Li Shasha spoke in a slightly more varied tone than usual.
Thinking there might be a hidden expectation, Mrs. Chen patiently reiterated, “Of course, it’s to see your mom.”
Bending over, they kept their eyes on the same line, “Let’s get going, or she’ll wait too long, and maybe she’ll leave.”
Li Sasha lowered his eyes and said, “I haven’t met my mom yet. What does she look like?”
Although there was still some time left before the end of the class, the anxiety in Teacher Chen’s heart made her smile forcefully and say, “Same as you, big eyes, nose, especially fair skin.”
“There is a nose and eyes…” Li Shasha pondered, “According to this, did my mom grow up in human form?”
Like all teachers, Mrs. Chen carefully corrected the inaccurate use of words while slipping a hand into her pocket. Her fingertips touched the soft handkerchief, calming her mind, but she refrained from moving closer to bridge the gap between them.
“Let’s go,” Li Shasha suddenly spoke up.
Mrs. Chen’s footsteps abruptly halted.
Li Shasha looked at her, using the idiom correctly this time: “I’ve become a little impatient.”
The Li family’s choice of school for Li Shasha was undoubtedly excellent. The campus was expansive, featuring facilities from a swimming pool to a science and technology hall, and security was quite tight.
However, this security primarily focuses on preventing external dangers and is unable to address internal threats originating from people’s hearts.
Quickly recalling the locations of surveillance cameras on campus, Li Sasha confirmed that no matter how careful she was, she would be noticed if she checked up on her companion later. In other words, the person who had come to abduct him had done so with the determination of a desperate individual.
As the ultimate theory master, Li Shasha was far less skilled than Li Xiangfu. Glancing at his wrist, his eyes flickered involuntarily. The rain from the previous night had cooled the weather, and he had been forced to wear a jacket when leaving the house. Now, his smartwatch was concealed beneath his sleeve.
“Teacher, you’re walking too fast. I can’t keep up,” he feigned childlike innocence, pulling his hand away and using the opportunity to discreetly press the emergency button through the fabric.
Once the distress signal was activated, the device would automatically answer and transmit the location discreetly, like a silent chicken.
Li Xiangfu had mentioned the device being bound to four distress contacts. Li Shasha walked alongside Mrs. Chen, wondering who would be the first to take action to rescue him.
Initially, the two proceeded without incident until Mrs. Chen suddenly spotted campus security patrolling the grounds, causing a sudden jolt in her heart.
The security guards conduct campus patrols every two hours, and there should be another half-hour before their next round.
Taking precautions, he swiftly redirected Li Shasha in another direction.
Li Shasha remained silent. Running too far away would likely result in him being taken hostage. Strategies like pretending to need the restroom were also futile; the other party seemed exceptionally vigilant.
After a few steps, the principal called again, reporting a student caught cheating on an exam and urging her to handle it promptly.
Mrs. Chen responded verbally.
After the call ended, she stopped and stood in place, one arm hanging at her side and a faint smile lingering at the corner of her mouth.
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Li Shasha took a small step back.
“Why don’t you listen to me?” As her tone grew more forceful, Mrs. Chen’s gaze became increasingly intense, and her outstretched arm was on the verge of grabbing Li Shasha by the collar—
“Mrs. Chen.”
The sudden voice made Mr. Chen instinctively retract her fingers, and her whole body trembled.
Seizing this moment, Li Shasha pushed her forward and began to run.
There’s no need to run far because the person has already approached—it’s a blonde, blue-eyed foreigner. His head of blonde hair doesn’t have the traditional expatriate dazzle but appears somewhat dull.
With a tall physique easily blocking Li Shasha, the foreign teacher’s smile doesn’t reach the bottom of his eyes. “Teacher Chen, what are you doing?”
“I…” Mrs. Chen’s eyeballs turn, and she coldly takes out a spray from her pocket in an instant, releasing a pungent and slightly corrosive liquid. The foreign teacher dodges swiftly, taking care also to move Li Shasha to the side.
By the time he retreats to a safe area, Mrs. Chen has already made her escape.
Looking at the back of the fleeing figure, the foreign teacher seems to be considering whether to go after her. Li Shasha lifts his sleeve, sees that his watch is still functioning, and says, “She can’t get away.”
The other side, seemingly having heard Li Shasha’s words, makes a prediction that he’s already in a safe place: “Come to the school entrance.”
It’s Li Xiangfu’s voice.
Walking quickly towards the school gate, Li Shasha sees that he can go out, but her breathing suddenly tightens. Through the iron railing, there are at least a dozen cars parked outside, and all the exits are blocked by bodyguards. Suddenly, a gust of wind blows over, and Li Shasha’s eyelids jump. “Don’t tell me there’s a helicopter overhead.”
The teacher replies, “It’s a drone.”
Li Shasha is relieved.
This kind of scenario could not have been staged without seeing a few movies.
The police car arrives quickly, and Li Shasha refuses the offer to take the ambulance to the hospital for examination, saying that he’s not injured at all.
Li Xiangfu steps out of one of the black sedans, and when he sees the foreign teacher, his eyes change slightly. The latter takes the initiative to explain to him: “The jury member of the show is my brother. We are twins, both working under Mr. Qin.”
Li Shasha adds, “He is the foreign teacher at our school.”
Li Xiangfu narrows his eyes. “Foreign teacher?”
The man nods, “According to the boss, my brother is responsible for protecting you. You should have met him at the temple two days ago. My job is a bit more stable, protecting the children on a daily basis.”
“…Sounds weird.”
In any case, if he hadn’t shown up on time, the situation would have been much more difficult. Li Xiangfu says, “I’ll thank your boss in person later.”
Li Shasha is led into the car, and Li Xiangfu says, “You’re here early,” as he turns off the emergency lights.
After summarizing the situation at the hospital, Li Xiangfu pulls open the door. “I was about to call you to warn you to be careful, but I got a text message from the police first.”
“Big brother and Anqing are on their way; I already told them to go straight home.” Li Xichun’s voice comes from the car, and when he sees Li Shasha, she’s a bit distressed. “Are you scared?”
Li Shasha responds, “Not really.” The main reason is that he is not too comfortable with being treated as a target by human traffickers.
—
Mr. Li had some heart problems, and Li Xiangfu didn’t include him in his emergency contacts when he initially set them up. However, after the commotion, albeit belated, the news still reached the old man’s ears.
The atmosphere in the living room is solemn as if taking a breath is wrong. Auntie Zhang, to dispel the suffocating state, ran to the courtyard, pretexting the cleaning of the fountain.
Li Xichun sat on the sofa and took the initiative to explain the cause and effect.
Mr. Li’s face turned ugly, quickly getting to the point: “Why did you go to visit the family, and why did Xiangfu go with you?”
Li Xiangfu shook his head slightly.
“He…” Li Xichun couldn’t think of any reason and finally said, “He wants to pray for blessings outside the ward.”
“…”
The word “nonsense” lingered on the edge of the old man’s mouth. He cast a pair of indifferent and compassionate eyes, then swallowed back the words, shifting his focus: “Why didn’t Anqing come back?”
Li Huichen responded, “I asked him to go to the school to handle follow-up issues.”
The first step is to make sure that you have a good understanding of what you are doing and how you are doing it.
—
In the trial room, Mrs. Chen, formerly known as Chen Ran, is not particularly pretty, but her pear blossom eyesand baby face combine to give her a sense of innocence.
At the moment, Chen Ran leaned on the chair and tilted her head, a look of refusing to cooperate with the statement.
“I was abetted to commit a crime. Unless you let that father and son come to see me, otherwise, you won’t find out the mastermind.”
The tone was very arrogant.
“That’s ridiculous.” Through a special glass window, a police officer spoke up, “In the case of sufficient evidence, it may be worthwhile to impede a direct conviction. … As for her claim of complicity, follow up the investigation.”
“Definitely need to investigate, just we don’t know where we should search.” The old police officer frowned.
If something were to happen again, no one could afford the responsibility.
A little while later, the old police officer decided: “First notify the family, see if they are willing to come. The children, forget it; they are easily stimulated. If possible, let the adults come over.”
The junior officer went to make the call and came back in a short time, slightly surprised: “The answer was very quick, and the attitude was quite good.”
He had thought these rich kids would be hard to deal with.
The questioning continues inside.
Although reluctant to confess to their partners, on the motive, Chen Ran is outspoken: “If it weren’t for Li Xiangfu, my boyfriend and I would have long been living in prosperity.”
The police officer looked up: “Li Xiangfu?”
The three words seem to invariably increase the hatred. Chen Ran’s knuckles turn white due to the force, beginning to accuse and scold.
The spiteful words continued unabated, oblivious to the fact that this incident was also linked to the previous wife’s murder case, leaving even the person in charge of recording taken aback.
When recounting the entanglement between Shi Chen and Li Xichun, Chen Ran even gnashed her teeth, saying, “At that time, Li Xiangfu seized his leverage over Shi Chen and even attempted to blackmail him into breaking up.”
The police, unable to tolerate this, interjected, “So you wanted your boyfriend to marry a wealthy girl?”
“Of course, Shi Chen and I have been together since high school,” Chen Ran smugly smiled, “If we’re being honest, Li Xichun is the third party.”
The police officer understood; this was an encouragement for the boyfriend to seduce the wealthy girl, with the final calculation falling on his cousin.
Chen Ran snorted, “If it weren’t for Li Xiangfu from the start, I wouldn’t need to scheme against my cousin. To put it bluntly, he is the main culprit.”
Crimes involving tangled relationships between men and women often lead to convoluted reasoning, and after years of dealing with such cases, the police officers were still bewildered by this line of thought.
The policewoman conducting the interrogation closed her notebook and stepped out, shaking her head at her colleagues outside, “If someone like this is released in a few years, they’ll likely continue to pose a threat to society.”
Before she could finish her sentence, she caught sight of the old police officer escorting a man towards her, leaving her momentarily stunned.
The man approaching had a gentle expression, and the sunlight cast a divine glow on his handsome face, giving him an otherworldly air.
“Hello,” Li Xiangfu greeted with a slight smile, his mouth’s curve exuding an air of nobility.
The policewoman snapped back to reality and sternly warned, “Thank you for cooperating with us, but the suspect is currently in an agitated state, and her statements may be erratic.”
“It’s not a problem,” Li Xiangfu’s smile remained unchanged. “I am full of compassion.”
“…”
Even if she didn’t fully understand, the policewoman’s intuition told her that the person inside might have met their match.
