Chapter One Little Girl

  For Li Luyu, the meaning of home is warmth, dependence and attachment. As for whether parents are a necessary element, Li Luyu doesn't mind.

  He has learned to care only about people who care about him, to hang out with people who hang out with him, and to be concerned about people who are concerned about him.

  "What's your sister's name?" Annan Xiu rarely paid attention to a question that had nothing to do with himself.

  "Pear."

  "What an arrogant name." An Nanxiu sneered again.

  Li Ruyu was too lazy to reason with her, and she actually mentioned Li Zi's name in a presumptuous manner. He didn't bother explaining it to her because yesterday she had just read an article about the honorific titles of ancient Chinese sages.

  Because the interview went well and the amount was much higher than expected, Li Luyu took a taxi with An Nanxiu back home. Along the way, An Nanxiu urged Li Luyu to buy a car as soon as possible.

  On Sunday, Li Luyu and An Nanxiu came to the building of Huanmei Huadong Company again. The financial department was very generous, using a Mercedes-Benz bus to send performers. Those people from Cheong Wa Dae in South Korea enjoyed star treatment, sitting in a Mercedes-Benz business car. Li Luyu carried a large box and sat with An Nanxiu in Manager Gong's Camry, while Liu Danshi sat in the front passenger seat. The manager drove, but he didn't look like he was enjoying the privilege.

  Manager Gong is in a good mood, yesterday he tried to send the photos of Li Luyu and An Nanxiu taken with his mobile phone via email, the other party said they would come to the scene today to watch, asking him not to reveal anything.

  Such private contact and instruction will definitely be beneficial to Manager Gong. If someone mentions a word in favor of him when the chairman considers personnel matters, the chairman may notice himself.

  Today the weather is nice, there are more people on the street. Unfortunately, Huadong company has rented out the central stage of the pedestrian street for a performance. The staff responsible for the stage, photography and security have already entered the venue. Temporary university students hired for the event are handing out flyers. This is a promotion for a new game, with the account number and password on the flyer, you can get a level 10 gift package and a divine beast, Xiaohua shrimp.

  Although it was still early in the morning, there were already many people gathered around the stage. The host was Ajoy and Lin Xiaowan, a familiar face from WCG.

  Various COSERs entered the backstage to prepare for makeup, but the makeup room set up on this outdoor stage was really too small, and conflicts soon arose.

  The conflicting parties were Kim Jae-uk of Cheong Wa Dae and Lee Ro-won, with Lee standing guard at the door. Ahn Nan-shil was inside changing clothes, but for some reason, she lingered for a long time without coming out. Kim Jae-uk's patience wore off, and he began to urge Lee Ro-won.

  "You'd better hurry up, Mr. Jin has a show to catch and you can't afford to be late." The round-headed interpreter with gold-rimmed glasses shouted at Li Luyu.

  "You guys are so quick, you people from Cheongwadae have occupied all the dressing rooms, and others are still waiting." Li Luyou had been displeased with their attitude for a long time. There were five large dressing rooms in total, and seven people from Cheongwadae occupied four of them, leaving only this one where Ahn Nam-soo was.

  "You also know they're from the Blue House, this time they're the main characters, you're just supporting actors, can't you tell the difference between primary and secondary roles?" Yuan Tou translated with disdain, waving his hand, not wanting to bother with Li Rouyou's nagging, "Don't make me go find someone."

  "Cheong Wa Dae is really something, do you know who we are?" Li Luoyou also sneered, taking the name of Cheong Wa Dae, thinking he was someone from the Korean Presidential Office.

  "What kind of people are you?" The translator burst out laughing. There really aren't any domestic COSERs that can hold their own internationally.

  "Zhongnanhai! Do you know Zhongnanhai?" Li Luyu didn't even use the name Tiananmen that he thought of yesterday.

  Onlookers burst into laughter, anyone knows that Zhongnanhai and Cheong Wa Dae as symbols of the power core of China and South Korea, in fact, the two have fundamentally different levels of influence internationally.

  Besides, this is China.

  "How dare you humiliate us." Jin Zaixu spoke up at this time, looking coldly at Li Luyu.

  Jin Ah-xiu can speak Chinese, but how could he possibly chat casually with these temporary actors? He has to maintain his dignity.

  "You can call Cheong Wa Dae, but we can't call Zhongnanhai... Is it humiliating? Isn't it because of your own inferiority complex, knowing that Cheong Wa Dae is far inferior to Zhongnanhai?" Li Luyu looked at Kim Jae-uk with amusement, the more lacking in confidence a person was, the more they liked to put on airs.

  "Are you going to let me pass or not?" Jin Zai Xiu didn't argue with Li Luoyu about this, it was beneath him.

  Li Luyu ignored him, An Nanxiu was changing clothes inside, An Nanxiu had already gotten used to being seen by Li Luyu occasionally when she had a small belly, seeing her wear sleepwear, seeing her sleep on the bed without any elegance. However, if other people were to barge in when she was not properly dressed, or even saw her body, Li Luyu could be certain that today there would be an incident of living people turning into charcoal.

  "Mr. Kim, don't get angry, it's not worth arguing with this kind of person, I'll go call their supervisor." Although he knew that Jin Ah-xiang could speak Chinese, the translation was still in Korean, which was a sign of respect.

  Jin Zai Xu had already lost his patience, and he pushed Li Luoyu, stretching out his hand to pull the curtain.

  Li Rouyou couldn't let him succeed, so she grabbed Jin Zai Xuan's wrist and pushed it outward.

  "Ah!"

  The girls' screams rose, and Jin Ah-xu was pushed by Li Luoyu and directly crashed into the wall, knocking down a row of props with a loud crash.

  "In Xiong Ge, aren't you a Taekwondo black belt? Hit him!"

  Jin Ah-xiu was pushed to the ground by Li Luoyou in front of a crowd, especially with several girls who had been asking for autographs and photos since yesterday. He suddenly became furious, picked up an iron rod on the ground and rushed over.

  Just as the iron rod was about to be used, the scene was about to get out of control. Several security guards who were watching from a distance rushed over, but it was too late. Kim Jae-ho's iron rod had already swung down.

  The iron rod heavily smashed onto Li Luyu's shoulder.

  Li Ruyu looked at Kim Jae-uk, snatched the iron rod away from him, and gazed coldly at Kim Jae-uk.

  Looking at Li Luyu standing there as if nothing had happened, Jin Zai Xiu took a few steps back, staring at Li Luyu in disbelief.

  Li Rouyou walked over, holding an iron rod across Jin Zaiyu's neck, pushing him all the way to the wall.

  Everyone only noticed that it was a conflict between Koreans and Chinese, and naturally the Koreans had the upper hand. But then they realized that this wasn't even a conflict on the same level, just like Zhongnanhai and Cheong Wa Dae. Li Luyu, tall and majestic, with bulging chest muscles, made ordinary women feel inferior by comparison.

  Li Luoyu used both arms to exert force and bent the iron rod into a circle, encircling Jin Zai Xuan's neck.

  "This is your new look for today's performance." Li Luoyou pushed away Jin Zaiyu, raised his arm, and it really hurt a bit. But this Jin Zaiyu, although still quite handsome, was just a pretty face; those slender arms wielding an iron rod were not something Li Luoyou would dare to withstand if it were someone else.

  "What's going on, what's going on..." Just then, Manager Gong rushed over, followed by a panting translator.

  "They've been occupying this dressing room all along, Mr. Jin needs it but they won't cooperate," the translator said hastily.

  "Isn't there a lot?" Manager Gong saw Li You standing there blocking the door and knew that little girl was inside.

  "Manager Gong, you must severely punish these people, they actually dared to use violence!" Jin Zai Xiu said with a red face and ears, while struggling to remove the iron hoop.

  "It was you who made the first move." Li Luyu said, earlier he was a bit impulsive, but he also knew that in China many times, it's not about who is right or wrong, but rather who has the power to enforce their will.

  "I invited you to perform, not cause trouble!" Manager Gong's face turned dark, and upon seeing some dirt on Li Luyu's shoulder, he hastily patted it and asked, "Are you okay?"

  "It's nothing." Li Luyu shook his head and finally put his mind at ease when he saw Manager Gong's attitude.

  "You actually sided with him to commit violence and beat people, if you don't handle this matter, we will refuse to perform!" The leader of the Qingwa team came out of the dressing room, looking very angry and made a protest to Manager Gong.

  "Just pay the penalty and you can leave... Also, sorry to say that due to our staff's mistake, we accidentally lost your passports." Manager Gong sneered, completely ignoring the threat.

  "You!" The team leader did not expect the other party's attitude to be so tough. They were not individual soldiers, but had signed a performance contract. Their passports and itinerary had been handed over to the inviting company, Huayi Dongfang, who naturally also held their passports. Who knew that it would become a means of coercion for the other party?

  If it were a company from another country, they might not be so careless, but Chinese companies have never dared to use such means, only thinking of taking advantage of the convenience and enjoying the treatment of top celebrities.

  The penalty for breach of contract is not a small sum, and without their passports, they would have to return home, which would be a troublesome matter. They would have to contact the South Korean embassy to handle various procedures and documents, and with the efficiency of Chinese people in handling such matters, it would take at least one or two months before they could return home.

  "To follow discipline and law, even as a citizen of the world's number one superpower, you must speak reasonably." Manager Gong waved his hand and walked away.

  A group of people from Cheong Wa Dae stood there, neither leaving nor staying. Each face was black with anger, especially Kim Jae-uk. He stared at the girls who had been calling him "Jae-uk oppa" just yesterday, but now they looked at him with a hint of disdain. All he could do was glare at Lee Ruo-yu, thinking about how to humiliate him later. After all, they couldn't win in a fight, but when it came to COSPLAY, they were the professionals.

  "Just you wait and see, we'll show you Chinese people what real COSPLAY is!" The leader sneered at Li Luyu in a low but arrogant tone.

  At this moment, the door curtain was lifted, and An Nanxiu finally came out, wearing a palace costume, holding a wise man's staff, taking slow and steady steps, coldly scanning those who were either laughing, or mocking, or angry, or waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.

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