“If there were, we’d be taking a huge risk. You can’t drag us into trouble.”
“Of course not. It’s just that their family is quite wealthy.” Fang Wanrong lied without batting an eye.
What a joke—if she revealed the true background of those two little brats, these people would never take the job.
But right now, this was the only group Fang Wanrong could find.
“Alright then.”
…
Fang Manping listened quietly, initially feeling somewhat confused.
However, as their conversation continued, she quickly understood.
Turns out, the “two little brats” her mother mentioned were actually the son and daughter of her stepbrother, Sheng Zexi.
Somehow, they had come to the capital and were now staying with the Sang family.
And the people her mother was talking to—they were human traffickers!
Her mother actually wanted these traffickers to kidnap Sheng Zexi’s children.
She even said she wouldn’t care if they ended up dead.
Inside the small house, Fang Wanrong quickly left after concluding the deal.
Fang Manping also slipped away at the right moment.
But after walking some distance, she couldn’t help but lean against a wall. Her hands were even colder than the bricks.
Fang Manping had always known her mother coveted the wealth of her stepfather.
In the past, she had even done many things to tarnish Sheng Zexi’s reputation and turn Sheng Xinhao against him.
Even Fang Manping herself had helped with some of it.
But…
She never expected her mother would go so far as to hire human traffickers to kidnap Sheng Zexi’s children.
She had never met those kids.
But she knew that to Sheng Zexi—no, to any parent—their children were the most important thing in the world.
And human traffickers were universally despised.
Because of them, so many families had been torn apart.
She remembered when her younger brother’s scandal was exposed, her mother had cursed the Japanese, calling them human traffickers. Back then, her mother had hated the Japanese and traffickers so fiercely.
Yet now, her mother was collaborating with them.
“Mom… how could you become like this?”
Those were two children—two lives.
“No, I can’t let them do this.”
If this were exposed, her mother would be ruined.
But even if it weren’t, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
“What should I do?” Fang Manping pondered the entire way back.
Try to talk her mother out of it?
Obviously impossible.
Fang Manping knew her mother well—once she set her mind on something, no one could change it.
In that case, she had to cut the problem off at the root.
Fang Manping decided to report these traffickers.
If they were gone, the children wouldn’t be kidnapped, right?
Even though her relationship with Sheng Zexi was far from good—when she visited the Northwest Military District, neither Sheng Zexi nor Gu Jianing had treated her kindly—Fang Manping understood.
If it were her, facing the daughter of a stepmother who constantly schemed against her, she wouldn’t be friendly either.
It was only natural.
She got it.
But Fang Manping believed that no matter how strained the relationship, some moral lines should never be crossed.
Like what her mother was doing now.
She couldn’t just watch her mother spiral further into wrongdoing.
If this came to light, Sheng Zexi would never let her mother off the hook.
Fang Manping considered whether to tell Sheng Zexi or her stepfather, Sheng Xinhao, but ultimately dismissed the idea.
If word got out, her mother would be finished.
“Can’t say it, can’t say it.”
She couldn’t tell anyone, but she still had to stop it.
Once she made up her mind, Fang Manping didn’t go home. Instead, she went back to the library.
She found a secluded corner, wrote an anonymous tip-off letter, and included the address of the traffickers’ hideout.
Then, she dropped it off at the police station.
She didn’t notice that a shadowy figure had observed everything she did.
“I hope the police see it soon.”
Because of this, Fang Manping no longer had the mood to shop for gifts at the department store.
When she got home, she could clearly sense her mother’s unusually good mood.
But Fang Manping only grew quieter.
Fang Wanrong saw her daughter return but, still resentful over the incident with the song and dance troupe, only glanced at her and ignored her.
The next day, Fang Manping kept an eye out for any news from the police station.
She wanted to know if the traffickers had been caught.
But there was no news—none at all.
Fang Manping grew anxious and worried.
Had the police not seen her letter yet?
Were the traffickers still free?
What should she do then?
Was she really going to stand by and let those traffickers kidnap the two children?
Earlier that day, she had secretly seen the kids.
She never expected that her stepfather also knew about them and got along with them so well.
She knew that, as their grandfather, he must dote on them dearly.
But…
What could she do?
If the traffickers weren’t caught, should she tell her stepfather or Sheng Zexi?
“No, no… that would ruin Mom completely.”
Her stepfather was hard to predict, but Sheng Zexi would definitely not let her mother off the hook.
Fang Manping was torn.
She wanted to protect her mother, but she also couldn’t bear the thought of those two adorable children being kidnapped.
In the end, Fang Manping decided to secretly follow the children. If the traffickers showed up,
she would create a disturbance to scare them off.
“This is the only thing I can do for now. I just hope the police see my letter soon and arrest those traffickers quickly.”
Another day passed.
In the morning, Sheng Xinhao took Xingxing and Yueyue out.
Fang Manping woke up early on purpose and followed him after he left, making sure he didn’t notice.
She kept her distance the entire time.
Meanwhile, Xingxing and Yueyue were out with their grandpa.
“Brother, do you feel like someone’s following us?”
As they walked, Xingxing suddenly heard his sister’s voice in his mind.
But Xingxing remained completely calm.
He replied mentally, “I noticed. And it’s not just one person.”
Actually, he had sensed it not just today but yesterday as well.
The two children had always been highly perceptive since they were little.
Moreover, perhaps because they were twins, some siblings had a natural psychic connection.
And because they had taken the Intelligence-Boosting Pills—which could also unlock a hidden potential—Xingxing and Yueyue had developed an even stronger bond.
For years, they hadn’t shown any unusual abilities.
But after both fell ill with a fever during the New Year, they woke up to discover they could communicate telepathically.
No matter how far apart they were, if one spoke to the other, the other would hear it.
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