76. The so-called family
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"You've already eaten four pieces......"
When Li Zhien's chopsticks landed on the chicken wings on the plate, a faint reminder sounded in his ears.
"Is there one?" Lee Ji-eun looked at Lee Jong-hoon, who was silently watching his chopsticks.
Lee Jong-hoon's gaze and tone were equally firm, "Oh, Mom said, three pieces for one person." β
Looking at the four chicken bones on the side of his bowl, Li Zhien was silent for a moment, coughed lightly and calmly withdrew his chopsticks, "The piece I ate just now was given to me by oppa." β
Lee Jong-hoon took a deep breath, "Brother has been back to Huaxia for a month!" What you eat, that's mine! β
"Stingy, didn't I just remember wrong......" Li Zhien took a chopstick of spicy cabbage into Li Zhongxun's bowl, "Oh, I'll compensate you." β
"Spicy cabbage for chicken wings, you ......" Lee Jong-hoon fell into self-doubt.
"Don't bully Zhong Xun all day long, your brother will clean you up sooner or later if your brother finds out." He Jingshu knocked on the edge of her bowl helplessly.
"How can I have it, it's clear that there are people who are trying to provoke ...... with oppa," Li Zhien muttered and refused to admit it.
Ding dong!
The doorbell is ringing.
The three people at the dinner table looked in the direction of the entrance at the same time.
"Is Abba back? Don't have a key? Li Zhien got down from the chair, "I'll go and see." β
Coming to the entrance, Li Zhien pressed the doorknob, "Come on, come on." β
The door was pushed open.
But the person standing outside the door made Li Zhien slightly stunned.
"Truth? How are you ......?"
......
Half a quarter of an hour later.
Lee Ji-eun's room.
"You're too much......
Looking at the girl in front of her with her eyes so red and swollen, Li Zhien was distressed and angry, clenched her fists and said, "Them, how can they do this to you......
Cui Zhencheng lowered his face, his eyes drooped slightly and did not speak.
Li Zhien sighed, half-knelt on the ground and rubbed forward, hugged Cui Zhenzhen in his arms, and touched her hair, "You can stay at my house tonight." β
As soon as she opened the door, she saw that something was wrong with Cui Zhenzhen, and she obviously cried.
And just now, under her questioning, Cui Zhencheng finally explained to her the whole story intermittently.
Unlike Li Zhien, Cui Zhenzhen has been involved in acting as a child star since she was eleven years old, and logically, all the money she earned was handed over to her mother to manage, and she herself has been living on pocket money.
But a while ago, she accidentally learned that her mother Jin Xiujing, the person closest to her, did not save any savings for her.
Seven years of hard work and nothing was left behind.
And just when she hadn't fully digested the news, her mother came to the company again today, hoping to advance the cost of the game endorsement that Gu Heng introduced to Cui Zhencheng to S.M. a few days ago.
After someone from S.M. said that the expenses had not been transferred from Kakao to the company's account, and that they were embarrassed by her request, Kim so-jung made a fuss at the company's scene, and the scene was a little ugly for a while.
Today's event finally completely broke the girl's psychological defense.
Even the sympathetic gaze of the company's seniors and group members turned into a huge pressure that she couldn't bear, and she hurriedly fled to Li Zhien.
Cui Zhenzhen said "um" softly, and gently hugged Li Zhien, "Thank you, Zhien." β
"It's okay, it's okay, I just don't need someone to help me fix that guy Lee Jong-hoon, you came just in time, you can stay at home for a while longer hehe." Lee Ji-eun tried to liven up the atmosphere.
Unfortunately, the effect is not obvious.
Sighing in distress, she hesitated, "Why don't I ask Zong Han oppa, see if there are any people in the company who understand the law, and see how to deal with this kind of thing?" I don't talk about the things in the past, but the salary of the future work must be in your own hands......"
Cui Zhencheng pursed his lips and shook his head, "No, Zhien, this kind of thing is a scandal, I'm an artist from S.M., not Loen, if I find a relationship with you, what will the company think?" β
Li Zhien patted his head lightly and reacted, "It's me who didn't think it through......"
"It's okay, I've already told Taeyeon Oni, let's see if the company or her can help me figure it out." Choi Zhenzhen comforted Lee Ji-eun in turn.
Li Zhien's eyebrows furrowed into a figure of eight, "You have to think of ways in many ways, just wait for Taeyeon Oni's side, it's too passive." β
Pinching her chin and thinking for a long time, she slapped her palm, "Wait until I ask OPPA!" β
"Gu Heng oppa?"
βBingoοΌ He's sure to have a way. Li Zhien was full of confidence and took out his mobile phone from his arms.
"But he's gone back to Huaxia, and won't this be too troublesome for him......" Cui Zhenzhen hesitated in his tone.
The favor of the last endorsement was not returned, and the old account of pit him with Li Zhien last time has not been settled, and now I want to trouble him again......
"Don't worry, I think he would love to let you be his sister......"
Li Zhien wrinkled his nose and snorted, obviously remembering some of what Gu Heng had said before.
To appease Cui Zhenzhen, Li Zhien skillfully found Gu Heng's name from the address book and pressed the dial button.
The phone was quickly connected, and Li Zhien put the phone in front of the two and turned on the speakerphone.
However, unlike the appearance of the sworn just now, Li Zhien went around several circles before finally tentatively asking a question.
And Gu Heng's reaction was beyond the expectations of the two.
"Lawyer? You explain things to me first, why do you suddenly need to find a lawyer? β
"Don't hide it."
Obviously, Gu Heng misunderstood what Li Zhien meant.
But after Li Zhien hurriedly explained, Gu Heng directly called out Cui Zhenzhen's name as if he was a god.
Li Zhien and Cui Zhenzhen looked at each other blankly.
After adjusting his breathing, Cui Zhenzhen brought the phone to his ear.
"Uh-huh, oppa, it's me, I'm sorry to ......" she apologized first.
"Crying?" Gu Heng keenly heard her somewhat hoarse voice, and his tone was much softer, "What's the matter, speak slowly." β
Pursing his lips, Cui Zhencheng whispered the matter to him, and then said, "OPPA, don't be burdened, I ...... it myself."
"What are you doing recklessly, according to South Korean law, she is not an adult little girl, and there are brothers and sisters like me and Taeyeon......" Gu Heng taught her a lesson.
Cui Zhenzhen's heart warmed, "Thank you oppa......"
"Well, needless to say, I don't know much about the laws in South Korea, but if you're not an adult now, it might be a bit of a hassle to deal with......"
"In this case, I will first ask my friends over there in Kakao to negotiate with your company to see if I can temporarily postpone the previous endorsement fee for a period of time, so as not to ...... your mother's side."
Gu Heng's voice was not high, but it gave her a faint sense of peace of mind and confidence.
Perhaps these older siblings and friends of hers are more like her own family.
Cui Zhenzhen suddenly flashed this thought.