Although Amei had a decent smile on her face, the smile obviously did not enter her eyes, and even had a hint of exhaustion and sorrow.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Qingru just thought about it, and vaguely guessed the reason. Come to think of it, there are really few people who can make this bold girl worry a lot.

In the first half of Amei's life, before she met Zhao Qingru, her small life was very difficult. It is said that there are several brothers and sisters in the family, and the father received a boxed lunch early, and the mother is a patriarch and a gambling addict. So Ah Mei and her sister lingered in the theater at a young age, learning to sing and make money.

Before Zhao Qingru forcibly brought people back to Yanjing for treatment, she had seen Ah Mei more than once being chased by the casino people and the huge gambling debts owed by the old lady. It is said that raising children to prevent old age, at an age like an old lady, there is a patriarchal mentality, Zhao Qingru does not feel much surprised, and in another ten or twenty years, there are not a few old people who prefer sons.

But I haven't seen anyone who doesn't take his daughter seriously, keeps saying that his son will be responsible for providing for the elderly, and at the same time desperately pulls money from his own daughter who doesn't take it seriously, and even asks the two daughters to pay off gambling debts.

What's more, the son who should be responsible for supporting his wife is also like a leech, lazy and lazy, sucking the blood of his own sister, and doing everything possible to calculate Ame's ideas.

Ah Mei has a bold temperament and attaches great importance to love and righteousness, if it weren't for the only remaining mother-daughter affection, she would not have gritted her teeth again and again to pay off the huge gambling debts owed by the old lady. What made Amei feel cold was that at the first moment when she was diagnosed with cancer after she arrived in Yanjing, when the old lady and her eldest brother learned the news from the Entertainment Express, their first reaction was not to think about how to cure her daughter/sister's illness, but to call Amei and ask her to quickly transfer all the property in her name to the old lady, so as not to turn around and be seized by an unkind outsider (especially Zhao Qingru) in case she died.

In fact, Amei's diagnosed condition at that time was not as serious as it was diagnosed, but only to the extent that it turned from early to mid-stage, and the reason why the old lady was able to get the news that her daughter was seriously ill so quickly was also revealed by Zhao Qingru. In order to let their friends not always be so soft-hearted and foolish.

It is appropriate to support parents for children, regardless of sons or daughters, but it does not mean that parents can rely on the old and sell the old, and treat their daughters as cash cows, especially when they are brothers, and the responsibility of supporting a large family is borne by the younger sister alone, which is too shameful.

What's more, you have to pay off endless huge gambling debts.

Didn't the old lady just take care of Amei's mother-daughter affection, and softened her heart.

Zhao Qingru didn't want to do much, after all, this matter was a family matter, and it was difficult for this Qing official to decide the family matter. But as a friend and boss, it is impossible for Yu to let this kind of thing get worse and worse, both in public and private.

"Don't your old lady ask you for money again? Or did you pay off your gambling debts again? Zhao Qingru raised her eyebrows and looked at Amei, seeing that her face was a little unnatural for a moment, she knew that she had guessed correctly.

"If you want me to say, I should have beaten the old lady's sons a long time ago, and then beat the grandsons after the sons were beaten...... Zhao Qingru has always respected the old and loved the young, so he never acted rudely with the elderly, and at most the mother's debts were repaid, and he was directly angry with the children and grandchildren of the old man who were in their prime.

As for beating people or something, not to mention hurting people's lives, they won't even hurt their muscles and bones, find a few gangsters to loosen and loosen the fleshy underbelly, at most it will be a skin trauma, and after ten days and half a month of cultivation, they will be alive again.

"Pandora, now it's a society governed by the rule of law, and it's illegal to beat people, not to mention that you are also an official ......" "Brother" was a little helpless.

"Problems deal with scoundrels, this method is the most immediate." Zhao Qingru personally poured a cup of tea for Amei, and then said with a smile, "But your old lady is really right about one thing, all the assets in your name now are really in the hands of me, a bad guy who has no good intentions." ”

"Pandora, don't say that." Ah Mei took a deep breath, "I know you're doing this for me, and if it weren't for you, I'd probably be lying in a hospital bed right now, and I'd be dead." Don't worry, I won't be as stupid as before, I still have to save my dowry and find a man who really cares about me to marry. ”

"That's pretty much it." Zhao Qingru saw that Amei was in a better mood, so she didn't hold on to those disappointing topics.

Zhao Qingru deliberately asked Amei out, in addition to drinking tea together, there were naturally other things. It's the end of March, and SARS hasn't been completely controlled. For the sake of their own safety, ordinary people choose to stay at home if necessary, and although the bustling commercial area that was originally full of people is not crowded, the flow of people has decreased by more than half.

As for a big star like Amei, there is also a lot less workload.

This time, Zhao Qingru came over, and there happened to be a charity auction, and the money from the auction was said to be donated to the front-line medical staff of SARS. No matter how bad Zhao Qingru is, she is also the (dry) daughter-in-law of Sir Zhou's family, if she is not in Xiangjiang, it will be fine, and there will definitely be invitations or something.

It's a pity that Sir Zhou's godson, that is, Zhao Qingru's nerdy husband Zhou Wentao, is not in Xiangjiang, but it does not affect Zhao Qingru's scattered (defeated) wealth (family) children (mothers) (children).

There is no doubt that Zhao Qingru's male companion in this charity auction is "elder brother", and Tang Tang, a gentleman, is responsible for taking Amei.

"Pandora, I'm not going to come over to participate." Just walked into the hall of the upcoming auction, Zhao Qingru was discovered by the sharp-eyed Chen Luoyi. Chen Luoyi, who has long been married and has even given birth to three children, as the honorary president of the Love Charity Association, has to entertain all the celebrities who come to participate in the auction.

"If I hadn't been in Xiangjiang, it would have been fine. This person is in Xiangjiang, if you don't come to let you, the head of the conference, rob the rich and help the poor, it is estimated that you will personally kill Yanjing tomorrow. Zhao Qingru joked. Because of familiarity, even when talking, I don't care so much about being polite.

"Count you as acquaintances. I'll tell you, there's a couple of old stuff tonight that you're sure to like. Among them......" Chen Luo whispered in Zhao Qingru's ear.

"I can't." It's no wonder that Zhao Qingru doesn't believe it very much, after all, this kind of charity auction is a routine, most of the time the caring people (wronged heads) take out their own treasures, go back and then have their own, or find a trust to auction things back.

"What are you lying to do?" Chen Luoyi saw that Zhao Qingru didn't believe it, so he said angrily.

"Okay, believe you, my cute goddaughter's mommy, the great charity grown." Zhao Qingru immediately changed her tone.

Because Chen Luoyi still had to greet the people next to him, he didn't have a few small chats with Zhao Qingru and turned around and went to the other side. And Zhao Qingru restrained the smile on her face after Chen Luoyi left.

"What's wrong?" The "elder brother" on the side saw that Zhao Qingru's face seemed to be displeased, so he asked softly.

"Nothing." Zhao Qingru took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the surroundings, so he said softly, "Just now Luo Yi told me that there will be a copper head at tonight's auction." ”

"Copperhead? Back then, the Eight-Nation Coalition snatched the bronze head of the Zodiac? "Brother" heard Zhao Qingru say this, and his face immediately changed.

"Say it's a fake. But until I have seen the real thing, I can't say for sure. With many years of habits, Zhao Qingru will inevitably think more. After all, this is already 03 years into the 21st century, not to mention, Xiangjiang has also returned for almost six years. Although it is said that there are some things that are different from before 97 years.

Auctioning off the things that were stolen from Huaxia in the territory of Huaxia back then, is it too indifferent to Huaxia, even if it is a fake. Zhao Qingru felt that the whole thing behind this was more like a long line fishing for a big fish. As for which fish you caught, it's hard to say.

"That'...... What needs we to do? Tang Tang and "Brother" looked at each other and asked.

"Not yet." Zhao Qingru looked around a little without a trace, and sure enough, in an inconspicuous corner, he found several hidden red dots of the mini signal of the monitoring probe. So...... Is this hoping that she will give Xiaoyu instructions to them?

Zhao Qingru smiled and hugged Amei, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go eat something first." I just went to pick out evening dresses and get my hair done, and I didn't even have time to eat, and I starved to death. ”

At this charity auction, Zhao Qingru did not see any stars in the entertainment industry. Thinking about it, Chen Luoyi's Love Charity Association adopts a membership system, and in just a few years since its establishment, it has absorbed most of the wealthy elites in the upper echelons of Xiangjiang.

As for those stars in the entertainment industry, no matter how much money they make, in the eyes of those upper-class giants, they will not take it too seriously.

"Heck, since Mrs. Wang became the honorary president, the style of this charity auction has dropped a lot. Any dog or cat can be put in. Just as Amei accompanied Zhao Qingru on the long table with seafood to choose delicious food, some very unpleasant voices sounded in her ears.

After all, Zhao Qingru's home is in inland Yanjing, even if he has some assets in Xiangjiang, it is difficult to get Xiangjiang all year round. For her, in addition to the image ambassador of the New Millennium Olympic Games, which makes people have a little impression, most of them only know her name, but have not seen her, let alone friendship.

Zhao Qingru is still like this, not to mention the two big stars of Amei and "brother". Tang Tang is qualified to join the club, but unfortunately he resigned from his job in the bank a few years ago and is even more low-key. If it weren't for being with "brother", I was afraid that I would have been forgotten in front of others.

Zhao Qingru glanced sideways at a wealthy wife who was standing not far away and was discussing with her friends without deliberately controlling the conversation, and found that a man in a dark suit not far away happened to pick up the champagne glass on the dining table, and the corners of his mouth were obviously upturned.

"Ahh~~ My clothes, are you blind to your dog's eyes?!" That high-octave scream coldly pierced the entire hall of the venue.

"That's right. Luo Yi's girl should really delete the qualifications of the members of the charity association, those nouveau riche who have no background, it is better to accept less. The scream was accompanied by Susanna's Cantonese with a soft Suzhou accent.

Suzanne is also an old friend of Zhao Qingru, and she is the eldest daughter-in-law of the current head of the Lin family. The Lin family is no better than the Xu family, which has gone into decline, as early as the beginning of the 20th century of the last century, when the British ruled Xiangjiang, they owned a large piece of land. Before, Zhao Qingru had a small cooperation with the Lin family, and now most of the storefronts along the street in Xiangjiang are half sold and half given to Zhao Qingru by the Lin family to express their gratitude.

Susanna, who was already from a wealthy family and was the former honorary president, naturally didn't look down on a certain rich wife who screamed because of the seafood falling from the sky.

First, it is such a rude in public, and if it were not for the construction of public rental housing by the Xiangjiang government, a wealthy wife would have the money to go to Alaska to play, and then she was very lucky to win the jackpot, and she would not be eligible to appear at all.

"Which slut is it......" When a rich lady saw clearly that the person who spoke was Susanna, she immediately changed her face, "It turned out to be Mrs. Lin." You shouldn't be Su embroidery. ”

"Mrs. Lu, I think you need to freshen up more now than rush over to talk to Susanna." The eldest lady of the Zhou family, who is with Susanna, is also Zhao Qingru's sister-in-law, and she does not hide the ridicule in her eyes at all.

When the wife of the Lu family left in an embarrassed hurry, the eldest lady of the Zhou family unceremoniously directly looked at Zhao Qingru with a cold face, and said, "Pandora!" You've arrived in Xiangjiang, and you're not going home. ”

"Even if I go back to the ancestral house of the Zhou family, you are not here."

"That's right." The eldest lady of the Zhou family was taken into the ditch by Zhao Qingru in an instant, but she came back to her senses in a blink of an eye, "No! It's one thing that I'm not here, you didn't go back......"

"Okay, I don't see anyone here." Xu is getting older, but Suzanne's temper has changed a lot over the years. I remember when I first met, every time I spoke, it was like a machine gun, and I didn't give others a chance to talk at all.

"When did Pandora arrive in Xiangjiang?"

"On the plane this morning, I came to the auction in the evening to hold Luo Yi, and I was busy doing hair care and picking out dresses in the afternoon." Zhao Qingru briefly mentioned his itinerary for the day, and explained a little why he didn't go back to the ancestral house of the Zhou family as soon as possible.

"By the way, Pandora, it's better if you're here." The eldest lady of the Zhou family thought of something, so she leaned closer, lowered her voice, and said, "In this auction, I heard that there is a bronze head, which came out of the Old Summer Palace back then, and it is said to be true. I was still talking to Suzanne about this, did the family scrape together the money and take pictures of things? ”

"I just heard Luo Yi mention this matter, but now I don't know if this object is real or fake. Besides, I don't know who took it out, and it's not a small boldness. ”

In recent years, with the increasing prestige of China in the world, especially after the successful hosting of the 2000 Yanjing Olympic Games, it can be said that the people of the world have seen that an ancient country with an ancient and brilliant civilization exudes new vitality. With the continuous rise of national strength, those old objects that belonged to China that were scattered abroad also returned to China little by little.

Of course, no one is stupid and will not be sent back in vain. So much so that the price of those things has also risen in recent years.