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After receiving the report, the police immediately contacted Zhou Tao's maternal grandparents, who rushed over and took their daughter home.

Subsequently, the police also sent people to Zhoujia Village to investigate and verify the situation with the boy's father, Zhou Guodong.

However, the entire village banded together to protect their own, colluding to deny ever having seen this mother.

In addition, due to the passage of time and the lack of today's ubiquitous surveillance and facial recognition technology, coupled with the village's remote and isolated location deep in the mountains, the police faced difficulties in collecting evidence and ultimately had no choice but to let the matter drop.

After the mother returned to her biological parents, it took her several years to receive psychological counseling before she slowly emerged from the shadow of being trafficked and imprisoned.

She had considered going back to the mountain village to take her son away, but after inquiring with the police officers who handled the case back then, she knew that Zhoujia Village had a deeply ingrained xenophobic and cliquish culture, making it an extremely difficult place to go. If she forced her way back, she would not only be unable to take her child away, but she would also likely be in danger again.

With no other choice, she could only painfully let go of her obsession, move with her family to a different city, change her name, and start a completely new life.

Meanwhile, in Zhoujia Village, after his mother fled, he continued his bad habits for years, and continued to buy women from other places through trafficking.

Until recent years, the country has cracked down on human trafficking crimes, and with the rapid development of society, the Skynet surveillance and facial recognition systems have become ubiquitous, with cameras everywhere serving as a deterrent. No one dares to take the risk of doing such a thing anymore.

The boy's father, Zhou Guodong, was already poor, and from then on, he could no longer afford to buy a wife, so he put all his energy into raising his son.

Zhou Tao was born intelligent, inheriting her mother's talent and wisdom. She studied hard from a young age, had a high level of comprehension, and excelled in her studies all the way, becoming the only person in the entire village to leave the mountains and be admitted to a key university.

Zhou Tao instantly lost control of her emotions, shaking her head repeatedly at the camera, her face full of resistance, and loudly retorting:

"You're talking nonsense! That's not true at all! My mother wasn't trafficked! My father met her while he was away working, but she ran away after giving birth to me because she thought we were too poor! She's just a vain, materialistic woman!"

A chill ran through Shen Jingshu's eyes, and she spoke coldly, her tone completely flat:

"Zhou Tao, you've inherited your father's selfish, cold-hearted, and narrow-minded nature. Let me tell you the truth, you'll never find your mother in this lifetime. To your mother, your existence is the greatest shame of her life."

"If you insist on digging deep to find out her whereabouts, I might as well tell you frankly. The case of your mother being abducted has now been reopened and thoroughly investigated by the police. If you insist on going to find her, you will only be handing over incriminating evidence. You yourself are the most vivid witness and physical evidence."

"Your background is irrefutable evidence that she was trafficked, forcibly imprisoned, and forced to give birth to her child. Once the source is traced back to you, your father will not escape legal punishment and will definitely go to jail. Everyone in your village who participated in the blockade, detention, and cover-up of the trafficking will not escape and will all be severely punished by law."

Upon hearing these words, Zhou Tao felt a sudden surge of panic. He knew in his heart that what the anchor said was all true.

He dared not bear the consequences, nor did he want to be involved. In his panic, he hurriedly and abruptly ended the call.

The live stream chat exploded instantly, with comments flooding the screen and netizens expressing their amazement and discussion.

"Just as I suspected. It seems he had a vague idea of ​​the truth all along, but he just kept deceiving himself and refused to face it."

"No matter how good one's bloodline talent is, it can't overcome the selfishness and cold-heartedness inherited in one's bones."

"I really want to find out who Zhou Tao is."

With the internet so readily available these days, live streaming rooms are teeming with computer experts. Someone quickly uncovered Zhou Tao's personal information and posted it online.

Zhou Tao originally thought it was just an ordinary live broadcast, and he was full of scheming to get the host to help him find his mother so that she could share the burden of his family and obtain resources. In the end, however, he shot himself in the foot.

The incident quickly went viral online, growing bigger and bigger until it became known throughout the internet.

Even the teachers and students at Zhou Tao's university heard the story. When he walked on the street, his classmates would point at him and gossip about him, making him lose face and feel ashamed.

As public opinion continues to grow, the long-dormant human trafficking case has received high attention, and the police have officially reopened the case and are making every effort to thoroughly investigate it.

Those in Zhoujia Village who participated in trafficking, detention, and harboring evildoers will ultimately not escape the cycle of karma and legal punishment, and will have to pay a heavy price for their past misdeeds.

As Shen Jingshu stated, Zhou Tao's mother never appeared in public. To protect the victim's privacy, the police strictly guarded all her personal information, never disclosing it to the public, allowing her to quietly live a peaceful new life, no longer disturbed by past trauma.

Zhou Tao's fate was already sealed.

As the incident continued to escalate online, he suffered a complete social death at university. Wherever he went, he was pointed at and talked about. The gossip and disdainful looks from others became unbearable for him, and he eventually dropped out of school and returned to his remote Zhoujia Village in disgrace.

He ultimately failed to shake off his inherent selfishness and cowardice, becoming the very thing he hated most—his father—and spending his entire life trapped in that deep mountain, never venturing out again, living a mediocre and carefree life.

With that, all three divinations for today have been completed.

Shen Jingshu spoke calmly to the camera, her voice clear and even: "Today's divination is complete. The next broadcast will be scheduled for next Saturday. I will announce the specific time in advance. You may all leave now."

Viewers in the live stream were instantly reluctant to part, and the screen was flooded with comments trying to persuade them to stay.

"The streamer only broadcasts one day a week, that's way too little! We can't get enough of it!"

"Everyone doesn't have to go to school or work on Saturdays and Sundays, so how about the streamer does a couple more live streams?"

"I've been following this streamer for a long time, watching every single episode. The streamer always wears a mask, so we've never seen your real face!"

"The streamer has such a nice voice, and looks so young. Are you still studying or working, and only have time to stream on weekends?"

"I've already set the streamer to be on my favorites, so I get a notification as soon as they go live. Their livestream is full of exciting gossip, and I feel like a badger running around in a melon patch, wanting to eat fresh melons every day. Please, streamer, go live every day!"

Despite seeing the screen full of eager comments, Shen Jingshu did not agree.

She already had her own things to do. While spiritual practice and accumulating merit were important, she didn't want to spend all her time livestreaming, wasting her energy and disrupting her own rhythm.

He simply replied: I'll add a segment when I have time.

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned off the live stream and ended the connection.

She got up and went into the bathroom to wash up, then lay down on the bed. However, after lying in bed for a long time, Shen Jingshu tossed and turned without feeling sleepy.

The annoyance that Shen Xinyi and Lin Wanqing had stirred up in him had long since subsided and dissipated.