncontrollably.

She thought, "Come on, as if I don’t know you haven’t finished talking?"

A man wouldn’t be a man without a sense of competition.

After Xia Youqing remarried old Xie, it’s impossible to say that Ning Yi never compared himself with the other man.

He thought he hid his "comparison" well.

Unaware that his wife had long seen it in his eyes.

The main thing was that around old Xie, his sense of competition showed too overtly.

Every time they ran into old Xie in social settings, he would enthusiastically chat about how their daughter was doing, apart from their daughter; most of what they talked about involved "well-being" and "fitness." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Of course, these two topics were also centered around their daughter.

Old Xie was good-natured; every time Ning Yi spoke to him, he’d laugh and respond with "Yes, yes, yes..."

Nothing angered him.

But after following her husband around for a long time, witnessing the interaction model between these two men multiple times, she’d figured it out —

Just like when a woman divorces, no matter how annoyed they are, there will be some curiosity about the woman their ex-husband finds afterwards.

This curiosity isn’t about rivalry or anything.

It’s purely a vanity thing.

Men are the same.

Old Xie, frankly speaking, was a legitimately nice person, except that his appearance was a bit plain, there was really nothing from head to toe, inside and out to be faulted.

She figured her husband realized this, so every meeting involved chatting about their daughter, health, and fitness.

After Ning Yi sent out his Weibo post, he didn’t look at his phone again.

He then got up after breakfast to play chess with their son, who had just finished practicing the cello.

Ming Jinxin didn’t look at her phone anymore either but picked up a book to focus on reading.

Until, she was disturbed by the sound of her phone vibrating —

"Son, what are you doing?"

On the other end of the phone, her eldest son’s voice was low and strong.

"Nothing much, just resting at home and reading," Ming Jinxin replied cheerfully, "Are you coming over for lunch?"

"I’m busy at noon," Ming Chao said, "Do you know about what’s happening on Weibo?"

"Yes," Ming Jinxin laughed, "You mean the Weibo your Uncle Ning just posted? I was the one who asked him to post it."

There was a silence on the other end of the line.

Ming Jinxin perked up with concern, "What’s wrong?"

"Netizens are digging into information about Youyou and Xiao Shi," Ming Chao’s voice carried a hint of displeasure, "Why didn’t you think about it more before posting?"

"Netizens are inquiring about Youyou and Xiao Shi?" Ming Jinxin was utterly shocked, "How did this happen? How did it get linked to them?"

"You should check Weibo first, after that, we’ll discuss it in the group," Ming Chao said and then hung up the call.

...

After hanging up, Ming Jinxin went on Weibo to check the news.

She first quickly browsed through the Weibo trending topics and then precisely entered the #XiaYouqingDaughter# topic to view the netizens’ posts and evaluations —

She soon discovered what her son had mentioned.

The topics related to their daughter that had made it onto the rankings were because of content posted by several entertainment accounts.

They had dug up an old tabloid photo and news report from when Youyou was still in middle school, eating with her husband, which was taken by paparazzi, and they took advantage of the current buzz to post it.

Photos and news from over ten years ago.

While looking at it, Ming Jinxin thought, if it weren’t for her son’s reminder, she might never have noticed these messages in her lifetime. 1314