Chapter 54: Her Parents Return

Director Tang had initially planned to discuss with Yan Yueqing about possibly adding another one or two hundred million.

However, this was a rather awkward topic to bring up.

Yan Yueqing was indeed wealthy, capable of providing eight hundred million at once. But with the significant changes in share acquisition, the originally calculated eight hundred million now seemed insufficient…

Would she think he was pocketing money from the deal?

Harboring such concerns, Director Tang decided to tell the truth. To his surprise… she immediately transferred two billion?!

He even held his phone, counting several times to confirm that the number indeed had ten digits, representing two billion, not two hundred million!

Last time, he had already witnessed Yan Yueqing’s wealth…

But he never expected…

Her to be this rich…

Director Tang’s hands trembled as he typed:

「Yueqing, we don’t need that much. One or two hundred million would be enough!」

「It’s fine, keep it」 Yan Yueqing replied casually. 「After the acquisition, use the remaining money to invest in Zhongxing.」

Her magnanimous words left Director Tang speechless…

What kind of company plans for future investments even before the acquisition is complete?!

Director Tang suddenly felt that Yan Yueqing seemed to have a long-term plan.

The acquisition of Zhongxing was just the beginning!

Holding his phone and staring at that string of zeros, Director Tang took a deep breath and responded solemnly: 「Yueqing, I understand that your purpose for joining the entertainment industry goes beyond this. By acquiring Zhongxing, do you intend to change the entire industry starting from the company? To be honest, this was also the original founder of Zhongxing’s vision, but unfortunately, he couldn’t persist!」

Yan Yueqing: ???????

Director Tang, what are you imagining?

After a pause, Yan Yueqing, not daring to tell the truth, replied: 「Sure.」

A single word, filled with the decisiveness and authority of someone in a position of power.

Director Tang’s heart felt like an inflating balloon, giving him a sense of elation!

So, this is what it’s like to follow a leader with ambition and a bright path ahead!

Yan Yueqing added the private investigator Xiao Wang on WeChat, who was very diligent, still online late at night.

After briefly explaining the situation, she sent the information she had obtained: 「Song Xiaoyu, seven years old, from Neijiazhen coastal town, born in A City Hospital seven years ago… Her parents’ names are Song Hui and Tian Xiao’e…」

Credit should go to Qin Youran, who had taken a keen interest in Song Xiaoyu. During dinner, she had asked almost everything about Xiaoyu.

Wang Sheng politely replied: 「Miss Yan, what would you like to investigate?」

Yan Yueqing: 「I’m certain that Song Xiaoyu’s biological parents are someone else. Please use this information to see if you can find any clues.」

「Understood.」

After completing this task, Yan Yueqing finally let out a sigh of relief.

Tomorrow, Song Xiaoyu’s parents would return. According to the plot, this is when Qin Youran would start brainwashing Xiaoyu about family harmony and persuading her to donate bone marrow, right?

If it’s voluntary, there’s no problem of course.

However…

Her adoptive parents, her sister…

What do they really see Song Xiaoyu as?

…

The next morning.

Just as the rooster crowed, there came a loud banging on the door.

“Xiaoyu! Xiaoyu, open the door!”

“What time is it, and you’re still not up? Lying in bed and not opening the door, do you want to freeze your father and me to death?”

“Bang bang bang—”

The fragile iron door rattled loudly under the pounding.

The crew members, awakened by the noise, hurried to open the door. The rural latch was a bit tricky, and they didn’t know how to remove the bolt, causing a slight delay.

The woman outside cursed more viciously: “You useless girl, what are you dawdling for?”

The crew member’s hands shook, and just as they finally removed the latch, the woman violently pushed the door open.

The strong momentum nearly knocked him to the ground.

The woman had a sharp, harsh look. Seeing a stranger, she screeched, “Who are you? Why are you in my house? Xiaoyu? How dare you bring a strange man home?!”

The crew member’s face immediately turned cold: “No, Auntie, you’ve misunderstood the situation. You almost made me fall, and now you’re saying such vile things to slander your own daughter?”

Tian Xiao’e was stunned, finally noticing the scene in the courtyard.

Two beautiful silver tents, several expensive-looking cameras, and a clean-looking little boy who had just crawled out of a tent, rubbing his eyes…

She realized: “Oh, so it’s the TV crew! It’s all a misunderstanding!” She immediately put on a smile, “Come on, husband, take the child back inside to rest. I’ll go make breakfast for everyone!”

The news that a TV crew would come to Neijia Town for filming had spread like wildfire earlier.

Tian Xiao’e had specifically asked Song Xiaoyu to clean up the house and even prepared several new cotton quilts.

If their house was chosen, she heard they would get quite a bit of money! Anyway, they were taking the child to the hospital, and the house would be empty except for Xiaoyu sleeping there, so why not rent it out to make money!

Later, when she heard from Village Chief Zhu that the crew hadn’t decided on a house yet, Tian Xiao’e was quite disappointed.

Who could have imagined that the TV crew would actually come to their house?

Song Xiaoyu appeared at the front door wearing pink pajamas, looking very excited: “Dad, Mom, you’re back?”

Tian Xiao’e felt angry just looking at Song Xiaoyu, but in front of the cameras, she wouldn’t dare to scold her! She deliberately put on a gentle demeanor: “Xiaoyu, you silly girl, why didn’t you tell me the uncles and aunties were coming to stay at our house? We almost had a misunderstanding just now.”

Song Xiaoyu lowered her head, blushing: “I’m sorry, Mom. I wanted to give you a surprise.”

In the past, for such a big event at home, she would definitely have communicated with her parents first! But last night, Qin Youran had been instilling ideas of filial piety and harmonious family relationships, and Song Xiaoyu, feeling a bit confused, made a bold decision—her parents were so good to her, she wanted to give something back!

Preparing a surprise would surely make her parents happy, right?

Tian Xiao’e’s voice was dripping with false sweetness. “You know, Xiaoyu, next time tell us first, alright? You almost gave me a heart attack.”

As she spoke, she grabbed Xiaoyu’s arm and pulled her aside.

Her voice was low but dripping with malice. “Why didn’t you tell me about this earlier? What are you trying to do?”

The tone was as sharp as a knife.

Song Xiaoyu felt pain from the pinch but bit her lip and said nothing.

Tian Xiao’e looked down: “Who gave you these clothes?”

“Aunt Qin gave them to me…” Song Xiaoyu said timidly. “They’re new pajamas Aunt Qin bought…”

Tian Xiao’e said: “These clothes are too big for you. Take them off first.”

Song Xiaoyu thought her mother wanted her to return the clothes, but her next sentence was: “Let your sister wear them.”

Song Xiaoyu’s face instantly turned pale.

Seeing her unwillingness, Tian Xiao’e frowned: “What? Your sister can’t wear clothes given to you by others?”