Chapter 76 - 75: An Outrageous Family

Chapter 76: Chapter 75: An Outrageous Family

A short while later, Lin Feng saw Hu Xia seeing Qin Youyou off. The latter was clearly happy as she left.

"Looks like your talk went well."

"Of course it did. That trash Class Leader won’t be getting any more gigs in Wuyuan County."

"You should still investigate. Don’t get tricked."

"I’m not that stupid. My brother already has someone looking into it.

But I have a feeling this is real. Qin Youyou comes from a single-parent family and grew up with the performance troupe. She’s a bit naive.

I just prodded her a little, and she told me a lot."

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Since you’re so concerned about it, I’ll leave this matter to you."

Hu Xia smiled and said, "She’s a beautiful girl, a very innocent one at that. You don’t have any ideas?"

"Me? I have no plans to get married right now."

Hearing Lin Feng’s reply, she narrowed her eyes and said, "When you do feel like getting married, let me know. I’ll introduce you to some beauties."

Lin Feng said jokingly, "Sure. Whenever I get the notion, I’ll have you set me up."

Yu Wanqing walked over with a plate and said upon seeing the two, "Boss Lin and Xiaoxia are both here. Come, these are tangerine cakes I made. You two should try some."

"Aunt Yu, is your cough any better?" Hu Xia picked one up and popped it in her mouth. "This tastes great. Sweet and sour."

"If you like them, have some more. I’m feeling much better, and I’m not coughing much anymore," Yu Wanqing said with a smile.

The past two days had been incredible for her. Not only had her cough stopped, but her body had also recovered significantly.

All her previous pessimistic feelings had vanished, and she was now looking forward to her son getting married so she could help with her grandchildren.

Lin Feng asked, "Aunt Yu, has your son come back yet?"

"He’s back, he’s back! He’ll be here today."

"Aunt Yu, don’t worry. I was just asking. When he gets back, I want to discuss the art studio’s layout with him."

An employee ran over and said, "Boss, Boss! A lot of tourists are asking about the performances. They want to know why there aren’t any shows to watch today."

"So people are asking! Tell the tourists the situation. Yesterday’s performance was experimental. There will be official shows in a few days."

Hu Xia stood up and said, "I’ll go handle it."

「...」

Kong Lin, the Class Leader of the Colorful Silk Dance Performance Ensemble, was on the phone with his son.

"Da Wei, maybe we should sign contracts with them. The county asked me to take people to perform in Lin Xian Village, and I have a bad feeling about this."

"Dad, what’s the point of signing contracts with them? You think contracts are free? If I sign contracts now, I’ll have to pay for their social security.

And that bullshit Lin Xian Village, I thought they were rich. They can’t even afford a fifty-thousand-yuan partnership fee. It’s obviously all talk. Don’t worry about them."

"But they already made a fuss last time over not getting paid for the livestream. What if they do it again?"

"Isn’t that your fault? I told you to get your hands on Qin Youyou and take some pictures, but you wouldn’t agree. As long as we control her, the others won’t be able to act up."

"No way. She has a fiery temper. If we really did that and she called the police, you’d be sent to jail."

"Then let’s stick to the old method and talk to them about gratitude. Besides, if they leave us now, they won’t even be able to eat.

Alright, that’s it. I’ve got something to do. Hanging up."

Kong Wei hung up the phone and cursed, "Old fool! If you hadn’t stopped me, I would’ve had that little chick ages ago."

He sent a text to his wife, a cigarette dangling from his lips, wondering where to go have some fun.

After Qin Youyou got home, she looked at her house, a decades-old building, and thought of the Kong Family’s villa. Her mood grew heavy.

"Youyou, what’s wrong? Why do you look so upset?" Bai Feng asked, having just returned, as she looked at her daughter’s troubled expression.

"Mom, I want to leave the Kong Family’s performance troupe."

Bai Feng stroked her head and said, "If you want to leave, then leave. I’ve always said the Kong Family are no good. You’ve long since repaid any kindness you owed them over the years."

"By the way, what will you do after you leave? Why don’t you find a boyfriend and get married? You’re not young anymore, and while Mom can still help you with kids..."

Qin Youyou said shyly, "Mom, what are you talking about? I went to Lin Xian Village today, where we performed yesterday, and they said I could go there and be an employee.

I’m planning to ask my senior brothers and sisters if any of them are willing to go with me."

"It wouldn’t be appropriate for you to be the one to ask. Give your eldest senior brother a call. He should be more than happy to handle this."

’That’s right! I can ask Eldest Senior Brother. He can do anything.’

Qin Youyou thought for a moment and sent a message to her eldest senior brother, Ding Haolian. She was surprised to receive a reply so quickly.

She explained the situation to her eldest senior brother, and he asked her to meet at a restaurant to talk in person.

When she arrived at the restaurant, she immediately spotted her eldest senior brother, a burly man with a unibrow and a resolute expression.

Ding Haolian smiled and said, "Little Junior Sister is getting more and more beautiful."

"Eldest Senior Brother, why didn’t you bring Mengmeng?"

Ding Haolian said with a blissful expression, "Your sister-in-law took her to her parents’ house."

He placed the menu in front of his junior sister and asked, "So, what’s going on?"

"Master has been cheating us out of money all these years. Eldest Senior Brother, you must know that, right?"

Ding Haolian said with contempt, "That old geezer is always talking about benevolence and morality, but he’s nothing but a selfish scoundrel himself."

He thought back to what happened back then. ’If I hadn’t been so clever, and if my body wasn’t so strong from my performance training, my legs might have been broken.’

Qin Youyou explained the situation with Lin Xian Village to her eldest senior brother in detail, and also mentioned some of the changes in the performance troupe over the years.

"Looks like that old fool hasn’t changed a bit over the years. He’s only gotten worse, sucking our blood even more."

"Yeah. Ever since the livestreams started, the senior brothers and sisters have been complaining a lot too."

"Are you sure things will work out with Lin Xian Village? Otherwise, if your senior brothers and sisters have a falling out with him, their livelihoods will be at risk."

"I’m sure. The Clay Figure Performance Ensemble that went with us has already signed a contract with them."

"In that case, I’ll start making calls right now and see who’s willing to leave with us."

As the saying goes: when a wall starts to crumble, everyone gives it a push.

Ding Haoran simply explained the situation at Lin Xian Village—not only would they get a salary, but their social security would also be paid for—and everyone agreed.

And of all the people who had been with the Kong Family for decades, not a single one notified Kong Lin. They even secretly went to the training grounds and took all their things.

After being exploited by the Kong Family for so many years, everyone knew the score. If they hadn’t been forced by their circumstances, they would have found their own way out long ago.

Now that they had a chance to escape the exploitation, earn a stable wage, and have their social security paid, only a fool wouldn’t run.

Kong Lin was still thinking about taking out two thousand yuan to give everyone a bonus and boost morale, completely unaware that everyone had already left.

He hummed a little tune as he returned to his small villa. Seeing his daughter, who weighed nearly 200 pounds, eating snacks on the sofa, his brow furrowed.

’If only his daughter hadn’t been unwilling to learn back then, he wouldn’t have so many problems now.’

"Eat, eat, eat, that’s all you know how to do! Look at all that fat on you."

"I like all this fat, so what? Mom, Dad’s picking on me the moment he gets home."

"You old fool! You get pushed around outside and then come home to take it out on us? Let me tell you, you’d better hand over eighty thousand yuan this month!"

"What?! Why did it go up again? Wasn’t it only sixty thousand last month?"

"What do you mean, ’go up’?! Your son needs money to buy a house and a car, doesn’t he? Can’t you just dock it from those workers’ salaries?"

Kong Lin’s expression turned ugly. He wanted to argue, but one look at the tigress’s face made him fall silent.

’I’ll have to see where I can skim some money from this month. Forget about the two-thousand-yuan bonus. Maybe next time.’