As soon as Sister-in-law Lin came back, the whole house became neat and unusual, even the wild girl Ah Xing was forced to be clean, Ma Chen, who was in charge of cleaning, looked at Shen Mengxi's face and quietly complained twice, but did not get the expected support, so he gave up resistance and honestly listened to Sister-in-law Lin's orders.

After several years of quality inspection and management in the garment factory, Sister-in-law Lin has the momentum of a strong woman, and she has transferred several servants in the family, including her husband and the three servants of Mrs. Lin's family.

Mrs. Lin recently lived in Shen Mengxi's house, and last month she accidentally fell, causing a fracture of her left arm, and she stayed in the hospital for a month.

Mrs. Lin has really enjoyed the joy of family since then, Lin Yuesheng has increased the number of visits to her, and Shen Mengxi has also relied on her in everything.

She likes Yuki very much, saying that she is a bit like when she was a child. As soon as the old lady came out of the bedroom, she ran quickly, took her crutches, put the old lady's right hand on her shoulder, took her to sit on the sofa, and served tea and water, very courteous.

The old and the young often sit together, talking and talking, and Mrs. Lin often tells her some stories to listen to, what foxes, fairies, ghosts, and wild wolves eat children, Ah Xing is afraid to listen to it and wants to hear it, and is very distressed.

Shen Mengxi eats with her after work, there are no outsiders, Ah Xing will also be called to eat together, after the meal, Shen Mengxi will play the piano for them, or teach Ah Xing to play some simple tunes. At this time, Ma Chen was always hesitant in fear, "Miss Zhang, don't break it, we are subordinates, how can we play such an expensive piano!" ”

Shen Mengxi glanced at her, "You are my family's servant, Ah Xing is not." ”

Ma Chen's face was inexplicable, he bowed his head in cringe, and went to work with a rag.

Every morning, Ah Bian of the Lin family would send the newspaper early, and he would walk the dog and wash the dog when he was free, he felt that if he didn't find some work to get busy, sooner or later, the old lady would dislike him and kick him out.

On 9 March, Ah Bian put the newspaper on the dining table in despair, without even saying a word, bowing his head and leaving. Shen Mengxi called out to him, "Ah Bian, are you in trouble?" ”

"Miss, read the newspaper." Ah Bian's eyes were red.

Shen Mengxi stopped asking, and lowered his head to read the newspaper.

A photo of a beautiful woman made headlines on the front page, Shen Mengxi took a closer look and was shocked, Ruan Lingyu committed suicide!

At the age of 25, she was in her prime, but she chose to cut off her life.

Shen Mengxi had contact with Ruan Lingyu several times, asked Ruan to endorse Yunsheng's underwear, and took a headshot to hang in the window. Ruan Lingyu is sensitive and strong, but she is gentle to the bone, and even women will like it when they see it.

When Ruan Lingyu was 15 years old, she fell in love with Zhang Damin, the young master of her mother's domestic helper's family, and was opposed, so Zhang Damin took her to live outside and live a two-person world. Shanghai during the Republic of China can be said to be the most open era, men and women living together is very common, if the relationship is not harmonious, they will break up, and each will find a home.

Zhang Damin is a playboy, and his dancing skills are as good as Zhang Hanqing's, but he can't make money, and his father is still alive and has no inheritance, and his mother gives them a little help every month, which is only enough for them to spend until the middle of the month, and they have to borrow from friends and relatives for the rest of the day, and they are very embarrassed for a few months. When his father died, he gave his other brothers 250,000 silver dollars, but only gave him an inheritance of a few thousand yuan, and they still lived a difficult life.

It was during this period that Ruan Lingyu entered the film industry and quickly became famous. She is almost a genius actor, the movies at this time are silent films, all the performances rely on acting skills, she almost every shot is in one step, rarely shoots the second one, and is called the most film-saving actor by the director.

She has played many roles such as the enchanting aunt's wife, the brutal rich lady, the shy little jasper, the innocent schoolgirl, the debauched dancer, the graceful lady and so on.

It's a pity that beauties are always trapped by love. In 1932, when the Japanese attacked Shanghai, Ruan Lingyu fled to Hong Kong and met Tang Jishan, a friend of Zhang Damin.

Under the emotional offensive of Tang Jishan, a veteran of the love field, Ruan Lingyu turned to Tang Jishan's arms.

The impoverished Zhang Damin was unwilling to be dumped, blackmailed Ruan Lingyu many times, and threatened her by revealing that she was the daughter of a servant, but the coercion failed, he actually went to the court and accused Ruan Lingyu of stealing the Zhang family's belongings and giving them to Tang Jishan.

Tang Jishan was furious, and also accused Zhang Damin of false reputation, and forced Ruan Lingyu to testify in court, Ruan Lingyu had no choice but to publish a statement in the newspaper that he lived with Tang Jishan and was financially independent, so as to prove Tang Jishan's innocence.

For a time, the national public opinion was in an uproar, overwhelming, and the newspapers published the news that Ruan Lingyu eloped behind her husband and lived with a married woman, which was even more sensational than the affair between Xu Shizhe and Lu Xiaomei back then.

Ruan Lingyu's heart was greatly hit, she was originally sensitive, and she was even more painful and sleepless after this incident. One day, I suddenly found that Tang Jishan had another courtesan and bought her a house.

Ruan Lingyu became the topic of the media again, and the newspapers began to report the news that she had been tricked.

At this time, the fragile Ruan Lingyu fell in love with the third man Cai Chusheng, this man is very different from the first two, he is a sincere and upright person, but how could a person with such a character leave his wife at home and elope with her, so Ruan Lingyu had no survival after asking Cai Chusheng to take her to Hong Kong was refused.

On March 8, the Shanghai District Court summoned her to testify in court, and she must appear in court to testify against Zhang Damin, otherwise she will be detained and punished. Ruan Lingyu heard that back then, Pu Yi was forced to appear in court because of Wenxiu's lawsuit for divorce, and was asked in court whether she was sexually impotent, she was afraid that she would be humiliated in court, and she was also afraid of the next round of attacks by public opinion, on the evening of the 7th, she attended a friend's birthday party, laughed and made a fuss, she smiled and shook hands with everyone in turn to say goodbye, everyone thought she was drunk and sent her home. In the early morning of the 8th, after a fierce quarrel with Tang Jishan, she committed suicide by taking a large amount of sleeping pills.

On the 9th, all newspapers published the news of her death, and published her two suicide notes, one for Zhang Damin, saying that he had no place to be sorry for him, and that he would take revenge because of his terrible words. Another suicide note to Tang Jishan said, "I'm sorry for you, for making you suffer for me." Public opinion began to sympathize with this weak woman, and condemned Zhang Damin and let Tang Jishan go.

Tang Jishan said magnificently, "As a husband, I can't prevent her death, and I can't escape the blame. I will be disillusioned, and I will never marry another wife in this life and this life, and I will be single until I die. ”

Looking at the newspaper, Shen Mengxi sneered,—— there seemed to be a lot of scum in the Republic of China.

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