Chapter 272

"Pah!"

Shen Yingying watched as the few of them filed out the door like rats crossing the street, unable to help but spit behind them: "What trash, a whole family of lowlifes!"

After the Fu family left, Shen Jingjing finally regained her composure and thanked the police: "Thank you, sorry for the trouble."

"It's our duty. In the future, if you encounter such things, you can call the police in time to avoid escalating conflicts and protect your own safety," the police said.

Shen Jingjing nodded, and only after the fact did she remember to ask: "By the way, Officer, may I ask who called the police?"

There were only these people in the house. The Fu family certainly wouldn't have called the police themselves. Her phone was in the bedroom, her sister and brother-in-law had just been confronting the others, and Rong was also on guard the whole time and hadn't been playing on his phone.

Reporting a crime usually requires leaving the reporter's name and contact information.

Hearing this, the officer blurted out: "It was reported by someone named Shen Ci."

As he spoke, his gaze couldn't help but drift between the Shen sisters; it was clear that the name "Shen Ci" should belong to a female.

"A-Ci?" Shen Jingjing was startled and hurriedly explained: "That's my daughter!"

"Oh right, A-Ci!" Shen Yingying also came to her senses. She was still on the phone with A-Ci; she picked it up and saw the call had long since ended.

"Sister, A-Ci called me just now. She must have heard the noise here."

Shen Yingying hurriedly called Shen Ci back, and the call was answered quickly.

"A-Ci, it's your aunt."

Shen Ci on the other end had already passed through security at the airport: "Aunt, did the police go? Are you all okay?"

"We're fine, we're fine. Let your mother talk to you."

Shen Yingying handed the phone to her sister. Shen Jingjing took the call and hurriedly said: "A-Ci, the police have been here, everything is fine now. They've all left, don't worry."

"Mom, I bought the next available flight back. Wait for me."

"Oh my, there's no need to go through all this trouble, it really is fine now," Shen Jingjing hurriedly tried to dissuade her.

It wasn't that she was afraid of troubling her daughter, but she had always been unwilling to let her children have too much contact or entanglement with the Fu family; this was true for Xingxing, and it was the same for A-Ci.

But Shen Ci insisted: "No, I shouldn't have left you alone in Shengang in the first place. This time I must pick you up myself. I'll be home before one in the morning."

After hanging up, Shen Jingjing sighed helplessly and looked at Shen Yingying: "A-Ci insists on coming back."

"Of course she does. She's so filial; once she knew, she wouldn't leave you to face the Fu family alone."

He Bin also said: "It's good that she's coming back. With A-Ci by your side, you can always feel more at ease."

The police left after seeing the matter was handled.

Shen Jingjing's tense nerves finally relaxed. She walked to the sofa and sat down, only to hear her sister muttering with some regret: "I didn't perform well just now. I should have scolded them even nastier."

The remark made Shen Jingjing laugh: "You were already very impressive. With so many people from the Fu family, they didn't manage to get any advantage at all."

Rong gave his mother a thumbs up: "Mom, your combat power is truly astonishing. If I had recorded you just now, you would definitely become famous online after posting it!"

"Go away with you." Shen Yingying glared at her son and then instructed: "You go home first, you still have school tomorrow morning. Your father and I will stay here with your aunt and wait for your sister to return."

She was, after all, worried about her sister being alone.

At the entrance of the residential complex, the Fu family hadn't left but were hiding in the shadows, waiting for the police car to drive away before popping their heads out one after another.

"Big Brother, the police are gone, let's go back up!" Fu Chun said, looking at Fu Kang.

Fu Yong, standing to the side, hurriedly refused upon hearing this: "Forget it, that sister of hers has a mouth like a machine gun. I'm not going up there to get scolded again!"

Fu Kang also said with a grave expression: "Forget it, it's too late today. If we make too much of a scene, the police will just come back."

Saying this, he looked at Fu Yong and asked: "Second brother, is Xingxing really not at school?"

"Really. I didn't catch him the first day, so the second day I went into the school and asked their class. His classmates said he transferred away!"

Fu Yong couldn't help but snort coldly: "Isn't this nonsense? The college entrance exam is right around the corner, how could he transfer at such a critical moment? I think he was just hidden away by Shen Jingjing!"

"Hiding him away isn't practical either!" Fu Chun caught the loophole and retorted: "If he's hidden, doesn't he need to go to school? He must have transferred; the classmates wouldn't lie."

Fu Kang nodded, feeling his sister made sense.

Then he heard his sister mutter: "But where could she have transferred Xingxing to? Back to Shen Jingjing's hometown?"

"Where is her hometown?"

"I heard Mom mention it, said she's from Funan!"

"Ah? Then where are we supposed to find him?"

"We have to find him regardless!" Fu Kang suddenly barked coldly, looking at the others: "No matter what, we must find Xingxing!"

Feeling their eldest brother's firm attitude, the others all shut their mouths.

Approaching one in the morning, Shen Ci rushed home, weary from the journey.

Shen Jingjing and the others were all waiting for her and had even specially cooked a late-night snack for her.

"It wasn't a big deal, and you ran all the way back just as school is about to start."

Shen Jingjing placed the cooked wontons on the table and looked at her daughter with helplessness.

"The whole family came to the door and you still say it's no big deal." Shen Ci looked at her aunt and asked: "They didn't do anything to my mom, did they? Did they lay a hand on her?"

"They wouldn't dare!" Shen Yingying glared: "That kitchen knife was tucked right in your uncle's waistband. I'd like to see who dares to touch your mom!"

"Scaring them is enough, you can't actually use a knife!" Shen Jingjing said.

"Mom." Shen Ci looked at her mother and spoke with a serious face: "I was thinking about this on the way back. I feel that the Fu family making such a big fuss to find Xingxing this time might have some purpose we don't know about."

"Your uncle said the old man is getting on in years and wants to see Xingxing."

Shen Ci shook her head: "If it were just that simple, there would be no need to make such a scene. You aren't an unreasonable person. The others in the Fu family might not know, but the uncle knows. If he had discussed this with you properly, you might not have been so hard-hearted."

"In the past, the Fu family only occasionally went to the school to sneak a peek at Xingxing, but this time it's too abnormal!"

Once Shen Ci said this, Shen Yingying also realized: "When things are abnormal, there must be a demon. A-Ci is right."

Hearing this, Shen Jingjing suddenly became nervous: "What are they going to do to Xingxing?"

"Mom, don't worry yet." Shen Ci hurriedly comforted her: "They wouldn't dare harm Xingxing, but we still need to investigate what their specific purpose is."

At this moment, Shen Yingying suddenly looked at He Bin and asked: "Isn't your third sister over there? Can we ask her to help find out what exactly happened to the Fu family?"

Shen Ci and Shen Jingjing looked at He Bin at the same time, and saw him nod without hesitation: "No problem, I'll tell her tomorrow."