Chapter 179 Little Cotton Jacket is so fierce! (3)
In Xuanxuan's memory, before her mother suddenly passed away due to an acute illness, her family of three was ordinary and happy, living an ordinary yet beautiful life.
My father used to run a decoration and building materials business and opened a store in a home improvement mall.
He spends a lot of time watching over the store every day, but he also takes time to cook for her, draw with her, sing nursery rhymes for her, and play games with her.
But since her mother passed away, Xuanxuan has been raised at her grandmother's house. Her father disappeared without a trace and only came to visit her a few times.
He was obviously much thinner than before, with sunken eye sockets and stubble on his chin.
Every time he stayed for a few hours and then left, saying he had to go to work.
Work...work...Xuanxuan was very resistant to this word.
Grandma, uncle, and aunt didn't seem to welcome his arrival.
They once complained to their father in front of him that he could not make money and had no time to take care of her, and that for Xuanxuan's healthy growth, it would be most appropriate for her to stay at her grandmother's house.
The father did not refute, argue or press further.
He only suggested: "Can I video call Xuanxuan every night? Even for 5 minutes is fine."
But grandma flatly refused: "Children should stay away from all electronic products! If you have time to spend on the phone, you might as well earn more money. Have you paid off all the debts? Xuanxuan is my granddaughter, are you worried or something? Are you afraid that I will let her down?!"
My father didn't say anything else and fell silent.
Adults will not tell a 5-year-old child in detail about the conflicts between them.
Xuanxuan has been confused all the time.
I don't understand why grandma hates her dad.
I don't understand why she and her father suddenly became estranged...
"Where the hell is my dad?"
Shi Sui asked her aunt Zhao Ziyin directly, asking on behalf of Xuan Xuan.
Zhao Ziyin flipped her hair and said unhappily, "How many times have I told you this? Just pretend you don't have this father! A man can't support his wife, huh? What else do you expect him to do?!"
"What do you mean by not being able to support a wife..."
"When your mother was sick, he couldn't afford the medical expenses! He even tried to borrow money from your grandmother, saying that he had given her over 200,000 yuan as a betrothal gift and asked if she could be flexible. Ha, what a joke! He just wanted the money back because his wife was dying! How disgusting!"
Zhao Ziyin said this with gritted teeth.
Shi Sui felt physically uncomfortable after hearing this.
Regardless of whether what she said was true or false, it is not the behavior of an adult to speak ill of her biological father in front of a child. At the very least, we should not let such a young child develop a sense of inferiority!
Besides... Shisui believed more in the picture of a happy family of three in Xuanxuan's mind.
Maybe there's some hidden reason behind Dad's departure...
"Don't mention your father anymore! Just work hard like before! Do you want to be a little star? Do you want to wear beautiful clothes? You will have the chance soon, so perform well! Otherwise, next time, I will really break your legs..."
Zhao Ziyin pinched her niece's pretty little face and smiled greedily like a witch.
Zhao Ziyin did not even ask her niece for her opinion before she privately agreed to Merchant A's invitation to shoot autumn and winter children's clothing.
In order to seize the initiative and leave time to edit photos and release new products, the common process in all clothing industries is to shoot autumn and winter clothes in the summer and spring and summer clothes in the winter, shooting in opposite seasons.
It's okay in an indoor studio, but it would be a real pain if it were outdoors.
It usually starts at eight or nine in the morning, with makeup and hairstyling, and dozens of changes of clothes, and the shooting lasts until one or two in the afternoon or even five or six in the evening, with basically no rest in between.
The sun is shining and the cold wind is blowing.
Not to mention children, even adults may not be able to withstand a whole day of hardship.
It is quite hard for young child models.
But it’s hard work, but the money earned is not worth it.
For outdoor shooting, the charge starts from makeup application, and the hourly wage starts at at least 500 yuan.
The prettier and more handsome ones can even cost thousands.
At the end of the day, nearly 10,000 yuan was received...and it went into the hands of the parents.
Relying on Xuanxuan as a child model, Zhao Ziyin had already amassed a fortune of over 200,000 yuan in just a few months.
Xuanxuan's value also rose to 1,200 yuan per hour.
Zhao Ziyin originally looked down on Merchant A, thinking that the other party’s offer was not high enough.
But now he agreed again. After all, he was still greedy for the big pie that the other party had painted for him - a big photographer who specialized in taking makeup photos for TV dramas, and dreamed of making his niece a child star.
This time, Shi Sui did not go against Zhao Ziyin.
Because the shooting location of Merchant A happens to be the city where my grandmother lives and my father lives.
Now, you don’t have to stay in a hotel while wandering around.
Shi Sui can also find a chance to meet Xuan Xuan's father...
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After a two-hour high-speed rail ride, Shi Sui returned to the city where Xuanxuan was born and to her grandmother's home.
"Hey, my darling granddaughter is back! I've already cooked your favorite dishes!"
Grandma has silver hair.
She heard the door open and rushed out of the kitchen with an apron tied around her waist and a spatula in her hand.
Out of politeness, Tokiho called out sweetly, "Hello, Grandma!"
"Oh, you're so good!" Grandma was very happy. "Are you tired? If you are, go in and rest first. You can eat later."
"Okay~"
Shisui sat on the shoe-changing stool at the entrance, took out her small slippers and put them on.
Walking into the living room, she found her brother, who was three years younger than her mother and her only uncle, sitting with his legs crossed, concentrating on his phone, "The enemy will arrive at the battlefield in five seconds..."
"Hello, uncle."
Tokiho also called out to him in response.
"Hey." My uncle didn't even raise his eyes and just uttered a syllable casually.
Tokiho shrugged.
In Xuanxuan's memory, this uncle has always been addicted to games and unable to extricate himself.
She had nothing to say.
Instead, Zhao Ziyin threw a shoulder bag over and hit her husband directly.
"Play, play, play! All you do all day is play games! The whole family depends on me alone. If I weren't there, I wonder how you'd survive!"
"Yes, yes, my wife is the best!"
The uncle immediately put down his phone and kissed Zhao Ziyin and pinched her shoulders.
Shi Sui didn't want to hurt her eyes, so she quickly returned to her bedroom.
Inside, she found a diary... It was left by Xuanxuan's mother...
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