In 1934, a rare life photo of Ruan Lingyu, a smash hit film and television star during the Republic of China, and her daughter Ruan Xiaoyu was exposed. This photo is from the illustration of the first issue of the best-selling Star Family magazine at the time. Although the photography technology of that era was not as developed as it is now, and the pixels were not high, we can still clearly see Ruan Lingyu's appearance. In the photo, she is dressed in a beautiful cheongsam with a fashionable hairstyle, and she is sitting elegantly on the sofa, holding a comb in one hand, combing Ruan Xiaoyu's hair. Ruan Xiaoyu sat next to her mother, holding a toy in her arms, with a cute mushroom head, looking chubby and very cute.
This year, Ruan Lingyu was only 24 years old, although she was young, she had been working hard in the film industry for 8 years. Because she is naturally beautiful, has outstanding appearance, has excellent popularity, and superb acting skills, she has a very broad acting path. However, in this photo, Nguyen Lingyu is immersed in the warmth and happiness of her family, and no one could have imagined that her life has begun to count down. Just a year later, Ruan Lingyu regretfully passed away, ending her short but brilliant life.
In people's common memory, Ruan Lingyu is a famous movie star with no heirs. However, what is confusing is that Ruan Xiaoyu was already six or seven years old at the time, could it be that Ruan Lingyu gave birth to a child when she was 17 years old? So who is Ruan Xiaoyu's father? In fact, Ruan Xiaoyu is not Ruan Lingyu's biological daughter, but a baby adopted by Ruan Lingyu in 1927. Under Ruan Lingyu's care and care, Ruan Xiaoyu was able to grow up healthily and enjoy relatively superior living conditions since childhood.
Ruan Xiaoyu later changed her name to Tang Zhenli, and the origin of her surname is not complicated. After Ruan Lingyu's marriage to Zhang Damin ended, she established a relationship with Tang Jishan, a tycoon in the tea industry, and it was at this time that Ruan Xiaoyu changed her name. However, the relationship didn't last long. In 1935, Ruan Lingyu's psychological defense line completely collapsed. She can't stand the slander and blackmail of her ex-husband Zhang Damin, and is confused by the betrayal of her current boyfriend Tang Jishan, while also facing unprovoked attacks and slander from tabloid reporters. In a state of isolation, Ruan Lingyu chose to end her life by taking a large amount of sleeping pills. Her death shocked all walks of life at the time, so the funeral scene was extremely grand, with 300,000 people seeing her off, and the scene was full of mourning.
After Ruan Lingyu's death, Tang Jishan showed a conscience to some extent, and he began to take care of Ruan Lingyu's mother and adopted daughter Ruan Xiaoyu. If Ruan Xiaoyu is still alive now, he should already be an old man over eighty years old. However, her and her adoptive mother's names have long been forgotten in the torrent of history. Ruan Lingyu's life is full of legends, and her story makes people sigh that even in the glamorous entertainment industry, there are many unknown bitterness and bitterness behind it.