The man in the black suit arrived at Li Xiaoya's house first, but of course, he found it empty. She had already gone to school.
He could only head towards Shitou School, stumbling twice on the field ridges along the way. However, the man in black was clearly soone who had seen his fair share of challenges. He didn't even blink, just took out a handkerchief to wipe himself off, and then waited outside the school gate.
"There's a strange man outside the school."
"He looks like a monster from a painting!"
"That must be soone's father."
As the dismissal bell rang, amidst the frightened whispers of her classmates, Li Xiaoya walked to the school gate with her little backpack.
Both students and parents coming to pick up their children instinctively gave the man in black a wide berth. In an instant, a clear divide ford.
So Li Xiaoya spotted him imdiately!
Today, Li Xiaoya didn't have Sheng Yuxiao and others by her side. She had never had many friends at school, so she appeared quite alone.
The man in black also spotted her right away!
Their gazes t for a mont, one large and one small.
Then Li Xiaoya walked straight up to him.
"It seems you know who I am," said the man in black.
Li Xiaoya looked up at him. "I don't. What's your na?"
The man in black moved his lips slightly. "Wei Zhen."
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed cara flashes. Several crew mbers carrying caras were approaching.
His expression changed slightly, and he took half a step back, but then forcibly stopped himself, probably realizing it was too late to hide now.
He asked coldly, "That Sheng Yuxiao isn't by your side, so why are these program crew mbers still following you? Shouldn't the main characters of this show be Sheng Yuxiao and that Li Qingqing?"
"Because I also signed a contract," Li Xiaoya replied calmly.
The man called "Wei Zhen" lowered his gaze, his tone even colder: "You should tell them that our upcoming conversation can't be recorded."
Li Xiaoya countered, "Why? Because it can't be said in broad daylight?"
Wei Zhen: "..."
By now, viewers were already asking questions.
[Who is this guy?]
[Wow, he looks fierce!]
[He doesn't look like a good person, and his conversation with Li Xiaoya is weird]
The students who had just left the school were also secretly looking back, and even their parents couldn't help but mutter quietly: "That couldn't be Li Xiaoya's runaway father, could it?"
"What are you talking about? I've seen her father before. He's thin. How could he be as robust as this man? This one looks like a butcher."
"He even looks a bit foreign."
"Where would a foreigner co from in this poor place? Probably from an ethnic minority."
The parents' discussions were still sowhat reasonable.
But the children's speculations had already beco exaggerated: "Li Xiaoya not only got many brothers, a sister, and now she even has another dad! How co she has everything?"
"But my dad said that's not her father."
"Then it must be her second dad!"
"Now no one will dare to bully her... Her second dad looks like he could kill with one punch!"
"Wang Xiaozhi, he could punch you into the wall and you wouldn't be able to peel yourself off! Wang Xiaozhi, are you scared?"
Hearing this, Wang Xiaozhi covered his ears in sha and ran away, thinking bitterly that he would never study at Shitou School again!
All he did was insult Li Xiaoya a few tis, right?
Wei Zhen heard these discussions and felt a wave of exasperation and impatience.
He looked down at Li Xiaoya again: "Do you know why I've co to find you?"
"Mm, they say you're Mom's relative."
"Not exactly. I just work for your grandfather. I'm not your relative, nor your mother's relative." Wei Zhen paused, deciding to get straight to the point.
"Your mother is Mr. Wei's youngest daughter, who went missing 10 years ago. Mr. Wei has been searching for her whereabouts ever since, until recently, when we found this place and discovered your existence."
"Allow to introduce myself. Mr. Wei is the largest shareholder of the Rockefeller Financial Group. I'm here to take you back to et Mr. Wei."
The barrage of comnts imdiately erupted:
[Huh?]
[What???]
[What is he saying? I recognize every word, but put together, I don't understand.]
[So Li Xiaoya's mother isn't from Li Village?]
[I looked out the window, there's still only one sun in the sky! How can this be so dramatic?]
[Is this really not part of the show's script?]
In fact, even the chief director was stunned.
When he heard Sheng Yuxiao talk about "reuniting with family," he thought, what could be so special about that?
Now he sees... it really is special!
They wouldn't dare write a script like this!
"Uncle, why should I believe you?" Li Xiaoya asked.
"Don't call uncle." Wei Zhen's voice sounded cold and hard. "I've brought photos of your mother."
Wei Zhen took out a photo album and opened it: "These are photos of your mother from childhood to adulthood."
Wei Zhen flipped through the pages quickly.
Li Xiaoya stared intently, watching as a newborn baby left her swaddling clothes, stood up, ran, grew taller, tied up her hair to beco a young woman, and finally held onto a graduation cap...
Her eyes widened, not making a sound, just desperately trying to stuff those images into her vision, to preserve them in her mind.
Yes.
It was Mom.
It was the first half of Mom's life, flashing by quickly before her eyes.
Li Xiaoya's tears fell silently, like a broken string.
"Do you believe now?" Wei Zhen asked.
The comnts instantly beca angry:
[What kind of tone is that?]
[This person speaks so coldly, without any excitent or joy at finding the lost child of his employer's family.]
Li Xiaoya sniffled and nodded slightly.
"Then let's go," Wei Zhen said, reaching out to grab her.
Li Xiaoya took half a step back and asked, "Why didn't Grandfather co here himself?"
"Mr. Wei is ill."
"Then what about the others? Doesn't Mom have any siblings?"
"...She does. They're all sick."
Xu Ruoying, hiding nearby, couldn't help but quietly ask Sheng Yuxiao, "Hasn't Li Xiaoya already heard all these answers from your uncle? Why is she asking again?"
Sheng Yuxiao impatiently said, "Because this is for the audience to hear, understand?"
Xu Ruoying: "Oh!"
Li Xiaoya asked again, "You're too fierce. If soone is coming to pick up, can it be a gentler uncle?"
Wei Zhen: "..."
Wei Zhen said, "I was assigned to you. Apart from , there won't be anyone else. Don't cry, don't show weakness, don't hope that everyone will comply with your wishes... This isn't a place where things go smoothly just because of family ties. When you demonstrate your value and ability, of course, you can make any conditions."
"Just like , when I learned that I was to be a bodyguard for a child only a few years old, I couldn't refuse either. Because I wasn't qualified enough to refuse," Wei Zhen said coldly.
Li Xiaoya didn't show any sadness at his words.
Although Li Xiaoya was young, she already understood that only when the other person's emotions fluctuate, whether positively or negatively, can they speak their true thoughts well, allowing her to obtain the information she wants to know.
It was Sheng Yuxiao who couldn't stand it anymore. He took off his monitoring earphones and rushed over directly.
At the sa ti, elsewhere.
Li Qingqing had "temporarily" recovered from her illness, and Sheng Jun had the "leisure" to take her to Disneyland.
Li Qingqing wore a beautiful limited-edition princess dress, smiling.
Sheng Jun pointed at a roller coaster and asked, "Want to ride?"
Li Qingqing blinked and said softly, "I'm scared. Can you accompany , Uncle?"
Sheng Jun smiled and asked her, "Then can you predict now whether this roller coaster will fall from mid-air?"
Li Qingqing recalled news about amusent park accidents and said firmly, "It won't."
Sheng Jun nodded slightly and said to his assistant nearby, "Take her on the ride to try it out."
Li Qingqing stared at him in shock, her expression almost cracking.
Looking at Sheng Jun's gentle and cultured expression again, she felt a chill down her spine.
He was testing her ability to predict.
But not in the way she had imagined.
He was using a more terrifying thod to test her!
It could cost her her life!
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