Stepdaughter of a wealthy family? The little darling of a Beijing tycoon

Niu Niu's mother's lips trembled, her eyes filled with fear and disbelief. She looked at Shen Jing Shu, wanting to speak several times, but no sound came out.

Shen Jingshu met her gaze and nodded gently, giving her an affirmative response.

At that moment, all the strength seemed to drain from Niu Niu's mother's body. She instantly broke down in tears, turning sharply to her husband beside her and pounding on his fists, her sobs piercing: "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! I said I would keep Niu Niu by my side no matter how hard or tiring it was, but it was you! It was you who insisted on sending her back to your hometown to be raised by your mother! Now look what's happened, Niu Niu is gone, it's all your fault!"

The couple suddenly started arguing, leaving the viewers in the live stream completely bewildered, and the chat was flooded with comments:

"What happened? Why did the couple start fighting?"

"The anchor just said the child was sold, and now she's blaming the man. There must be more to this than meets the eye!"

Niu Niu's father stood frozen, his face ashen, his eyes vacant, muttering to himself, "Impossible...impossible...how could Mom do such a thing..."

He looked at Shen Jingshu, his voice trembling: "Answerer, you can't slander people out of thin air, my mother..."

"Whether it's defamation or not, we'll know for sure once we find the child."

Shen Jingshu spoke coldly and sternly, quickly relaying the address: "Contact the police immediately. Your daughter is currently being held in a small hotel on XX Road in Beijing, room number 303. The traffickers are staying there tonight, planning to take her south first thing tomorrow morning. Have the local police come to rescue her immediately, or it will be too late!"

"Okay, okay! I'll call right away!" Niu Niu's mother was trembling all over, but she forced herself to stay calm and immediately picked up her phone to dial the police. Her voice was choked with sobs, but she clearly gave out the address.

Niu Niu's father slumped to the side, his eyes glazed over, clearly devastated by the cruel truth.

In the live stream, a comment slowly appeared, revealing everyone's suspicions:

"I have a bold idea... The anchor said that Niu Niu was sold, and the mother blamed the father for sending the child back to the grandmother's house, so could it be... that Niu Niu's own grandmother sold her granddaughter to human traffickers?"

The moment this comment appeared, the entire live stream exploded.

"No way? That's her own granddaughter!"

"How is that impossible! In some remote rural areas, the preference for sons over daughters is deeply ingrained; girls mean absolutely nothing to them!"

"This kind of thing happens in my hometown too. People want to give away or abandon their daughters after they're born, just to free up a birth quota to have a son!"

"But now that the three-child policy is in effect, if you want a son, you can just have another one. Why sell him?"

"Didn't you see their family's situation? The couple works away from home, their family is poor, and the elderly couple think raising a daughter is too expensive, and she'll eventually belong to someone else's family anyway, so they might as well sell her to get money and wait for a grandson!"

"If it really was the grandmother who did it, that's incredibly cruel! Pushing her own granddaughter into a living hell is utterly heartless!"

The screen was filled with anger and discussion, each word hitting Niu Niu's father's heart hard.

As he watched the comments, his face turned from deathly pale to ashen, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Clearly, the netizens' speculations completely overlapped with the thoughts he dared not face in his heart.

Niu Niu's father, his hands trembling, finally hung up the phone.

Shen Jingshu did not stop him. She knew in her heart that this matter would be the most devastating blow to this man—on one side was his mother who gave birth to him, and on the other side was his daughter, who was his own flesh and blood. He was caught in the middle, unable to move forward or backward, and was the one who was in the most pain and suffering.

Viewers in the live stream were still having a heated discussion when the connection was suddenly cut off, and they flooded the screen with questions.

Shen Jingshu glanced at the time and spoke up to compose the situation: "They need to cooperate with the police in rescuing people, so let's not disturb them for now. There's one last divination today, and after that, it will be about time to connect with Miss Xu's follow-up call."

As soon as she finished speaking, a new connection request popped up. Shen Jingshu clicked to answer, and a sweet-looking girl appeared on the screen. She looked to be no more than twenty years old, with a youthful face, like a college student. Her eyebrows were curved, and she was very cute.

The screen was instantly flooded with comments:

Wow! The little girl is so cute! She's totally my type!

"Hey beautiful, do you have a boyfriend? Look at me!"

After being teased by netizens, Tian Tian blushed and greeted the camera somewhat shyly: "Hello host, hello everyone, my name is Tian Tian."

"Hello, Tian Tian, ​​what would you like to know?" Shen Jingshu asked gently.

Sweetie immediately perked up and said seriously, "I want to know if my boyfriend is my soulmate! I've been watching the stream since it started, and I also read the fortune-telling of that lady just now. You said her fiancé wasn't my soulmate, so I'd like you to help me take a look too."

Do you have a picture of your boyfriend? Send it to me.

"Yes, yes!" Sweetie nodded quickly, then frantically pulled out the group photo and sent it to Shen Jingshu via private message.

Shen Jingshu opened the photo and her expression darkened slightly. Her gaze towards Tian Tian became more complicated.

Seeing this, Tian Tian's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly asked, "Host, your expression... does that mean my boyfriend isn't my soulmate? Just tell me, I can accept it. This is my first love, and of course I hope my first love will last. But if not, we've only been dating for a short time, and we haven't even met each other's parents yet. I can let it go."

Looking at the girl's cheerful and insightful appearance, Shen Jingshu sighed inwardly.

What a wonderful girl, so pure of heart. If she knew the truth, she might be traumatized by relationships and find it hard to trust others again.

She took a deep breath and said bluntly, "Sweetie, he's definitely not your soulmate. I advise you to break up with him as soon as possible."

"Huh? Really not..."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Tian Tian's face, but she quickly smiled with relief. "It's a pity, but he's always been good to me and hasn't done anything wrong. Isn't it too abrupt to suddenly break up with him?"

Shen Jingshu looked at her, her tone serious: "Do you think he's nice to you because he likes you?"

Sweetie replied matter-of-factly, "Otherwise what? Isn't it just because I'm his girlfriend?"

"No." Shen Jingshu gently shook her head, each word revealing the cruel truth.

"Your boyfriend has never liked you from beginning to end. He approached you and was nice to you, but from the beginning to end he only used you as a stepping stone to get closer to your brother."

Sweetie was stunned, her eyes wide with disbelief: "A stepping stone? How is that possible! He clearly told me he liked me, so why would he pursue me if he didn't?"

Shen Jingshu looked at her, her tone calm yet incisive: "You're not an only child; you have an older brother, right?"

"Yes, I have an older brother."

"Is your brother very handsome?"

Mentioning her brother, Tian Tian's eyes immediately lit up, her tone full of pride: "He's super handsome! He has the best genes in our family, I envy him. I'm just cute at best, if my brother debuted, he would definitely be a huge star!"

As she spoke, she was about to flip through the photo album, intending to publicly display her brother's photos, when Shen Jingshu quickly stopped her: "Don't post them, I believe you. Don't expose your brother's photos in the live stream, otherwise it will cause him unnecessary trouble."

Although puzzled, Tian Tian obediently nodded: "Okay, then tell me quickly, why is he doing this to me?"

Shen Jingshu took a deep breath and said the truth word by word: "Because the person your boyfriend likes is your brother."

These words were like a bombshell, and the live stream chat instantly erupted in excitement:

"My God! Has the novel become reality?"

"If you like the older brother, go after him! Using your sister as a cover is such a jerk!"

"This poor girl is being used as a tool to get close to others!"

Sweetie froze in front of the camera, her mouth agape, as if she could fit an egg in it, unable to process what she was saying for a long time: "He...he likes boys? He likes my brother?"