Chapter 95: Happy Ridge Ginseng Soup
Yuan Meng recalled everything that happened that night.
Cao Pipi turned into a monster and crushed her leg bones with one foot.
She was unwilling to accept that her life was ruined like this. She had finally been reborn, and even so, she couldn't give up.
Yuan Meng wanted to sit up, but her lower body was completely powerless and she couldn't get up.
She interrupted her parents who were arguing: "Dad, Mom."
The couple was arguing, but when they heard their daughter's voice, they stopped immediately and looked at her together.
At this point, Yuan Meng no longer needed to pretend. She just wanted to cooperate with her parents, who were her enemies, to maximize the remaining benefits.
She spoke calmly, her voice childish but with the air of an adult: "Come here, help me up. I have something to tell you."
The couple were both stunned.
Yuan Ting winked at his wife, motioning her to come over.
Zhang Yu thought that her daughter had heard what she had just said, and she felt a little guilty. She walked to the bedside and shook it.
When Yuan Meng sat up, she looked at her parents and said in a mature tone, "I know what you are thinking. I am just a tool for you to gain fame and make money. When I lose my value, none of you will want to support me anymore. But you are my parents. You have the obligation and responsibility to raise me until I reach adulthood."
The couple stared at their daughter in amazement. She was no longer as cute and obedient as before, but exuded a terrifying maturity.
This reminded them of the scene in the video, where she picked up a machete and chopped at Cao Pipi.
This child's words and actions are not like those of a child.
The couple looked at each other. Zhang Yu was so frightened by her daughter's contrast that she was speechless. Yuan Ting was brave enough to ask her, "What do you want?"
Yuan Meng said, "Dad, I know you don't want me, and I don't want to live with parents like you. I need you to do two things for me now. After you do these two things, we will owe each other nothing and will not interfere with each other. I will never cause you any trouble. First, I need you to help me hold a press conference to expose Cao Pipi's true face. Second, you need to help me rent an apartment, hire a reliable nanny to take care of my food and daily life, and give me 10 million yuan."
Zhang Yu looked at her in disbelief. "Mengbao, who taught you these words? Did someone teach you these words? Ten million, what are you going to do with so much money, you're just a kid?"
Yuan Ting also felt that this was not right. He asked, "Who taught you to say these things?"
Yuan Meng looked at her parents calmly and said, "No one taught me this. As you can see, I'm just a unique genius. I've been disguising myself all this time, so as not to let you and others think I'm a monster. Now that I've lost my legs, I feel heartbroken, but what does it matter? I have to keep living."
She looked at her parents calmly, "I don't think I'm useless just because I lost my legs. I still have my brain. I can use it, and my status as a child, to make more money. As long as I can find a reliable person to take care of me, I can make more money than you can imagine."
Now is the era of developed Internet. A "genius child" like her will definitely become popular on the Internet as long as she is hyped.
Of course, the most important thing at the moment is to expose Cao Pipi's true identity. Let everyone know that she is a monster and let her be captured and dissected for experiments!
As long as it is proven that Cao Pipi is a monster, then everything she did before can be blamed on Cao Pipi.
At the same time, she also knew the virtues of her parents. As long as she still had value, they would not leave her and would even rush to keep her.
Although she had just proposed to separate from her parents, Yuan Ting and his wife were not stupid. They would definitely not do as she wished and would definitely stay with her.
This tactic of retreating to advance was used very successfully by Yuan Meng.
Yuan Ting and Zhang Yu looked at each other knowingly.
Zhang Yu also calmed down, poured a glass of water for her daughter, and asked in a low voice: "Mengbao, what are you going to do?"
Yuan Meng directly exposed Zhang Yu's inner thoughts: "Mom, your attitude has changed, is it because you see that I still have value?"
She took the water from her mother, took a sip, moistened her dry throat, and said, "I need to open a Douyin account. You can invite reporters, and I'll also use live streaming to attract traffic to my Douyin account. I plan to build my own media account. Only with fans and users can I generate traffic, and then I can monetize it."
The daughter's mature statement at this time made the couple feel very unfamiliar.
They simply didn't dare to elaborate, as these were the words of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl. However, this also indirectly proved her statement that she was a unique genius.
However, Yuan Ting was still sober. Since the child could say such words, it is not ruled out that someone was teaching her behind the scenes.
In order to prove whether his daughter was a genius, he asked, "How can you prove that you are a genius?"
In his previous life, Yuan Meng had learned some knowledge normally and taught himself two languages.
She said, "I taught myself Japanese and German. Dad, do you want to verify it?"
Yuan Ting also learned Japanese and German for work purposes.
When Yuan Mengzi tried to communicate with him in these two languages, he unexpectedly discovered that the child spoke even more fluently than he did.
This made Yuan Ting surprised and happy.
Yuan Meng is a little genius, which means that no matter whether she is disabled or not, as long as her brain is not disabled, her future life will not be too bad.
The famous scientist Hawking cannot take care of himself, but he still became a great scientist?
At this moment, Yuan Ting seemed to see another path for his daughter.
He said, "Okay. I'll gather the reporters and hold a press conference for you. You can rest first."
Yuan Ting waited for the girl to rest again, then took his wife to the hospital stairwell.
Zhang Yu had calmed down by now and asked him, "Hubby, are you really going to hold a press conference for her? What can she say? She can't just call Cao Pipi a monster and claim she was bewitched, right? She might be a little genius, but so what? It's a fact that she hurt Cao Pipi and Shi Yuanbao. Even if she holds a press conference, her accusations are unsubstantiated, and netizens will still criticize her and won't believe her."
Yuan Ting knew this, of course, but he said, "You just saw it, she has her own ideas. She proposed to hire a nanny and give her 10 million yuan. Her purpose is not to really separate us from her, but to let us know that she is a special child and let us continue to stay with her.
"Regarding the press conference, regardless of her accusations against Cao Pipi, and regardless of whether the reporters and netizens believe them or not, it's not important. We just want to use this press conference to attract some attention and hype her up. Later, once her traffic gathers, we can start promoting her as a genius girl."
Zhang Yu looked skeptical. "Is this... is this even feasible? I'll be scolded to death for this, right?"
Yuan Ting: "No venom, no hero. If you want to make a fortune, what does being scolded mean? Now our reputations are completely ruined. I've been fired from the station, and you're definitely not going to get any good scripts. This industry is like this. When you're doing well, everyone fawns over you. When you're down, everyone takes turns to step on you.
At times like these, if we want to make money, we have to be shameless. Mengbao is a little genius. If we nurture him, he'll become something great in the future. So what if netizens insult him? So what if they don't like him? The country loves and needs this kind of talent. When Mengbao becomes good enough, those people will come back to lick his boots. So, those netizens can't do anything except scold us; they can't stop us from making money.
Zhang Yu thought this was a bit risky: "Husband, do you think it's really feasible to go down the black-red path?"
Yuan Ting asked in return: "Why not? Those screenwriters in your circle who became famous by plagiarizing were subjected to overwhelming abuse after losing the lawsuit, but didn't they also make a lot of money? Didn't the dramas also become popular?
Our little Mengbao was simply led astray because of her innocence. If she performs well enough later on, she can completely redeem herself. It doesn't matter if she can't redeem herself or not. Whether they curse her or hate her, as long as enough people pay attention to her, we can make money."
Zhang Yu probably understood his thinking: "But this is the case, Xiao Mengbao..."
Yuan Ting glanced at her and said, "You're considering her at this time. Didn't you just say you wanted a divorce, regardless of whether she lived or died?"
He held his wife's shoulders with both hands, and his tone softened inexplicably: "Wife, don't be ruthless when you should be. At times like this, you must learn to be ruthless. As long as we make money from Xiao Mengbao, we can still raise a second child. From now on, Xiao Mengbao is our source of income."
Zhang Yu's heart began to flutter after hearing what he said. After thinking for a while, she said cruelly, "Okay. Honey, I'll do as you say. I'll cooperate with whatever you want to do."
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"Baby's Cooking" was forced to stop filming because of Yuan Meng's accident, and the program was required to be rectified.
The program team disbanded early and the guests returned early.
On the first night of the return journey, Xue Qi and the county magistrate started a live broadcast in the live broadcast room together.
In the live broadcast room, Xue Qi and the county magistrate were placed in front of local specialties.
Xue Qi's fans have exceeded 10 million. As soon as the live broadcast started, fans rushed in and the number of views instantly exceeded one million.
Xue Qi greets everyone:
"Hello, everyone, I'm 77. Our program has finished recording, and we are now in Guishan. I believe everyone who watched the program knows what we went through in Guishan.
I was disgusted by the ignorance of the villagers deep in Guishan, but after careful consideration, I believed that to fundamentally solve this problem, we must lead Guishan out of poverty. The poorer the area, the more patriarchal it is, and the more frequent this kind of trafficking of women is.
County Magistrate Chen came to me yesterday and told me that the local government detests this kind of thing. Once discovered, it will be dealt with severely and with zero leniency. He also plans to support me in producing a short documentary on human trafficking. He will also take it deep into the mountains, allowing families to watch it repeatedly to help these ignorant people realize that this is a criminal act!
As Xue Qi was talking about this, the comments were already constantly flooding:
"I didn't expect County Magistrate Chen to be so decisive! I saw the live broadcast. The armed police used strong measures to clear out the villagers who had gathered and were causing trouble outside the program crew's hotel. Honestly, it's rare for leaders in remote areas to use such harsh measures against local villagers. After all, those villagers are ignorant, and if they accidentally cause trouble, the leader's job will be in jeopardy!"
"This shows that for County Magistrate Chen, the interests of the people are more important than his official position!"
"6666, I hope County Magistrate Chen won't let us down!"
"The armed police and villagers started fighting, and the scene was chaotic for a while. But honestly, the sight of the armed police subduing the rioters was really thrilling! I heard they also arrested some live-streaming influencers who were deliberately smearing the local area. They were pretending to be reporters and stirring up trouble. It was disgusting!"
"Influencers pretending to be journalists are disgusting. Hurry up! I hope the police will fine them until they are ruthless!"
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As the livestream continued, Xue Qi added, "Given my determination to fight human trafficking, over the next two years, all of my company's influencers will focus on promoting Guishan's local specialties, supporting its economic development and helping it escape poverty soon."
After his opening remarks, County Magistrate Chen won the favor of many netizens. County Magistrate Xu followed Xue Qi in the live broadcast until four o'clock in the morning, until his throat became hoarse and it finally ended.
The eight-hour late-night live broadcast brought nearly 60 million yuan worth of goods to Guishan, with nearly 300,000 people buying, and the average spending per person was more than 200 yuan.
Xue 77's ability to sell products has always been unquestionable, but this time, it has reached a new peak.
Xue Qi's company, as well as internet celebrities such as Chen Ci Hedgehog, Grandma Liu, and Big Stomach King Taoti, will also help promote the products, and subsequent sales will be considerable.
Faced with over 300,000 orders, County Magistrate Chen remained calm and focused on quality control. He was deeply concerned that a single batch of products might be substandard, thus impacting the reputation of Guishan County's agricultural and sideline products.
The cooperation between Xue Qi and County Magistrate Chen this time can be described as a win-win situation. With the support of County Magistrate Chen, at least the anti-trafficking content of the first episode of the video has been produced.
Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing.
It takes time to prepare the team, and this period of time is just the right time to wait for Fei Yu and A Jiao.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, all the guests boarded the plane back to Yanjing City.
In the business class, Xue Qi and Cao Feng sat in the same row.
The little Pixiu was sitting in a row with Tang Xiong, wearing an eye mask and sleeping soundly by the window.
Before the plane took off, Cao Feng received two pieces of news from Tang Xiong and forwarded them to Xue Qi respectively.
After Xue Qi opened the dialog box and browsed for a moment, Cao Feng whispered in her ear, "Something happened in that village."
Xue Qi opened the content and read the official description carefully.
The village was burned down by a forest fire last night. After rescue and body counting, it was found that most of the dead were men.
What is even more surprising is that most of the women who were in the same room with these burned men survived.
According to the surviving villagers, before the fire broke out that night, they saw a golden dragon soaring in the night sky, and then the fire fell and spread from the jungle.
In the eyes of the villagers, this was a punishment from God.
But to outsiders, this was just arson, and the so-called golden dragon might be something like fireworks.
Because the village was burned down, the surviving villagers were forced to leave the village.
After counting the number of people, it was found that there were obviously more women than men, and most of the surviving men were children under the age of twelve.
They are temporarily staying at a relief center provided by the government in the county town.
Just half a day after the villagers moved to the relief center, they received a report from eight female villagers claiming that they had been abducted.
After reading the police notice, netizens also commented:
"Mom Ward, am I the only one who thinks this wildfire is amazing? It didn't spread, it just happened to burn down the village. And most of the dead were the sinful men in the village, while the abducted women were all fine. Can I understand this as revenge from the Abducted Women's Alliance?"
"How is that possible? Don't guess blindly, it's just a coincidence!"
"I don't care if the village burned down or how many men died. I only care about how many abducted women there are. In just half a day, eight abducted women turned up. What kind of concept is this? It's horrific. I wouldn't be wrong to call this village a kidnapper village!"
"Right. I don't care if the village doesn't burn down. I just want to know how many women the Guishan County government has rescued! Last night, Xue Qi promoted Guishan County during her livestream and announced that the county magistrate had approached her to do a program with her to combat human trafficking. Her actions were highly praised, and I hope that this is truly as Xue Qi claimed, that this person is truly determined to combat human trafficking!"
"Yes, I also watched 77's live broadcast last night. The county magistrate was live streaming with 77! Honestly, I have a good impression of this county magistrate. He's right. To solve this problem, we must fundamentally lead the village out of poverty."
"So, the county magistrate is really doing something! In just half a day, he rescued eight women! I used to have a bad impression of Guishan, but now, I'm willing to go here to see the beautiful mountains and clear waters, support the economic development here, and let everyone live a civilized life, and no more hell on earth!"
"The County Mayor and 77 are really awesome. I watched their livestream yesterday. The County Mayor was screaming at the top of his lungs to sell merchandise until 4 a.m. Oh my god, honestly, no other anchor I've ever seen works harder than him."
"I've seen it too. Judging from the data on the rapid rescue of abducted women last night and today, this county governor is serious about combating human trafficking! Oh my god, I want to support the county governor!"
"If you want to support the county magistrate, go to the livestreams of Chen Ci Hedgehog, Grandma Liu, and Taoti and watch the promotional videos of Guishan's local specialties. 77 Company's official Weibo account announced that not only will 77's livestream help promote the products, but these influencers will too. When the time comes, everyone should buy (or eat) as much as they can, contribute to Guishan's economic growth, and show their support for the fight against human trafficking in Guishan!"
There are even several hot topics online:
The 50-year-old county magistrate and Xue 77 livestreamed the goods until dawn
You buy and I sell, support the mayor of Guishan County to fight against human trafficking
Every penny that Guishan's economy adds is our determination to support the fight against human trafficking.
These three topics on Weibo continued to be on the hot searches, and the mayor of Guishan County became famous. Driven by Xue Qi's popularity, he opened a Douyin account called "Guishan Local Specialties".
Seeing his fans growing in number, 50-year-old County Mayor Chen is able to remain calm.
Soon, netizens dug out the information of County Magistrate Chen.
It turned out that County Magistrate Chen started Douyin at Xue Qi's instruction, and contracted all the publicity and marketing to Xue Qi's company.
In other words, County Mayor Chen uses the official account to live broadcast and sell goods, and Xue Qi's company needs to be responsible for the maintenance of their account and the guidance of traffic.
Not only that, Xue Qi's company also provided video planning and shooting for this Guishan official account.
Of course, all of this has to be paid to their company.
The more Guishan local specialties are sold, the more money Xue Qi's company will make. As for other media companies, no one can get a share of the profits.
This made all his colleagues jealous, and Xue Qi's trip to Guishan achieved a win-win situation.
After all, they not only gained widespread public attention by combating human trafficking, but also obtained the exclusive "agency" of the Guishan government.
Xue Qi had previously promised to give County Magistrate Chen two years of free live broadcast publicity. In the long run, it would only make money and not lose money.
After reading the news about Guishan online, Xue Qi finally felt relieved: "Next, I will wait for news from Fei Yu and Ajiao. I hope Ajiao gets better soon."
She scrolled down again and saw the next screenshot sent by Cao Feng.
It was Yuan Ting and Zhang Yu who made a public statement on Weibo, saying that their daughter was slandered by Xue Qi, and the real murderer who hurt Yuan Meng was Cao Pipi.
Yuan Ting and his wife will hold a press conference at Yunnan Tingshan Hotel in Yanjing City.
Xue Qi let out a breath and whispered to Cao Feng, "Husband, do you know what it means to not seek death and not die? It's like this."
Cao Feng smiled gently: "Falling from the clouds to the bottom of the valley is unbearable. However, we can't underestimate their power to bite back."
Xue Qi nodded in agreement. "You're right. A mad dog biting back is the hardest to deal with. Once they bite, it's often difficult to let go. Besides, I don't think this couple held the press conference for the sake of the child. I think they want to use the child for hype and to attract attention. Perhaps they have mastered some kind of wealth code. It's truly pitiful that Yuan Meng has parents like this."
The plane took off and the phone went into airplane mode.
When the plane stabilized, Cao Feng lowered the seat for her and handed her a soft silk eye mask: "Have a good sleep. I'll call you when the plane lands."
Xue Qi hadn't had a good night's sleep recently. Now that he had sorted out the things that were bothering him one by one, he felt a little relieved.
As soon as I lay down and put on the eye mask, I felt sleepy, my head gradually became dizzy, and I fell asleep.
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The plane landed at six in the evening and Cheng Kai drove to pick us up.
As soon as they got in the car, Cheng Kai began to flatter her: "Sister 7, you are really amazing. I have been dreaming about it for a long time. I didn't expect that you could not only get the mayor of Guishan County, but also create an internet celebrity at the same level as the mayor. Guishan is a key poverty-stricken area for national development. Our company has obtained the exclusive rights to the official video account of Guishan County. In the future, other impoverished counties will surely follow suit and help you actively fight human trafficking, so as to obtain resources from you.
As long as we have these government supports, there will be great hope for our video account to succeed. Even if we can't succeed, we can exchange resources with them, which is not a loss. Sister 7, do you have any advice from an expert? "
Xue Qi: "I don't have a master, but my husband has one."
Cheng Kai glanced at Cao Feng through the rearview mirror, his face full of envy: "Brother-in-law Fenfen is such a good wife, Sister Seven, you've found a treasure!"
"Of course."
Cheng Kai seemed to have thought of something and said, "Oh, Sister Qi, our company has been very popular recently. Should we expand into other projects? Or, how about buying an office building ourselves? It can be used as an investment and for our own use."
Xue Qi didn't rush to agree to his request, but simply said, "I'm not too familiar with this area. I'll go back and take a look and think about it."
In the communication studio between Xue Qi and Cheng Kai, Tang Xiong in the co-pilot seat, and Xiao Pixiu and Cao Feng in the back seat did not say a word and each did their own thing.
The little Pixiu was sleeping soundly, and Tang Xiong was chatting with his girlfriend on his cell phone.
And Cao Feng was looking at something on his mobile phone.
The car drove all the way back to the villa in Wencheng County. When they got home, the three young boys had not yet finished their evening study.
As the college entrance examination approaches, the three teenagers would not return home until around 11:30 every day. They all stopped playing and studied hard.
About last week, Little Taotie returned, and asked Sun Fugui to use his connections to get her into Sun Shaoqi's class, allowing her to adapt to life in the human world as a normal girl.
Xue Qi knew that the children were working hard, so she went to the kitchen and cooked a pot of Adenophora Root, Polygonatum Root and lean meat soup.
The entire soup-making process will be live streamed.
This dish requires 200 grams of ginseng slices and 200 grams of polygonatum. Xue Qi put the main ingredients into a small golden scale to weigh them, then took the spine meat from the refrigerator, put it on the chopping board and chopped it into pieces with a heavy knife.
It is very relaxing to watch Xue Qi chopping pieces with a kitchen knife. With one cut, the meat and bones are neatly cut into pieces without any drag, and each piece is very even. It is very pleasing to people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
After processing the spine meat, Xue Qi picked up some candied dates and threw them into the casserole, cooking them together with the main ingredients.
While the soup was cooking, Xue Qi wiped his hands, left the kitchen, and went upstairs to the bedroom to help Cao Feng pack up his things.
The phone was still in the kitchen. Fans were reluctant to see Xue Qi leave:
"Wow, it's been a while since I've seen Xue Qi cooking live. Even though she didn't say anything while she was cooking, watching her cook was really relaxing. Even the process of chopping the meat was very comfortable."
"OCD is so happy. Xue Qi will never let me down!"
"Ah, 77 left the live broadcast room, so I'm going to drool over the pot! Casserole, look at me, I'm drooling over you!"
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In the bedroom, Cao Feng was folding clothes in the cloakroom.
Xue Qi walked in and took the clothes he was about to hang in the closet: "Let me help you."
As soon as he touched Cao Feng's hand, he grabbed it and held it tightly.
Cao Feng's hot big hand wrapped around her small hand, and the man said seriously: "Just now, I suddenly remembered something."
"Hmm? What's up?"
Cao Feng asked, "If you trust me, could you give me a copy of the company's financial report?"
Xue Qi didn't know why he wanted this, and was curious: "Did you discover something?"
Cao Feng asked in return, "Isn't your first reaction that I covet your property and want to know your income so that I can comfortably scheme against you and eat your food?"
Xue Qi shook his head. "I've already said that since we're husband and wife, I trust you. If you're interested in my property, just take it. I'm yours, not to mention the property."
After Xue Qi finished speaking, he gave a thumbs-up to his growing number of “love words”.
I have to praise her, she is the real boss!
Xue Qi continued, "If you're interested, I'll have Cheng Kai make a copy for you tomorrow so you can take a look. As for the total income, I don't know the exact figure."
Then he took out his bank card from his pocket and said, "This is my salary card. Take it to the bank tomorrow to check. The password is your birthday."
Cao Feng declined politely: "How can I take your card?"
Xue Qi continued his bossy offensive: "Didn't you also give me a card? How about this, you take my card and spend it as you like. I take your card and spend it as I like. How about that?"
Xue Qi thought silently, no matter how you look at it, Cao Feng is the winner! After all, she is now a female CEO with an annual income of over 10 million.
There must be at least tens of millions in the bank card, right?
Gentle readers will definitely think that her behavior is very domineering and very sweet, and their love will definitely be pushed to a peak because of these mundane things!
After all, who doesn’t like to watch the scene in “The Domineering CEO Falls in Love with Me” where “the domineering CEO gives you the card to swipe at will”?
Cao Feng didn't rush to collect the card, but instead asked, "You've never seen the card I gave you?"
Xue Qi replied perfunctorily: "I have seen it, of course I have seen it, I just don't want to spend your money. But from today on, I've given you my salary card, so I have to use your card."
Cao Feng then put her card away and whispered, "Well, buy whatever you want. As long as there's enough money on the card, you can even buy an island."
People who don't know the truth might think that he really has enough money to buy an island.
Xue Qi thought that her husband was an honest man, but he was quite arrogant.
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