Chapter 264 Who is Tu Chaoxi?
Tu Yao looked at the chat box; three tickets, and the other party readily agreed.
That's so generous! I didn't help the wrong person.
In just two days, two more people appeared in her phone contacts. Tu Yao was a little unaccustomed to it, but she seemed to be able to adapt.
After agreeing with Xiaoyu to leave the tickets at the welfare home's security room on the third day at noon, Tu Yao closed her eyes.
With graduation approaching, she was very busy for the next two days.
Besides her studies, she also needs to find time to move out of the school.
There are some herbs drying in the traditional Chinese medicine clinic where I'm interning; they'll have to be taken down in a couple of days.
An aunt at the welfare home took leave, so she has to fill in, and she also has to keep an eye on the film and television base.
My cold isn't better yet; remember to take your medicine tomorrow.
She made plans one by one and then fell asleep.
...
On the third day, when Chu Yun came looking for her, Tu Yao was collecting herbs at the traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
A large orange cat was crouching in the corner.
Tu Yao was the only one in the empty courtyard, busy and sweating profusely.
Chu Yun disliked the smell of herbs. Looking at the girl's thin back, he frowned and hesitated for a while before going inside.
"Wipe it off."
She handed her a piece of paper.
Tu Yao turned around, her face flushed red and almost soaked in sweat.
"Sister Yunyun? What brings you here? Is there something you need?"
Chu Yun hummed in agreement, frowning as he stared at her.
"Grandpa Liu said you came back very late two days ago. What were you doing?"
Tu Yao was taken aback, glanced at her, and whispered, "...Didn't you say you wouldn't care about me?"
Chu Yun paused, then said stiffly, "I'm afraid you'll be audacious enough to do something earth-shattering, which would implicate us."
Tu Yao immediately turned her back, "I didn't."
"So tell me, what have you been doing these past two days?"
Tu Yao stopped talking and focused on picking out the herbs, carefully selecting some and putting them in her hand.
"I'm asking you a question."
"Did you go see that person again?"
"Are you stupid? The people who called the police before didn't implicate him, which means he had a backup plan all along. Do you think you, a recent college graduate, can outmaneuver him?"
Chu Yun questioned and cursed at the same time.
No matter what she said, Tu Yao ignored her.
"Tu Yao!"
Finally, before her patience ran out, Tu Yao responded.
He turned around and handed over a whole bunch of herbs that he had picked out.
Chu Yun asked, puzzled, "What?"
"Chrysanthemum, reed rhizome, cassia seed, mint, houttuynia cordata, these are the ones I picked for you."
Chu Yun: ?
"Why are you giving me these?"
Tu Yao said quietly, "Traditional Chinese medicine doesn't treat the brain, it only reduces internal heat."
Chu Yun: …………
Chu Yun was both annoyed and amused.
"Tu Yao, do you have to be so stingy?"
"I only said one thing to you, and you've held a grudge until now?!"
Tu Yao held the herbs still, staring intently at her.
Chu Yun closed his eyes briefly and quickly took it.
"Alright!"
Tu Yao snorted, "Fine."
“I’ll tell you.”
...
Meanwhile, Xiaoyu arrived at the orphanage according to the address given by Tu Yao.
She was a native of the area and knew the area very well, but at this moment, looking at the five-story building in front of her, a sense of doubt arose in her heart.
He murmured, "When did a welfare home appear here?"
Xiaoyu walked around it once.
As I was walking, the next second, I suddenly felt dizzy.
Wait, what did she just say?
She looked up again... but couldn't remember.
Never mind, we need to get down to business.
After putting the tickets in the security room, Xiaoyu took a few steps, then remembered something and turned back.
"By the way, Grandpa, what's that lady's name?"
The old man, sitting in his recliner, casually replied, "Tu Yao, little Tu Yao."
Xiaoyu wrote down the name, changed the nickname in her phone, and then sent a message to Tu Yao.
...
At the traditional Chinese medicine clinic, Tu Yao finished collecting all the herbs before pulling Chu Yun, whose face was pale, to sit down.
Looking at her expression, Tu Yao advised, "Sister Yunyun, you're too irritable. Being irritable and sullen will make you sick if you keep all your anger inside."
After thinking for a moment, she shook her head again: "I shouldn't be so angry as to make you this upset."
"Did you get mistreated at work?"
Chu Yun's eyes flashed. "Who's asking whom? Are you going to talk or not?!"
Tu Yao shrugged. "Okay."
She compiled the information she had gathered over the past few days and shared it with Chu Yun.
This welfare home is the grandmother's personal property. The actual area of the house is not large, but the surrounding yard is all under the grandmother's name, and the location is good.
The demolition notice came down many years ago. Before my grandmother became seriously ill, she contacted the developer and asked them to replace the compensation with a house of equal value so that the children could be settled.
But now a distant nephew has suddenly appeared.
The developer who initially promised to the grandmother suddenly reneged on the agreement.
The situation suddenly became deadlocked.
Chu Yun said coldly, "What else could it be? They all want to swallow this money; none of them are good people."
"But didn't you say that day that you had already found out the specific information about Grandma's nephew? Why did you still go to stake out him?"
Tu Yao shook her head: "It was only after I found out his information that I realized something was wrong."
The demolition compensation is a huge sum of money for ordinary people, but for a high-ranking executive in the entertainment industry who cares about his reputation, is it really necessary to go to such lengths to demand it?
Moreover, Tu Yao had learned that Zhao Yuanfeng had even sent his son into the entertainment industry.
"I think something must have happened to him."
"I'll go and wait and see if I can find out what's going on."
"Don't worry, I always wear a mask when I go, so no one recognizes me!"
As Tu Yao recounted the story, Chu Yun's gaze towards her gradually became more complex.
She had hated Tu Yao since she was a child.
They entered the welfare home one after the other. While she was still grieving the loss of her parents and unable to integrate into this big family, Tu Yao was already following behind her grandmother, trying to please her by picking medicinal herbs.
After she finally adapted to life there, Tu Yao became the leader among them, smugly leading her bullied friends to get revenge.
She was naturally full of energy, and Chu Yun was always one step behind.
After growing up, she finally couldn't wait to leave, settle herself down, and embrace a brand new life full of endless possibilities.
But just as she was feeling smug and looked back at Tu Yao, who was a step behind, she discovered that Tu Yao wanted to stay.
Even if staying on this path is clearly more difficult than hers.
Chu Yun was surprisingly calm.
"Did you manage to squat down?"
Tu Yao scratched her head, a little guilty: "No."
Twice in a row, he went off to do good deeds.
Tu Yao smiled again: "But I will try my best. I've been a bit busy these past two days. I'll continue squatting after I'm done with that!"
Chu Yun's expression became even more complicated.
She disliked Tu Yao, yet she couldn't help but admire her.
Chu Yun, keeping a straight expression, said, "...I understand. I'll go back now."
After years of cold treatment, she seemed to have no reason to stay any longer.
He turned and left.
Tu Yao was taken aback and turned her head sharply.
Chu Yun had already taken a few steps.
My phone suddenly vibrated; Xiaoyu had sent me a message that the tickets had been delivered.
Tu Yao thought for a few seconds, and just as Chu Yun was about to step out of the courtyard, she quickly called out to her.
"etc!"
Tu Yao ran over: "Sister Yunyun, someone gave me three tickets to a music festival. Let me treat you and Qin Lang to go!"
Chu Yun paused, turned around, and frowned, asking, "What music festival?"
"Each one costs several hundred yuan. Who's so generous as to give you three in a row? Are they doing charity?"
Tu Yao looked away, her tone ambiguous: "...How should I know? They insisted on giving it to me, so I accepted it."
She glanced at me casually out of the corner of her eye: "Since you're here, I'll invite you."
"I'm not going."
Chu Yun refused with a straight face: "I'm busy with my internship recently, I don't have time."
"It's not during the day, the music festival is at night."
Tu Yao probed, "Did you really get bullied at work? Who mistreated you?"
"No!"
Tu Yao swallowed the rest of her sentence and changed her mind: "Then go ahead, contact Qin Lang, he's in the city center square, not far from where you live!"
She reached out and grabbed her hand. "Sister Yunyun, please say yes, please say yes!"
Chu Yun stiffened and subconsciously lowered his head.
This was something Tu Yao had never done to her in nearly twenty years.
In fact, she never did anything like that to anyone other than the headmistress.
Her tone was slightly stiff: "I know, I know."
"So annoying!"
Then he withdrew his hand, turned around, and left.
Tu Yao watched her walk away quickly and laughed.
Looking down, Tu Yao saw the orange cat still squatting in the corner. She squatted down and poked its head.
He whispered, "It's so awkward, isn't it? I always have to take the initiative!"
...
At night, the road leading to the city center square was packed with people.
Cars were packed together, and people were packed together.
Chu Yun tossed out two masks and said irritably, "Put them on now!"
Noticing her increasingly frustrated expression, Tu Yao immediately exclaimed, "I don't know why it's so crowded!"
Chu Yun: ...
Qin Lang also tried to salvage the situation: "Maybe the people who came to the music festival this time are very famous."
No sooner had the words left her mouth than a girl next to her excitedly exclaimed, "Yeah, yeah! We got word this afternoon that Tu Chaoxi is going to be making a surprise appearance at the music festival!"
"My friend and I just came from the next city!"
"It's been so long since Teacher Tu has participated in any events, and I actually managed to catch one!"
"He's friends with Jiang Ye, so he's here to support Jiang Ye, right?"
The chattering of voices could be heard from afar.
Tu Yao was taken aback, rubbed her throbbing ears, and asked in confusion.
"Tu Chaoxi...who is that?"
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