Tipping Off

An'an left with Qiu Hong.

Xia Kexuan got into the car and took out her phone to search for news about Yi Siyu.

The screen showed that Yi Siyu still had not been found, and he had now become the center of attention among netizens.

Many netizens commented that with such a massive volume of water that day, six-year-old Yi Siyu was likely doomed if he fell in.

A person falling into water would suffocate and die, and the current task was to trace where Yi Siyu's body might have been washed down through the sewers.

Xia Kexuan looked at Yi Siyu's photo. Just as she had guessed, there really was such a plot in the book.

Yi Siyu died, and Yi's mother's body was also discovered a few days later. Afterward, Yi Tiancheng remarried a beautiful new wife, and what was the name of their child again? Yi Jiayang.

No wonder the first time she heard Yi Jiayang's name, it felt inexplicably familiar.

The reason Yi Jiayang was mentioned in the text was because he later grew up to be a villainous tycoon who coveted the female protagonist. Unable to obtain her love, his affection turned into hatred, and he eventually attempted to kidnap the female protagonist, only to be dealt with by the male protagonist, Sui Yu.

So everything was in complete disarray!

Yi Siyu wasn't dead! And he was actually tied to An'an!

Her intuition was correct—An'an's existence had indeed stolen away her fortune!

Xia Kexuan found Yi Tiancheng's phone number online.

Since Yi Tiancheng had to put on a complete act, he naturally left his own number so that the broad masses of netizens could provide clues.

Xia Kexuan switched to an unregistered phone card and called Yi Tiancheng.

A polite voice came from the other end of the line: "Hello, I am Yi Tiancheng's assistant. May I ask if you are calling to provide a lead on Siyu?"

"Yes, please make sure to pass this on to President Yi: Yi Siyu has been rescued and has been reunited with his mother."

After finishing the call, Xia Kexuan removed the card, snapped it into three pieces, and threw it away.

She had always been cautious in her actions, fearing that someone might piece the card back together, so she always broke it into three pieces.

The assistant was shocked and immediately transferred the call to Yi Tiancheng.

Upon hearing this, Yi Tiancheng's face instantly stiffened as he paced around in circles. "Impossible! I saw with my own eyes him being swept by the torrent into the sewer; it's impossible for him to still be alive!"

After saying this, Yi Tiancheng paused.

Clearly, when Qiu Hong had rushed back from abroad upon hearing the news, she was grief-stricken, her face full of despair, and even her eyes were devoid of any vitality. Yet over the past few days, Qiu Hong had been uncommonly calm.

Yi Tiancheng abruptly stood up. "Investigate, check immediately! Focus the search on the real estate properties under Qiu Hong's name as well as the residences of her close friends. Check if a six-year-old boy has moved in recently."

Having given his orders, Yi Tiancheng immediately called Qiu Hong.

Seeing his incoming call, Qiu Hong frowned deeply, feeling a physical sense of revulsion.

Her assets had mostly been transferred, and the evidence of Yi Tiancheng's infidelity had also been largely gathered. In a couple of days, she would be able to file for divorce and leave Yi Tiancheng penniless, which was why she had dared to pick up An'an today to see Yi Siyu.

Yi Siyu had been uttering strange things these past few days, constantly muttering under his breath: "Gotta hug An'an's thigh, gotta hug An'an little sister's thigh."

Almost ten times a day, he would ask: "Mom, when can I go to school? Mom, I miss An'an little sister. When can I see An'an little sister?"

Having been raised for a few days, the weight Yi Siyu had lost still hadn't returned, which broke Qiu Hong's heart with pity.

Instead of answering the call, Qiu Hong let it ring until it hung up by itself.

Yet Yi Tiancheng was relentless and called back again.

An'an looked puzzled. "Auntie Qiu, are you not going to answer the phone?"

"I'm not."

"Oh, I understand! Is that the call from that bad uncle? Then don't answer it. My daddy said, rather than draining your own energy, it's better to drain others. People or things that make us unhappy should be directly rejected, and we shouldn't interact with them at all."

Qiu Hong couldn't help laughing. That sounded just like something Shen Zhihan would say.

Yet An'an was so obedient; she wondered if she herself could actually do that.

"So An'an doesn't dislike coming out with Auntie today, right?"

"Of course not! If I didn't like it, I wouldn't have come out with Auntie."

Seeing that Qiu Hong wouldn't pick up, a harsh glint flashed across Yi Tiancheng's eyes.

He had installed a GPS tracker in the car he gave Qiu Hong. At that moment, he opened the tracker and saw the direction in which the vehicle was moving.

Yi Siyu hadn't expected Qiu Hong to actually bring An'an over, and he was thrilled beyond measure.

"An'an little sister, did you really come?"

"Mhm. Siyu brother, is your body feeling better?"

"Much better. Seeing An'an little sister makes me feel even better."

An'an couldn't help giggling.

"Come on, An'an little sister, I'll take you to see the turtles I raised."

Yi Siyu was an expert at turtle-keeping.

He had hatched four turtles from turtle eggs and raised one of them all the way—he had been taking care of them for three years now.

When Qiu Hong settled him here, she had brought along the turtles that Yi Siyu cared about so much.

At that moment, the four turtles were basking in the sun on the lawn, crawling leisurely.

An'an looked amazed. "Wow, what cute little turtles."

Just as Yi Siyu was about to introduce them, An'an had already reached out her little hand to greet the turtles.

"You are Big Turtle, Second Turtle, Third Turtle, and Fourth Turtle."

As An'an called out each turtle's name, that very turtle would stretch out its front paws and gently touch An'an's fingers.

Yi Siyu widened his eyes in astonishment. "How do you know their names? How do you tell them apart?"

Back when he was in school, the servants responsible for taking care of the turtles couldn't tell which was which among the four, but An'an had distinguished them effortlessly, and every single one was correct.

"I just know." An'an lowered her head and poked the little turtles' heads. To her surprise, not only did the turtles not dodge, but instead each of them stretched out their necks and raised their heads, as if chatting with An'an.

Qiu Hong went inside to prepare some snacks for An'an, while An'an and Yi Siyu played with the turtles in the garden for a long while.

With their heads almost touching, the two little kids chatted away happily in whispers.

When Qiu Hong came out carrying a tray of snacks and fruit, this was the heartwarming scene that greeted her. She put down the tray, could not resist picking up her phone, and quickly pressed the shutter to capture the moment, sending it to Shen Zhihan: [President Shen, let's make a deal. Would you consider arranging a childhood betrothal? Isn't this scene simply wonderful?]

Shen Zhihan: No, it is not wonderful, not wonderful at all! What should he do when he felt like killing someone? Everyone was eyeing his daughter!

Shen Zhihan's fingers tapped a few words rapidly on his phone: [Ms. Qiu, please have some self-respect.]

Qiu Hong shrugged. Well, Shen Zhihan's status as a total daughter-con was definitively confirmed.

"Children, time for snacks!" Qiu Hong called out. An'an washed her hands at a nearby sink, offered a sweet "thank you," and then sat down to pick up a snack to eat.

Qiu Hong loved her to pieces and genuinely wanted to spirit An'an away.

Not far away, an Indian cuckoo hopped about, wanting to get closer, but then stopped.

An'an heard its voice: "So hungry, so hungry! That turtle food looks so good, what a pity this young lady can't eat it!"

Hearing this, An'an asked Yi Siyu, "Siyu brother, do you have any extra turtle food? Can I take some to feed that cuckoo sister?"

"Of course you can," Yi Siyu readily agreed.

An'an heard the cuckoo flapping its wings happily: "Wow, wow, wow, did this young lady hear right? The little human said she's going to feed me!"

An'an opened the container lid, took a small plate, poured some turtle food into it, and looked over at the cuckoo bird. "You heard right, Cuckoo sister, please enjoy."

The cuckoo chirped a few times, and flutter-flutter, several more birds arrived.

An'an poured out a generous portion more, and these birds actually weren't afraid of her at all.

"Wow, can you really understand what we say?"

"Mhm." An'an sat there watching them eat.

Suddenly, another cuckoo flew in from outside: "Run! The bad dad is coming! The bad dad is going to catch human children."

Bad dad?