At this moment, Mu Hua and Ni An heard the commotion and came out. After learning that Xia Qing had also mistakenly thrown away Lele's blanket, Mu Hua asked the production team to check the corridor surveillance footage.
The surveillance footage shows that yesterday, when Mu Hua was washing dishes, Xiao Shu fell asleep on Le Le's bed. Mu Hua came back in the middle of the night, went to the room and took Xiao Shu out. At that time, the blanket was hanging on Xiao Shu's bottom.
The blanket fell down just as the person walked into the corridor.
This morning, Xia Qing also went out of her room and saw a very old blanket lying on the floor of the corridor. She thought it was something that no one wanted and had been left in the house before.
She picked up the blanket and went downstairs. Seeing that the trash cans in the lobby were clean, she walked a few more steps and threw it into the public trash can outside the building.
Seeing that they were still wasting time on a blanket, the production crew reminded them...
"Teachers, if we don't head out to buy groceries now, we won't have time to prepare dinner tonight."
Everyone turned their attention to Mu Hua.
Mu Hua hesitated for a moment, then made a decisive decision.
"Let's skip the tasks for today and go find a blanket for Lele. Qingye, call the garbage station and ask for the contact information of their garbage truck drivers."
"well."
Xia Qing was already feeling guilty and at a loss, but upon hearing Mu Hua's words, she immediately took out her phone to make a call.
I learned from the driver that this truckload of garbage has been sent to the transfer station, where it will be collected and then sent to the garbage treatment station.
"Let's go to the garbage transfer station."
Mu Hua took the keys to the van, and carrying Xiao Shu in her arms, strode out.
In the car, Lele's eyes were red, and her fair hands were twisting the hem of her clothes as she tried hard to control her emotions and not cry.
Du Xiaoruo reached out and took Lele's hand in hers.
She wasn't good at saying comforting words. Du Xiaoruo lost her mother when she was 5 years old, so she understood what a mother meant to a child.
The little blanket is lost, and in Lele's mind he probably feels that he has lost his mother.
Because it's a live broadcast, the director hasn't given the order to stop, and the cameraman is still filming.
The viewers in the live stream were on the edge of their seats.
May heavens and earth protect us, and may we find Lele's little blanket.
[Well done, Mu Hua! She immediately ordered the mission to be suspended and everyone to find a blanket for Lele. That really touched me. I'm a Mu Hua fan for life now.]
"Is it really necessary? That blanket is already so old, it'll fall apart sooner or later, why make such a fuss? They're not really going to rummage through the trash, are they? It's filthy."
[Upstairs, if you can't speak properly, shut up. You're going to die sooner or later anyway, so what's the point of you being alive now?]
When the nanny van arrived at the garbage transfer station the driver had mentioned, a pungent, sour smell could be smelled from afar. Workers were directing a crane to load garbage, which would then be sent in batches to a garbage treatment station for unified processing.
After communicating with the staff, Mu Hua was given one hour to search on his own, after which the transfer station had to resume operations.
Mu Hua distributed masks and gloves to everyone. They were about to face a mountain of foul-smelling garbage, but no one backed down. They naturally took the masks and gloves, put them on, and endured the pungent smell as they began to search through the garbage.
In the live stream room,
[How long will it take to find such a huge mountain of garbage?]
[Oh my god, can any netizens in Wencheng go and help? I'm almost in tears reading this.]
They were really rummaging through the garbage with their bare hands! I thought they would back down when they saw the state of the landfill.
Just then, a vintage Bentley in British green roared to a stop outside the garbage transfer station.
As soon as the car came to a stop, several well-dressed men got out.
Soon, someone recognized the tall, long-legged man walking at the front, always in a matching handmade suit, with impeccably styled hair and deep gray-blue eyes. Who else could this handsome man be but Qiao An?
Lele saw Qiao An first.
He dropped the twig he was using to rummage through the trash and ran towards Qiao An, hugging his father's waist tightly. His fluffy head buried itself in his father's waist, and tears of grievance streamed down his face.
Qiao Lele hugged Qiao An and cried for a while, her tears and snot smearing onto his expensive suit jacket.
After a while, Qiao Lele let go of Qiao An, wiping her eyes somewhat embarrassedly. She touched the tip of her nose and found some snot still hanging on it. She then quietly pulled on Qiao An's sleeve to wipe it.
"Tell everyone that I don't want the little blanket anymore."
After calming down a bit, Lele whispered and repeated, "I don't want it anymore, I don't want to look for it anymore."
The landfill is in terrible condition, and with so much garbage, you might not even be able to find anything.
Qiao An's deep gray-blue eyes looked at the mountain of garbage behind Lele, as if he was thinking about Qiao Lele's words.
At this time, several more cars arrived outside the transfer station. They were all local netizens who had learned about the incident from the live broadcast. They spontaneously came to help find the small blanket.
Joan placed her hand on Xiao Le's shoulder, comforting him.
"Look, everyone's here. It would be a real letdown to not look for it now. How about this, we'll look for it for an hour. If we can't find it within that hour, then it's the end of your connection with this blanket. And you can't be sad, okay?"
"Mmm." Lele wiped her eyes and nodded obediently.
The small book hung on Mu Hua's thigh like a pendant, swinging back and forth with Mu Hua's movements.
The smell of the garbage dump made him very uncomfortable, and Xiao Shu pouted in protest.
"Dad, let's go back. I don't want to stay here."
Mu Hua frantically searched through the trash beneath her, patiently comforting Xiao Shu.
"Xiaoshu, didn't your teacher teach you to help others? Now that Brother Lele has lost something, we need to work together to help him find it."
The little book's lips were pouting so much you could hang an oil bottle on them.
"Isn't that what his mother gave him? Isn't his mother right here? Why don't we just have her deliver it again?"
Despite his young age, Xiao Shu has a very clear logic.
Mu Hua pondered for a moment, probably considering how to explain the relationship between her biological mother and stepmother to Xiao Shu.
After a while, Mu Hua spoke.
"The mother who gave Lele the blanket is not Aunt Du, she is the mother in the photo."
Xiao Shu nodded as if he understood, because his mother was the one in the photo. He didn't expect that his brother Lele also had a mother in the photo.
Viewers in the live stream felt a pang of sadness upon hearing Mu Hua's explanation.
[The mother in the photo Mu Hua mentioned must be Liu Zhi, right? It's been three years since Liu Zhi died.]
[Xiao Shu was only a few months old when Liu Zhi died. He probably only ever saw his mother in photographs, so he calls her "the mother in the photographs."]
【Huh? Who is Liu Zhi? What's wrong?】
[Don't you follow entertainment news? Three years ago, Xiaoshu's mother committed suicide, which caused quite a stir. Muhua was even summoned by the police at the time.]
[It was later said to be postpartum depression, but Mu Hua remained depressed for a long time.]
[Mu Hua was at the peak of his career at the time, and he was probably too busy to pay attention to his wife's feelings, which unexpectedly became a lifelong regret.]
It seems that the other side knew that the little blanket issue was her mother's mistake, so Xiangxiang, dressed in a haute couture princess dress, didn't complain at all and earnestly helped find the little blanket. However, the pungent smell made her wrinkle her small nose from time to time.
Time passed by, and an hour had gone by, but the blanket was still nowhere to be found.
The staff member couldn't bear to urge him, and stood awkwardly at a distance watching. He learned about the origin of the small blanket from the live broadcast and hoped that Lele could find the small blanket. However, if the garbage transportation did not start soon, the work of the garbage transfer station would be delayed.
Qiao An straightened up, spread her hands, and gestured for everyone to stop.
His suit was stained, the high-quality fabric had lost its original luster, and his disheveled appearance made his pupils appear even clearer and cleaner.
"Thank you everyone for today. Now that the agreed time has arrived, let's not delay the work at the garbage station. Everyone, please take a break."
Lele stood beside him, bowed deeply to everyone at a ninety-degree angle, and despite the wet tears still clinging to her eyelashes, she still bravely spoke.
"Thank you, uncles and aunts, but I really don't need it. Thank you all."
Everyone regretfully stopped what they were doing and climbed down from the pile of garbage one after another. Seeing Lele's calm and strong demeanor despite being clearly heartbroken, they all felt a pang of sadness.
Mu Hua, carrying the small book, walked down from the garbage heap and said to the netizens who came to help.
"Everyone, please go home now. Thank you all for today. If you have time, please come to Beibei Restaurant for a meal. Just say you were at the garbage station today, and Beibei Restaurant will give you a free meal. Thank you everyone."
Perhaps it was because he was thinking of Xiaoshu's mother when he said these words, but his usually calm voice was tinged with emotion.
Just as everyone was starting to leave, a sudden exclamation came from behind.
"Found it."
Everyone turned around and saw Du Xiaoruo crawling out of the garbage heap. The hem of her elegant silk dress was trampled and dirty, but she didn't care at all. Instead, she excitedly held up a crumpled and dirty little blanket.
"Found it, I found it."
Xia Qing saw that the blanket had been found, and she ran forward in a flash, grabbed the small blanket, and ran to Lele's side.
While she was grabbing the blanket, Du Xiaoruo was also tripped by Xia Qing. She lost her footing and stumbled and fell on the garbage heap. Fortunately, although the garbage heap was dirty, it was soft, so she was not seriously injured after falling on it.
"Mother."
Lele exclaimed and ran towards Du Xiaoruo, brushing past Xia Qing who was carrying a blanket.
Qiao An was about to go over as well, but when he saw Lele run to Du Xiaoruo's side first, and Du Xiaoruo stood up with his help, he barely stopped himself from taking a step forward.
Those who witnessed this scene in the live stream felt indignant on Du Xiaoruo's behalf.
[Is Xia Qing crazy? She's the one who lost the blanket, and now that Du Xiaoruo found it, she's taking the credit and even tripped her up.]
[Lele completely ignored the blanket and ran straight to his mother, which shows that he still cares about Xiaoruo.]
[Hurry back and wash them; they look like they're almost fully marinated.]
Qiao An looked over the crowd and saw Du Xiaoruo standing in the wind, her thin and frail figure contrasting sharply with the huge pile of garbage behind her.
She didn't care at all that Xia Qing had stolen her thunder in her excitement; she was just happy to have found the small blanket. Seeing everyone laughing, she also curled up the corners of her mouth.
Although she was surrounded by filth, Joanne felt for a moment that she was so clean that she was almost transparent.
"Let's go, let's go." Mu Hua cheerfully called out to everyone, "Let's not cause any more trouble here. Those of you who came to the garbage dump today, remember to come to the restaurant for a meal, it's all free."
In the live stream room,
[Great! I didn't expect to find it at the last second! That's fantastic!]
Whether or not Lele is found is no longer that important. At least Lele felt everyone's kindness, but it would still be better if she were found.
They're so sweet! I love all the guests this season.
[Yeah, yeah, Mr. Ha even drove to the scene right away. If this happened at my house, my dad would just call me dramatic.]
Qiao An patted Lele on the shoulder, "Go back and take a shower, I'm leaving now."
"Okay, goodbye Dad."
After greeting Lele, Qiao An thought she should also tell Du Xiaoruo, since they were still live-streaming and she couldn't let tomorrow's trending topic be about their estrangement as a couple.
He looked around and found that Du Xiaoruo had already gotten into the production crew's van.
Going over to say hello at this point would be too deliberate, so let's just leave it at that.
As Joan was thinking this, she turned around and saw her British green Bentley accelerate and drive away.
It drove away.
They're gone.
"Damn it!" Qiao An pulled out her phone and dialed Secretary Jin's number. "Did you lose your mind? I haven't even gotten in the car yet!"
The Bentley suddenly braked at the entrance of the garbage station, then quickly reversed to stand in front of Joan.
Joan got into the car looking annoyed, and vaguely heard the last sentence in the live stream.
"I always thought your heads were empty, but now I realize they're full of fucking water."
In the live stream room,
[Hahaha, why is it so funny when Boss Ha swears?]
Were those three employees doing it on purpose? It's hilarious! Leaving the boss at the garbage dump—is that implying the boss is trash?
[Does anyone know how to get into Yase? I also want to be Ha Zong's employee, it's hilarious.]
[Does the person upstairs want to be scolded by Mr. Ha for being brain-dead every day?]
It's okay, he'd be out of his mind if he didn't yell at me.
Before, when everyone was in a hurry to find small blankets, they didn't pay much attention. But now that they're sitting in the van, they all look like they've been marinated.
As soon as the van returned to the mansion, everyone rushed out as if their pants were on fire.
Mu Hua, holding the smelly little book in her arms, didn't forget to loudly remind him.
"After you've washed up, come downstairs and meet in the lobby to go out for lunch."
After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Du Xiaoruo poured laundry detergent and disinfectant into the basin, added warm water and stirred, and finally put the poor little blanket into the basin to soak.
Qiao Lele squatted to one side, feeling soft and fragrant after his shower, exuding the fresh scent of shower gel. He asked softly,
"Will soaking it like this really clean it?"
"Mm." Du Xiaoruo nodded. "They even added disinfectant, so it's definitely very clean."
"I know," Lele said softly. "We've had an arts and crafts class. The teacher taught us how to wash our own socks, and..."
His ears turned slightly red, and he said in an even lower voice, "And your underwear, you have to wash that too."
Du Xiaoruo recalled that when she first transmigrated, Mrs. Huang said that Huang Longyu had washed her limited edition C brand silk pajamas into a pile of poop.
She pursed her lips and glanced at Lele with a hint of gossip, "Did you know that Huang Longyu washed his mother's pajamas?"
"Know."
A smile also appeared in Lele's big eyes.
“He did it on purpose. He overheard his mother and the nanny saying that pajamas shouldn’t be washed, so he did it as revenge.”
Du Xiaoruo pointed to the camera, indicating that Lele was currently live-streaming.
Qiao Lele stuck out her tongue and quickly shut her mouth.
In the live stream room,
[Hahaha, the mother and son are talking about other people's little secrets together.]
[Huang Longyu, I'm sorry to get to know you this way.]
[To Huang Longyu's mother: I'm sorry to get to know you in this way as well.]
At this moment, a netizen with the ID "General Manager Huang of Zhongyu Construction" suddenly replied, "[Got it, I'll call when I get back.]"
Netizens, [...]
After everyone had finished washing up, Mu Hua announced,
"Everyone is very tired today, so we'll eat lunch outside. However, since we can't spend our own money during the show's recording, and our budget is limited, we'll keep it simple. Does anyone have any objections?"
Seeing that everyone shook their heads to indicate they had no objections, Mu Hua then said,
"I know a good beef noodle shop, so everyone come with me."
"Also, since it's late now and we can't open for business today, I've decided to take the kids to the water park this afternoon and we'll officially reopen tomorrow."
As soon as Mu Hua finished speaking, everyone got up and ran upstairs, especially the three little ones, whose speed amazed the PE teacher in front of the screen.
"Where are you going?" Mu Hua asked.
Ni An stood at the railing and shouted down, "Don't you have to bring a change of clothes to the water park?"
Mu Hua was taken aback for a moment, "Yes, I also need to bring a change of clothes."
The driver from the nanny van production crew had already driven it out and washed it inside and out. Mu Hua took the car, and the driver even gave him a 200 yuan car wash receipt to be reimbursed.
In the live stream room,
[The production team is so shameless, is it really worth it for just two hundred yuan?]
[This is the rule, right? All expenses during the show's filming have to be covered by the restaurant's revenue. This was agreed upon beforehand, so there's no reason to complain about the production team.]
I'm so worried they won't be able to complete the challenge. Last season's guests worked themselves to the bone for seven whole days to reach their sales target, and they only had one day off today, plus they're going to make purchases this afternoon.
The water park is very affordable; a package ticket is 80 yuan for adults and 50 yuan for children, and you can play there for an entire afternoon.
What happens if the task is not completed?
[Game over. This group of guests failed the challenge, so we won't be seeing them again.]
[Holy crap, the consequences are this serious? What are you doing? Everyone stay home and don't go out to spend money!]
[Close the gate and unleash the dogs! Don't let a single one escape!]
While the group from [Beibei Restaurant] went to the water park, Qiao An also took a shower, changed her clothes, and returned to the company.
As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I saw a large group of people walking towards me from the opposite direction.
The man at the head of the group was in his early thirties, with thick black hair combed back, revealing his smooth forehead. His suit jacket was draped over his shoulders, giving him an air of extraordinary presence. This man was none other than Qiao Qingchuan, the current chairman of Jinse Group.
He was turning around and talking to his assistant.
When Qiao Qingchuan saw Qiao An, a look of disdain spread across his sharp black eyes.
"Qiao An?"
Qiao An was about to leave when Qiao Qingchuan called out to him. Qiao An stopped and turned to face Qiao Qingchuan.
The two men stood facing each other, one mature and domineering, the other exceptionally handsome. Both were tall with long legs, broad shoulders and narrow hips. Standing in the gleaming marble corridor, they exuded an aura of epic confrontation.
Qiao Qingchuan pulled a dark red handkerchief with gold thread from his breast pocket, covered his mouth and nose with a look of disgust, and spoke with undisguised contempt.
"I heard you went through the garbage dump this morning? Qiao An, you're a member of the Qiao family. Please watch your words and actions when you're out in public. The Qiao family is so big and powerful, we really can't afford to lose face like you."
Qiao An raised her clear eyes and looked over. Qiao Qingchuan had an arrogant smile on his face. The key members of Ya Jin Group standing behind him kept their eyes down and didn't dare to breathe.
"I don't need you to worry about my affairs, brother."
Joanne's tone was lazy and nonchalant.
"The Qiao family is so wealthy and powerful that they can't afford to lose face like me. So what kind of person can afford to lose face?"
Qiao An leaned close to Qiao Qingchuan's ear and whispered a name in a voice only the two of them could hear.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Qingchuan's face turned pale instantly. He took two steps back and looked at Qiao An in disbelief.
Qiao An raised the corners of her lips, a playful smile appearing on her exquisitely sculpted face.
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