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Chapter 724 - 714: Don’t Guess Blindly

Chapter 724: Chapter 714: Don’t Guess Blindly

Tong Yue gave up decisively after making two consecutive calls to Jiang Lingxi without getting an answer.

She turned over in bed and continued to look at the topics that suddenly appeared online.

#Jiang Lingxi Suddenly Obtained Marriage Certificate Suspected of Being Pregnant#

This topic popped up suddenly around eight in the evening, and in less than two hours, the reading volume had reached nearly five million, with discussions in the thousands.

[Although I really look forward to how adorable their little baby angel would be, objectively speaking, now is really not a good time to be pregnant.]

Tong Yue couldn’t help but nod when she saw this comment.

For a female celebrity, pregnancy is a hurdle.

During pregnancy, due to a series of changes from pregnancy reactions to body and face, work is on hold for at least a year; after giving birth, the mother’s body also needs a recovery period, and newborn babies can’t always be left to nannies. Maternal care and attention can’t be neglected either, so it’s impossible to fully commit to work.

If one’s position in the industry is already secure, even revered, resting for a couple of years wouldn’t matter, and returning afterwards wouldn’t mean losing popularity or not getting roles.

But Jiang Lingxi is far from reaching that level now.

To be precise, she is at the most critical stage of her career rise.

If she becomes pregnant, the hard-won great situation may abruptly end!

Thus, even if she thinks the possibility of Jiang Lingxi being pregnant is small, when seeing this speculation online, she can’t help but want to ask and remind once more.

In the coming years, it’s best not to consider having children.

After all, they are both still young.

She believes Mr. Shen should understand as well.

[No smoke without fire, seeing Jiang Lingxi directly obtaining a marriage certificate to counter online smears was indeed refreshing. But thinking again, there were other ways to fight back at the time, so why choose this particular method? Could it be because of pregnancy, and she took the marriage certificate as a result, killing two birds with one stone?]

[Earlier, seeing Jiang Lingxi wielding a sword on a new drama promotional show and shooting a car commercial, she seemed quite nimble, unlike someone expecting.]

[Maybe she only found out about it in the past couple of days.]

[This topic has been out for two hours, and even tonight’s episodes of "Yuan Zhao Empress" are over, yet the person in question hasn’t appeared to clarify. Maybe it’s an admission by default.]

[Haha, everyone knows Jiang Lingxi’s regular schedule and how she rarely goes online. After watching the drama, she might have already gone to bed.]

[Today is also the day of obtaining the certificate. Although there isn’t a wedding, it’s still significant, and she might have gone to enjoy some time alone with Mr. Shen. She probably didn’t even catch tonight’s two episodes of "Yuan Zhao Empress," let alone have time to address the online discussions!]

[I guess I’ll wait for the main character’s response tomorrow; it seems unlikely to happen today.]

[By the way, does anyone know who Mr. Shen really is? I always feel his identity isn’t as simple as introduced in "Inheritance of Calligraphy and Painting." The aura doesn’t seem like something from an ordinary family.]

[I admit, I’ve wondered if he might be similar to those heirs mentioned in top-tier family stories in novels, and not just any wealthy family, but one that has silently passed down for centuries.]

[Uh, does thinking like this seem a bit far-fetched? Do such families really exist in reality?]

[Haven’t seen one, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist. Huazhou has such a long history; there’s a lot we haven’t seen or heard of.]

[Would someone with that kind of identity come to the entertainment industry to shoot dramas?]

[Perhaps for love?]

[...]

[Even if Jiang Lingxi were really pregnant, even if it’s still early and the harm isn’t significant, she likely wouldn’t abandon a child for her career, right?]

[Such families probably put a lot of importance on descendants.]

[Well, I hope the pregnancy rumor is false; just one "Yuan Zhao Empress" isn’t enough to watch. Delay having children, and make a few more good works.]

...

Tong Yue speculated that the person who leaked rumors of Jiang Lingxi’s suspected pregnancy was likely Zhou Lingyue again; it seems this person still hasn’t given up.

However, this time she wasn’t as anxious and angry as when she saw defamatory essays during the day.

After all, this time, the netizens’ discussions were quite reasonable, without any pure haters, and some comments even aligned with what she, as the agent, was thinking.

But Zhou Lingyue targeting her artist repeatedly just for the role of Xiao Chan is enough to be nauseating.

Even if Jiang Lingxi decides not to take on the role after reading the script, she doesn’t want to let Zhou Lingyue have it easy!

*

The sun was high.

Jiang Lingxi reached out her hand from under the covers and grabbed the phone that had been neglected for a whole night and almost an entire morning.

As soon as she opened it and glanced at the time, the screen was filled with messages.

"Seduced and distracted!"

Shen Yunqing, who had woken up early to quietly tidy the room, turned back at the sound.

Jiang Lingxi opened a message sent by Wei Minmin to her, noticing the gaze, she looked up and locked eyes accurately.

With a look that said: Yes, I’m talking about you!

"Minmin sent me a wedding gift last night, probably after seeing me show off the marriage certificate online. Never mind, I’ll accept it for now, since I’ll have to anyway sooner or later."

"Hmm, I’m pregnant?" After accepting the gift she flipped through the messages that came later, Jiang Lingxi instinctively looked down at her stomach, "I didn’t even know that myself."

Where did this rumor come from?

But this way, she could guess why Sister Tong called twice late at night after going back.

Probably for this matter as well.

"What?"

Jiang Lingxi had just finished typing a reply when she looked up at the sound, only to see the one who had been tidying up by the window was already in front of her, seemingly teleported.

"Yesterday, didn’t I show off our marriage certificate? Now there’s a rumor that I’m already pregnant, probably another one of Zhou Lingyue’s tricks, I’ll clarify it."

Shen Yunqing quietly took a breath, calming his heart that leaped upon hearing the word ’pregnant,’ trying to keep his tone even, "Are you hungry? I’ll just..."

Jiang Lingxi waved her hand, "We can eat lunch in a little while, no need to fuss now."

Shen Yunqing: "...Alright."

This late, breakfast would indeed be a bit much.

Jiang Lingxi hit send on the text she had just typed, got out of bed, and washed up.

Waiting all night and almost the entire morning, netizens finally got a notification on their phones.

’The Jiang LingxiV you follow just made a post, go check it out!’

Tong Yue was about to call Jiang Lingxi again judging the time, paused when she got the notification, then clicked it open.

Jiang LingxiV: Don’t guess blindly!

With an accompanying ’speechless’ meme.

That was her entire response to the pregnancy rumors.

Tong Yue and the immediately flooding-in netizens: "..."

[Waited all night and almost a whole morning for three words and a punctuation mark plus a meme!]

[Still as concise and to the point as ever haha...]

[At this point, I’ve ordered lunch delivery and am waiting for it, could it be that certain someone just got up?]

[Probably busy counting wedding gifts till late into the night haha!]

[I’m relieved she’s not pregnant, sister, keep soaring, Lingxi fans are here to stay!]

...

Besides the fans waiting for Jiang Lingxi’s response, Zhou Lingyue was also quietly waiting.

She read those three words and meme three times over, unable to hold back a cold snort, "These fans of Jiang Lingxi really have no brains, believing whatever she says, why don’t you have your idol prove she’s not pregnant!"