As soon as they discovered this, they immediately told their mother, Gu Jianing.
After learning about it, Gu Jianing also informed Sheng Zexi, and the couple instructed their two children to keep the secret strictly, warning them not to tell anyone.
The two children were very obedient. Aside from the necessary mental communication between them, they never let anyone else find out.
But now, Xingxing and Yueyue both noticed someone was following them.
However, neither of them was afraid.
Before coming to Beijing, their mother, Gu Jianing, had given them some items to carry with them, which they could use in case of danger.
So they always brought them whenever they went out.
Xingxing and Yueyue silently discussed their plan through telepathy, while outwardly remaining calm.
As for Sheng Xinhao, who was with them, they chose not to tell him.
As they walked, the crowd ahead suddenly erupted into chaos.
Someone rushed toward them in a hurry, bumping into Sheng Xinhao’s shoulder as they passed, causing him to let go of Xingxing and Yueyue’s hands.
By the time Sheng Xinhao turned around, the two children were nowhere to be seen…
…
Fang Manping desperately chased forward, her face filled with panic.
She hadn’t expected the kidnappers to appear—or for the two children to be taken.
From the moment Sheng Xinhao took Xingxing and Yueyue out, she had been following them, not daring to look away.
Then she saw the kidnappers cover the children’s mouths and carry them away.
Fang Manping wanted to tell her stepfather, Sheng Xinhao, but she was afraid of losing track of the kidnappers. So she chose to follow them directly, hoping to rescue the children.
She trailed the kidnappers as they turned left and right, eventually entering an alley.
But when she stepped into the alley, she found that the children and the kidnappers had vanished.
“Where did they go? Where are they?”
Fang Manping grew frantic, looking around desperately, but she couldn’t find them.
“Where could they be?” She was on the verge of tears.
“What should I do? What should I do? Right—I need to call the police!”
At this point, Fang Manping could no longer hesitate. All she could think about was calling the police to recover the children.
Now she truly regretted her actions.
If she had known this would happen, she should have called the police yesterday. She should have warned her stepfather or Sheng Zexi.
It was her fault—all her fault.
“Are you looking for us?” A childish voice suddenly sounded behind her just as Fang Manping was about to call the police.
She turned around and saw two little heads peeking out from the courtyard of a nearby siheyuan (traditional courtyard house).
It was Xingxing and Yueyue.
“Xingxing, Yueyue? You’re okay?”
Fang Manping rushed over.
Then she saw Xingxing and Yueyue standing there unharmed, while two figures lay unconscious on the ground inside the courtyard.
They were the kidnappers she had seen earlier.
“Who are you? Do you know us?” Xingxing and Yueyue looked at Fang Manping curiously.
“I…” Fang Manping didn’t know how to respond. Should she say she was their father’s stepsister? Or that they had a strained relationship?
“You… you can call me Auntie. By the way, what happened here? What’s wrong with these two?”
“Oh, they just fainted,” Yueyue said, blinking her innocent eyes.
When the kidnappers took them, Xingxing and Yueyue had cooperated quietly. Their mother had told them about kidnappers and how to deal with them.
They carried powder their mother had given them—a type that could knock out an elephant with just one packet.
So, when the kidnappers carried them here, they sprinkled some of the powder.
The two men immediately passed out.
As for them…
Since they were fed Anti-Poison pills by Gu Jianing shortly after birth, making them immune to all poisons, Xingxing and Yueyue were completely unharmed.
Xingxing and Yueyue had sensed that, aside from these kidnappers, someone else was following them.
But they hadn’t expected it to be a strange “auntie”?
Although Fang Manping had seemed genuinely worried about them, Xingxing and Yueyue remained cautious since they didn’t know her.
“It’s good that you’re okay. I—I’ll call the police to arrest these two,” Fang Manping said. “Then I’ll take you back.”
“No need. Xingxing and Yueyue are with me.”
Just then, a familiar voice sounded behind Fang Manping.
That voice…
Fang Manping stiffened slightly before slowly turning around.
There stood her stepfather, Sheng Xinhao, looking at her with a complicated expression.
“Uncle…” Fang Manping’s voice faltered.
She hadn’t expected her uncle to find them so quickly—nor to look at her like that.
And the way Sheng Xinhao remained so calm made her feel like there was something she didn’t know.
Sheng Xinhao walked toward Xingxing and Yueyue.
When he saw the two unconscious men on the ground, he paused.
“What happened to them?” he asked.
Yueyue stepped forward and looked up at him. “They’re kidnappers. We knocked them out.”
“You knocked them out?”
Soon, Sheng Xinhao understood—his daughter-in-law had long since given Xingxing and Yueyue tools to protect themselves.
That was how they had managed to subdue the kidnappers.
“They’re kidnappers who tried to take us away,” Yueyue explained.
“No, they’re not kidnappers,” Sheng Xinhao corrected. “But there were kidnappers planning to abduct you.”
As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Fang Manping.
Fang Manping froze. The moment her eyes met his, realization dawned on her.
Her hands and feet turned cold.
Xingxing and Yueyue exchanged a glance, seeming to understand as well.
Just then, several men appeared—clearly soldiers—and quickly took the two unconscious men away.
“Come, Xingxing, Yueyue,” Sheng Xinhao said, taking their hands again. “Let’s go home—back to the Sheng family. Grandpa will make sure justice is served.”
After a moment of thought, the two children nodded.
Fang Manping followed behind them, her mind racing.
Now she understood everything.
It seemed her stepfather had known all along that her mother had planned to have Xingxing and Yueyue kidnapped.
And he had played along with it.
The real kidnappers had never shown up—they had probably already been arrested.
Today’s “kidnappers” were just part of an act, staged in front of her.
Was it a test? Or something else?
Whatever the reason, Fang Manping knew one thing for certain:
Her mother was finished.
How would her stepfather deal with her?
He had known everything, while she had foolishly believed they were all in the dark, trying to cover for her mother.
Even if they hadn’t known, seeing how clever Xingxing and Yueyue were…
No kidnapper could have taken them.
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