Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 431 Three Soul-Searching Questions

"Why are you here?"

Du Hexuan's face darkened instantly upon seeing the newcomer, his disdain evident.

Little Zhao Zhao also regained her previous guarded posture, like a frightened bird, and immediately hid behind Du Anrao to timidly peek at them, or more accurately, timidly peek at Ke Zirui.

These two uninvited visitors were none other than Ke Zirui, who had recently caused a scene, and Yu Zhaojun, who had been forced to take over his duties.

Yu Zhaojun's face stiffened slightly, and he gave an awkward and pitiful smile: "I heard that you guys have found a place to stay tonight, Brother Du. We just happened to be passing by, so we stopped by to say hello."

Upon hearing this, Du Anrao immediately began to mutter to himself.

[This celebrity surnamed Yu is indeed a cheater with a script. He came here right after putting the kids to bed, probably already knowing the best house the production team arranged was here. He just didn't expect that cheating with the help of the production team's spies is no match for cheating with divine intervention; we've already beaten him to it, hehehe... hahahaha...]

Du Hexuan's eyes flickered slightly, a hint of coldness flashing in them. So that's how it is!

“Your information network is really impressive. We’ve only just found a house and you already know. That’s right, this is the temporary accommodation we found, and it’s supposedly one of the best places to stay in the village.”

"Congratulations!" Yu Zhaojun's expression stiffened further upon hearing this, and he asked, "Won't you invite us in?"

"Have you found a place to live? Have you eaten? Have you completed the tasks assigned by the production team?"

Du Hexuan's three probing questions turned Yu Zhaojun's face green with embarrassment.

"No...no."

"Since you don't have any, we're really sorry to keep you from doing your business, so we won't keep you any longer."

Yu Zhaojun: "..."

Du Anrao: "???"

Viewers in the live stream: "???"

At this moment, the thoughts of everyone in the live broadcast room unexpectedly reached a high degree of consensus with Du Anrao.

[Is it just my imagination? Why does Du Yingdi (the second brother) seem so sleazy?]

Yu Zhaojun almost lost his composure with a polite smile, which crumbled on the spot: "Brother Du, we just..."

"Where's my meat? I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat!"

It's said that people aren't in a good mood when they're hungry. This is true for ordinary people, let alone spoiled brats who have never experienced hardship.

Yu Zhaojun was hoping to strike up a conversation and at least get a look around their place to make things easier for his plans later.

Unexpectedly, the already emotionally unstable child who was with him exploded again. Not only did he shout that he wanted to eat meat, but after making a fuss for a while, when Yu Zhaojun and the others did not come to comfort him immediately, he even started punching and kicking him. He even tried to run over and hit Ke Zhaozhao, who was hiding behind Du Anrao. It was clear that he often used her as a punching bag at home.

Seeing this, Du Anrao and his sister's expressions turned slightly cold. They picked up Ke Zhaozhao and gave her the order to leave: "I'm sorry, my child needs to take a nap. We won't keep you any longer. Please go ahead."

After saying that, without waiting for Yu Zhaojun's reaction, she took the child into the house, slammed the gate shut, and left Yu Zhaojun and the cameraman outside.

The cameraman, a beat slow to react: "..." Wait, did you guys forget something? I'm still outside! (Erkang hand emoji)

The scene of the cameraman being turned away unsurprisingly caused the live stream chat to be flooded with "hahaha" comments.

However, no one would have guessed that all of this was intentionally orchestrated by Du Anrao and his sister, in order to avoid the cameras and whisper some things that couldn't be made public.

"Second brother, do you have some kind of grudge against that guest surnamed Yu?" "No."

Du Anrao was somewhat surprised: "Then what did you do just now...?"

"I just can't stand him. I saw all his little tricks when we were choosing people. We're all seasoned foxes, why are you playing these old tricks on me? This guy must have known all along that kid was a brat, that's why he wanted to compete with us for Zhaozhao."

Du Anrao gave him a thumbs up.

[You could say my second brother has been in this circle for a long time and is very knowledgeable. He could tell from appearances that this guy surnamed Yu was no good. Impressive!]

Du Hexuan narrowed his eyes. Superficial appearance? In other words, there's a deeper reason?
"Is there something wrong with that guy?"

Du Anrao glanced around to make sure there were no cameras nearby, then looked at Ke Zhaozhao, who was looking up at them curiously. He covered her ears and whispered, "He is Zhaozhao's stepmother's man."

"Zhao Zhao's stepmother? Isn't that..."

Before Du Hexuan could finish speaking, the photographer who was filming them called out from outside.

"Actor Du, Miss Du, I'm still outside! Let me in! Let me in!"

The voice was filled with sorrow and grief, like a vengeful spirit demanding a life. If someone heard it in the middle of the night, they would probably be terrified.

Du Anrao and the other person: "..." Fine.

Du Hexuan gestured to her, indicating that she would talk on the phone later.

Perhaps because live streaming across the entire network allows them to know the direction of online public opinion anytime, anywhere, the production team did not confiscate their mobile phones.

The rule that users cannot use their own mobile phones to make payments during the program, thus affecting the tasks assigned by the production team, would actually make it easier for them to communicate privately.

After the cameraman was let in, Du Anrao went to coax the child to sleep, while Du Hexuan took the opportunity to wander around the house, looking at what was inside and whether he would need it later.

After Du Anrao put the child to sleep, the two immediately made a secret meeting, just like criminals. They took a look at Du Hexuan while going to the bathroom, and then returned to the room and each picked up their phone.

[You just said that the person surnamed Yu is Zhaozhao's stepmother?]

Yes, to be precise, he was bribed by Zhao Zhao's stepmother.

What would you do by bribing him?

[Plotting for money, murder.]

Those four short words nearly made Du Hexuan jump up on the spot.

Fortunately, at the last moment, he suddenly remembered his current situation, quickly calmed down, and his fingers flew across the phone screen.

Are you sure you didn't see wrong? She wants this child dead?

[Absolutely certain.]

As soon as Du Hexuan walked up to him and saw Mr. Yu clearly, Du Anrao knew why the child had such a violent death recently. The reason was Yu Zhaojun, or more precisely, the stepmother Ke Zhaozhao behind him!

[This Mrs. Ke paid a hefty sum to bribe Yu Zhaojun, instructing him to hand Zhaozhao over to the human traffickers she had arranged beforehand when we go to the market to complete our mission tomorrow. Those traffickers will take Zhaozhao to a remote mountain area and sell her, ensuring she never returns.]

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