Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

"Now let us welcome Li Baozhu!"

Beautiful music sounded, and Zhuzhu appeared at the evening party. The host began to introduce her new work "Rose on Fire" this year, "Why did you take the role of a firefighter?"

Zhuzhu talked about her only experience of going to a bar. "At that time, bars had just become popular, and many young people wanted to go there to dance. Then I finished filming that day, so I wanted to go out and relax. I dragged my mother with me. That night, a fire broke out in the bar, killing more than 200 people. My mother and I were almost burned to death. It was the firefighters who showed up in time to save us. At that time, the equipment was not complete, and those firefighters were really heroes, risking their lives to save people. I am especially grateful to them for saving us. Later, my mother donated a lot of firefighting equipment to the firefighters. I hope they can save more people without endangering their own safety."

The host laughed and said, "Auntie is great. Firefighters are great too. You are running in both directions."

"It was during that experience that I began to learn about firefighting. Now buildings are getting taller and taller, and in order to keep warm in winter and cool in summer, the exterior walls are equipped with an insulation layer, which is actually foam. As everyone knows, foam is flammable and can catch fire at any time. So I think this film can alert everyone." Zhuzhu said with a serious expression.

The host nodded and read out a set of data. Since the reform and opening up, the number of fires has increased exponentially and many people have been burned to death.

After talking about the film, we started talking about Zhuzhu’s experience, “Did the fire make you never go to the bar again?”

"Yes! I feel unsafe." Zhuzhu laughed at herself, "But the bars nowadays should be much better. But I have a psychological trauma and dare not go."

**

Zhuzhu turned off the TV. A movie was in theaters and this was an interview she took to promote the movie.

She checked the box office online and it was pretty good. She called Ergou and asked him how much box office revenue he needed to recover his investment.

Ergou reported the number, and Zhuzhu chatted with him for a few words before hanging up the phone.

Among the six children of Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo, Zhuzhu's career is the most successful.

Except for the time when she was backstabbed by her grandfather many years ago, she has never been harassed. Other actors have endless problems getting roles. Sometimes, the filming is stopped due to lack of funds. Some roles were originally confirmed, but were replaced at the last minute. But Zhuzhu has her brother-in-law Ergou as her backer, so no one will take advantage of her, and no one will replace her.

People in the industry love to work with her. No! To be exact, they love to work with Xingyao Media because their company is famous for not interfering with filming. The producer only provides funds, and the director has the final say in filming. Even the biggest actors have to listen to the director.

Directors are usually happy to work with Zhuzhu. As long as Zhuzhu plays a role, it must be a masterpiece because she has strong funding. And she herself is not a big shot, and has been honing her acting skills.

After playing idol dramas for 20 years, Zhuzhu began to develop into an actress. Her transformation was smooth, and she won the Best Actress Award at the Magnolia Awards for playing a criminal investigation drama.

Zhuzhu's career was flourishing, but she was not entirely happy. Her love life was the most difficult among Zhang Xiuhua's six children.

Her love history is quite rich. She has had many relationships and many rumored boyfriends, but they all ended in failure.

This is not entirely Zhuzhu's fault, because when she was young, she could not tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes. The person she likes only appears in the second dimension. In real life, everyone is a mortal and a vulgar person. It is impossible to give up relatives and friends for love.

When she got older, she accepted the reality, but she couldn't stand her boyfriend's excessive beautification of her. It seemed that she was not suitable for anything she did, and she should just stand there beautifully, like a statue without emotion.

After that, people who approached her wanted to take the opportunity to avoid detours. She was extremely disappointed in love.

When she was 36, she went abroad to film a movie and met Jason, a foreigner who ran an Internet company. They dated for more than a year and eventually got married. When she was 38, Zhuzhu gave birth to her only child, Little Sponge.

I don’t know if it’s because they raise the child too carefully or because the child likes to play around, but the child is always sick.

Zhuzhu was exhausted and took her child to the hospital to get medicine. She was afraid that the child's lungs would be bad if he had to have an IV drip, so most of the time they would prescribe medicine for him to last for a while, and if he really didn't feel better, they would give him another IV drip.

Sometimes Zhuzhu has to film and is not at home, so Jason always brings the nanny to the hospital.

When she got home that afternoon, Jason told Zhuzhu, "Little Sponge has a fever again. You have to pay attention to her."

After saying that, he rushed back to the company to deal with the piled up matters.

Zhuzhu always stayed with Little Sponge and read to her. When she got tired of reading, she let Little Sponge play by herself, and then she watered the plants in the garden.

Zhuzhu likes hydrangeas, so she planted many varieties in the yard. To make them look good, she also changed their colors. If you want different colors, you don't need to change its variety, but install a few nails at the roots of the hydrangea, or water the flowers with soapy water. This will make the colors different.

But Zhuzhu looked at the hydrangea and wondered why the color was wrong. She had clearly planted the nails, so it should be blue or purple. Why was it red?

She asked the nanny, "Did you water the flowers with soapy water?"

The nanny shook her head, "No. I have always used ordinary water."

Zhuzhu was puzzled. The nail was fine and didn't move. She started to check the video in the garden to see who had made her flowers this color.

But she never expected that it was she who was responsible for this flower.

"Sponge?" Zhuzhu took Little Sponge to the study and pointed at the surveillance camera for her to watch. "Why did you throw the medicine into the cup, dissolve it and then use it to water my flowers?"

When little Sponge was scolded, she lowered her head and said nothing. It was only when Zhuzhu forced her into a corner that she said she didn't like taking medicine.

"You don't like taking medicine, do you want to be sick forever?" Zhuzhu couldn't believe it, did she like being sick very much?

"I don't have to go to school if I'm sick. I don't like going to school." Little Sponge felt aggrieved.

"Why don't you like going to school?" Zhuzhu frowned. Could it be that SpongeBob was bullied by his classmates?

"The teacher is so annoying. I already know all the knowledge he teaches, but he teaches it over and over again. It's so annoying." SpongeBob pouted.

Zhuzhu was speechless for a moment, "The teacher also has to take care of other children. Others haven't learned it yet. Of course I have to teach them."

In the evening, Zhuzhu told Jason about this, and Jason was a little speechless, "Have we spoiled the child?"

Zhuzhu also felt that it was outrageous, "How about I take her to the show? Let her experience the sufferings of the world?"

A program crew had wanted to invite her before, but she was worried that if her child became a star, there would be too many people paying attention to her, which would be detrimental to her growth.

Jason thought it was feasible. "She is your daughter. Even if she is not a star, there will be many people paying attention to her."

So Zhuzhu took Little Sponge to record a parent-child variety show.

At first, when little SpongeBob learned that she didn’t have to go to school, her mother stayed with her, jumping around and thinking that this game must be very fun.

But when she moved into the leaky house and shivered in the cold wind, she began to cry loudly.

"It's not fun at all. That's not how it is at Grandma's house."

Zhuzhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and could only coax her patiently and take her to dig vegetables and pick fruits.

After recording the show, she became polite to others and no longer acted capriciously as before, doing everything according to her own preferences.

After returning to school, she shared the interesting experiences of participating in the program with her classmates, and also reminded her classmates and teachers to remember to watch her program.

**

When Little Sponge was in school, the youngest sister Lele in the family had already graduated from college.

Zhuzhu urged Little Sponge early in the morning, "We have to go to see Sister Lele's art exhibition. If we go too late, we won't be able to get a number."

Little Sponge still wanted to stay in bed, but when he heard this, he immediately turned over and sat up, and started to put on his most beautiful skirt.

The family of three arrived at the art exhibition, where many senior figures in the art circle were already present.

In order to let Lele display his talent in painting, Ji Lin and Tong Shuyu enrolled their child in many classes over the years. After he was successfully admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, she held her first painting exhibition.

Zhuzhu, who doesn't understand art, also thinks Lele's paintings are very artistic. "You know what, Lele is very observant. This painting makes people happy."

Little Sponge tugged at his mother's hand and said, "Mom, where's Sister Lele?"

Zhuzhu took her to find someone, and soon found Lele in front of a painting exhibition. At this time, she was explaining her creative ideas to the guests.

The other party seemed to be of great importance and was surrounded by a circle of people.

Zhuzhu found that her mother was there too, so she handed the little sponge to Jason and came over to greet her mother, "Mom, who are these?"

"I heard he's a collector. If Lele's paintings are favored by him, their value will definitely double." Zhang Xiuhua was also very nervous. In her opinion, a painting can only be popular if someone buys it.

But since the exhibition, not a single painting has been sold. Can't we even make back the venue fee?

When Zhuzhu heard that the painting was sold, she also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhang Xiuhua couldn't understand foreign languages, so she pulled Zhuzhu aside and said, "Yaoyao will be back tomorrow, why don't you take Jason and the kids home for a reunion dinner?"

"Sure!" Zhuzhu agreed readily, "Isn't she planning to find a partner now? Do you want me to help introduce her to someone?"

"She's busy!" Zhang Xiuhua didn't care much. "If she wants to find it, she can look for it. If she doesn't want to find it, she can not look for it. It's up to her. Don't rush her."

Zhuzhu wouldn't rush her, "I'm just worried that she won't have anyone to take care of her when she's old."

"She has so much pension and a courtyard house worth hundreds of millions. It's more than enough to hire ten people to take care of her." Zhang Xiuhua changed the subject, "Your grandma passed away, and your dad is in a bad mood. Go and persuade him to be more positive."

Liu Shujun had always been in poor health. She had surgery a few years ago and then took care of herself. She lived until this year. One day she went to sleep as usual, and then she never opened her eyes again. She passed away without any illness or pain.

After hearing this, Zhuzhu also sighed for a long time, "My grandma died at the age of 103. This is a happy funeral. Everyone in the village says she had a good life."

Zhang Xiuhua rubbed her brows and said, "Maybe it's because I'm old that I tend to have wild thoughts. Your father is not young anymore."

As they were talking, the collector just bought a painting. The price was not high, only 10,000 yuan. But the other party collected it, which showed that her painting had great potential.

After sending the collector away, SpongeBob ran to find Lele. The two sisters were more than ten years apart, but they could still chat with each other.