Hearing this, Shi Li perked up.
The Second Young Master Fu had been deceived by his girlfriend.
[Could it be that he found out his girlfriend had ulterior motives?]
[Did he discover that Bai Qianqian was a corporate spy, or that she was a human trafficker with twenty years of experience?]
Song Ying: I'm shocked. I only knew she was a human trafficker, but I had no idea she was so "experienced" in her field.
[Or perhaps he knew both?]
Song Ying: That's quite unfortunate.
Shi Li wanted to get some inside information from her eldest cousin, "Brother, tell me, why was the Second Young Master Fu deceived by his girlfriend? How did he get tricked?"
The eldest cousin looked back at his little cousin, wondering where she got this gossipy nature from.
His gaze was full of exasperation, though it wasn't clear if he thought Shi Li was too nosy or if he was thinking about the Second Young Master Fu's girlfriend.
"Adult matters are not for children to worry about."
The eldest cousin turned and left, while Shi Li made faces at his back.
Shi's grandmother sat on the sofa, holding the hands of both girls. "I heard about it from your aunt a few days ago."
Shi Li grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds. "What did she say?"
Shi's grandmother waved her hand, "Oh my, that girlfriend of the Fu family's second son, she's something else. She's been a human trafficker for many years."
Shi Li let out an appropriate gasp, "That can't be true, aren't human traffickers usually older people with ordinary faces, the type you wouldn't notice in a crowd? I've seen his girlfriend before, she's quite a pretty girl. How could she be a human trafficker?"
Song Ying was impressed by Shi Li's superb acting skills. Her shock didn't seem fake; it was as if she was hearing this unbelievable news for the first time.
Hearing that her granddaughter had met the trafficker, Shi's grandmother was suddenly filled with fear. "You've met that trafficker? Did she show any unusual friendliness towards you?"
"Grandma, she's been arrested now, hasn't she? You don't need to worry about me."
Shi's grandmother spat, "Human traffickers should be shot. Stealing people's children, how could parents not be worried sick?"
Shi Li nodded, "I also think human traffickers should be executed."
"Tell me more, Grandma. If she's a human trafficker, why did she go after the Second Young Master Fu? Was she looking for a rich husband to retire from her evil trade, or was she planning to kidnap children from wealthy families?"
Shi's grandmother said, "How could that be possible? A dog can't stop eating feces."
"You don't know the half of it. This whole affair is incredibly messy. Sun Shouli sent that woman to get close to the Fu family's second son, intending to steal Fu Corporation's trade secrets."
Shi Li and Song Ying cooperatively opened their mouths wide in shock.
Seeing her granddaughters' inexperienced expressions, the old lady was extremely satisfied and continued, "Sun Shouli is the illegitimate son of the Bai family in Myanmar. His Sun Group is just a front for some unsavory businesses. He uses various pretexts to lure people from our country over there."
"I heard that woman was once a victim of trafficking herself. To improve her situation, she joined the ranks of traffickers. When she was young, she couldn't kidnap people on her own. Being a child, she would use sympathy to lure victims to secluded corners where older traffickers were waiting. They would use drugs to knock the victims out and sell them to remote mountain areas."
"As she grew older, she could operate independently. She would use the promise of high-paying jobs to lure people abroad and then restrict their freedom."
The old lady shook her head as she spoke, "These scams nowadays are truly hard to guard against. Who would have thought that such a pretty young girl could have such a black heart?"
Shi Li already knew all of this. The reason she was asking her grandmother was to find out how much had been uncovered about Sun Shouli and Bai Qianqian's evil deeds.
She wasn't interested in Bai Qianqian's life of crime; she had already seen a special report about it in her previous life.
"What's the deal with Sun Shouli? How did he suddenly become a foreigner? Have they confirmed that he's the mastermind behind the human trafficking? Even human trafficking doesn't warrant the death penalty. He's getting off too easy."
"He's not just involved in human trafficking. He's got murder charges against him, and quite a few cases haven't reached the statute of limitations yet. Just the murders alone are enough to have him executed several times over."
Hearing this, Shi Li was satisfied. As long as that bastard didn't escape punishment, it would be fine.
In her previous life, when the Fu family fell, Sun Shouli had lived comfortably until an old detective found evidence linking him to a series of murders.
Unfortunately, that case had passed the statute of limitations. Sun Shouli spent a lot of money to smooth things over and fled abroad.
Many cases related to him were solved afterward, but by then he was no longer in the country and couldn't be arrested.
Shi Li shrugged, "Well, that's actually a good thing. Although the dead can't be brought back to life, at least the murderer won't live either."
Shi's grandmother gently patted her granddaughter's back, "It really is a good thing. Sun Shouli looked like a polite and well-educated young man, yet he could do such things. You really can't judge a book by its cover."
The grandmother advised her granddaughters, "It's the same principle when making friends. Don't just look at the surface; you need to see what's inside."
Shi Li smiled, "It's not like you randomly run into psychos like Sun Shouli. That would be incredibly unlucky."
What kind of unfortunate person would be friends with Sun Shouli?
Well, Fu Huixing's uncle was one.
What kind of unfortunate person would date Bai Qianqian?
Well, Fu Huixing's cousin was one.
Shi's grandmother sighed deeply, "The Fu family hasn't had any luck since their old lady passed away. Such a clever child died in an accident, and now this second son is so clueless."
Talking about a child who died in an accident before reaching adulthood, the grandmother's tone was full of regret.
Not wanting to continue this sad topic, she changed the subject.
"I heard from your cousin that the Fu family's second son is now depressed all the time."
The old lady felt that she was too old to understand young people nowadays, "How blind must a person be to treat a human trafficker like a treasure?"
The old lady also looked down on the behavior of wanting to die after a breakup, "Even knowing she's not a good person, he's still acting like he's going to die. What is he thinking?"
Shi Li shrugged, "Oh my, if we could understand what fools are thinking, wouldn't that make us fools too?"
"In my opinion, you shouldn't be friends with people who have bad intentions, and you shouldn't be friends with people who are too stupid either. They might drag you down."
"Oh, my dear grandmother, we all know that, don't we, Ying?"
Song Ying nodded like a little chick pecking rice, "I know, Grandma. We shouldn't be friends with people who have bad intentions." Especially since it would be easy for her own child to be swapped.
