When they first bought this house, everyone begged him to buy it, afraid their own houses wouldn't sell, because they thought these houses wouldn't be demolished, and they took him for a fool.
Now that they see the houses are being demolished, they are trying to renege on their word, which is truly unreasonable.
“Yifeng, with all this commotion, won't it be bad for us?” Kaichen looked at the large group of people causing trouble, feeling uneasy.
Liu Yifeng reassured him, “Don’t worry, it’s fine. I’m not afraid of them. I bought this house on a hunch, there’s no insider information at all.
Even if it gets escalated to higher authorities and they send people down to investigate, I’m not afraid!”
Seeing Yifeng’s calm and composed expression, Liu Kaichen finally put his mind at ease.
“People are so selfish. It’s not like we forced them to buy or sell, and now that the houses are being demolished, they’re going back on their word, making the scene so chaotic. If an uninformed person saw this, they’d really think we were some sort of capitalist fat cats!” Wan Hui was also startled by the chaos at the scene.
“Let them make a fuss, we’re not afraid of an investigation!” Liu Yifeng no longer wanted to explain. No matter how much he said, these people wouldn’t believe him. Only the investigation results would speak for themselves.
The troublemakers also knew that causing a scene on the spot was useless, so the people who had sold their houses to them got together and wrote a joint complaint.
They alleged that someone was using the demolition of houses in the Delta area to exploit them, bleed them dry, and force them into a corner.
Someone must have revealed the demolition information in advance to these people who bought the houses, and they demanded a thorough investigation from the authorities.
In fact, the demolition office staff found it strange when they heard the whole story. The environment of the houses in the Delta was not good, and most of the houses were old, self-built structures.
Normally, people wouldn’t even consider buying houses here, let alone buying a dozen or twenty at a time.
Unless they already knew in advance that these houses would be demolished, why would anyone buy houses like this? It was unheard of.
To prevent the situation from escalating further, they submitted the residents' joint letter to their superiors. Only after the superiors investigated and clarified the matter would they proceed with the demolition compensation work.
Otherwise, the current situation made it impossible to proceed.
The leaders who received the joint letter also took the matter very seriously, because if it were true, they didn’t know how many people would be implicated, and it would also cause a severe negative impact. They immediately ordered a thorough investigation.
By the time they finished investigating the matter, Liu Yifeng had already taken Tongtong to C City. The recording of the program was scheduled for the next day.
Liu Yifeng planned to arrive a day early, otherwise, it would be too rushed. He personally brought only two sets of clothes for changing, and Tongtong brought two sets of clothes that Xu Muqing had bought for him.
As for the clothes Su Wanru bought, she said she would express them to the hotel. Otherwise, if he had to bring them, he would find it too troublesome.
“Tongtong, the competition is tomorrow, are you nervous?” Liu Yifeng asked in the car!
Tongtong was eating snacks and looking at the scenery outside the window. Hearing his dad’s question, he shook his head, “Not nervous!”
“Yo, worthy of being my son, Liu Yifeng! Unflustered even when Mount Tai collapses before him!
Dad believes in you too. It doesn’t matter whether you win a good rank in this competition or not; we’ll treat it as an experience, a sparring session.” Liu Yifeng didn’t mention that his mother was also participating in this program recording.
Because Tongtong had completely come to terms with his mother, he believed that even if Tongtong saw Yun Duo’er, he wouldn’t react much.
Therefore, there was no need to emphasize anything. However, he was looking forward to seeing Yun Duo’er’s reaction tomorrow when she saw Tongtong, would she be as if she had seen a ghost?
Especially since his son would appear as a contestant, not a spectator in the audience.
He had also asked Tongtong if Yun Duo’er knew about his talents. Tongtong’s answer was no.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to say, but she simply didn’t believe him. Every time he spoke to her, she was absent-minded, so Tongtong hid these talents from her.
Until she sent him away, she still didn’t know that he was different from ordinary children.
So sometimes Liu Yifeng wondered if Yun Duo’er had known about Tongtong’s specialness back then, would she still have sent him away?
Or would she have used Tongtong to pave the way for her career?
He thought Yun Duo’er would choose the latter. A woman so career-driven would use anything she could to achieve her goals.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have sent Tongtong away, precisely because Tongtong’s existence would affect her future development.
Therefore, Liu Yifeng was fortunate that Yun Duo’er didn’t know about Tongtong’s specialness. Otherwise, he would never have known about Tongtong’s existence, and Tongtong wouldn’t be as happy as he is now, because this woman, from beginning to end, only loved herself.
As for after this competition, Yun Duo’er would discover Tongtong’s uniqueness and perhaps even regret it.
However, he was not afraid of Yun Duo’er fighting him for Tongtong. Firstly, he was not inferior to her financially. Secondly, given her past actions, and Tongtong’s own preference, the judge would not favor her.
Knowing that Liu Yifeng would arrive at the hotel around 7 PM, Xia Qianqian had already been waiting at the hotel entrance.
During the days away from Tongtong, she couldn't help but think of him from time to time. The child was simply too lovable.
As it turned out, upon hearing that Tongtong was arriving today, she had specially bought a gift for him.
As the car approached the hotel, Tongtong saw Xia Qianqian and excitedly pointed, “Dad, it’s Aunt Xia!”
“Indeed it is Aunt Xia. Tongtong, your eyesight is much sharper than Dad’s!” If Tongtong hadn't reminded him, Liu Yifeng wouldn’t have noticed Xia Qianqian. She was dressed too low-key, wearing casual shoes and clothes that weren’t brightly colored.
Xia Qianqian recognized Liu Yifeng’s car and immediately waved with a smile.
Tongtong then poked his head out and called out, “Aunt Xia!”
Seeing this, Xia Qianqian told him to quickly pull his head back into the car!
Only when Liu Yifeng parked his car in the hotel entrance parking spot did she walk over.
“Tongtong, have you missed Aunt Xia?” Xia Qianqian opened the passenger door and carried Tongtong out.
Tongtong wrapped his arms around Xia Qianqian’s shoulders and nodded heavily, “Yes, I have. Aunt Xia has gotten even more beautiful after a few days!”
Hearing Tongtong praise her like this, Xia Qianqian felt a surge of joy. “You, at such a young age, have already learned how to charm girls. Who knows what you’ll be like when you grow up…”
“I’m telling the truth. If you don’t believe me, ask my dad!” Tongtong shifted the conversation to Liu Yifeng’s car.
Liu Yifeng, just getting out of the car, heard Tongtong’s words and could only nod in agreement, “Yes, she has indeed become much more beautiful.”
Although she knew that this father and son were trying to please her, Xia Qianqian was still very happy. However, she pretended not to believe it, saying, “Sweet-talkers, just like father and son, you only know these tricks to coax people.”
After saying that, she put Tongtong down and then raised the gift in her hand, smiling and asking, “Tongtong, guess what’s inside?”