The next day, Xu Lai met with Xu Shen and Xia Ning. The three of them held a meeting and, after some speculation, preliminarily determined that it was probably the packaging box manufacturer that had resold her design drawings to someone else.
Xu Lai went directly to the site, and sure enough, they were producing packaging boxes, but the brand name was Yuxi Tea Oil.
She went directly to the boss, only to be told, "Send us this picture, and we'll have the right to use it."
Xu Lai laughed in anger, leaving behind the words, "Then you can wait to face a lawsuit."
She hired a lawyer and sued both factories for infringing on her copyright and for plagiarism by the camellia oil factory.
She had complete evidence and sufficient reason to prove that the picture was taken by her, so the other party had no choice but to pay compensation.
The printing factory, by illegally selling another person's work to a third party without the consent of the party involved, violated the contract and is therefore required to provide compensation.
In this way, Xu Lai suddenly earned 60,000 yuan. She discussed it with Xia Ning and Xu Shen and finally decided to donate the money to a foundation so that children in impoverished areas could have a good New Year.
She later issued a statement proving that the Yuxi tea oil was counterfeit, that she had never sold Yuxi tea oil, and attached the other party's apology letter, explaining that the compensation would be donated to charity.
After this incident, her reputation improved, and she gained many more fans.
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About a week before the Lunar New Year, Xu Lai's parents returned. They came back in their own car without even giving prior notice.
Xu Zhicheng entered the house and found no one there, so he went upstairs to his room to put his things away. However, when he passed by Xu Lai's room, he saw Zhao Qingyun in her room, and the two of them were sitting on the sofa reading a book.
He got angry immediately, walked in without knocking, pulled Xu Lai away, and slapped her across the face.
Xu Lai was stunned by his punch; she didn't even notice when her father had returned.
Xu Zhicheng was furious and cursed, "You shameless bastard, you actually brought a man into the room! Are you married or what? You're bringing a man back like that?"
Xu Lai covered her face and sneered, "Please leave my room, thank you."
Xu Zhicheng was even more furious and raised his hand to hit her again, but Zhao Qingyun stepped in front of Xu Lai and said, "Uncle, I am Xu Lai's boyfriend. I apologize for entering her room without your permission."
Xu Zhicheng, hands on his hips, said, "This is none of your business. I'm disciplining my own daughter. You can leave now."
Zhao Qingyun didn't move. "She is your daughter, but she is also my girlfriend. You can't take action before you understand the facts."
At this moment, Xu's mother also came upstairs. Seeing the stalemate, she ran over and saw that Xu Lai's cheek was swollen on one side.
Xu's mother scolded, "Xu Zhicheng, are you sick in the head? You just got back and you're already hitting people!"
Mr. Xu lit a cigarette. “Don’t worry about it. If we don’t discipline her now, she might run off with someone else one day and we won’t even know.”
Zhao Qingyun frowned. "Uncle, we are in a normal romantic relationship. Please don't distort the facts like that."
Zhao Qingyun was seething with anger. If it weren't for the fact that this was Xu Lai's father, he would have already punched him.
Xu's mother pulled Xu Zhicheng away, and Zhao Qingyun straightened him up so that Xu Lai was facing him.
Her eyes were cold and devoid of emotion, which Zhao Qingyun found most worrying. He apologized, "I'm sorry, this is my fault."
Xu Lai shook her head: "It's nothing. I didn't expect him to come back today. You saw it yourself. That's just his personality. He'll start a fight at the drop of a hat."
Xu Lai instructed, "If they find out your identity and want you to do something for them, you must not agree. I don't want them to take advantage of your power and act arrogantly for the rest of their lives."
Zhao Qingyun nodded: "Let's not talk about this for now. I'll get an ice pack and put it on your face."
He didn't take the stairs, but climbed over the wall back to his room. Considering the force of the slap, he went to the infirmary to buy an ointment.
He entered through the Xu family's gate, and Xu Zhicheng pointed at him, saying, "You still dare to come here."
Zhao Qingyun lowered his head slightly, "Uncle, I'm very sorry that I couldn't formally meet you today. I will definitely visit you another day, but right now I have to apply medicine to Xu Lai."
Before Xu Zhicheng could say anything, he simply walked past him and went upstairs.
Grandma glared at Xu's father from the side, "I think you'd better not come back in the future. Every time you come back, the house is in chaos."
Xu Zhicheng snorted, "If I hadn't come back, I wouldn't have known that she just randomly picked up a neighbor's grandson."
Grandma said expressionlessly, "Do you know that the neighbor's grandson is the boss of that company in the county?"
Xu Zhicheng was taken aback. "What did you say?"
Grandma continued, "You should know Xiaoyin's husband, right? He's one of the more successful young people. He works under this child."
With this comparison, Xu Zhicheng understood the situation. His heart skipped a beat. He had initially thought that Xu Lai had found a poor young man, so he was very angry.
Xu Yan smirked, "You haven't seen it yet, have you? That car next door is a Bentley that you could never afford in your lifetime."
Xu Zhicheng remained silent; he didn't listen, but instead made a plan in his mind.
Zhao Qingyun applied an ice pack to Xu Lai's face, and then applied ointment when the time was almost up.
When he came downstairs, Xu Zhicheng was already all smiles at him.
He guessed that Xu's father must have known his identity.
"Oh dear son-in-law, I was very rude before, please forgive me."
Zhao Qingyun didn't respond to that, but only said, "I'm not the one you should apologize to, and I wasn't the one who got hit."
Xu Zhicheng's smile froze, then he recovered. "Of course, of course. I'll go apologize to Xiao Lai later. I acted impulsively."
When it was time to eat, Xu Lai went downstairs to eat. She didn't want to starve herself. Her mother cooked dinner, and unlike when she was a child, she didn't hide in her room and refuse to come downstairs when she was beaten or scolded.
At the dinner table, Xu Zhicheng hesitated for a moment before saying, "Xiao Lai, I'm sorry. I was wrong this afternoon. I shouldn't have acted without asking clearly."
Xu Lai nodded. "It's okay."
Mr. Xu's face lit up with joy, "That's good..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xu Lai said, "But don't even think about taking a shortcut by relying on him. It's impossible."
Mr. Xu put down his chopsticks. “How did I take a shortcut? When your aunt needed to see a doctor, she was too late and couldn’t get an appointment with a specialist. I just asked Xiao Liang to help her out.”
Speaking of this, Xu Laike had something to say, "Then why didn't she give me the money? Liang Xuzhou even paid for it himself. Although he didn't say anything, his mother kept implying that I was already helping my family before I even got married."
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