Chapter 181 She is not an adoptive mother
"Does it have to be five hundred thousand? What do you need so much money for?" Xu Youyou asked casually.
Seeing that she hadn't said anything final, Li Cuiyun felt that there was hope, and her attitude became more resolute. She said, "Why are you asking so many questions? Anyway, I want 500,000! Stop talking nonsense!"
Xu Youyou was not good at dealing with this kind of middle-aged woman, but Xu Fang was different. She immediately glared at her and scolded her, "Be more polite when talking to our boss! You look like you are gambling? Do you owe gambling debts if you want 500,000 yuan?"
Li Cuiyun immediately felt insulted: "Who is gambling? I took the money for my son's wedding!"
Xu Youyou looked at the little girl named Zhao Zhaodi beside her with pity.
Zhao Zhaodi looks about the same age as Wen Shiyan, but her hair is dry and yellow, and her expression is timid, and one can tell at a glance that she has never been treated well by her family.
"How old is your son? Is he getting married so soon?" Xu Youyou asked.
Since the little girl's name is Zhao Zhaodi, it is obvious that the male in the family should be a younger brother rather than an older brother.
Li Cuiyun was full of pride when she mentioned her son. "Although my son is only sixteen years old, he has great potential. There are so many grown men who are still single, but he has found a partner at such a young age and even got her pregnant. It's just that my daughter-in-law's family is hateful. They want a dowry of three hundred thousand... five hundred thousand!"
Xu Youyou watched Li Cuiyun change her words abruptly. She knew that the 500,000 yuan gift was fake, but she pretended not to notice and just said, "Why are you in such a hurry at the age of sixteen? You are not yet of legal marriage age."
Li Cuiyun said: "Children in the countryside get married early, they have a wedding banquet first, and then get the marriage certificate when they are old enough."
"I can give you five hundred thousand, but she will have nothing to do with you from now on. She belongs to me." Xu Youyou said.
When Zhao Zhaodi heard this, she glanced at Xu Youyou and a look of relaxation appeared on her face.
Li Cuiyun was not happy after receiving the 500,000 yuan. She said, "No way! I worked so hard to raise her. If she makes a lot of money in the entertainment industry, she still has to honor me! This 500,000 yuan is just the money you get for filming the TV series now. The money in the future will be calculated separately!"
The light in Zhao Zhaodi's eyes gradually faded away.
Xu Youyou sighed and recalled the information she had obtained earlier. The photos of other contestants all had carefully selected angles and extremely high pixels.
But the pixels of Zhao Zhaodi's photo were very low, as if it was taken with a mobile phone ten years ago. Even in the blurry photo, you could tell that the girl had lively eyes and good looks, so she was able to pass the first round of screening.
Zhao Zhaodi was not from the urban area of LY. She came from a remote town hundreds of miles away. It was said that her classmate's brother came to Luoyang for business and brought her here to participate in the audition.
Unlike Wen Shiyan who was carefully protected by her parents, Zhao Zhaodi asked her classmates to submit her first round of photos. She regarded this audition as her last straw. If she was selected in the audition, she could use the help of the crew to leave that home.
But her escape plan was discovered by Li Cuiyun, who chased her all the way here and opened her mouth wide to attack Xu Youyou.
"Auntie, either I give you 500,000 yuan at once, and how much your daughter earns in the future has nothing to do with you, or we can just forget about it," Xu Youyou said.
Li Cuiyun refused to do so and was sure that Xu Youyou had fallen in love with Zhao Zhaodi.
But even though the system task was flashing there, Xu Youyou didn't indulge Li Cuiyun and directly ordered Xu Fang: "Send the guest away."
Xu Fang gently dragged Li Cuiyun out.
Only then did Li Cuiyun realize that Xu Youyou was serious. She kept Zhao Zhaodi just to save up a dowry for her son. Although her daughter was beautiful, she was only worth 300,000 yuan at most locally. She left room for negotiation when she asked for 500,000 yuan, but she didn't expect Xu Youyou to agree directly.
"Okay, okay, don't worry. I agree to the buyout for 500,000." Li Cuiyun said with a shy face.
Xu Youyou asked the staff to draft a contract with extremely harsh terms. Li Cuiyun just glanced at the five hundred thousand and signed it in a hurry without paying any attention to the other conditions written on it.
When the money came into the account, Li Cuiyun was overjoyed and was happy to say something nice: "Congratulations on your prosperity. You little girl is following a rich boss. Don't forget that I raised you."
Xu Youyou frowned slightly and said to Li Cuiyun: "Auntie, if you take the money, just speak nicely and do some good deeds for yourself."
Li Cuiyun's face froze when she heard this, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Xu Fang walked forward, pulled people out with disgust on her face, and deliberately grabbed Li Cuiyun's hair while grabbing her clothes.
Li Cuiyun screamed in pain.
Xu Fang held the torn hair in her palm and said perfunctorily, "I'm sorry, it was a mistake."
Li Cuiyun glared at Xu Fang, then left the hotel with the bank card in her arms.
Zhao Zhaodi, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly walked up to Xu Youyou and said, "You can not pay me, but you can't beat me, let alone send me back, okay?"
Xu Youyou was stunned when he heard this.
Zhao Zhaodi looked timid, her voice was shaking, and she looked extremely pitiful.
"Don't worry, I won't hit you, nor will I send you back." Xu Youyou said seriously.
Zhao Zhaodi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did they beat you?" Xu Youyou asked.
Zhao Zhaodi gave a smile that was uglier than crying.
Xu Youyou sighed and asked again: "How old are you?"
"Seventeen."
"Then he should be in his third year of high school?"
A hint of inferiority flashed across Zhao Zhaodi's eyes, and she shook her head: "I have no more books to study."
Xu Youyou felt even more distressed: "Do you want to study?"
Zhao Zhaodi nodded vigorously: "Yes! I... I have very good grades and am the first in our class."
Xu Youyou's eyes became softer: "Then I'll send you to continue studying and take the college entrance examination, okay?"
Zhao Zhaodi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really?"
Xu Youyou nodded slightly.
"As long as you let me study, I'm willing to do anything," said Zhao Zhaodi.
At this moment, Xu Youyou saw Xu Fang coming back and said to Zhao Zhaodi, "That's right, I have something for you to do. Pull out a hair."
Although Zhao Zhaodi didn't understand, she still did it.
Xu Youyou just poked the system to ask for the task reward, but the system did not respond at all.
Although the system occasionally delays the distribution of rewards, it will not poke you in the head and pretend to be dead. It is obvious that the task of picking up leaks has not been completed yet.
Because Xu Youyou applied for an expedited process, the identification results came out before the Luoyang auditions were over.
Xu Youyou had previously felt that the mother and daughter did not look alike, and it turned out that they were not biological children.
"She's not my mother?" Zhao Zhaodi looked at the paternity test results, her eyes widened, and suddenly she seemed to have thought of something: "No wonder, I always thought my mother was very gentle and shouldn't be so fierce."
Xu Youyou immediately asked: "Do you remember what she looks like?"
Zhao Zhaodi shook her head and said, "I can't remember clearly, but I remember that her voice was very pleasant, as soft as singing, and she was different from everyone around her."
She tried hard to recall, but her mind became more confused and her expression became more painful.
Xu Youyou hurriedly told her not to think about it anymore: "It doesn't matter if you can't remember. Let's call the police first and deal with Li Cuiyun."
Zhao Zhaodi looked puzzled and said, "Maybe my mother found me somewhere..."
Xu Youyou shook her head and said, "Even if a child gets lost, it's hard for him to go to a place where his accent has changed. Li Cuiyun's movements and demeanor are not like those of an ordinary person. Remember, she is not your adoptive mother. She is either a human trafficker or a buyer."
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