Rebirth: I became rich by farming

Chapter 628: Chapter 628: Making Trouble (2/2)

Yan Keke quickly consoled, "Zhenzhen, don’t be mad. I guess Yu Duoduo only brought you up because you weren’t there, but what puzzles me is how you can read people so accurately. You knew right off the bat what Yu Duoduo is like."

How was she accurate in reading people? This was clearly from her own past life experience, okay? She had suffered so much at her hands and even lost her life because of her; naturally, she had a deep impression. But to her surprise, it was Liang Xiao... She hurriedly asked, "Did you notice anything while eating? Is Xiaoxiao close with her?"

"I observed a bit, and it seemed like Xiaoxiao genuinely didn’t know what she was like before. Her expression was just like someone finding out for the first time; her face immediately darkened." Lai Xixi spoke and then noticed something off, "But I remember from the novel that Liang Xiao’s elder sister is also like this, right? Didn’t she grow up always at a disadvantage? If Zhenzhen could spot it with a single glance, why couldn’t Xiaoxiao see it?"

Logically, Liang Xiao should have been even better at recognizing it, something felt off about this plot development.

When they heard the question Lai Xixi asked, everyone in the room fell silent.

After thinking it over, Mei Mengzhen calmly analyzed, "There are two possibilities. One is that Yu Duoduo is really good at acting, and Xiaoxiao couldn’t see through her. The other is that Xiaoxiao purposely associated with her."

As to what the purpose might be, it’s hard to say, but anyone would feel that all these matters must be related to Mei Mengzhen.

Nevertheless, Mei Mengzhen still preferred to believe the first possibility, that Yu Duoduo was really good at acting. After all, even if Liang Xiao and Yu Duoduo were in cahoots, that would have developed later. Previously, Liang Xiao didn’t know Yu Duoduo, and she genuinely helped Mei Mengzhen pay back her debts—hundreds of thousands isn’t a sum one would give away lightly without sincerity.

However, in this life, Mei Mengzhen truly didn’t want to have any entanglement with Yu Duoduo; she had to figure out the purpose behind everything.

She looked toward He Yiran and asked, "Have you found out anything?"

He Yiran replied, incredulous, "How did you know I was investigating her?"

"You’re cautious by nature. Yu Duoduo might seem inconspicuous, but she suddenly got involved with too many people. You’d definitely worry about potential future complications and would want to check her background thoroughly in advance. Plus, since you entered my room, you’ve been sitting there looking at your phone the whole time, certainly waiting for a message from someone, right? Have you finished reading it?"

He Yiran said irritably, "I’ve finished, here, take it."

Mei Mengzhen took He Yiran’s phone and glanced at the message someone had sent to him. But what she saw was vastly different from the information she knew from her past life.

She looked at He Yiran, slightly incredulous, "Are you sure there’s no mistake? Is that source reliable?"

"Extremely reliable. Would I use them if they weren’t?"

Mei Mengzhen suddenly lost her composure, "My God."

She was truly thrilled, because the Yu Duoduo she had thought of as a rich and beautiful young lady in her previous life turned out to be wholly fabricated.

Aside from her name and gender, everything else was fake.

In her past life, the Yu Duoduo she knew was the young lady of a wealthy family, a standard beauty born into riches, four years younger than her, a 1994-born. Whereas the dossier in her hand showed that Yu Duoduo was actually one year older than her, born in 1989, which was quite exaggerated; after all, a five-year difference is quite apparent, but Yu Duoduo didn’t look older than them at all.

But continuing to read, she found that there was a way to keep it from being noticeable - plastic surgery.

Yu Duoduo’s face already had the faint tendency of a future internet celebrity look, and according to the age allowed for cosmetic surgery, she had already done it last year - double eyelids, nose job, forehead fillers, bone shaving; nearly everything that could be done, she had done. The dossier also included photos, and it was evident that Yu Duoduo had a good foundation, but the modifications were truly substantial.

If Yu Duoduo was not the rich beauty she seemed, then where did the money for all that cosmetic surgery come from? That brings us to the investors bankrolling her movies, claiming to be her father’s investment, when it’s clear she was their mistress. And judging from this situation, Yu Duoduo appeared to be doing this professionally.

"Hiss, my perceptions are kind of crumbling." It wasn’t just her perceptions that were crumbling, but her worldview and what she thought she knew from her previous life. It turns out all of that was fake.

Mei Mengzhen had just finished looking through the phone when Fan Tianyu snatched it away. The contents truly burned his eyes, "Is the world really this big? Am I really this ignorant?"

Fu Rui, who had been reading along with He Yiran, spoke out, "The further you go, the more unimaginable things you’ll encounter. This isn’t really surprising. The more you grow, the more you see, the more temptations there will be. So, maintaining integrity is quite difficult, actually."

Continuing in this vein, the conversation would become very heavy, and they could see that as long as Fan Tianyu didn’t fall out with Mei Mengzhen, she could always keep him in line, and he wouldn’t be tempted by those false lures.

But how could these people have so much confidence in Mei Mengzhen? What if she were to be tempted?

However, that was even less likely. Did they think Pei Ziyu was dead?

Having said that, Fu Rui mentioned, "Oh, by the way, I just got a text from my brother saying he’s coming over for a business trip and stopping by to see me. He Yi is coming with him, and it seems Tan and Pei are tagging along too."

As soon as Fu Rui’s words dropped, both He Yiran and Mei Mengzhen received texts from their respective partners, and they couldn’t help but chuckle at each other, "Looks like the four of them are together."

"Indeed, they even send messages at such similar times," Mei Mengzhen commented as she replied to Pei Ziyu’s message, [What time will you get here?]

Pei Ziyu: [The flight lands at 8 am, but considering delays, it will probably be 9 am by the time I get there.]

Mei Mengzhen: [Then let’s wait and have breakfast together.]

Pei Ziyu: [Okay.]

Putting down her phone, Mei Mengzhen said, "Let’s have breakfast together tomorrow. I’ve already made plans, we’ll meet around 9 o’clock."

After finishing, an evil thought crossed Mei Mengzhen’s mind. She looked at everyone with an earnest face and asked, "Isn’t Yu Duoduo staying overnight with Xiaoxiao? Why don’t we all have breakfast together tomorrow, don’t forget."

He Yiran and Fu Rui immediately grasped Mei Mengzhen’s idea. They couldn’t help thinking, when it comes to being ruthless, women outdo men.

"Zhenzhen, I really am..." He Yiran stroked his forehead, momentarily at a loss for words.

But Fu Rui seemed excited, praising Mei Mengzhen, "No wonder Yiran always says you’re a troublemaker. I had no idea you were such a troublemaker. We must have breakfast together tomorrow, no one can be missing."

Fu Rui’s excitement contrasted sharply with the rest of the group’s blank faces, who all looked perplexedly at Mei Mengzhen.