Stolen Life of the Poor Girl, Top Luxury Family's Group Favor

Xiao Ya took two days off, packed her homework, and arrived in Dallas on a private jet.

Just as Ke Muning walked out of the shooting competition venue, he received a call from Xiao Ya.

"Ke Muning, I'm waiting for you outside."

The young girl hung up right after speaking.

For a moment, Ke Muning thought he was hearing things.

"Did I just receive a call?"

"Yes, you did receive a call," his subordinate answered, then asked, "Is there trouble in Yemen again?"

Ke Muning remained silent and looked toward the entrance.

At this glance—

"Why are there so many people?" Ke Muning's face darkened.

The subordinate immediately turned to contact the agent at the plaza outside.

The response was: "A coffee brand is doing a promotion."

"Tell them to clear everyone out," Ke Muning said coldly.

But just as he finished speaking, the phone rang again.

"Ke Muning, haven't you seen me yet?" Xiao Ya asked on the other end.

Ke Muning gritted his teeth.

The little one was becoming increasingly difficult to deal with.

"Ke Muning, I'm sitting while waiting for you," Xiao Ya added.

Clearly, this was a deliberate hint given as a filtering condition!

Xiao Ya hung up again.

Ke Muning gripped his phone tightly and looked up to scan the plaza again, where about thirty people were sitting under sun umbrellas.

He eliminated about twenty based on body type differences.

About seven or eight remained.

There were those with blonde hair, black hair, red hair...

And some wearing baseball caps and straw hats.

Without hesitation, Ke Muning walked into the crowd.

Being tall and accompanied by several intimidating subordinates, people immediately made way for him as he entered the crowd.

At this moment, Ke Muning's phone rang again.

"Ke Muning, if you're planning to walk up to each person and check them one by one, that's cheating," Xiao Ya reminded him on the other end.

Ke Muning: "..."

Very well, she was being quite mischievous.

He had indeed thought that since there were only a few people left after filtering, why not just check each one?

Ke Muning could only stop in his tracks and ask the person on the phone: "Is this a test?"

While asking, he continued to observe those who were sitting, trying to spot who was using a phone... but three people were on calls.

He looked back and forth among those three people, then his gaze suddenly shifted to someone's feet.

That person was sitting with their back turned, wearing a baseball cap, oversized T-shirt, and cargo pants. They looked more like a boy than a girl.

But "he" had a backpack beside his feet.

"Sir?" A subordinate noticed that his boss seemed frozen.

Ke Muning slowly came to his senses and asked, "It should be class time right now, shouldn't it?"

The subordinate was a bit confused: "I suppose so? It's been many years since I was in school..."

Ke Muning finally walked toward that figure: "Demon?"

"Congratulations, you guessed right." Xiao Ya turned around.

Even when they didn't meet in person, they would video call. Ke Muning lowered his eyes; it was indeed the most familiar face.

"The phone hasn't been hung up, where's your phone?" Ke Muning asked.

Xiao Ya patted her pants pocket, then pointed to her ear.

Ke Muning took off her baseball cap and tucked her hair behind her ear, finally revealing the bluetooth earpiece underneath.

Ke Muning snorted: "No wig."

Xiao Ya looked up with a smile: "I tricked you, I'm quite naughty, aren't I?"

Ke Muning: "..."

Xiao Ya bent down to pick up her backpack and handed it over, saying, "But I also gave Ke Muning a little hint."

Ke Muning instinctively took it, then heard Xiao Ya say: "I'm going now, I'll have dinner with Ke Muning when I get back."

Such a familiar routine.

Ke Muning's eye twitched as he unzipped the backpack: "Inside this..."

"There are four sets of test papers."

"..."

Xiao Ya stood up from her chair and even offered Ke Muning a cup of coffee.

Ke Muning didn't take it, instead grabbing her collar: "Going to Princeton again this time?"

Xiao Ya shook her head: "No, I'm going to Atlanta."

"Take two people with you," Ke Muning said.

Xiao Ya nodded: "Okay."

She agreed so readily that Ke Muning couldn't say anything more.

He had made similar requests before, but they were all refused.

Back then, most of the bodyguards accompanying Xiao Ya were borrowed from Wei Wenjun. Perhaps the little one was worried about conflicts between the two sides.

"Hmm, him, and him," Xiao Ya picked two from Ke Muning's subordinates herself.

She was quite at ease.

But Ke Muning was happy about her being so comfortable.

Ke Muning left with Xiao Ya's backpack, while Xiao Ya departed with her new bodyguards.

Only after getting in the car did Ke Muning call his subordinate: "See what she's up to."

He still didn't know who the little one had met in Princeton.

The protection was too good, making Ke Muning a bit jealous.

*

Qin Sui didn't study in Atlanta, but in Cambridge County.

Why arrange to meet in Atlanta?

As soon as Xiao Ya got out of the car, she saw Qin Sui waiting there.

His expression was even more gloomy and dark than when Xiao Ya first met him as a child.

Xiao Ya walked toward him as he approached her.

Stopping in her tracks, Xiao Ya asked quietly: "Did something happen to Qin Yue?"

She couldn't think of any other possibility.

Qin Sui finally smiled, though the gloom hadn't left his eyes: "You're very clever."

"Qin Yue broke her leg, and I found many self-inflicted wounds on her body. But no matter how I ask, I can't get any answers."

Xiao Ya was stunned: "What can I do?"

Qin Sui continued: "She won't listen to anyone, including me and the psychologist. When she was in elementary school back home, she had many friends, but now she doesn't have a single friend who can comfort her."

Xiao Ya thought for a moment and said objectively: "But I can't be her friend."

Friendship requires the right timing, people, and circumstances.

It's not something you can have just because you want it.

"You're at least a girl close to her age..."

"I'll try." Xiao Ya didn't want to disappoint Qin Sui, but she couldn't lie about things she couldn't guarantee.

Qin Sui then led Xiao Ya to a high-end private hospital.

Almost the entire floor of the hospital was empty, with only one room lit.

Qin Sui pushed open the door and went in first, immediately met by a girl's hoarse voice: "I said I'm fine, I'm fine! I want to leave here, I want to go back to school! Qin Sui! What kind of brother are you!"

Qin Sui's expression remained unchanged as he stepped aside to reveal Xiao Ya.

Qin Yue looked at Xiao Ya: "You're that..."

Qin Sui finished the sentence: "Grandpa Zhang's granddaughter."

Perhaps it was the words "Grandpa Zhang" that had an effect, as Qin Yue's expression instantly softened a bit.

Looking at her, Xiao Ya found it hard to connect her with the image of the girl holding flowers at the birthday party before.

After graduating from elementary school, Qin Yue had gone abroad, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time. She had grown much taller, but also become much thinner, with slightly sunken cheeks, dark circles under her eyes, a pale complexion, and a neck that looked as if it might break at any moment.

She no longer carried that overwhelming arrogance.