Lin Siwan’s body trembled, her pupils shrinking as she stared at Shen Nanyue in disbelief.
“How could you—?”
“Big Sister Yueyue, I got the surveillance footage. If we report this to the police, this will be the strongest evidence!”
Xiao Qi walked over holding a laptop, tilting his head up with a grin as if asking for praise.
Behind him, a group of bodyguards had already pinned the burly men to the ground.
Tape sealed their mouths shut so tightly that not a single sound could escape.
Shen Nanyue raised a hand and patted Xiao Qi on the shoulder.
“Well done.”
Xiao Qi lowered his head shyly, smiling so happily it looked almost ridiculous.
Lin Siwan looked past the corner at the restrained men, her face full of disbelief.
“Impossible! How could you have brought people here? I was following you the entire time! You never even took out your phone!”
Her hysterical screaming was utterly insignificant.
Xiao Qi lifted his eyes and glanced at her with contempt, showing not the slightest desire to explain before immediately looking away in disgust.
A long time ago, he had installed an emergency alert system on Shen Nanyue’s phone.
As long as she pressed the power button three times in a row, a distress signal would automatically be sent to his computer.
Fortunately, Shen Nanyue had already sensed something was wrong while accompanying Lin Siwan to withdraw the ransom money.
If kidnappers had truly abducted Zhou Yu and wanted money from her, the message should have been sent directly to her phone.
Why send it to Lin Siwan instead?
Wasn’t that unnecessarily complicated?
She suspected it was Lin Siwan’s scheme, but she still could not help worrying about Zhou Yu’s safety, so she secretly contacted Xiao Qi.
After reaching Zhou Yu, Xiao Qi informed her that Zhou Yu was currently playing mahjong with a group of wealthy women.
Shen Nanyue decided to follow along just to see what Lin Siwan was planning.
Unexpectedly, fate had allowed her to witness such a spectacle.
Looking at Lin Siwan, Shen Nanyue had no intention of explaining anything.
She merely said calmly, “Xiao Qi already called the police. They’re on their way. Lin Siwan, you should know by now that I’m not a soft-hearted person.”
For the first time, genuine fear appeared on Lin Siwan’s face.
Her heart hardened, and she turned to run.
But Shen Nanyue moved faster.
She grabbed Lin Siwan’s long hair and yanked backward viciously.
Lin Siwan screamed as she crashed onto the floor.
Shen Nanyue then picked up the same rough rope that had bound her earlier and wrapped Lin Siwan tightly layer by layer.
Just as Lin Siwan was about to speak, Shen Nanyue slapped tape over her mouth.
“Save your words for the police. I don’t feel like wasting breath on someone with bad breath.”
Lin Siwan nearly burst into tears.
This time, she had truly dropped a stone on her own foot.
…
As expected, once Zhou Yu learned what happened, she rushed to the police station.
Even though she had already heard over the phone that Lin Siwan had kidnapped Shen Nanyue and nearly had her violated— the very first thing Madam Zhou did upon entering the station was angrily scold Shen Nanyue.
“Look at you! It was just a joke between sisters. How could you send your own sister to the police station? Do you realize that once she has a criminal record, her whole future will be ruined?”
Standing beside Shen Nanyue, Xiao Qi immediately exploded in anger upon hearing that.
“Hey! Whose biological mother are you exactly? Get your facts straight! That green-tea bitch kidnapped Sister Yueyue first! If I hadn’t arrived in time, Sister Yueyue could’ve died! How are you still defending a criminal?”
“Who are you? Since when does an outsider get to interfere in our family matters?”
“You—!”
Shen Nanyue quickly stopped Xiao Qi, then stood up and looked at Zhou Yu.
“If you care about her so much, then go see her. But I won’t let this matter go.”
After saying that, Shen Nanyue spoke with the police for a while before leaving the station with Xiao Qi.
Zhou Yu still wanted to say something, but when she noticed the blood seeping faintly from the wounds on Shen Nanyue’s arm, every word stuck in her throat.
Suppressing the unease rising in her heart, she turned and grabbed a police officer.
“Can I go see my daughter?”
After leaving the station, Xiao Qi continued muttering angrily.
“Sister Yueyue, can’t you just sever ties with your mother? Or maybe go do another DNA test at the hospital—what if she’s not actually your biological mother?”
Shen Nanyue let out a soft laugh.
“I already checked long ago. She’s my real mother.”
Her tone was calm.
Xiao Qi studied her carefully, and only after confirming she was not upset did he sigh.
“I seriously don’t understand how a mother can treat her own biological daughter like an enemy while treasuring someone else’s child like a precious jewel.”
Shen Nanyue said nothing.
In the end, her mother’s mistreatment of her stemmed from her father.
Perhaps the old her would have been hurt for a while, but now she had more or less let it go.
She suddenly looked utterly exhausted.
Turning toward Xiao Qi, she said softly, “You should head back first. I’m a little tired.”
“I’ll take you home. I won’t feel at ease letting you go alone.”
Xiao Qi looked at her worriedly.
Shen Nanyue did not refuse, and the two of them took a taxi home together.
When they arrived at the villa, Shen An’an rushed out the door immediately.
Her eyes swept frantically over Shen Nanyue before landing on the injuries on her arm, tears nearly spilling out.
“Alright, I’m fine, aren’t I? Today was all thanks to Xiao Qi.”
Shen An’an patted Xiao Qi on the shoulder in praise, then waved him away while she herself supported Shen Nanyue into the villa.
Xiao Qi: …
That gratitude was way too perfunctory.
He sighed and turned to leave.
Yet his thoughts remained fixed on Shen Nanyue.
Although she had not mentioned her husband once during the entire ride home— from the increasingly cold and lonely expression on her face, it was obvious that Zhou Yushen’s choice tonight had affected her deeply.
Xiao Qi’s expression darkened instantly as well.
Young Master of the Zhou family, huh?
He had heard that the Zhou family’s security system was internationally top-tier.
He wanted to see whether he, a genius computer prodigy, could break through this so-called world-class defense system.
Inside the Shen family villa’s living room— Shen An’an took out the medicine kit and treated Shen Nanyue’s wounds.
Shen Nanyue kept looking at her face, thousands of complicated emotions weighing heavily on her chest until she could barely breathe.
Today, she did not want to talk anymore.
After applying the medicine, Shen Nanyue gently patted Shen An’an on the shoulder.
“I want to go rest for a while. You should sleep early too.”
Shen An’an grabbed Shen Nanyue’s hand, her eyes filled with concern.
Shen Nanyue smiled faintly to reassure her.
“I’m fine. I’m just tired. Can we talk about anything else tomorrow?”
Shen An’an stopped insisting and let Shen Nanyue withdraw her hand before returning to her bedroom.
There seemed to be immense sorrow buried deep inside her sister’s heart.
…
Inside the hospital— Zhou Yushen waited until Gu Linlang completed all her examinations and confirmed that she was unharmed before preparing to leave.
“I’ve already arranged bodyguards to protect you. There won’t be another kidnapping incident.”
He turned to go, but Gu Linlang looked at him pitifully.
“Ah Shen, can’t you stay here with me? I’m scared.”
Zhou Yushen thought that she really had been frightened badly today.
So he replied, “I’ll arrange for a caretaker to stay with you. Get some rest.”
He had no intention of staying.
Watching his retreating figure, Gu Linlang unwillingly called out,
“Ah Shen, do you know that Shen Nanyue was kidnapped today too?”
— The end of the Chapter–
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