Chapter 690

Shu Xia's eyes flickered slightly, and she said in an unhurried tone, "I will help you call the police."

Even if it were a stranger, she would still help call the police upon receiving such a call.

But that was all she could do.

"No! You give me one million; one million is very little and very simple for you, how can you stand by and watch me die?" Lin Miao said angrily.

Shu Xia asked again in an indifferent tone, "Where are you?"

"Where I am is not important; what is important is that you must save me. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known Fu Chenyan, and if I hadn't known Fu Chenyan, I wouldn't have been sold here. Do you know what kind of life I'm living now? We are living a life worse than death! Do you know that?" Lin Miao wished she could kill Shu Xia with her own hands.

Of course, she hated Fu Chenyan even more right now.

"I am calling the police now, wait patiently for the rescue," Shu Xia said.

Lin Miao suddenly screamed, "I was wrong, I was really wrong, I don't know what's going on, I really don't know anything! I wasn't the one on the phone just now, it was someone else talking, believe me, ahhhhh!"

The sounds of slaps and electric shocks came through clearly.

Shu Xia frowned.

The phone must have been snatched away and hung up.

Shu Xia dialed the police emergency number and described the situation clearly.

The police told her that there were many such cases, and since the situation in Southeast Asia was complicated, she could only wait for news for the time being.

As for Lin Miao's claim about being trafficked by Fu Chenyan, Shu Xia did not tell the police, as it could not be confirmed whether it was true.

The two of them were dogs biting dogs; neither was a good person.

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Qiao Muting had not returned home for three consecutive days.

Shu Xia did not ask for the reason either.

When the fourth day arrived, she received a phone call.

It was an invitation to meet.

It was a middle-aged woman.

She stated her identity on the phone, saying she was Qiao Muting's stepmother and had been entrusted by Qiao Muting's father to meet her, and that they should not tell Qiao Muting about their meeting for the time being.

Qiao Muting rarely mentioned his other family members, and Qiao Nainai rarely mentioned them either.

The one thing she could be sure of was that Qiao Muting's relationship with his other family members was not harmonious.

So, why did this person who claimed to be Qiao Muting's stepmother want to see her?

Soon, Shu Xia met the person.

She was a woman who was extremely well-maintained and had a very elegant temperament.

She looked to be about forty-something years old.

At first glance, her appearance felt somewhat familiar, but after sitting down, she remembered why she felt that way: the person in front of her was Hua Qian, a movie star who had been hugely popular over twenty years ago.

Her level of popularity back then was no less than that of Sheng An now.

Almost every household had a poster of Hua Qian.

She suddenly retired from the entertainment industry at the height of her fame, but even after retiring, Hua Qian's movies and film works were still occasionally broadcast on television screens, and some of her dramas were perennial fixtures during the summer holidays.

She never expected that Qiao Muting's stepmother would be Hua Qian.

When Hua Qian first saw Shu Xia, she was also somewhat surprised; she was a girl even prettier than the stars in the entertainment industry.

She also looked very well-behaved and quiet in temperament.