The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

For all the flair she showed jumping up there, she looked just as pathetic climbing back out.

Even Chen Yufan, who had been crying the whole time, let out a laugh.

Chen Yuxi, on the other hand, looked at her guiltily.

Gu Shengsheng was about to give her a big hug when she suddenly had to turn aside and throw up.

She had told the officer earlier that she felt carsick, but no one believed her. Well, now she’d thrown up.

By the time she walked over, looking ashen, she saw that Zhang Lianqing and Chen Yuxi were nearly finished with their conversation.

Zhang Lianqing’s face was grim. "Thank you, Miss Chen. We will also pay close attention to matters abroad. We may need your cooperation with the investigation in the future."

"How did this become an international matter?" Gu Shengsheng asked.

"Sister Gu, I’m remembering a lot of things now. You told me I should do something meaningful, and I want to help the police rescue others. It would be like rescuing myself, too."

"So I told them all the clues I could remember. This way, I can help more people be found."

"A group of us were sold off. The pretty ones, and the adult women, were mostly sent from Rui City to Myanmar."

"I was young then, so I didn’t know about this. We were the cheaper ones, raised in rural parts of the country."

She paused. "That day in the village, I overheard the wife next door talking about human trafficking in Myanmar. I was terrified. After the two of us talked about it, we were... beaten by the villagers."

Even now, she was timid, afraid of being hit.

Zhang Lianqing said, "Alright. I will continue to take statements. I’ll notify you if there are any developments."

Chen Yuxi’s words jogged a memory for Gu Shengsheng.

’In my own timeline, it wasn’t just women; many men were also tricked into going to Wa State in Myanmar to work in telecom scams. They swindled so many people out of their money.’

’I heard it was even worse for the girls who were sold there... They didn’t take official routes out of the country, but were smuggled across through back roads.’

’With this kind of ’going abroad,’ they might be in contact at first, but later they’d just vanish without a trace.’

’She remembered how in that parallel spacetime, she had gone to Myanmar on a business trip. She happened to visit an underground market for stone gambling and got into a dispute that turned violent. People were killed as casually as slaughtering pigs... ’

’It was terrifying to even think about now.’

Gu Shengsheng looked at Zhang Lianqing with a very serious expression.

She said, "Captain Zhang, please investigate this thoroughly. This is very likely true. I can’t explain how I know, but you must look into it and rescue our victims."

’Otherwise, there will be more and more victims in the future...’

Seeing Gu Shengsheng like this, Chen Yuxi was touched. No matter what, she and Sister Gu seemed to be on the same wavelength. Her brother would always support her, too, and so would her parents.

’This was enough.’

’She had to live. She only wanted to die because of her illness, so she had to fight it with all her might every day. Only by getting through this would things get better in the future.’

’Sister Gu had said that once she got through this, she would be able to see the warmest sunlight.’

’Her brother also said her condition was improving.’

Seeing that the young woman wasn’t so gloomy anymore, Gu Shengsheng felt much more relieved.

She pulled Chen Yufan aside to instruct him, "From now on, you need to watch your sister without leaving her side. I’ve already talked her down, but the suicidal thoughts can sometimes fluctuate with her medication and the state of her illness."

"She might die without even meaning to, you know?" Gu Shengsheng said grimly.

Chen Yufan nodded. "I know. I’ll never dare to leave her side again. Sister Gu, you have no idea how much I regret it."

"But after your talk, I feel like my sister is almost back to normal. I’m taking her for a check-up tonight."

"Okay, I’m heading home then."

"Contact me anytime if anything comes up."

"Okay. Oh, by the way, Sister Gu, my mom mentioned the Lu Family’s business is having major problems. She wanted to know if it affects you. If it doesn’t, my grandfather’s family won’t step in to help."

"It won’t affect me. Tell your mother to take care of herself and not to worry about the Lu Family’s affairs. Just let nature take its course."

After everyone had left, Gu Shengsheng remained where she was.

Mainly because her legs felt weak, and she could only take tiny steps.

She had been in such a rush while saving the girl that her ankle was now a bit red and swollen.

It hurt whenever she tried to walk.

Lifting her pant leg, she saw that she had also scraped her arms and knees in several places.

There had been too many people around just now, and her emotions were still running high, so she hadn’t felt anything. Now the pain was hitting her, and when she looked, she realized something was wrong.

Zhang Lianqing and the other officers were busy handling the follow-up on the case, and Chen Yufan had to watch over Yuxi.

She looked at the contacts on her phone. ’Call Grandma? She’s so old, if she tried to help me, we might both end up tumbling down.’

’Linnin... unreliable.’

Just as she was about to call Yang Jiao, Gu Shengsheng heard a sound.

She turned her head and saw Mr. Ryan.

She was a little surprised, and before she could even ask, he strode over quickly!

His gaze then fell on her ankle. "It’s swollen."

"Yeah, I can’t really walk on it." Gu Shengsheng was a bit embarrassed. "I was about to call a friend to pick me up. I just need to put some ointment on it when I get home."

But to her surprise, Lu Shijing crouched down and said, "Get on."

’At first, she felt it was improper, but then she thought that there was no one else around, and it would be much better to treat the injury quickly. So, she let him carry her on his back.’

Her nerves were already frayed, so at first, she was stiff as she rested on his back, but she eventually relaxed.

Lu Shijing said, "Don’t go risking your own life to save others in the future."

"What if something had happened to you? Would that have been two lives thrown away?"

He wanted to say more, but then considered that he didn’t really have the right to. So he suppressed his anger, maintaining his gentlemanly demeanor.

After he carried Gu Shengsheng into the elevator, she finally asked, "What are you doing here? Don’t you have to work?"

"..." ’What else could I be doing? Of course I was worried something had happened to you. I rushed back in the middle of a meeting, speeding all the way here. I happened to see the police officer and the Chen siblings coming down just as I arrived.’

’But I was watching the livestream of the incident, so I knew you had climbed up there too. God only knows how scared I was when I thought you were going to jump.’

But he didn’t explain. He just said, "I came back to get some files. I heard there was an incident here and came over to see what was going on. Just being nosy, I guess. I happened to run into you."

Gu Shengsheng didn’t suspect a thing.

She nodded. "It’s a good thing you came. I don’t know how much longer I would have had to stand here otherwise. I didn’t realize it was this bad."

When the two of them reached the ground floor, Gu Shengsheng saw Lu Shijing’s luxury car parked askew—forget a parking spot, the keys were still in the ignition.

He’d left the door open and just run upstairs.

"..." Gu Shengsheng scratched her head. "I never would have guessed you were such a gossip."

"It doesn’t really fit your usual image."

He forced an explanation, "You can’t judge a book by its cover."

"True," Gu Shengsheng said, trying to fill the awkward silence.

She had assumed he would just take her home and was about to say, "You can go now."

But who would have thought that Mr. Ryan would make himself right at home and walk straight in.

Gu Shengsheng dazedly followed him. She had just sat down when Mr. Ryan retrieved a first-aid kit from under the TV console.

She glanced at the apartment number on the door and the layout of the room. ’Wait... this is my apartment!’