novellhall Chapter 96 Sisi was adopted.
Chapter 96 Sisi was adopted.
Liu Xiaoli was painting her nails, looking worried.
Chen Minghua just called, hoping they can attend the launch event for Liu Yifei's album in Guangdong Province the day after tomorrow.
Zhou Wenqiong, wearing a face mask, had a deathly pale face and no expression: "Sister, what is Chen Minghua up to? He didn't give us any warning beforehand and just told us to rush over there."
Logically, they shouldn't have needed to attend the album launch, but Chen Minghua had a bunch of reasons—the young singer hoped they could help out and make the event more lively.
Previously, when they invited them to dance, they used the excuse that "the young singer Liu Yifei is their fan."
Besides, this is part of the contract, and their participation is needed for the subsequent MV filming.
"I can't very well refuse," Liu Xiaoli said, her pretty face wrinkling.
"You still need to inform those girls in the troupe who dance with you later. I don't know if they'd like to go?" Zhou Wenqiong asked.
Speaking of this, Liu Xiaoli has a different opinion.
Everyone knows what the company's situation is like right now; wages aren't even paid on time, and we're all just sitting around doing nothing. The group encourages everyone to go out and take on freelance work.
She said, "Why wouldn't they want to? It's a free trip, and they even get paid an extra attendance fee. They couldn't be happier."
If you take someone's money, you're obligated to solve their problems.
Leaving aside the income of those girls, although she and Zhou Xiaoli did not receive any additional appearance fees, the 500,000 yuan signing fee they received earlier still makes them very happy.
Moreover, the success of "Little Apple" allowed her to establish a firm foothold in the field of popular dance.
Those girls also gained fame and have been performing in various commercial shows and events in Jiangcheng ever since.
"Sigh, although everything is done according to the contract, I still feel that this is a bit sudden." Zhou Wenqiong sighed, "Why did they have to bring it up now, right when the children are on vacation?"
After getting a car, they originally planned a family road trip to see the beautiful landscapes of their motherland.
Liu Xiaoli explained helplessly, "Chen Minghua just said that the press conference will not only be held in Guangzhou, but also in Shanghai, Changsha, Chongqing... It will take at least a month to cover all these stops."
When she first received the call, she was thinking that if it was just Guangzhou, she might be able to bring her two children along.
But I never expected that the trip would take so long, traveling all over the country. It was really inconvenient to have a child with me.
But I'm worried about not taking them along, mainly because I'm concerned that without someone at home to keep an eye on them, these two little brats might become unruly and develop some rebellious intentions...
"How about... we drive?" Zhou Wenqiong suggested.
"No, it's not safe on the road. Besides, we can't even guarantee the time after running this long loop, and we'll be exhausted." Liu Xiaoli shook her head and rejected the idea.
"Sigh!" Zhou Wenqiong sighed again, asking with a hint of doubt, "Why have these two little brats been so well-behaved lately? Isn't something a little off?"
She wasn't wrong. For the past month, Zhou Xiaobai and Liu Qianqian had been behaving themselves, not causing trouble or arguing, just like two well-behaved children.
Even if they cause trouble for no reason, they will accept it passively.
"Maybe they're really scared of us scolding them?" Liu Xiaoli was also a little doubtful, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "I called Fan Bingbing and Tong Liya's families a couple of days ago. Both girls' parents said they had tutoring and couldn't come over."
"Haha!...That's true..." Zhou Wenqiong laughed so hard her face mask wrinkled. After a while, she finally spoke clearly, "If you ask me, it wouldn't be so easy for them to run away. Where would they get the money?"
This year, I haven't given them much pocket money at all. I give them a little bit occasionally, but even if they spend it sparingly, it's not enough to support their bold ideas.
"Once this business trip is over, it will be around the beginning of August. Then we'll go on a road trip and then go to Beijing. The timing will be just right to collect the award." Liu Xiaoli was referring to the award won by the dance drama "Chu Yun," which is scheduled to be collected in Beijing at the end of August.
"Congratulations in advance!" Zhou Wenqiong congratulated her, watching Liu Xiaoli apply face cream, but her words carried a teasing tone, "Sister, your skin is so supple, even I'm envious. Isn't that real estate company surnamed Chen also in Beijing? Why don't you go check it out?"
This was like bringing up that very pot of water that hadn't been opened before, which made Liu Xiaoli roll her eyes in exasperation. She said irritably, "What are you saying! If you weren't my cousin, I'd teach you a lesson."
After becoming single again, she is top-notch in terms of looks, condition, and status, which has indeed attracted the attention of many men.
That Mr. Chen was a pioneer, but he was beaten to death by Liu Qianqian long ago.
However, the thought that she could still make a living off her youth at her age made her happy even in her dreams.
All of this was thanks to Zhou Xiaobai, but it seems he went a little too far in making amends, even going so far as to pick them up with one hand and scold them—Zhou Xiaobai and Liu Qianqian always regretted it when they thought about it, realizing they had dug their own grave.
Thinking of this, Liu Xiaoli jokingly retorted, "Wenqiong, I think you need to change your phone number, otherwise you might not be able to afford the phone bill."
Her words were not unfounded.
In terms of looks, Zhou Wenqiong seems to have the upper hand. No matter the era, pretty unmarried girls are always in demand.
Although she has retired from the entertainment industry, her dance to "Little Apple" has brought her back into the spotlight.
Many people are looking for her; she receives a constant stream of phone calls every day, most of them with ulterior motives.
On several occasions, she made Zhou Xiaobai pretend to be an adult and make phone calls while holding his nose—the meaning was very clear: she was taken.
The two chatted for a while longer...
The sound of a lock being opened came from outside the door. Zhou Xiaobai, carrying Liu Qianqian on his back, whispered as soon as he entered, "Sister Li, Qianqian is too heavy. She needs to lose weight."
To make the performance convincing, after parting ways with Fan Bingbing, the two made a special detour to the orphanage.
Perhaps it was seeing those orphans that made Liu Qianqian's conscience awaken, and she began to miss her mother.
It could also be that the thought of being separated for two months made her feel like a neglected blade of grass.
On the way back, she cried and sobbed, heartbroken, as if the end of the world was about to come.
Zhou Xiaobai tried to coax and hug Liu Qianqian, but in the end, Liu Qianqian cried herself to sleep.
Looking at her daughter's face, which looked like a mess of fur, Liu Xiaoli was disgusted and didn't even want to lift a finger: "What happened? Where did you two go? Why are you asleep?"
Seeing that her cousin was unwilling to take over, Zhou Xiaobai looked at her older sister again, her eyes full of SOS signals.
Zhou Wenqiong also looked at the little face covered in snot and tears with disgust.
However, the aunt was ultimately a little more soft-hearted than the biological mother—mainly because she felt sorry for her own younger brother.
She took Liu Qianqian from Zhou Xiaobai's back, put her on the sofa, and finally pressed the face mask on her face that was about to fall off.
Looking at the two cousins dressed up in their finest attire, Zhou Xiaobai thought to himself: I think Liu Qianqian was picked up from a trash can, right?
He shook his head and walked silently to the restroom.
A little while later, he came back with a wet towel, carefully wiped his baby's face, then wiped his hands, tidied her hair, and finally leaned down to leave a loving, fatherly kiss on her forehead.
The entire set of movements was fluid and natural.
Seeing Zhou Xiaobai's series of actions, Liu Xiaoli and Zhou Wenqiong were completely dumbfounded and looked at each other in disbelief!
Thinking back to their little essays at the beginning of the year, it's like their writing perfectly captured reality!
Damn it, how come I've never met a man like this before?
Liu Qianqian!
You...you picked up a younger brother, did you do something like being a philanthropist for eighteen lifetimes?