Chapter 87 Let’s Talk
Li Xiaoqiu was furious. "Lin Xi, that beverage manufacturer is the one we visited last time and didn't sign a contract with. I called them and told them they were using your photos for commercial purposes without permission, infringing on your portrait rights, but they said they had signed a contract."
"I said it's impossible. This contract has definitely not been signed."
"Later they said it was your father who signed the agreement on your behalf in your guardian's name, and that he had received a two million yuan advance."
"I'm so pissed! Your dad actually sold you for just six million! I even refused when someone offered you sixty million to do a commercial!"
"By the way, they also said that they'll ask you to go filming tomorrow because they're anxious to put out a TV commercial."
On the beverage manufacturer's side, once the contract is signed, it will naturally take effect.
Lin Xi was so popular that they naturally didn't want to wait, so they found a screenshot of Lin Xi's TV interview that day on the Internet, edited it, and printed it on the beverage bottles.
Summer is usually the peak selling season for beverages. After changing the trademark to one with Lin Xi’s portrait, the sales of beverages have increased several times compared to the same period last year, making the company a huge profit.
Influenced by her mother's love of health, Li Xiaoqiu basically doesn't drink any beverages but only water, so she didn't notice this.
After listening to Li Xiaoqiu's series of words, Lin Xi slowly clenched her fists. Liu Dongsheng was indeed a good person. She had not yet settled the old accounts with him, and now he had taken the initiative to add another one.
She took a deep breath and said, "Ask them to send the contract documents over first."
Li Xiaoqiu agreed, "Okay, I'll have them send it over right away."
Lin Xi stood in the middle of the room for a while, calmed down, then turned to the living room and continued cleaning.
After a while, her cell phone rang and she opened it to look at it.
Seeing the final signing date, August 3rd, her eyes slowly narrowed.
He called Li Xiaoqiu again and said, "Please consult a lawyer to find out whether a contract signed by your parents on your behalf after you become an adult is legally binding."
Li Xiaoqiu agreed and quickly called the legal advisor of her father's company.
After Lin Xi cleaned the living room, Li Xiaoqiu called again.
"I asked a lawyer. Parents who sign contracts on behalf of their adult children must have a written authorization from their children. I just saw that the contract was signed on August 3rd. I remember your birthday is August 3rd, which means that this contract is invalid without your authorization."
"Unless you submit a letter of authorization." Li Xiaoqiu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what the legal advisor said.
Lin Xi was also relieved. Li Xiaoqiu continued, "If that's the case, we can sue this company for copyright infringement."
Lin Xi thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you should find a lawyer first, send a lawyer's letter to this company, then collect evidence and file a lawsuit as soon as possible."
"However, try not to let the media know about this matter."
Li Xiaoqiu agreed, "I'll do it right away."
Lin Xi put down the rag in her hand and sat in the living room with her mind racing. Slowly, the corners of her lips curled up into a smile.
It just so happened that she was planning to find a way to get back the other half of the house, and Liu Dongsheng had walked into trouble this time, so it was no wonder she was blamed.
She wanted to take back her mother's house without spending a penny.
After cleaning her mother and sister's rooms, Lin Xi planned to go out to buy some vegetables and cook for herself in the evening.
Just as she reached the door, she stepped back, took out the sunglasses and hat that Li Xiaoqiu had prepared for her, armed herself, and then dared to go out.
The sunglasses Li Xiaoqiu chose for her were too big, covering half of her face.
Lin Xi bought some vegetables and went home without being recognized.
After eating two pieces of bread at noon, Lin Xi took a nap. Feeling that there was nothing to do, she thought for a moment and sent a message to Song Huaijin, "I'm free now, where should we meet?"
Song Huaijin was in the company. Ever since he gave his number to Lin Xi in the morning, he had to pay some attention to his phone almost all the time.
His phone dinged and he picked it up immediately. When he saw it was a message from Lin Xi, he was a little bit incredulous. After reading it carefully, he replied, "Are you home? I'll come pick you up."
Lin Xi sent the address of the shop at the entrance of the alley.
Half an hour later, Lin Xi got into Song Huaijin's car wearing sunglasses.
The car drove towards the suburbs.
Neither of them spoke the entire way.
Song Huaijin didn't know what to say.
Lin Xi was thinking about something.
Song Huaijin appeared again and again, and she felt that he still had feelings for her.
But for her, the current Song Huaijin is not the Song Huaijin in her memory.
It's not just his appearance that has changed, his personality has also changed a lot in the past twenty years.
He used to be very sunny and humorous, and could always make her laugh.
Now he seemed to be shrouded in a layer of low pressure.
And she herself is not the Sister Xi of the past. The life experiences and environment she has lived in over the past eighteen years have given her many things that are completely different from her previous life.
As for feelings, it was difficult for her to project her previous feelings for the sunny and humorous Song Huaijin onto the somewhat gloomy middle-aged man in front of her.
This was not the same person she remembered.
The two of them walked in silence all the way to a villa on the outskirts of the city.
Song Huaijin doesn't usually live here, but the housekeeper sometimes arranges for someone to come and clean.
At this moment, the villa was empty.
However, the house was clean everywhere.
Song Huaijin handed a bottle of water to Lin Xi, and the two of them sat down in the living room somewhat awkwardly.
Lin Xi thought for a moment and spoke slowly, "About three months ago, I suddenly awakened my memories of my past life."
Song Huaijin's eyes suddenly became moist. He stood up excitedly, wanting to hug Lin Xi and tell her how much he had missed her for so many years.
But his steps suddenly hesitated again. He stared at the girl opposite him, but felt that she was familiar yet strange. She was Sister Xi, but not Sister Xi.
He sat down dejectedly, and Lin Xi opposite him smiled bitterly, "Actually, I often fall into a strange state now."
"Sometimes, I feel like I'm still the team leader of the Supernatural Research Institute. When I wake up in the morning and see a completely different environment, I feel dazed."
"Sometimes, I feel like those things are so far away from me. I'm just an ordinary 18-year-old girl who grew up in an alley and lived a simple life."
"I don't even know who I am now. It's like I have two different souls in one body."
"I need to talk to myself more often, telling myself that you are Lin Xi now, just an eighteen-year-old girl. You don't need to bear so many responsibilities anymore. Just be an ordinary person."
(End of this chapter)
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