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Chapter 62 - 62 61 Is This Enough to Pay the Penalty
Chapter 62 - 62 61 Is This Enough to Pay the Penalty
?Chapter 62: Chapter 61: Is This Enough to Pay the Penalty? Chapter 62: Chapter 61: Is This Enough to Pay the Penalty? Mianmian saw Director Hu hang up the phone and immediately asked anxiously, “Has the village also been invaded by child abductors? Were there any children abducted? How is Li Yang?”
In her eyes, always bright and clear, concern was genuinely brimming.
Director Hu hadn’t expected Mianmian to appear at such a coincidence and sighed before saying, “Little Auntie, Li Yang was also abducted. We’ve just reported it to the police, and his dad and the villagers are all searching for him.”
Mianmian pursed her small mouth, standing still, her fingertips touching each other, and her eyes immediately reddened.
No wonder there had been a warning. It turns out the signal of great misfortune was only starting to manifest now. She couldn’t figure out Li Yang’s location at all, and along with it, she couldn’t predict the fate of Li Yang’s dad, Li Gao, either.
[Ah ah ah, I can’t stand seeing Little Auntie cry, it really upset me when she cried during a live broadcast. ]
[Me too, me too, it’s heartbreaking. Damn child abductors, has something already happened to Li Yang?]
[Please no, Li Yang is quite cute, and he has only just started to speak. His dad was so happy that day, losing Li Yang would be a huge blow. ]
“I want to go find Li Yang,” Mianmian said, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Director Hu, “Can I go find Li Yang? And the small grandson of Grandma Sun was also abducted by a child abductor, Mianmian wants to catch the bad guys.”
Director Hu was also in a tough position.
No matter how capable Mianmian was, she was still a child. Letting Mianmian go to find the children abducted by child abductors was risky. If anything happened to her, the Su Family might hold him accountable.
He hesitated, and at that moment, Su Chenfei squatted down and asked Mianmian, “Does Little Auntie really want to go find Li Yang?”
Mianmian nodded, “Mhm, Li Yang is a friend, we can’t just ignore a friend in danger.”
Thinking of Chu Qi’s identity, Su Chenfei considered for a moment and then said, “Okay, let’s ask your seventh grandchild for help. Let’s not record the variety show for now. We’ll go with Chu Qi to find him right away!”
Su Chenfei had thought it through well.
After all, Chu Qi was participating in this show for Chu Ye, and now that Chu Ye had become Mianmian’s little bodyguard, with them carrying the Dragon Ring, bringing people to search a mountain would be no trouble at all, right?
“Director Hu, the watermelons are sold out,” Chu Qi’s voice suddenly rang out.
Father and son stood next to the empty cart, their similar exquisite facial features remarkably striking, making passersby take a longer look.
But soon the smaller one wasn’t beside the adult anymore and instead ran over to Mianmian in a few steps, taking out the small handkerchief Mianmian had given him to wipe his face that day, and began to wipe away Mianmian’s tears.
Mianmian, seeing that it was Chu Ye, told him that Li Yang had been abducted.
Chu Ye nodded, “Then let’s go find him, Dad.”
The little boy looked back at Chu Qi.
Chu Qi immediately looked at Director Hu, “Director Hu, we’re withdrawing from the shooting now. The penalty will be transferred to the account.”
Director Hu quickly shook his head, “No, no, don’t worry, our production team can change the theme. No need to break the contract so hastily.”
Director Hu had thought his words would make Chu Qi reconsider. After all, when the Chu Family father and son signed up for the variety show, they didn’t seem to have that much wealth.
The contract stated a duration of one month, and if calculated by the specified time, the penalty for breach was 3 million Yuan.
Little did he expect Chu Qi to firmly say, “We’d still prefer to withdraw. From now on, there’s no need to film us.”
Seeing Director Hu’s face still held reluctance, Chu Qi added, “Moreover, if we go to the rescue, we might end up in places with no signal, and even if we filmed, it wouldn’t capture anything.”
Director Hu still didn’t want to miss such a great opportunity.
It was clear Mianmian was from the Dark Sect, and the current trend in variety shows was to embrace this aspect, otherwise where would all those fortune-telling anchors on the live-streaming platforms come from?
Director Hu had also received relevant calls; first from the live-streaming platforms, asking him to adjust the originally set rural pastoral theme to incorporate supernatural and fantasy elements to tap into this wave of popularity, and then from related departments, indicating that they could boldly film in this direction.
Now that Mianmian took the initiative to go save the children, it was a significant opportunity to better showcase her abilities.
“We can record the show, so it doesn’t matter if you go to save people. Please don’t terminate the contract on the spot,” Director Hu said with a hint of urgency in his voice.
Su Chenfei shook his head, “How to record the show? Where can it capture anything? Forget it, let’s cancel the contract first. Shall we go back to the village first, Little Auntie? See if the child abductors have left any clues?”
Mianmian thought for a moment, “Hmm, let’s go back first.”
The face of that boy seemed safe, tangible enough to see, but the fates of Li Yang and Li Gao were invisible, proving that these two were the ones likely to encounter trouble.
If they needed to go back, they had to catch a fast ride.
Su Chenfei saw someone speeding by on a motorbike on the road and had an idea, “Little Auntie, I’m going to borrow a bike. Chu Qi, will you come with me?”
Chu Qi nodded.
The two adults left, leaving behind two Little Buns still in the midst of shooting.
Director Hu squatted down and said to Mianmian, “Little Auntie, can we do this? Once you’ve rescued the person, we can continue shooting. You don’t have to pay a penalty fee, how about that?”
Mianmian didn’t even know what a penalty fee was.
She looked at Director Hu, puzzled, and asked, “What penalty fee?”
Director Hu explained it to Mianmian, emphasizing, “It’s a lot of money, and if you and your seventh grandchild breach the contract, you’ll lose a lot of money.”
After thinking for a moment, Mianmian reached into her small bag to search.
Seeing Mianmian’s action, Director Hu couldn’t help but think of the wolf-hair brush she had prepared to give him earlier, feeling a twinge of distress.
After searching for a while, Mianmian took out a green spherical gem, “Little nephew, is this enough to cover the penalty fee?”
Director Hu was stunned.
If he wasn’t mistaken, what Little Auntie was holding was an imperial green jadeite? Such precious jadeite, shaped into such a perfectly round sphere?
“This, this is certainly enough, but why is it shaped like this?”
Right as Mianmian was about to respond, Su Chenfei and Chu Qi returned.
Both men were pushing motorbikes that looked quite old, what would normally be considered as shabby props. However, with their youthful appearance and high attractiveness, they somehow made the motorbikes seem noble.
“Wait, wait, there are also helmets, there are also helmets,” panted Yang Daji as he ran, his body plump.
Previously, a national campaign had stressed the importance of wearing helmets while riding motorbikes, and some people in town had stocked up. Yang Daji also just recalled this and had urgently bought four helmets, new ones in both large and small sizes.
One of them was pink with cartoon characters on it, particularly cute.
Su Chenfei and Chu Qi first helped the two Little Buns onto the bikes, then put helmets on them, and also donned helmets themselves before climbing aboard.
“We’re leaving first, Director Hu. Please explain things to Sister Hui on our behalf,” they said.
Director Hu waved at Mianmian with a heavy heart, “Little Auntie, make sure to come back quickly.”
[Ah, are we starting a new quest now? Go for it, Little Auntie!]
[I’m still waiting for Little Auntie to win first place selling watermelons in the upcoming variety show, and now we’re moving on to a new segment already?]
[Whimpering, the camera guy better keep up, I still want to see Little Auntie, whimpering.]
[It’s okay, maybe they’ll continue live-streaming once they return; let’s wait for now!]
The audience was quite upset about Little Auntie’s departure, but since Little Auntie was off to attend to serious matters, they could only say their tearful goodbyes. Some people began to speculate online whether the mission would be a success, and influential accounts started posting about it.
The lengthy Instagram post began by detailing Mianmian’s capabilities as observed since she came into the public eye – such as fortune-telling, the magical small bag, her tremendous strength, and her ability to whip the air into submission.
Then, with an air of authority, the post analyzed the potential heavy weaponry Paohuazi might have and compared the combat powers of both sides, almost as if written by an expert analyst.
The post ended with well-wishes, stressing that Mianmian should cooperate with the police.
Because of its reasoned analysis, the Instagram post rapidly gained popularity, and many people shared it on their own accounts.
Meanwhile, the two motorbikes had already stopped near the Police Station.