Chapter 72 The Wall and the Mushroom House
[This guest's unique style is what makes this show special; their entrance was even more interesting than Nan Ke's.]
[Yes, Nan Ke scared us, but this one is more selfless. That scream reminded me of that broken kettle from my childhood.]
[...Stop fooling around! This is my sister's investor! What if you make her cry and she stops investing?!]
Netizens, belatedly realizing what had happened, flooded the screen with comments in an attempt to overshadow the earlier remarks.
Tu Yao scratched her head and quickly went over to help the person up.
The director and staff reacted and immediately rushed forward.
"Oh dear, are you alright, Miss Cheng? Did you hurt yourself? Don't be angry, don't be angry. Mud walls in the countryside are indeed easy to collapse!"
The director asked nervously, just like the netizens, fearing that the rich young lady would get angry and withdraw her investment in Tu Yao.
Sure enough, just as he expected, Cheng Sangsang, with her curly hair and tears still wet on her face, raised her wrist and said, "This is a custom-made bracelet that cost me three million."
She showed her neck: "This is a necklace I had custom-made for six million!"
"Now it's all dirty! Tell me, am I not angry?!"
The next second, a sentence popped out:
"If she wants me to stop being angry, she'll only do it if she lets me invest! She'll make me a major shareholder!"
His dirty hand pointed to Tu Yao across the way.
Everyone: ? ? ? ?
Live stream room: ? ? ? ?
[Is my sister's charm really that great?]
Am I deaf? Should I invest or not?
She either misspoke, or she's just stupid.
The world has gone mad.
Tu Yao blinked, looked at her quietly for a while, and then suddenly spoke:
"You're Xu Bai's friend, and you must be quite wealthy. There must be a lot of people lining up to get your investment."
Why does it have to be me?
Cheng Sangsang's eyes flickered slightly, and she couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
She came here with the intention of becoming Tu Yao's boss. Once she invests money, she becomes Tu Yao's sugar daddy, which means she controls Tu Yao. And controlling Tu Yao means controlling Tu Chaoxi, so she can avenge Chu Meng.
However... Chu Meng wouldn't let her say that.
Cheng Sangsang looked slightly flustered, and after a few seconds, as if she had thought of something, she immediately pointed to Xu Bai beside her!
He shouted, "Because...because I can't lose to him!"
She instantly declared confidently, "Yes! Because I want to beat him!"
Xu Bai immediately scoffed; he knew it must be for this reason!
"Little curly-haired dog, how childish are you? It's been so many years, and you're still chasing after me! Is this funny? My uncle said that our IQs are about the same, and we can't decide who wins."
"Hmph, I'll still be chasing after you even when you're seventy or eighty! Who told you to call me a curly-haired dog!"
Tu Yao rested her chin on her hand and watched the two bicker for a while. Is that so...?
She suddenly spoke up: "Do you really have to invest in me?"
Cheng Sangsang's eyes darted around: "Of course... I brought the contracts with me!"
Tu Yao looked at her seriously for a while, as if she had been persuaded, "...Okay, then you have to help me fix the wall first."
Cheng Sangsang: ? ? ?
Her eyes widened: "I haven't even asked you to pay my medical bills yet!"
"Besides, your wall was already about to collapse!"
Tu Yao snorted, "If you don't climb it, it can last for another six months!"
Tu Yao shrugged: "If you don't want to fix it, then don't. Anyway, a lot of people want to invest in me, I don't need you."
She pointed behind her: "See this house? A big boss bought it for me to live in."
She then pointed at Xu Bai: "He begged me for a long time before I finally agreed."
Seeing Tu Yao in front of her, Cheng Sangsang felt a surge of frustration, as if Tu Yao had suddenly gained power.
As expected, she's still the same Tu Yao at heart—a snob!
"Who said I'm not going to fix it! It's a deal then, I'll fix it and you'll sign a contract with me!"
Tu Yao said "Oh", "Just restore it to its original state."
He stood up, dusted off his trousers, turned around, and strolled into the house.
"Come in with me now."
Cheng Sangsang looked puzzled: "Why should I go in with you? You haven't told me how to fix it yet!"
Tu Yao turned her head strangely: "To treat your wounds..."
Cheng Sangsang: ...
Cheng Sangsang followed, limping, saying, "...Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Inside the room, Tu Yao opened the medicine box and expertly used iodine to rinse the wounds. They were just simple abrasions on the knee, which were quick to treat.
Cheng Sangsang gritted her teeth, stiffened her neck, and glanced at the girl's profile out of the corner of her eye. "Hmph, now she knows how to please me."
Too late! She's already angry!
She couldn't help but take another look, muttering to herself, "It's starting to look a bit like it used to be..."
Two years have passed, and Cheng Sangsang has long forgotten what Tu Yao's mother looked like, but she still remembers what Tu Yao looks like. The reason is simple: Tu Yao is beautiful.
She likes pretty girls.
So, when she first met Tu Yao ten years ago, unlike the other siblings brought by her stepmother, she liked this little sister.
Unfortunately, Tu Yao immediately revealed her true nature; beneath her beautiful exterior lay a treacherous and obsequious heart.
After a while, Cheng Sangsang glanced at it quickly again and shook her head: "...It doesn't seem like it."
She couldn't see the things about Tu Yao that she found repulsive...
Thinking of this, Cheng Sangsang immediately came to her senses!
He slapped his head hard twice!
What are you thinking, Cheng Sangsang? You're here to avenge Chu Meng! This little sycophant just asked you to fix the wall!
It's just the same old sycophantic tactics, don't fall for it!
Tu Yao: ...
Cheng Sangsang subconsciously looked up and saw Tu Yao staring at her as if she were a ghost.
"……what!"
Tu Yao looked completely bewildered: "What are you doing? Are you having a fit?"
"You're the one who's crazy!"
Tu Yao immediately shoved the iodine solution into her hand: "Then apply it yourself!"
Cheng Sangsang: ...
She realized that Tu Yao was no longer a sycophant, but a little rascal!
She finished wiping quickly and then stood up and jumped a few times.
"Alright!"
Cheng Sangsang glanced at the basket of round button mushrooms on the table.
"Hey, where did you grow your button mushrooms?"
Tu Yao pointed behind her: "The mushroom house."
He turned to examine her closely and said, "Didn't you come here to invest in button mushrooms? How come you don't even know how to grow them!"
"Who said you have to know everything to be an investor?!"
Tu Yao: "But Xu Bai knows how to do it! Oh, he didn't know how before, but he started learning last night!"
Cheng Sangsang immediately flared up: "I definitely will too! It's just a mushroom house, I'll go check it out right now!"
After saying that, she turned and left.
As soon as she left, Tu Chaoxi immediately pulled Tu Yao over.
...
In the backyard, Cheng Sangsang covered her nose as she observed the mushroom house. It was a brick and tile structure, but it was exceptionally simple, with four ventilation openings that resembled four corners.
"That's way too basic!"
"What's that dirty thing!"
Cheng Sangsang was extremely disgusted. She poked at the nearest vent and then grabbed it and tugged hard.
It was successfully extracted.
After finishing one, he aimed at the second one.
...
"What's wrong, Tu Xiaomao? Did she say anything to you just now? Did she say anything strange?"
Inside the room, Tu Chaoxi was terrified. He didn't know if Cheng Sangsang had come here for that damn investment, but he was certain that Cheng Sangsang had recognized his sister!
Tu Yao blinked and looked intently at Tu Chaoxi, not missing a single trace of panic in his expression.
She wasn't the smartest person, but she wasn't stupid either.
She understood that her brothers were afraid that she would "regain her memory" and become the same Tu Yao she used to be.
Tu Yao shook her head: "She didn't say anything."
"Didn't say anything?"
Tu Chaoxi frowned, so Cheng Sangsang recognized his sister but was still pretending not to!
This is even more problematic!
He immediately said in a deep voice, "Stay away from her!"
Their family is simply incompatible with Hong Kong.
Tu Yao nodded: "Hmm... but she doesn't seem like a bad person."
Instead, he's more like... a stupid henchman of the villain.
She's clumsy, not very bright, a bit easily fooled, and doesn't know how to hide anything; you can tell what she's up to at a glance.
However, given her character's established traits, she should be a foolish female lead who gets tricked by the villain.
Tu Chaoxi scoffed: "You only see good people."
Tu Yao realized what was happening and shook her head: "That's not it."
"There are still bad people."
Tu Yao rubbed the blue medicine stains on her hands, tilted her head back, and said casually, "Bad guys usually don't show up directly."
"She knows how to use someone else's strength against them, sending out many people to trip her up."
She thought for a moment and said, "Yes, we can take them down one by one."
"But some people are better suited to being slowly boiled like a frog in lukewarm water, keeping her hanging on, and then... turning enemies into friends."
Tu Chaoxi patted her head and laughed, "Oh, this little girl has quite the insight."
"Alright, you just stay put and farm your land. Go to school after the show! Do you hear me..."
"ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, a familiar scream and roar came from the backyard!
Tu Yao quickly ran out.
Others rushed over upon hearing the news, only to find that Tu Yao's square mushroom house, which had been impregnable for the past two months, had now collapsed into ruins!
Beside the ruins, Cheng Sangsang's face flushed red and then turned pale.
"...What a lousy place this is."
Tu Yao paused for two seconds, then reminded her, "...Now we need to repair the wall and mushroom house first."
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