"Since I've really found it for you..."
A sighing voice sounded again, "Since this is the case, your entire body of merit can only dissipate, and as for what happens in your next life, that will depend on your fate..."
"Thank you, uncle!"
In the next moment, Ji Ruochu saw countless rays of light dissipate from the child's body, finally turning into dots of starlight that surged towards her.
She unconsciously took a step back, but was still forced to bear all of this starlight on her body.
Boom-
Suddenly, an explosive sound rang out and the scene changed again. The first thing that caught her eye was the news anchor on TV.
"Early this morning, the police cracked a major human trafficking case involving several towns and rescued over three hundred women and children.
It is reported that the mastermind of this case was Mr. Li from Henghe Town. Three years ago, Mr. Li had already been put on the watch list, but because he was using a fake identity, the forces behind him had not been completely uprooted.
Later, knowing that he was being watched, Mr. Li did not dare to act rashly. After lying dormant for three years, he only recently resumed his criminal activities.
Fortunately, the net of law is vast and nothing slips through. After cooperation across multiple local police departments, they were finally able to intercept several trucks in Jingshou Town, Jiangping Town, Chunjin Town, and Henghe Town early this morning. The members of the criminal organization were captured on the spot.
Not only that, but through the police's further investigation, it was discovered that the mastermind of this case was also involved in smuggling and drug trafficking, with tens of thousands of people implicated from sellers to buyers.
It is worth mentioning that the breakthrough clue in Henghe Town came from a currently popular variety show.
In the live footage of this variety show, the police discovered an old man surnamed Li who appeared to be experiencing drug withdrawal symptoms. After investigation, he turned out to be the biological father of the prime suspect Mr. Li.
Unlike other towns, Mr. Li's father had spent years luring most of the village's teenagers and young girls to his son's side with the pretext of "going to the city to work" and "generous pay", making them Mr. Li's trusted aides. The purpose was to accomplish the transportation of human trafficking and drug trafficking. "
"According to local informants, the adult males from Henghe Town who went out to work would swallow drug pellets after training before disguising themselves as successful businessmen with bloated bellies to 'unload goods' back in the village.
Now the prime suspects in this case have been arrested. Only Mr. Li managed to escape abroad amidst the chaos. The police have issued an international arrest warrant..."
As the screen gradually faded away, Ji Ruochu finally realized it.
So in the original storyline, before little Ruochu inadvertently gave the recording device to Tingting, she had already unintentionally exposed Mr. Li's father to the public through the show?
Mr. Li's father... He was probably the Old Man Li who said he could help Tingting secretly leave the village.
He likely decided to pull off this "big" job knowing that major changes were coming to the village soon. And girls who were neglected and not doted on at home were naturally the first choice.
Recalling Tingting's words that "Old Man Li is often sick", Ji Ruochu felt her guess was very reasonable.
So here was the question: this time, she didn't capture footage of Old Man Li on the show, and didn't give the microphone to Tingting by mistake either.
She only leaked the news to Ji Mochen when she learned that Ting Ting was going on a long trip, and he passed it on to his uncle in politics. Could the perpetrators from before still be caught this time?
This doubt had just arisen when Ji Ruochu was woken up by her old father.
"Ruo Ruo, Ruo Ruo..."
"Going home..."
Going home?
The little one sat up, looking at the sky that had just brightened outside, somewhat disoriented.
"Aren't we filming the show anymore?" Ji Ruochu asked.
"Well, due to an emergency, the final treasure hunt mission will have to wait until after filming wraps up to be made up," Ji Mochen said, wiping his daughter's face with a wrung-out towel, "Your mom is already waiting for us at home."
After speaking, Ji Mochen picked up his daughter and headed for the car.
Watching the retreating tree shadows speeding by, Ji Ruochu thought to herself: We didn't take the plane, looks like they're trying to keep a low profile.
For even Ji Mochen, that doting father fanatic, to start acting low-key, this matter must involve something huge, perhaps so huge that even the Ji family doesn't dare stick their necks out.
At that time, Ji Ruochu thought this matter would be brought to light soon, but unexpectedly, two months went by without any news. Her parents watched her even more closely.
Until this day, Ji Ruochu was comfortably sprawled out on her mobile tatami mat, listening to cartoons to lull herself to sleep.
The little one wore a light purple French dress, with the hem and her waist-length black hair draped loosely over the milky white tatami mat.
Dazzling sunlight shone in from the floor-to-ceiling windows outside, making her already pink cheeks glow.
Her fox-like eyes were half-closed, and her tiny eyelashes that were like small brushes quivered a couple times, as if tickling someone's heart.
The indoor air conditioning was very comfortable. As the little one listened to the gentle voiceover of the cartoon, she was just about to fall asleep when -
"My daughter! Daddy's home! Look what Daddy brought you!"
She was so startled that the rest of his words automatically fell silent under her furious gaze.
The scene...how to put it, was like a peaceful landscape painting suddenly shaken and turned from 2D into 3D.
And as for the little one, even the ahoge on her head stood straight up from the shock. The remnants of drowsiness on her face were instantly burned away by the raging anger.
The next moment, Ling Chujin who was making afternoon tea for her daughter in the kitchen, and the nanny, also popped their heads out.
"My daughter was taking a nap?" The old father put down the gift box in his hand somewhat guiltily, taking off his shoes while repeatedly apologizing to his daughter, "Sorry, sorry, Daddy was wrong."
Then he lowered his voice and asked Ling Chujin, who was watching the show from the kitchen: "I thought her nap wasn't at this time?"
Ling Chujin couldn't help but laugh softly: "Our daughter set her alarm wrong at noon. She had just been about to fall asleep when her little alarm woke her up. She was already furious enough from that.
I could see she still couldn't fall back asleep no matter what, so I let her listen to cartoons in the living room and doze off a bit just to get some rest. I didn't expect you to come back right at this moment to roar and wake her up again."
After saying this, the already pitiful old father became even more guilty: "Dear daughter, you go back to sleep. Daddy is going to take a shower and will come to accompany you later."
Although the air conditioning in the car was very strong, after all he had come back from outside, the dust was unavoidable. So Ji Mochen put the exquisite gift box near his little girl before turning to go into the master bedroom.
As for Ji Ruochu, after being awakened again and again, she naturally lost her sleepiness.
Shaking her still somewhat groggy head, she got up and took a few gulps from her tumbler, before pattering over softly to open the gift box her father had brought back.
Before opening: I do want to see what nice stuff it is!
After opening: Wow~ (✧◡✧)
Inside the gift box was a crescent moon-white cheongsam skirt made of pressed flower craftsmanship, making the tiny skirt look even more delicate.
The skirt itself was very simple, with no ornamentation other than the pressed flower pattern.
Only at the hem were black lotus leaves and lotus flowers, as if a scholarly artist had painted them with an ink brush.
Ji Ruochu stretched out a small hand to touch it, unable to hold back the smile filling her eyes. Her previous annoyance at being woken up had long since disappeared.
Indeed, girls are always the easiest in the world to coax!
