Cheng Rao didn't say much, and after hanging up the phone, she fell into deep thought-

Her instincts told her that it wasn't that simple.

In the past few days, she and Huang Ping have been in a stalemate because of work, and threatening her with the Xiao family has always been Huang Ping's usual method.

Thinking of this possibility, Cheng Rao's face was a little ugly.

picked up the mobile phone and wanted to call Huang Ping, but finally held back.

Anyway, she will come back in the evening, so it is better to say it at night.

However, Cheng Rao was still affected by Xiao Lu's phone call.

Actually, she wanted to keep that house, which was where Xiao Ye had lived since he was a child.

**

At half past ten, Yu Chi took Xia You and Qiqi to the family home where Wei's family was located.

This was Xia You's first time in this kind of place, and as soon as the car stopped, she was so nervous that her hands were sweating.

Thinking about the scene she had to face for a while, she was too nervous to do it.

Wei Chi could naturally see her nervousness, and after getting out of the car, he comforted her: "It's okay, they won't do anything to you." ”

As a member of the Wei family, Wei Chi still has some understanding of the habits of this family.

Even if they were really dissatisfied with Xia You, they would not give Xia You an eviction order at such a time.

That's why Wei Chi chose to bring her back today.

Xia You wasn't actually nervous because of this matter, she was just afraid that she wouldn't be able to act. Seeing that Xia You's face was pale, Wei Chi took the flag from her arms and held the flag in his arms.

Qiqi likes Wei Chi's uncle very much, and as soon as he was hugged by Wei Chi, he raised his hand to wrap his neck.

Then, Xia You followed behind Wei Chi and walked towards the gate of Wei's house.

On such an important occasion as Wei Zhengsheng's 70th birthday, Qiao Ruzhang will naturally not be absent, although his ex-wife died, he has a good relationship with the Wei family over the years, and Wei Zhengsheng has always liked him.

Qiao Ruzhang came over with Huang Ping today, and his relationship with Huang Ping is not a secret, and Wei Zhengsheng has been urging him to find another one all these years.

Therefore, when Wei Chi came in with Qiqi and Xia You, Huang Ping saw it at a glance.

After seeing Wei Chi holding the child, Huang Ping's face was ugly-

She still remembers how Wei Chi promised her that he would take good care of Cheng Rao.

But look at him like this now—

Not only Huang Ping, but even Qiao Ruzhang and the Wei family were shocked.

Qiao Ruzhang subconsciously glanced back at Wei Zhengsheng, the old man's face was completely black.

Looking at Yu Junliao and Ji Yuan again, their faces are just as ugly.

Xia You followed behind Wei Chi, and beads of sweat were already oozing from his palms.

At this time, there were other relatives in the family, and when they saw that Yu Chi had brought a woman and a child back, they all began to whisper.

In the end, it was Ji Yuan who couldn't hold her breath, Ji Yuan stepped forward, glanced Xia You up and down, and then asked her, "What are you doing here?" ”

"......" Xia You pursed his lips and subconsciously looked at Wei Chi next to him.

She knew very well that it was better not to speak at such times.

"She's Wei Zhi's girlfriend." Wei Chi said this calmly, "There's nothing that can't come back." ”

"You-"

Ji Yuan was choked by Wei Chi, and raised his voice to reprimand him, but was interrupted by Wei Zhengsheng.

"Wei Chi, you come upstairs with me."

At this time, it was Wei Zhengsheng who was more sensible, and he knew very well that the living room was not the best place to discuss this matter.

Wei Chi bowed slightly, handed the flag to Xia You, and then followed Wei Zhengsheng upstairs.

Xia You stood alone in the living room with the child in his arms, accepting the judgment of the eyes of the crowd.

Qiqi in his arms didn't feel that the atmosphere was wrong at all, the child rarely saw so many people at one time, and suddenly saw so many people, undoubtedly excited, looking around with a pair of big eyes, and even acting very happy.

Wei Junliao and Ji Yuan both saw this child for the first time.

Wei Chi had already said many times before that they would recognize this child, but Wei Junliao and Ji Yuan were unwilling to admit it.

After all, Xia You's identity background is there, and it really doesn't match their Wei family.

Wei Junliao and Ji Yuan stared at the child for a while, objectively speaking, the child is very cute, more than a year old, and the time to go with Wei Zhi is also right......

Xia You hugged Qiqi, and after feeling the eyes of Yu Junliao and Ji Yuan, he was so nervous that his back was sweating.

She didn't know what such a look meant, but she knew that it was definitely not kindness—

They may have begun to wonder about the child's identity.

………

This is someone else's family matter, and Qiao Ruzhang and Huang Ping can't interfere.

Moreover, Huang Ping still doesn't know what the relationship between this child and this woman is with Yu Chi.

If Yu Chi already has a girlfriend, and even the two of them have children, then why did he come to provoke Cheng Rao?

Thinking about it like this, Huang Ping's impression of Wei Chi was greatly reduced.

She originally thought that Wei Chi was a very down-to-earth person-

**

Upstairs study.

Wei Chi stood in front of Wei Zhengsheng and did not have a word of explanation for today's events.

Wei Zhengsheng stared at Wei Chi for a while, and said with some disappointment: "Why did you bring her back?" Do you know what the occasion is today......"

"Grandpa, she's the one Wei Zhi recognizes." "That child is your great-grandson. ”

"You're so nonsense, you're making relatives and friends see our captain's joke...... What is the identity of that girl, you actually brought her over like this. ”

Although Wei Zhengsheng usually gets along well with Wei Chi, in this matter, he can't accept Wei Chi's approach.

"It's written in every suicide note of Wei Zhi, I hope you can accept her." Wei Chi looked at Wei Zhengsheng, "If you really love Wei Zhi, you should follow what he said." ”

Wei Zhengsheng couldn't speak for a long time.

He groaned for a moment, then raised his hand and stroked his forehead.

After thinking about it, Wei Zhengsheng said to Wei Chi: "You take some time to take the child to do a DNA test, our Wei family doesn't give someone else a son." ”

Wei Chi: "Qiqi is Wei Qi's child. ”

Wei Zhengsheng wondered: "Why are you so sure?" ”

Wei Chi: "I trust his vision. ”

In a word, Wei Zhengsheng was speechless.

The relationship between the two of them is really no one who can influence it.

In fact, Wei Zhengsheng has always been very pleased with this. If one of his good friends has two grandchildren, they will inevitably fight from childhood to adulthood.

However, this situation has never appeared between Wei Chi and Wei Zhi.

The relationship between the two brothers has always been very good, and Wei Chi takes care of Wei Zhi's younger brother unconditionally.

Even though the elders in the family favored Wei Zhi, Wei Chi did not express any dissatisfaction.

Yu Chi and Wei Zhengsheng chatted upstairs for more than twenty minutes, and then the two of them went downstairs together.

After going downstairs, Wei Chi walked to Xia You and stopped, before he came, he told Xia You that he would not let these people embarrass her.

He has always been a man who does what he says, and it is natural to keep his promises at this time.

Huang Ping stood aside, and her face became even more ugly after seeing this scene.

Qiao Ruzhang quickly saw Huang Ping's thoughts, and he raised his hand and patted Huang Ping's back to appease.

After that, Qiao Ruzhang pretended to be relaxed and asked Wei Chi: "Is this a girlfriend?" ”

Wei Chi shook his head, "No, it's Wei Zhi's girlfriend." ”

As soon as Yu Chi said this, Qiao Ruzhang suddenly realized.

This is not surprising.

After all, Wei Chi has always been unconditionally good to Wei Zhi's younger brother. This should just be an oolong.

He had long known that Wei Chi was not such an unreliable person.

Thinking of this, Qiao Ruzhang smiled: "So that's the case." ”

**

Cheng Rao stayed at home alone all day.

Since she took Xiao Lu's call, she didn't have the heart to read anymore, and her mind was full of the demolition and relocation that Xiao Lu had told her.

I had a casual bite to eat at noon and slept in the afternoon.

At six or seven o'clock in the evening, Huang Ping returned.

Cheng Rao went downstairs to get a beer and happened to run into Huang Ping.

Huang Ping had been running around all day outside today, and she was a little tired.

Cheng Rao stopped after seeing Huang Ping.

She pinched the beer bottle of the canned in her hand, and then asked her, "Did you do the Xiao family's business?" ”

In the past two days, the mother and daughter have been in a state of confrontation, and neither of them will talk to the other first.

Huang Ping originally thought that according to Cheng Rao's character, it would continue like this.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Rao would take the initiative to talk to her.

However, after hearing her question clearly, Huang Ping was not surprised at all.

Sometimes she feels that she is really sad as a mother, who has done her best for so many years, but has never received her feedback.

If she could give her even one-third of her dedication to the Xiao family, she would feel that everything she had done was worth it.

It's a pity that her daughter, she refuses to give her even a third.

After listening to Cheng Rao's question, Huang Ping frowned slightly: "What is the Xiao family's business?" ”

Cheng Rao: "The community they live in is going to be demolished, not you?" ”

Huang Ping: "I don't know about this. ”

Cheng Rao: "......"

Huang Ping glanced at Cheng Rao and smiled self-deprecatingly: "You think of me too much, I don't have that much ability." Demolition and relocation are all decisions made by the Land Bureau. ”

Cheng Rao was silenced by Huang Ping's words.

She was a little unreasonable about this, so she didn't plan to tell Huang Ping, and turned around to go upstairs.

As soon as she turned around, she heard Huang Ping ask, "How long are you still in charge of the Xiao family's affairs?" ”

Cheng Rao's body stiffened and didn't reply to her.

How long will it be? She didn't know either.

But this is the promise she once made to Xiao Ye, and she will definitely not break it.

Now that Xiao Lu has not graduated from graduate school, in fact, he can't manage it for many years if he calculates carefully.

After Xiao Lu graduated from graduate school and had a stable job, the Xiao family would no longer need her to take care of it.

Xiao Lu's grades are good, and the future should not be too bad.

didn't get Cheng Rao's answer, Huang Ping continued: "Do you plan to manage them like this for the rest of your life? In the future, if you find a boyfriend and start a family, you still take care of your ex-boyfriend's family affairs like this, what do you make the other party think? ”

Cheng Rao still didn't speak.

She had never considered these questions before, because she never thought that she would have a boyfriend other than Xiao Ye.

"It's my thing." After a long time, Cheng Rao only held back such a sentence.

Huang Ping sneered after hearing this, "Your business? You take the money I earn and spend it on someone else, are you sure it's your business? ”

Huang Ping's words made Cheng Rao feel like she had been splashed with cold water, and she suddenly woke up.

- yes, how did she forget, all along, she spent her money.

Thinking of this, Cheng Rao smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I will give you back the money from before, and I will not use you again in the future."

After saying this, Cheng Rao stepped upstairs without looking back.

Huang Ping stood in place and looked at her back, sighing helplessly.

didn't want to quarrel with her, God knows how much she wanted to live in peace with her daughter like other mothers, but the word peace was really too difficult for her and Cheng Rao.

Huang Ping sat on the sofa with a somewhat weak expression.

This is the first time she has begun to question her choice - if she didn't want anything and didn't fight for power, would the relationship between her and Cheng Rao be better than now?

The answer is unknown.

**

Cheng Rao has never been short of money since she was a child, so she has no concept of money.

When Cheng Lu was still there, she had endless pocket money, and when Cheng Xun died, Huang Ping didn't have much time to care about her, basically just kept giving her money.

Cheng Rao has never checked the balance of her bank card.

When she went to buy a car before, she swiped more than one million, and that time she received a text message reminder, and she had a preliminary concept.

She has always taken these things for granted, and has never thought about what she will do if she runs out of money one day.

When she went to MSF, the remuneration was actually very meager and even negligible.

She doesn't have any special expenses on weekdays, and she is not interested in the luxury goods that are sought after by rich ladies.

Even, her clothes are all hundreds of dollars, and thousands are very few.

Occasionally, luxury goods are also given by Huang Ping.

Especially for more than a year, she almost didn't buy clothes, and all the money was spent on the Xiao family.

Cheng Rao didn't count it herself, if Huang Ping hadn't said so, she wouldn't have thought about it.

After doing so, she found out that she had spent about 400,000 yuan on the Xiao family.

It's not a lot of money, but it's a lot.

When Cheng Rao worked in the hospital before, her monthly salary was only four or five thousand.

Thinking about it made her head ache. It was the first time she felt useless.

It seems that she should find a way to get the money.

At least, we must first help the Xiao family overcome this difficulty.

Cheng Rao has been thinking about this all night, this is the first time she has been worried about money since she lived to her twenties.

Probably because everything before came too easily, so I never thought of cherishing it.

Huang Ping had frozen her bank card once before, but she still had cash on her at the time, and the bank card was quickly unfrozen, so she still didn't feel the crisis.

………

I didn't sleep well at night, Cheng Rao was dizzy the next morning, and she couldn't wake up when she woke up and washed her face with cold water, so she didn't go downstairs to eat, just lay on the bed, covered her head with a quilt, and prepared to go back to sleep.

Huang Ping has been getting up early for several years, and she can't move the thunder, and she goes downstairs at seven o'clock every day.

She originally wanted to go upstairs to find Cheng Rao to come down for dinner, but after thinking about it, she held back.

The mother and daughter have been fighting for so many years, and she is tired.

Last night, Cheng Rao's performance really chilled her.

When Huang Ping went out, she happened to run into a few bodyguards guarding outside, and after the bodyguards saw Huang Ping, they took the initiative to greet her: "Mr. Huang." ”

"I've worked hard for you these past few days," Huang Ping ordered, "don't keep watching, go back and rest." ”

"Okay, Mr. Huang."

At this time, Assistant Zhang came over, and he came to pick up Huang Ping from work.

Hearing Huang Ping say this, Assistant Zhang was also helpless in his heart.

After getting in the car, Assistant Zhang observed Huang Ping's expression in the rearview mirror, and then took the initiative to comfort her: "Miss is still young, and in a few years, I will understand how difficult it is for you." ”

Huang Ping didn't speak, and her face was tired.

Assistant Zhang couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Huang Ping showing such an expression.

Over the years, he has watched their mother and daughter have conflicts.

Cheng Rao has always been dissatisfied with Huang Ping, and Huang Ping wants Cheng Rao to live a good life according to her ideas.

Because of differences of opinion, the mother and daughter don't know how many times they have quarreled.

However, Huang Ping has never been so disappointed as she is today.

Just looking at Huang Ping's expression today, Assistant Zhang only felt that she should be really disappointed-

Hey, Cheng Rao, this kid, is really not sensible at all.

**

When Huang Ping asked the bodyguard to leave, she also gave the nanny and aunt a holiday.

When Cheng Rao woke up and went downstairs after returning to sleep, she found that there was no one at home.

I was very hungry and went through the refrigerator, and everything in it was raw.

She originally planned to learn from Wei Chi and get instant noodles to solve it, but she didn't even have instant noodles at home.

She didn't sleep well at night, she was tired, and the feeling of hunger made her irritable.

Cheng Rao took out her mobile phone, ordered a takeout casually, and then sat on the sofa and waited for takeout.

While waiting for the takeaway, she began to think about the Xiao family again.

She can't sit idly by and watch this demolition.

However, if she relied on her own salary, she would not be able to find them a house at all.

Thinking of this, Cheng Rao raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows.

Could it be ...... She's going out to work?

She had always felt that the word was far away from her.

Cheng Rao calculated the time, there are still five or six days before the next mission, maybe she can do something.

Thinking so, she took out her phone and opened the recruitment software.

She had never looked for a job by herself before, and the job in the hospital was also arranged by Huang Pingtuo.

If she is looking for it now, she must find a job that is settled by the day.

As a result, there are only a few categories left: the first category is Miss Manners, who has to pay for her smiling face, and maybe there is a risk of being harassed, Cheng Rao remembered what Xiao Lu had experienced before, and took the lead in ruling out this option.

The second category is the kind of test of physical strength, such as playing dolls in amusement parks, Cheng Rao has never suffered since she was a child, and the salary of this kind of work is very low, so she excluded this item.

I looked at a lot, but I didn't find the right one.

By the end of the day, she was a little impatient and ready to quit the recruitment software.

However, it was at this time that she saw a message that the bar was recruiting to sing in residence.

A song costs more than 2,000 yuan, as well as dividends from drinks and customer tips.

Cheng Rao sings very well, before Xiao Ye often half-jokingly said that it was a pity that she didn't want to be a singer.

Her voice is not gentle, not shy, in fact, among women, it is relatively low.

However, such sounds are uncommon and highly recognizable.

Cheng Rao wrote down the job and prepared to go back for an interview.

If she passes, she will use these few days to make money first.

………

After eating takeout, Cheng Rao went upstairs to take a shower, changed into a set of clothes, and then drove out.

She found the bar at the address in the job posting, parked the car, and went in.

Follow the instructions in the job posting to find the office on the third floor.

As soon as she went up, someone stopped her: "Who are you looking for?" ”

Cheng Rao took out her mobile phone and glanced at the contact person written in the recruitment information: "Oh, Luis." ”

"You're here to apply for a residency singer?" The other party asked her.

"Oh, yes." Cheng Rao replied calmly.

"Well, come with me." The woman across from her led her to the office.

After entering, Cheng Rao knew that this person was the person who interviewed her.

The interview went smoothly, Luis appreciated her voice, and the terms were quickly agreed.

So, tonight, Cheng Rao stayed and sang directly.

She really needs money, and she can earn thousands more a day by singing, so why not?

**

Towards the end of the evening, Wei Chi was called out by Rongguang, and this time the destination was a bar.

When I arrived at the bar, it was exactly seven o'clock in the evening, and it was just getting dark.

In addition to the glory, Jiang Mingcheng and Chen Jing are also there.

This time, the four of them didn't stay in the box as before.

Just because Rongguang said that the resident singers of this bar sing very well.

Wei Chi doesn't care, it's all drinking anyway, and it's the same wherever he sits.

**

Cheng Rao sang in front of so many people for the first time, and she was still a little nervous.

When I stood up, my palms were sweaty, and the microphone was wet.

She didn't introduce herself at all, and after standing up, she directly reported the name of the song, and her tone was so cold that she couldn't do it.

"Blame You for Being Too Beautiful."

After she finished speaking, the prelude sounded.

Offstage, Yu Chi was originally chatting with the three of them.

After hearing this familiar voice, the expression on his face stiffened, and he turned his head to look in the direction of the stage—

The woman singing in a dress on stage, who is not Cheng Rao?

When Wei Chi looked over, she happened to sing to the climax of a song-

"Blame you for being too beautiful / Like a poisonous snake tightening our relationship

It's as if the addiction is endless/Finally exhausted/Faith withered......"

………

"Oh, that's not Cheng Rao?" Rongguang also felt that this voice was familiar, and when he looked up, after confirming the identity of the other party, he couldn't help but sigh: "Why did she come out to sing?" It can't be that the family has fallen into the middle of the road......"

Hearing this, Wei glared at Rongguang fiercely, and in that look, Rongguang suspected that he was going to be killed by him in the next second.

So, he quickly admitted his mistake: "Gotta got, when I didn't say it." ”

Wei Chi turned his gaze to the stage again, staring intently at the people on the stage.

Then, he heard several men sitting next to him criticize her—

"This voice is really sexy, and it must sound good when you call the bed."

"Why don't you ask Luis later, and let this girl come out."

Hearing this, Yu Chi swished to his feet, walked up to the two men, and kicked over the table in front of them.

"Fuck you." He gritted his teeth.