"What exactly do you want to do?"
"What do I want to do?" Ran Qiu smiled meaningfully. "Don't worry, this will be absolutely simple for you. Once you finish this, I'll destroy everything you have. What do you say?"
Wen Renhe looked at Ran Qiu for a long time before slowly nodding.
"Second Master, are we really going to go after that child?" the bodyguard asked hesitantly. "What if that person finds out?"
"What are you afraid of?" Ran Qiu's eyes were filled with disdain and mockery. "That person is long gone."
Since that person was gone, he didn't need to keep his promise.
Moreover, Wen Yan'an perfectly fit the materials the overseas laboratory wanted. As long as he completed this job, he could leave here and live a life of luxury forever.
Thinking of that scene, Ran Qiu's breathing quickened.
"Have others start destroying the data. One team stays with me, and another goes to find the person in charge in City A."
"Yes."
...
"Mom, I noticed an unfamiliar auntie watching me outside our school today," Wen Yan'an said cheerfully.
Fang Miaomiao felt a surge of caution. After exchanging a glance with Wen Zhiyan, she showed Wen Yan'an an image on her phone. "An'an, is that person's appearance like this?"
Wen Yan'an studied it carefully for a while before nodding. "It's her. When we were playing on the playground during PE class, she was watching me from outside. Her eyes made me very uncomfortable."
"An'an, Dad wants to ask you, has Xixi from your class returned to school?"
Wen Yan'an shook her head. "No. I was going to suggest we visit Xixi's house, but I remembered what you and Dad said about it being unsafe recently, so I didn't agree."
Then her classmates also agreed very sensibly and decided to video call Xixi that evening to express their concern.
"Our An'an did a great job. Thumbs up for An'an."
"Mom, I'm a big kid now, you don't need to coax me like a baby," Wen Yan'an said, her face flushing, but a smile never left her face.
"Okay, okay."
"Dad, I'm going to do my homework now."
"Go ahead."
After Wen Yan'an went into her room, Fang Miaomiao said uneasily, "Wen Zhiyan, do you think someone has become obsessed with us? If so, could it be related to the Ran family?"
"Don't worry, I'm here," Wen Zhiyan comforted her. "If my father hasn't said anything, and the Wen Zhi family hasn't gone to the hospital to see my mother, it's likely not that serious yet."
"I'm just scared. You don't know how much my eyelids have been twitching lately."
Wen Zhiyan held Fang Miaomiao without speaking.
The doorbell rang.
Fang Miaomiao went to answer it.
Standing outside were Xin Xuanlai and a strange man. The stranger's hair was disheveled, and his eyes were dim and unfocused.
When the stranger saw Fang Miaomiao, he visibly perked up but quickly calmed down.
"Madam."
"Wen Zhiyan is in the living room. You can go in."
"Yes, Madam."
The stranger looked at Fang Miaomiao several times before following Xin Xuanlai into the study.
"Who is he?"
"May I introduce myself?"
"I am Yu Bei, the cousin of Fang Yanhuan and Fang Miaomiao." The man's voice was a little hoarse.
Wen Zhiyan raised an eyebrow, said "Please sit," and then turned his gaze to Xin Xuanlai.
Yu Bei sat in a corner of the sofa, looking somewhat flustered and uneasy.
"Mr. Wen, this is what we've recently found out about Fang Yanhuan."
Upon hearing those three words, Yu Bei's spirits clearly lifted. "My sister, is she alright?"
"Your sister is missing."
"My sister is missing again?" Yu Bei's voice was agitated. "How is that possible? Isn't she a big star?"
How could a big star just go missing?
Xin Xuanlai's gaze flickered. It was mainly the word "again" that sounded so casual.
He silently handed Fang Yanhuan's file to Wen Zhiyan. "This time we investigated thoroughly. What's even stranger is that when she was seventeen, she left her aunt's house where she had been living for a long time. Six months later, her aunt's husband died."
The investigation concluded it was a drunk driving accident, but he had apparently driven his car into a lake, taking himself and the vehicle with him.
"Such a coincidence?" Wen Zhiyan took the file and began to read it carefully.
Indeed, from the file, Fang Yanhuan was a pitiable person. At the age of ten, her parents died in a car accident. Her aunt and uncle took her in, but only for the compensation money from her parents. Her uncle also made unwanted advances towards her.
At seventeen, Fang Yanhuan could no longer bear her uncle's behavior and chose to run away from home, never to return.
"You are Fang Yanhuan's cousin?"
Yu Bei nodded. "Yes, I am Yanhuan's cousin."
"So, you know why Fang Yanhuan left your family."
Yu Bei's expression froze. "I'm sorry, I wasn't very old then, and I didn't understand these things very well."
"Didn't understand?" Wen Zhiyan sneered. "Or were you too cowardly to act?"
Yu Bei lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before saying, "I know we did wrong by Yanhuan, but at least our family gave her food and sent her to school. In the end, she herself didn't want to go to school, so what could I do?"
He had told Yanhuan to continue her studies and board at school like him. Wouldn't that have been better?
But she didn't listen. What could he do?
Xin Xuanlai couldn't help but roll his eyes upon hearing this.
The man's words were as smooth as singing.
Yu Bei knew they didn't think highly of him, so he changed the subject. "Miaomiao, she's my cousin, right?"
As soon as he spoke, a cold glint flashed in Wen Zhiyan's eyes.
Yu Bei gave an awkward smile. "Don't worry, I won't acknowledge Fang Miaomiao."
The three of them chatted briefly before Xin Xuanlai led Yu Bei away.
Before leaving, Yu Bei cast lingering glances at Fang Miaomiao.
"Wen Zhiyan, did that person recognize me?"
"Fang Yanhuan's cousin," Wen Zhiyan didn't hide anything and placed the file in front of Fang Miaomiao. "This is Fang Yanhuan's information that we hadn't found out before."
Fang Miaomiao flipped through it several times, her expression complicated.
"What do you want to say, Miaomiao?"
"The Heavenly Dao of this world is not a decent thing."
As her voice fell, there were several rumbles of thunder outside.
Fang Miaomiao stiffened, asking in disbelief, "Is this a warning to me?"
Wen Zhiyan held Fang Miaomiao. "It's okay, don't be afraid. The rooftop has lightning rods."
And they were the most advanced and safest kind.
Fang Miaomiao finally sighed. "This is a total tragedy. I don't know whether to say Fang Yanhuan endured those disasters for the original host, or if it's unfair to both of them."
After all, the original host didn't have an easy time in the Fang family either.