194. Chapter 33
"I'm going to take Lilia away," after the genetic test results came out, Cui asked the crew for leave to deal with some personal matters, and he officially made his request. Of course, Henry and Sally wouldn't say yes. It's a battle over who owns Lilia's custody.
"Lilia needs a mother, for the sake of the child, isn't it?" Seeing that Cui Qi was fully prepared to bring the lawyer over, the former footballer did not feel very good, and he repeatedly stressed that Lilia was too young to leave her mother at this time.
"Mr. Thurwell, for the sake of the child," Attorney Daniel said, holding his glasses and taking out the materials he had prepared in advance: "As far as I know, Miss Winnie is in a terrible state of depression, and she is unable to take on the task of raising a child in her current condition, and an unexpected child will have a negative impact on Miss Winnie's career as an actress, may I ask Miss Winnie herself sure that she will raise this child?" ”
He hated lawyers, and the former footballer thought, maybe we should let Winnie come today, a bad start to a bad day, but Attorney Daniel wasn't done yet.
"Judging from the financial situation of both parties, oh, Miss Winnie's assets are not very good, she still has $37,69 in arrears on her credit card, although she has a mansion and a famous car in her name, but there is almost no investment, Lilia now needs a large amount of medical expenses, and this large expenditure may last ten or twenty years, Miss Winnie has this awareness?" Attorney Daniel spread his hands regretfully and continued, "Raising children comes with all sorts of troubles, and as far as I know, Lilia is now with you and your wife, but it's only temporary, isn't it?" "There is no tradition of grandparents raising a third generation in the United States, and leaving it to a nanny is the most irresponsible way," said attorney Daniel, who expressed doubts about Winnie's financial situation and parenting ability, and Henry and Sally were speechless when it came to the point.
"Of course, the child is still too young and needs to be fed by his mother," Attorney Daniel said, "and we don't want to make a big deal out of it," he took out a contract and handed it to Henry: "The child here is raised by his mother before weaning, and then raised by Keeley." ”
"I don't agree," Henry snapped with a black face.
Daniel spread his hands and handed the contract to Sally instead: "This is my plan, please transfer the contract to Miss Winnie." With Winnie herself not present, Daniel had never thought about achieving his goal today.
Compared to Henry's fierce affection, Sally just glanced at Cui Qi and accepted the contract.
The main purpose of this time was to check Lilia's physical condition and make an appointment for treatment, and after handing over the contract, Cui Qi carried Lilia into the testing area. It was the first time he had picked up Lilia, and she looked very small and very soft, wrapped in a pink floral baby coat, and smelled of milk. Lilia's eyes were different in color, one blue and one slightly grayish blue, she looked at him curiously, grinned and shook her hand twice. At first, Cui Qi was a little at a loss, he stiffly picked up Lilia and didn't know what to do for a while.
"Your posture is terrible! She's going to have a hard time! The nurse who led the way couldn't look at it and came over to instruct him how to hold the child: "Hold her head and back with your left hand, and hold her little buttocks and waist with your right hand, you have to hold her neck with your hands, you have to give her a support." ”
Cui Qi changed her posture, Lilia, who had been screaming "ahhh
"Oh, she looks satisfied," the nurse nodded in satisfaction, inviting Cui into the testing area.
This time the collection was to test Lilia's genetic fitness, and she was very obedient throughout the whole process, except for one point, she seemed to like playing with saliva bubbles. When the nearly hour-long collection was over, half of Cui Qi's shoulders were covered with wet saliva, and the initiator was still "babbling" happily.
"She seems to like you," Sally said with a smile as she snatched Lilia from Cui Chung's arms, "Maybe you could come and see her more." ”
Cui raised her eyebrows, ignoring the meaning of Sally's words, and replied, "I'm going to take Lilia away." ”
For a moment, there was a flash of lightning and thunder, and then Sally smiled and patted Lilia gently: "Lilia seems to be a little hungry." She took out the bottle in the insulated bag: "Lilia is a good boy, she has a good appetite. She explained to Cui Qi.
Cui Qi only raised her eyebrows and smiled at Lilia who was holding the bottle.
"Babble!" As if to understand that Cui Qi was leaving, Lilia shook her little hand and smiled at him, her different-colored eyes bent into crescents.
Cui Qi returned to the crew to continue the filming of "Life", this time talking about Wende when he was a teenager. After filming the middle-aged image, Cui Qi shaved off his beard, and the makeup artist played with his face for a while to make him look younger. Winder had long been considered by his family to be a thoughtless vegetative person, and in this scene he was sent to a psychiatric hospital. Here**I want to use a long lens to shoot the scene where Wen Demu is seeing his family leave, there is no dialogue, and he relies on Cui Qi's performance, but after trying a few times, there is always no wordless depression that ** wants to use.
"No, no, no, no! Keeley, you're so excited, you need to sink down, sink down, sink down......" gestured and asked him if there was anything good: "You look alive, that's not Winder's mood. ”
"That's a good thing," Cui replied, requesting a pause: "Give me some time, I need to adjust my mood." ”
** Pointing to his watch helplessly.
"Okay, I understand, I'll hurry, I promise," Cui said three "Please" in a row, ** nodded reluctantly.
Cui Qi couldn't sink down, in fact, he was still thinking about going to see Lilia after the play, and he was now eager to keep Lilia by his side.
The second custody negotiation was held on the third day after Winnie was discharged from the hospital, her postpartum depression had subsided, and the two parties sat at a table discussing who Lilia lived with, but this time, Sally and Henry did not attend, except for Cui Qi and Winnie, as well as the lawyers of both parties and Winnie, who had just learned the news and was maddened.
"Generally speaking, a child under the age of two, who is still breastfeeding, should be raised by the woman, and the man should pay child support," Winnie's lawyer said in his slightly tongue-twisted London accent.
As soon as he heard this, Lawyer Daniel instantly entered the battlefield mode with his back straight: "Please allow me to repeat the principle, starting from the child, whether it is economic conditions or lifestyle, it is obvious that Keeley can give Lilia a good environment." ”
"May I ask a few questions, Mr. Keeley, have you ever had a child?" Before Cui Qi could answer, the other party's lawyer had already announced the answer: "The facts are obvious, then, how do you prove that Mr. Keeley is more suitable for raising children?" ”
"The state of assets, lifestyle habits, and media exposure ......," says Daniel, who explains several reasons: "I think Keeley can give Lilia a good environment to grow up in." ”
"But Mr. Keeley is an Oriental, do you want Miss Lilia to receive a bad Oriental education?!"
"Hey, I can accuse you of racism!"
"No, it's just a fact!"
……
Seeing that the two lawyers were getting farther and farther apart, Cui Qi interrupted them: "So, what do you want?" He asked Winnie.
This is a dilemma, Winnie is on the rise in her career, the image of an idol has not gone, the impression of a powerful person has not been established, she is far from being as strong as those actresses and singers who are brave enough to admit that she had children out of wedlock and take her children abroad. Six months of not leaving the country, missing the Golden Globes, missing Obans, missing the red carpet, it had a big impact, and she didn't know if she had the energy to take care of this child, but she also didn't want to let go.
"I want this child," Winnie chosen, and then she saw the agent's disapproving look.
“OMG! As soon as you see her, you know who her father is! At the first glance of seeing Lilia, the agent jumped and shouted that it was bad, the status of the Oriental actor in Hollywood is too controversial, and a bad one may also attract some strong disgust, and the agent does not approve of raising this child by her side. But sometimes this is a problem that cannot be abandoned, when the child was discovered, Winnie never thought about abortion, not just a legal issue, but she knew that it was a life.
Hearing her answer, Cui Qi's fingers were tightly interlocked, and when he saw Lawyer Daniel's gestured eyes, he shook his head and begged the others to avoid it: "Please give us a little personal time." He said, as one person looked over and watched the others leave into the distance.
"I want Lilia," Cui Qi clenched the food instruction weakly, "I only have her, and I won't let go." He raised his eyes, and his black eyes seemed to contain the starry sky, no longer the empty expression of the original, but more vibrant.
This person is so pitiful, for a moment Winnie thought, as if she saw a chick buried in her wings, touching the soft part of her heart, but thinking that Lilia would leave her, Winnie still did not let go.
"If, perhaps...... No matter ......" Cui Qi's choice of words was a little confused: "If you can't live without Lilia...... For example, to register a marriage, or to live together...... This is ......" He paused, brushed back his hair from one side of his forehead, and continued, "I want to be by her side." He lifted his eyes and faced Winnie.
The second marriage proposal, still no sense of joy, Winnie's eyes widened in disbelief, this kind of self-sacrificing endurance towards marriage made her feel very angry, for a moment she wanted to splash the boiled water in front of him on his face, in the end, she endured it, after calming down, she showed a look of pity, she believed that she had never seen a more pitiful poor egg than him!
Winnie agreed to keep Lilia by Cui Qi's side, and at the same time she also put forward many conditions, such as that she could visit Lilia at any time, Lilia got her side for a period of time every year, and saved 10 million to Lilia's account every year, if she wanted to marry in the future, she must be approved by Lilia, and Lilia could leave at any time if she was not satisfied with her life in the future...... Winnie tries to protect Lilia's rights, and when her lawyer proposes that Cui pay for Lilia's treatment, Attorney Daniel can't help but jump to her feet.
"Yes," Cui Qi nodded and agreed to all the conditions.
"Are you crazy? Do you know how much that will be? Attorney Daniel asked in disbelief.
Cui Qi shook his head, he signed his name on the harsh contract, after Winnie and her lawyer agent left, looking at this paper contract, Cui Qi buried his head, he lay on the table and couldn't help laughing.
"Oh my God! You can laugh?! ”
Cui Qi raised his head, facing Lawyer Daniel's expression of "You are crazy and hopeless", he looked relaxed: "Lilia can live with me next month." "He's got a lot to buy, a lot of things to prepare, maybe he should change to a better house and buy a safe and secure cot...... Cui Qi imagined all the things in the future, and he laughed happily again.