Chapter 368 Love from a Mother~

"Bullshit!" Liu Xiaoli clearly disagreed with her daughter's words. Her expression practically screamed, "I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice."

She analyzed seriously, "Look at Jiang Jing, it's so obvious who he loves and who he doesn't. If he doesn't like someone, he won't even pay them any attention."

"The fact that he replied to you means he has at least some good feelings toward you, or at least doesn't dislike you. This is your chance, my silly daughter!"

Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She shook her phone and said, "Then he loves a bit too many people, don't you think? Yang Mi, Leng Ba, Yaya, Nazha—that's already four of them, and I heard there are more..."

Although she was also curious and had a slight fondness for Jiang Jing, she still felt a bit hesitant when she thought of his massive harem.

"What do you know!" Liu Xiaoli waved her hand dismissively.

She lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "Mom has insider info. Right now, who knows how many big shots and powerful families are eyeing him, all wanting to send their daughters and nieces to his side."

"Why? Simply because his genes are too outstanding; his descendants will definitely be even more perfect."

"My daughter has both the looks and the temperament, and you're not inferior to anyone. As long as you take a little initiative, Mom believes you can definitely break through the crowd!"

Looking at her mother's posture, which practically screamed that she wanted to pack her up and send her straight to Jiang Jing's bed, Liu Yifei found it both amusing and helpless.

"Mom has worried herself to death over your affairs!"

"Now that such a catch is right in front of you—with the looks, the talent, the status, and the money, practically flawless in every aspect—you must seize the opportunity and interact with him more!"

Seeing the glint in her mother's eyes, Liu Yifei knew it was useless to reason with her.

She gently pulled her hand back, picked up her book again, and murmured, "Mom, stop worrying needlessly. Just let nature take its course."

However, her eyes fell upon the pages without turning them for a long time. Her gaze drifted, and her mind was clearly no longer on the book, leaving one to wonder what she was thinking.

The only thing left in her ears was her mother's endless, rambling analysis...

On the other side, at Yang Mi's residence.

Yang Mi was snuggled comfortably in bed, holding her phone and chatting enthusiastically in a WeChat group with Li Xue, Leng Ba, and the others. The atmosphere was unbelievably harmonious.

After the initial shyness and adjustment period, she had completely integrated into this big family. She had even started to enjoy this wonderful sisterhood and the thrill of sharing a man.

Just then, with a loud bang, the bedroom door was kicked open.

Mom Yang rushed in like a whirlwind, her face bearing a complex expression of mixed shock and excitement.

Without a word, she whipped away the thin blanket covering Yang Mi and smacked her smooth, fair, long leg with a sharp "slap."

"Ah!" Yang Mi shivered in fright, almost dropping her phone. Clutching the spot where she had been smacked, she looked at her mother in shock and speechlessness.

"Mom! What are you doing! You scared me to death!"

Mom Yang shoved her phone screen right in front of Yang Mi's eyes. On it was a screenshot of the Weibo post where Jiang Jing replied to Yang Mi with a heart emoji, while replying to other female celebrities with a cupped-fist emoji.

"What is going on here? Huh? Comrade Yang Mi, confess to your mother honestly! What on earth is your relationship with this Jiang Jing?!"

Mom Yang's tone was urgent, her eyes fixed intently on her daughter.

Looking at that glaring heart, Yang Mi felt guilty. A flash of panic crossed her face, and she stammered:

"W-what do you mean, what's going on? We're... we're just friends. He developed a game, so I'm just showing some support..."

"Just friends?" Mom Yang laughed in exasperation at her daughter's dead giveaway of an expression.

She raised her hand and smacked her other leg.

Now it was perfectly symmetrical...

"Would a friend reply to you specifically with a heart? Why are you blushing if you're just friends? Do you take your mother for a fool?!"

"Ouch! Mom! Stop hitting me! My perfectly fine legs are already red from your slapping!" Yang Mi wanted to cry but had no tears, feeling that her long legs had suffered a great ordeal today.

Mom Yang rolled her eyes at her, but her expression instantly shifted from interrogation to excitement and anticipation. Lowering her voice, she asked mysteriously:

"Mimi, tell Mom the truth. Is this Jiang Jing... the mysterious man you mentioned before who was pursuing you? The one who gave you that 'tears of the stars' jewelry set worth hundreds of millions?!"

At this point, Yang Mi knew she couldn't hide it anymore. Besides, she didn't really want to hide it either, and even felt a little smug.

Her face reddened slightly as she nodded and let out a vague "mhm," completely ignoring the minor detail of "who was pursuing whom."

"Oh my! That's wonderful!!" Mom Yang was instantly overjoyed. She clapped her hands sharply and spun around the room in excitement.

She looked happier than if she had won the lottery herself.

Seeing her mother's reaction, Yang Mi grew somewhat puzzled instead. She asked cautiously, "Mom, don't you... find him too much of a playboy? Look under his Weibo post, there are so many female stars..."

"A playboy?" Mom Yang cut her daughter off as if she had heard a joke, looking at her with a "you're still too young" gaze.

"My silly daughter, is a man like Jiang Jing an ordinary person? He is so outstanding and capable. What's wrong with having a few more female confidantes around him? That just proves how charming he is!"

"Look at those female celebrities he didn't reply to. Which one of them isn't eagerly trying to get close to him? What does this show? It shows my daughter is capable and caught his eye!"

She paused, a trace of worry suddenly entering her tone. Holding Yang Mi's hand, she said earnestly, "Mimi, Mom is worried now—worried that he might look down on you! After all... you are divorced..."

Yang Mi: "..."

She looked at her mother in utter speechlessness. Was this her biological mother?

Well, this merciless, harsh criticism confirmed without a doubt that she was indeed her biological mother.

Mom Yang ignored her daughter's resentful look and continued her earnest teaching, lowering her voice even further:

"So, daughter, you have to hurry. While he's still interested in you and your relationship is in full bloom, hurry up and seize the time to bear him a child!"

"Mom!!!" Upon hearing this, Yang Mi's face instantly turned completely red, like a cooked shrimp, both embarrassed and annoyed.

"What... what nonsense are you talking about! That's completely unrelated!"

"How am I talking nonsense?" Mom Yang had a look that said, "I'm doing this for your own good."

"I'm planning ahead!"

"Think about it, there are so many young and beautiful girls around him. Today it's an 18-year-old, and tomorrow an even fresher one will pop up!"

"If you don't hurry up and have a child to secure your position, how will you hold onto him when your youth fades?"

"Even if we take ten thousand steps back, and things don't work out in the end, the child born will still carry the bloodline of our Yang family! With your and Jiang Jing's genes, how outstanding would that child be? Just thinking about it makes me happy!"

Although Mom Yang's perspective sounded somewhat pragmatic and even bizarre, on closer thought, it carried a kind of brutal reality in this circle.

Yang Mi was originally just embarrassed, but listening to her mother's words, she actually felt a slight sense of crisis rising in her heart.

Not to look any further, just considering her good friend and former subordinate, Leng Ba—that girl was young, beautiful, exotic, and exceptionally skilled at seduction. She posed a very real threat.

Seeing her daughter's eyes flickering, Mom Yang knew she had taken the advice to heart, and a satisfied smile of "a teachable child indeed" appeared on her face.