Chapter 23 Of course it’s because you are scumbags
The sunlight shines through the glass windows of the cafe and onto the wooden table. The branches of unknown trees beside the street are filled with densely packed white flowers, which look like fluffy cotton wool from a distance.
The shop assistants all went to the door to bask in the sun. Li Xiaogou concentrated on stirring the ice in the glass, waiting calmly for the two people opposite to speak first.
The man sitting opposite him was named Su Min, the original body's father.
The woman sitting next to Su Min, who didn't dare to look him in the eye from beginning to end, was the original body's mother, Pan Rong.
Both of them are less than fifty years old, but the corners of their eyes are already covered with fine lines, making them look older than their peers.
Pan Rong finally couldn't bear it anymore and broke the silence first. She smiled ingratiatingly and said, "We've been looking for you over the years, but you changed your name... so we never found you. Your original name was Su Ci. Your father and I hope you grow up to be a kind and compassionate child. You're... doing well now."
Li Xiaogou looked at the woman with his dark eyes, which made Pan Rong feel guilty for no reason.
He put down his fork and smiled, "Kindness, compassion. I heard you two are university professors. Are you so hypocritical? Someone named Su Ci doesn't necessarily mean they are kind, just like someone named Su Min... doesn't necessarily mean they are compassionate."
The man who had been silent until now looked a little gloomy when he heard this.
Li Xiaogou said seriously: "My name is Li Xiaogou now, please call me that."
Pan Rong looked embarrassed: "Did you come up with this name yourself?"
"No, it was started by a homeless man."
Pan Rong's smile froze on her face, and there was a subtle sense of funnyness.
"It was winter, snowing heavily. The homeless man and I hid under a bridge. It was so cold, and we had no clothes to wear. I suspected I was going to freeze to death, so I told him I wanted to find a nice place to bury me if I died. He said he didn't know where to put my name on the tombstone. I told him I had no parents and no name, so he said, 'Then call yourself Xiao Gou. A humble name is easier to live with.' He even changed my name to two homophonic characters to avoid being laughed at. Before we parted, I asked him his last name, and he said it was Li, so I took it."
His eyebrows arched, and looking at the pale faces of the two people, he felt an uncontrollable pleasure rising in his heart, and his smile became even brighter.
"Li, Li Xiaogou." The woman smiled awkwardly. "You've suffered a lot in the past. It's only right for you to blame us. We will compensate you in the future."
Li Xiaogou opened his eyes wide with curiosity: "How are you going to compensate me?"
"Buy me a house? Buy me a car? But I'm richer than you now."
The man frowned, trying hard to suppress his anger.
The woman's face turned pale. "We are your family after all. We are more reliable than outsiders."
"I heard your friends are living in the villa you bought, and the car they have is also bought by you, right? They're probably just flattering you to take advantage of you..."
Wang Bo said he wanted to support his brother, so he drove Wang Zheng's car to pick him up and parked it in front of the cafe.
I didn't expect to be speculated like this.
Li Xiaogou suddenly felt that all the sugar milk tea was tasteless.
He interrupted the woman, raised his eyelids, and said calmly, "Don't beat around the bush. You and I both know that we are not family. Just tell me your purpose directly. What do you want me to do for you?"
The woman's lips had lost all color, and she opened and closed them, not knowing what to say. Tears welled up in her eyes and she soon began to sob.
Su Min squeezed her hand and said, "You have a younger brother who is seriously ill and urgently needs a bone marrow donation—"
"Pfft..." Li Xiaogou quickly pulled out a paper and wiped the table. "Sorry, I didn't mean to. This plot is too cliché. I forgot the shoddy script that Vision handed me in an instant."
The man's face turned pale.
Li Xiaogou finished wiping the table and replied briskly, "Sure."
The woman's eyes lit up, but the man looked at him suspiciously.
"But I have a condition."
Pan Rong said anxiously, "Whatever you want, we will do our best to satisfy you even if you have to work like a slave."
The man added, "It's not okay to hurt your brother."
"Why would I hurt him?" Li Xiaogou looked at the man and woman in front of him with a playful look. He waited until they lost their composure before delivering a fatal blow. "You guys are not so foolish as to think I'm jealous of you, are you?"
It's almost like the word "shameless" is written on his face.
Li Xiaogou's mouth relaxed, and he returned to his expressionless state: "What I want is very simple, I just want a reason."
"What happened back then was actually—"
"Wait until I'm done." Li Xiaogou's serious expression successfully silenced the woman. "I'm not asking about the reason for being abandoned. I already know that reason."
He spoke each word with emphasis: "Of course it's because you are scum."
Their faces turned from red to white, and finally turned into purple eggplants.
"Let's get back to the point."
"First, you sent me to Lingquan Orphanage, but I escaped. Then you tried to poison me, but I didn't die. Then you chased me to my residence and tried to kill me, but ended up killing two innocent people."
Li Xiaogou lowered his voice and asked through the breath squeezed out of his teeth: "Tell me why you must kill me. This is my condition."
"Xiao Gou... We don't understand what you are saying. We were wrong to abandon you, but what do you mean by assassination? We really don't understand." The woman tried to defend herself.
"It seems that you are not in a hurry to save my adopted brother. In that case, let's not waste time. Goodbye." He pretended to stand up.
"Su Ci!" the middle-aged man shouted, attracting the coffee shop staff outside the door to look inside.
"He's your own brother! We can pay you back slowly, but your brother's illness can't wait! Can you really bear it?"
Li Xiaogou looked extremely confused.
"Why shouldn't I have the heart? It's not me who made him sick."
"Besides, I'm just cold-hearted, so what can I do? Those born without a father are prone to crooked behavior. Please forgive me."
"If you change your mind and agree to my terms, remember to contact me anytime."
After saying that, he bowed and left a business card.
When he reached the door, he smiled at the gossipy-looking clerk and said, "Those two will pay."
The clerk stopped him and said, "Your friend just said you might want to be alone, so let me give this to you."
Wang Bo left the car keys to him.
Li Xiaogou was stunned for a moment, then thanked him and took it.
After driving around the city, it was already 11 o'clock when I got home.
The lights on the first floor of the villa were still on. Wang Bo was holding a pillow and snoring happily. The phone page on the carpet was still lit.
I had caught half of the goose when the time was up and it was already GG.
Li Xiaogou covered him with a blanket, picked up his cell phone and helped him catch the goose before getting up and going upstairs.
As soon as my feet stepped onto the second floor, Mo Shang's door opened without any pretense.
"Are you back? Let me pour you some water."
"Woo." Li Xiaogou nodded, pretending not to notice that the man had been waiting behind the door for who knows how long. "Go to bed early."
After returning to the room and taking a shower, the villa finally became quiet.
Li Xiaogou didn't fall asleep.
There were more complicated emotions in his heart, surging in the darkness.
After a while, a long sigh was heard in the room.
It’s so miserable for people who are not loved.
Some knots that we thought would never be untied seem to be slowly melting...
Li Xiaogou didn't sleep well that night. When he woke up the next day, there were two dark circles under his eyes.
Mo Shang and Wang Bo tacitly became blind and greeted him as usual.
When he was about to go to the set, Yunlou sent a message asking Li Xiaogou to go to the Special Investigation Bureau.
Because of the bad breakup with that couple? Yunlou wanted to be a lobbyist?
Li Xiaogou thought a lot, but he didn't expect that He Yunlou didn't mention the couple at all.
This is the acting of an Oscar-winning actor. He clearly knew the original body's parents for a long time, but he was able to pretend to know nothing.
"? Do you understand?"
Li Xiaogou came back to his senses and met Yunlou's inquiring gaze.
Understand what?
Yunlou glanced at the confused person, probably guessing that yesterday's meeting was not pleasant, and his voice unconsciously softened. "This time when you go to the wedding, you are allowed to use your skills on the mission target. The mission goal is to find out if there are any organized members at the wedding."
"Dress up and use this card to buy a formal dress."
Li Xiaogou was so frightened by Yunlou's domineering behavior that he ran away like a rabbit.
Only after returning to the set did I have time to carefully read the task requirements.
The top couple who had previously saved him from the reporters' cameras and turned their fake relationship into a real one are getting married, and Li Xiaogou is actually on the wedding guest list.
Wang Bo whimpered, choking on the crumbs of a sesame seed bun, "One of the ten major scams of the new era—demanding a share of the money!"
Li Xiaogou: ...
He looked at Mo Shang: "What do you think?"
Mo Shang's delicate features wrinkled up, and he stroked his chin. After thinking seriously for a while, he replied, "I won't go with you this time. I can't afford the money."
Li Xiaogou: ...
I'll kill you.
*
Wedding day.
Li Xiaogou and Wang Bo dressed up and set off.
Both of them have good looks, and the custom-made suits make their height and legs look even longer, attracting a lot of attention when they arrived.
Mo Shang set off before them.
He said he would not participate this time, not because he rejected the mission, but because he would participate in another capacity.
——After layers of screening, he successfully applied for the position of bartender at this wedding of the century.
It is said that the remuneration is generous, and if you work overtime you will get triple pay.
Mo Shang was very satisfied with this.
The groom of this wedding of the century is called Jiang Cheng, who became famous with a costume drama and successfully became a top-tier star.
The woman's name is Cheng Man, she is a singer. The idol drama that became popular in Jiangcheng was sung by Cheng Man for the OST.
The woman is also the most popular singer in the world.
The two participated in a travel reality show together, which attracted a lot of CP fans. There have been paparazzi breaking the news that the two are really together, but fans certainly don't believe it. Unexpectedly, the two did not take the step of officially announcing their relationship and directly announced the wedding date.
Naturally, it shocked the entire entertainment industry.
The wedding of two top stars was a grand affair. As soon as Li Xiaogou and his friends got out of the car, they saw a huge kiss poster.
Wang Bo crossed his five fingers, glanced at her and complained, "You guys in the entertainment industry have no moral integrity!"
Li Xiaogou: ...I’m too lazy to talk about him.
The wedding found many sponsors, and a certain video platform was one of them, so the wedding was broadcast live in its entirety.
In this regard, Li Xiaogou can only say that the city knows how to have fun.
After walking the red carpet, paying their gift money, and making a heart shape with their hands in front of the camera, the two finally entered the venue. It was more tiring than walking on the single-plank bridge during the college entrance examination.
At first glance, everyone seems to be more famous than Li Xiaogou.
The good thing is that not many people bothered them, and Li Xiaogou quickly found Mo Shang who was moving among the crowd.
With his hair combed back, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and a black vest outlining his slender waist, Mo Shang is doing very well thanks to his good looks.
"Waiter." Wang Bo snapped his fingers proudly.
Mo Shang walked over, rolling his eyes.
Wang Bo picked and chose on the plate and reminded: "You are surrounded by a group of beautiful sisters, you can't make any mistakes of principle!"
Mo Shang: ...
He chose to ignore Wang Bo.
"Here, this is a topographic map. I've marked the couple's approximate location. Now's the best time to go meet them. After the wedding starts, they won't have time to entertain you."
Li Xiaogou understood that his status was not high enough to deserve a toast from the two top stars.
Mo Shang's topographic map was very clear, and Li Xiaogou quickly found Jiangcheng according to the signs.
Jiang Chen was in a small banquet hall in a building at the back. Unlike the first banquet hall, this one was for entertaining more distinguished guests.
Before even stepping into the banquet hall, Li Xiaogou heard some business flattery.
"Jiang Cheng, this is true love. The rent for this place is several million a day, right? I heard that the diamond ring cost tens of millions, the dress was also custom-made, and he even bought a castle?"
Jiang Cheng smiled implicitly: "Manman is the most precious to me, this is nothing."
Li Xiaogou smelled the scent of tea in the air.
Just at this moment, Jiang Cheng looked over and their eyes met.
Oh no.
Li Xiaogou raised the corners of his lips, smiled and nodded in greeting.
The diamond ring was provided by a sponsor and must be returned after the wedding. The couture dress is a product of a promotion. As for the castle... it was bought by my best sister.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com