Qiao Yiyi was very confused when she heard someone calling her name.
He Yao also looked at him with a puzzled look.
He signaled his assistant to open the car window and see what was going on.
As the car window rolled down, an elderly, overweight woman with short hair came into view. Seeing the people in the car, she shouted with joy, "Yiyi, Mom is looking for you!"
mom?
Qiao Yiyi felt as if she was struck by lightning.
When did she have a mother?
The woman was a little embarrassed when she saw that she didn't say anything but looked at her warily. But she quickly regained her smile and said to Qiao Yiyi, "It's normal that you didn't recognize me for a while. After all, you haven't been home for so many years."
As she spoke, the smile on her face faded, replaced by a sorrowful look: "I pity you. You were so young when you left home. I am sorry for you."
Qiao Yiyi was in a confused state at this moment, with dull eyes.
Seeing that the woman was about to shed two tears, a terrible thought flashed through Qiao Yiyi's mind - could they be the original owner's biological parents?
The original owner knew her origins from the beginning. Her parents favored sons over daughters, and shortly after she was born, she was sold to another family for adoption. When she was fourteen, her adoptive parents died, and she was taken back home and promised to the foolish son of a village nouveau riche. Because of this, the original owner, unable to bear her fate of languishing in a hopeless mountain village, desperately escaped.
However, in the plot of the original book, the original owner's parents were only mentioned briefly when the original owner was killed as a female villain cannon fodder, and they did not appear at all. Why did they suddenly appear at this time?
Could it be that her appearance caused the fate of the original owner in the book to change?
But why did they suddenly come to me after not showing up for so many years?
At this time, several other people who came with her also came to the car window. The short, thin and dark man with a chin full of white thorns claimed to be her old father.
As he spoke, he pulled over a tall, thin, timid-looking boy of seventeen or eighteen, pointed at him and said to Qiao Yiyi, "This is your sixth brother, Panpan."
The boy named Qiao Pan was pulled to the car window and his mother pushed him, saying, "Hurry up, call me sister. This is your fourth sister Yiyi."
This made Qiao Yiyi even more shocked.
What’s going on?!
This is both the father and the mother, and now there is also a sixth brother.
She had a look of rejection on her face: "No, no, did you recognize the wrong person?"
Although she was almost certain that these people were the original owner's family members because of their similar facial features to the original owner.
But as soon as she finished speaking, the woman claiming to be her mother collapsed on the ground, clapping her hands and crying, "It's all my fault as a bad mother. Even my daughter doesn't want to recognize me. I'm such a failure."
Seeing this, the man who claimed to be her father hurriedly pulled her over and said, "Old woman, what are you doing? Get up quickly. You are not in good health and you can't stand this kind of torture."
"I can't afford it!" The woman slapped his hand away. "If my daughter doesn't forgive me today, I will stay here forever."
No, how can this be considered moral kidnapping?
Regardless of whether these people are really the original owner's family, even if they are, they were the ones who abandoned the original owner first. Even though they later took the original owner home, they only raised him for two years.
It's not so much raising her as it is just raising her for a year or two, giving her two mouths to feed and just enough to keep her alive. They also forced her to do farm work every day and kept thinking about how the original owner could make money for them. Finally, they got what they wanted - a nouveau riche in the village was willing to pay a high price to marry their daughter.
How is this different from selling your daughter?
She had done almost no favors in raising her, and she was plotting every day how to exploit her. In the end, she forced a sixteen-year-old girl to run away. How could this woman ask her daughter to forgive her?
Qiao Yiyi's face turned cold and she reiterated her position: "I'm sorry, I really don't know you. You really have the wrong person. If you continue to pester me, I will call the police."
The original owner's face had one good point: when she smiled, it was bright and charming, and her curved, smiling eyes gave people a warm and friendly feeling. But when her face turned cold, the narrow corners of her eyes gave off a daunting coldness that made people afraid to approach.
Sure enough, the woman who claimed to be Qiao Yiyi's mother was frightened by her aura, and she immediately stopped crying pitifully.
But her "father" still didn't give up. He pointed at Qiao Yiyi's nose and scolded: "How can you speak to your elders like that! What? You don't recognize your mother just because you have milk? Don't forget who gave birth to you!"
The man had a loud voice with a thick local accent, and his dress was very different from the people in the area. People coming in and out of the community were already looking at them with curious eyes.
Qiao Yiyi didn't intend to argue with them any further and said to He Yao's assistant, "Brother, please close the car window and leave."
The assistant was a little embarrassed and went to see He Yao.
He Yao had a mysterious expression on his face, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he said to Qiao Yiyi, "I think you should settle them down first."
Although he didn't know what was going on, he could already see some similarities between this family and Qiao Yiyi in their eyes and facial features.
"They obviously came prepared to find this place. You're a public figure, and you've only just established yourself. If you let them continue to make trouble like this, whether it's true or not, it won't be good for you if it gets out."
Qiao Yiyi was silent.
While her family before she traveled through the book wasn't exactly a good one, it was harmonious and happy. Her parents were busy with work, but they never neglected her and her siblings. Life was ordinary, without many troubles. This was why it took her so long to mentally prepare herself to accept this world after she first traveled through the book.
In this world, the original owner herself had no impression or feelings towards her parents, let alone her who traveled through time.
But He Yao was right. If we let them continue making trouble, who knows what will happen. Let's first see what they are here for.
Usually, parents who suddenly showed up were after money. If she could get rid of them with money, she would just consider it as buying peace of mind.
Thinking of this, Qiao Yiyi said to them, "I'll book a room for you in a nearby hotel. My house is small, and it's not very convenient for so many people to come at once."
When Wu Xiuying, the woman claiming to be Qiao Yiyi's mother, heard that they were going to arrange accommodation for them, she immediately got up from the ground and stopped crying and making a fuss: "We are tough and can live anywhere, as long as you recognize us."
Her "father" Qiao Dahong also cried with joy: "Good daughter, you are really daddy's good daughter." He then pulled her brother over and said: "You ignorant boy, why don't you thank your fourth sister!"
The young man named Qiao Pan still looked reluctant. He was sullen and hummed a few times, but no one knew what he said.
Qiao Yiyi didn't care. She called Baomei and asked her to book two rooms and come to her place. Baomei immediately rushed over. After hearing about this, she almost popped her eyes out: "Didn't you say your parents died a long time ago?"
Qiao Yiyi said indifferently, "It makes no difference whether you have parents like this or not."
She briefly talked about the original owner's life experience. Baomei sighed after listening to it, and even He Yao, who had not left, frowned.
It turns out that the little girl's life experience is so miserable.
Baomei drove Qiao Dahong and his family of three to a hotel near Fengji Yayuan Community and asked them to rest there and have something to eat. Sister Yiyi would come to see them later.
Wu Xiuying grabbed Baomei's arm and asked anxiously, "Is she lying to us?"
Baomei waved her hands: "No, no, Sister Yiyi is not that kind of person."
After finally getting away, she went back to tell Qiao Yiyi that everything had been arranged and asked what to do next.
Qiao Yiyi said, "I'll go ask them what they're going to do and see if I can get rid of them as soon as possible."
Baomei poured a glass of water and said, "I think it's a bit difficult. You've been away for so long and they haven't looked for you. But they came to your door at this time. They must have bad intentions. Sister Yiyi, you have to be careful."
Qiao Yiyi nodded: "Yes, I will."
She first packed the luggage she brought back from the polar region, then took a shower, had a meal and took a nap before thinking about how to deal with this family next.
There was a notification sound from the phone. I opened it and saw it was a friend request with He Yao written on it.
The two of them had been filming together in the polar regions for over a month, yet they still had no contact information. Firstly, they lived under the same roof, so if anything came up, they could talk about it face to face. Secondly, there was no need for her to go to Kaga Yao.
At this moment, He Yao found her through the crew group and sent her a friend request. Qiao Yiyi was slightly stunned and subconsciously clicked to accept. Then she saw He Yao asked her if she needed help. He knew a lawyer friend who could help keep an eye on it.
A strange warmth surged in Qiao Yiyi's heart, but she replied: I'll go and see what they are doing first, and then I'll ask you for help if I need it.
After spending some time together, He Yao discovered that Qiao Yiyi was not a useless vase as previously said on the Internet, and was not as harmless as she seemed.
Although her live broadcasts and shows often give the impression of not competing or fighting, she is also decisive when it comes to taking action.
Especially the thoughts she occasionally reveals show that she is a very opinionated person.
He Yao looked at the text on the chat interface and decided to follow her wishes. However, he immediately contacted his lawyer friend to consult about this matter.
Qiao Yiyi packed up simply and headed for the hotel, deliberately walking slowly and not in a hurry.
After Qiao Dahong and his friends had their meal and filled their stomachs, they waited for a long time but Qiao Yiyi still didn't show up, and the couple became anxious again.
Wu Xiuying: "I don't think she wants to acknowledge us at all! We should have just stayed where she is. She's a big star, how could she really chase us away?"
Qiao Dahong walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.
But the boy named Qiao Pan couldn't help but speak: "Dad, Mom, why don't we go back."
"Why are you going back?" Wu Xiuying glared at him. "We've been looking for her for so long and finally found her. How can we just go back like this?"
The young man muttered quietly: "How come I didn't know that you were looking for Fourth Sister..."
As far as he could remember, he had indeed heard about the fact that his sister had run away from home, but his parents rarely mentioned it. When they did, they were just angry about the loss of the betrothal money they had received, but they didn't care about this sister at all.
In their words, it would be better to die outside, what a shame!
Until recently, the most talkative aunt in the village passed by their door and said, "Old Qiao, does that female star on TV look like your fourth child?"
His parents then became interested and found out the name of the female star, which was exactly the same as the name of his fourth sister who had been away for many years.
"You little bastard, how can you talk like that?" Qiao Dahong stopped and glared at him fiercely with his wrinkled old eyes.
Wu Xiuying also said, "When your fourth sister comes later, you are not allowed to say anything other than good things to her. We are doing this for your own good."
When Qiao Pan heard this, her eyelids drooped again, and her youthful face looked lifeless.
Qiao Yiyi came to the hotel and found the room Baomei booked for them.
In fact, in addition to wanting to find out the purpose of their visit to her, she also wanted to know how they found where she lived, and it happened to be the day she came back from filming.
Fengji Yayuan Community has strict security measures and does a good job of keeping residents' privacy. Apart from Baomei, Sister Anna, and Sang Bai, who plays well with her and has come to their house for dinner before, only He Yao and Brother Bin know that Qiao Yiyi lives here.
How could the original owner's parents, who had just come from the countryside, find the place so accurately?
With doubts, Qiao Yiyi knocked on the door and at the same time quietly turned on the recording device on her mobile phone.
When Wu Xiuying heard the knock on the door, her face lit up with joy and she hurried over to open the door. When she saw Qiao Yiyi, her bloated face smiled like a dried chrysanthemum.
"Yiyi, you're finally here. Come and let mom see you. You've really changed a lot since you grew up."
She raised her hand and tried to touch Qiao Yiyi's face, but Qiao Yiyi dodged it and stared at her with a pair of beautiful distant eyes, looking wary.
Wu Xiuying was a little embarrassed. She kept her hands in the air for a few seconds, then put them down and rubbed them guiltily.
Qiao Dahong frowned, pointing at Qiao Yiyi with all the authority of a father, and angrily said, "You unfilial child! We provide you with food and clothing, and yet you just run away and leave this family with a mess."
Qiao Yiyi: “???”
Looking at this cheap dad and listening to his confusing remarks, I was speechless.
Qiao Dahong was completely clueless and continued to nag: "You ran away, and you didn't even tell your family for all these years. Do you still have us as your parents in your eyes?"
"Alright, alright, stop talking, old man." Wu Xiuying stepped forward and calmed him down. "Yiyi's life hasn't been easy either. No matter what, we're all reunited as a family now, and we can live a peaceful life from now on."
After she finished speaking, she turned to Qiao Yiyi. She didn't act like she was lying at the gate of the community throwing a tantrum at all. Instead, she gave people the illusion of a loving mother: "Yiyi, don't be angry. Your dad is just too worried about you. He's just saying it in anger, but he's soft-hearted."
Qiao Yiyi watched the two of them, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, what a double act. If the original owner had used one ten-thousandth of her parents' acting skills, she wouldn't have been treated as a vase.
Qiao Yiyi remained unmoved by the couple's dramatic performance. After they finished, Qiao Yiyi coldly asked, "What on earth do you want from me? You're not here just to reunite with my family, are you?"
Father Qiao's voice trembled with anger: "What's the tone of your voice? Do you think you're justified in running away?"
Qiao Yiyi turned around without hesitation: "Since everything is fine, I'll leave first. I still have an announcement to make."
"Wait, Yiyi——" Wu Xiuying called her.
Qiao Yiyi turned around and saw Wu Xiuying had put away her smile and looked embarrassed.
She glanced at her old man, as if hesitant to speak, and finally spoke: "It's like this, Yiyi, aren't you a big star now? I heard that being a star is very lucrative, and you can make hundreds of millions for just one movie, and some can even make hundreds of millions!"
Qiao Yiyi: “…”
It seems we should get to the point.
She didn't interrupt her, but just looked at Wu Xiuying indifferently to see what she would say next.
Wu Xiuying continued, "Everyone in the village saw that movie you filmed before, called Phoenix. Some of the young people said you're a big star now, so famous! You can be seen in many places."
After hearing this, Qiao Yiyi showed a sad expression.
Her stepmother thinks too highly of her. She was quite popular some time ago, but not to this extent, especially since President Qi has been trying every possible way to suppress her recently.
Seeing Wu Xiuying's excited expression, Qiao Yiyi finally couldn't help but interrupt her: "Tell me, how much money do you want?"
It's really exciting. I never thought that one day she would be able to say such words from a romance novel like a domineering president.
Wu Xiuying was talking excitedly when she heard these words and stopped talking immediately.
"Look at what you're saying. It's not like I'm asking you for money."
"Is that so?" Qiao Yiyi put on a fake smile. "I thought you were here to ask me for money."
"This..." Wu Xiuying obviously didn't expect her daughter to be so straightforward and rude, and she said something final in one go.
Qiao Yiyi clapped her hands, "You are such considerate parents! You don't know how many parents these days always ask their children for money, asking them to pay for the down payment on their brother's house or to collect the bride price for their brother's marriage. It's as if their daughters aren't their biological children, and money just flows in like water..."
Wu Xiuying blushed at this. She had actually asked Qiao Yiyi to buy a house for her son, Qiao Pan. She had her eyes on a large villa in their city and wanted Qiao Yiyi to buy it for them. She even planned to pay for Qiao Pan's wedding gift.
I didn't expect that this girl has become so smart after living in the big city for so many years.
She smiled awkwardly and said, "Yiyi, that's not the case. We are all family, so we have to help each other. It's not like we are spending money on outsiders. Isn't this your brother?"
Qiao Yiyi narrowed her eyes: "So you plan to let me spend money on that brother too?"
Wu Xiuying was a little embarrassed: "That's not what I meant, but if you insist on spending money on your brother, we don't mind."
Qiao Yiyi rolled her eyes in her heart, thinking how shameless he was.
She said coldly: "I don't plan to spend money on him."
Wu Xiuying: “…”
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