Chapter One Little Girl

  One million, for an ordinary college student, is absolutely a stunning number. To put it into perspective, Xiao Shenyang's appearance fee after the Spring Festival Gala was only this amount, and Li Rouyou and Xiao Shenyang are on the same level.

  For Li Luyu, 100,000 yuan means he can finish college with peace of mind without having to work part-time jobs everywhere, make full use of every weekend to study or visit his sister, or stay at home day and night watching movies, playing games.

  Li Luyu can't remember how much money he spent from childhood to adulthood, nor how much he earned himself, but it's certain that this time is absolutely the largest amount he has ever handled.

  He had never seen his own father, only received a few emails from him, asking about the situation of Li Luyu and his siblings in a few words, without feeling any sincere care.

  Of course, even the most eloquent words cannot replace a father's love that his son can rely on.

  Li Luyu had also shed tears and complained about this irresponsible father when she was young. Thousands of words were condensed in an email, questioning him that since he brought them into the world, why did he abandon them? If they were a burden to him, then why did he give birth to them in the first place?

  By now, Li Lu had long stopped considering himself as a child with a father. Every time he received those emails, he wouldn't even read them before deleting them.

  As for his mother, she didn't fulfill her responsibilities as a mother, but at least every few years, she would appear once. The last time was several years ago when she paid off the high school tuition fees for Li Luoyu and his sister, otherwise, no matter how hard Li Luoyu worked, he wouldn't have been able to afford the tuition fees and living expenses for himself and his sister at the best private middle school in Zhonghai City.

  Li Luyu had long been accustomed to shouldering the burden of supporting himself and his sister, but he was after all just a young man not yet twenty years old; if possible, he too hoped that he could be like others of his age, worrying only about his end-of-term exam scores.

  With 100,000 in hand, Li Luyu no longer had to carefully look for part-time job postings when flipping through newspapers and magazines, nor did she have to secretly work hard to prepare gifts for her sister.

  Of course, these 100,000 cannot be Li Rou's alone. The 100,000 white sugar ice bars from Princess An Nan Xiu's palace must be taken away.

  One hundred thousand! Li Lu's eyes widened in shock as he stared at Manager Gong, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down several times.

  "Our budget is limited, please understand." Manager Gong said with a smile, thinking that Li Luyu felt the money was too little, after all, the cost of their costumes and props were astronomical figures.

  Manager Gong can't be careless, mixed in the Mediterranean, he is too clear about how many wealthy and powerful people are hidden in this most prosperous and luxurious city nationwide. 100,000 is the annual income of a small white-collar worker, but for some rich second-generation heirs, 100,000 is also considered money.

  Although there are always people calling to cover for him, if he doesn't handle things properly, even if he's in the right, it won't make others happy and will bring no benefits to him. The company is someone else's family business, with rules set by the chairman that family members cannot interfere with internal affairs... but how can there be no influence at all? If that were the case, Manager Gong would have stopped taking on this job long ago.

  Look at that little girl, always with her eyes on top of her head, this boy at least showed some surprise and discontent, but she just pretended not to hear, as if saying... a hundred thousand, that's also money, you dare to say.

  Manager Gong became even clearer that the other party was here to play, and actually didn't care much about money. However, if you gave too little, it would be considered looking down on them. So he had no choice but to accompany them and explain the company's rules and regulations as well as his own difficulties.

  "One hundred thousand, just for one performance?" Li Luoyu was afraid he had misheard.

  "Of course, you also need to cooperate with other work." Manager Gong had been instructed and couldn't let Li Luoyu detect that someone was walking through the back door. He was also a capable person, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting in this position. The 100,000 yuan spent was still on his mind, and he wanted to try to recover the cost under the premise of not offending anyone, rather than simply giving it away as a favor... This favor wasn't counted towards him, but the financial side needed him to explain clearly.

  "Good, what else is there to do?" Li Luoyu replied with a full mouth.

  Manager Gong hopes to obtain authorization, and asks Li Luyu and An Nanxiu to use this set of clothes as a prototype for high-level equipment in the newly developed online game, and also ask them to cooperate with taking some posters for publicity. In this way, the 100,000 yuan will not be considered performance fees, although it is still quite high as authorization fees and model shooting fees, but it's not particularly exaggerated.

  Li Luoyu naturally agreed, he plays COSPLAY more for interest, not thinking of making money, and in the future, he cannot use these two sets of costumes to participate in other online game companies' COSPLAY performances, which is also no problem.

  Liu Gan Shi explained the performance arrangements for tomorrow to Li Lu You, and after confirming the time for taking photos for the poster, Li Lu You and An Nan Xiu changed their clothes and could leave first.

  Annan Xiu's divine cloak disappeared quietly, and Li Luyu covered her ears with a large box.

  When I left, a group of over ten men and women walked in, all dressed in an exaggerated manner, very trendy. The women all had the flavor of a Korean drama heroine.

  As these people arrived, the interview scene started screaming, and the group of men and women also showed star-like expressions, either smiling, or being cold, or passing by calmly.

  "It's Korea's COSER Cheong Wa Dae!"

  "What a big handwriting, wasn't the Blizzard activity in Korea last year inviting people from Cheong Wa Dae? It's said that Blizzard only offered $30,000 and the other side didn't agree."

  "Look at Jincheng Wu, his Iron Man cosplay is stunning, if it were someone else they definitely wouldn't be able to pull off that style, and the temperament is exactly the same as the original!"

  Li Rouyou couldn't help but say, "Iron Man is just a suit of armor with a mask, who plays it doesn't matter? What does it have to do with temperament?"

  The other party looked at him with disdain, but Li Luyu still looked good, and the other party did not mock him, but stared at that group of people.

  Li Luyu's current vision is different, COSPLAY is a professional play, it's actually burning money, need to have sponsors support, if it was in the past he would definitely go watch, but now he can't even look at the costumes and props made by that group of people from Qingwatai.

  "What about naming it Tiananmen?" Li Ruo Yu thought of an even better name, thinking that this group actually took the name of Korea's center of power, Cheong Wa Dae.

  Annan Xiu showed no interest in this and left the building, only to ask Li Luyu later: "One hundred thousand is twenty million white sugar ice sticks, right?"

  Li Rouyu nodded.

  "Then I want 50,000 yuan, and you save the rest of the money. From now on, all household expenses are your responsibility." An Nanxiu said bluntly.

  "Do you also think that we are a small family now? I'm fully responsible, your allowance is zero, five hundred thousand is too much, right?" Li Luyou thought to try to get as much as possible, no way, raising a princess at home really costs money, although this princess doesn't eat much, dresses normally, has no habit of eating snacks like little girls do, and doesn't have the habit of going shopping, but recently she's been urging Li Luyou to buy a car.

  "Not much, you bought a refrigerator, washing machine, microwave oven, induction cooker, computer, sofa... Last time you said it was only 5,000 yuan, now I'm giving you 50,000." Annan Xiu hummed, trying to cheat her out of money, but the princess had a very good memory.

  "You took 50,000 yuan, what do you want to do? If you have that much money, why not just move out and live on your own?" Li Luyou only said this, then felt that the suggestion was not quite right, taking money to break up, it's also too hurtful.

  As expected, An Nanxiu was very dissatisfied and glared at Li Luyu.

  "I was wrong, I just said it casually." Li Luoyu hurriedly apologized. To be honest, if she really moved out, he wouldn't have any peace of mind. This little girl's destructive power was too strong, who knew what astonishing events she would create when she was alone?

  Annan Xiu didn't argue with him anymore and started making plans: "50,000 yuan... I want to buy some new clothes, the ones you bought for me were too cheap. I also want to buy a mobile phone, and I still need to save some money. Who knows when the refrigerator will break down again? You'll have spent all your money, and I won't have any ice cream to eat. What am I supposed to do then?"

  Li Rouyu was so touched, Princess actually knew how to save money and be prepared for a rainy day.

  "By the way, what does 'home' really mean?" Annanxiu asked again.

  "A home, it should be a man and a woman living together, that's the most basic family. Then they have children, that's a complete family. When the kids grow up, get married and have children of their own, that's an extended family." The word "home" has too many meanings, so Li Rouyou could only explain it in simple terms to her.

  "Then you often say home, our home... this... is it really...?" Annan Xiu felt unbelievable, her face turned red, her eyes widened, and she twirled her long hair around her fingers. She had never thought that it would mean this, if she continued to live with Li Luyu like this, would they have a child?

  "This is another meaning, home can also be where one lives. Our two homes are just places to live." Li Rouyou quickly clarified.

  An Nan Xiu patted her chest and put down her heart, "In other words, your family is actually your parents and your sister, this is a complete family, right?"

  "It should be like that..." Li Luoyu nodded, gazing at the distant sky, his eyes gradually falling back down to the bustling streets below, where people came and went, cars zooming by with a cold, mechanical indifference. A faint smile played on his lips as he said, "But for me, my sister and I are a complete family, even without our parents. We have a home, one that has all its meaning."

  It's 12 o'clock, calling for everyone's red votes. Today is the day Xia Hua has been on Zongheng for a week and also her first time rushing to the top of the chart.

  The old book was also the first on the newcomer list when it was just released, and after coming to Zongheng, it finally had some foundation, although not much, but Xia Hua wanted to do better.

  Generally speaking, when calling for everyone's help, Xiaohua has to work harder, but three shifts a day is already Xiaohua's limit now, after all, the facial paralysis has just healed, and Xiaohua doesn't dare to overexert herself.

  Xia Hua can do it, just like before, 365 days a year, constantly updating.

  Xia Hua will continue and hope everyone continues to support.