Ice is not averse to deception

Wu Dayong's visit at midnight was certainly not just a passing by. His creditors had been pressing him hard these past few days, even threatening to come to his door to collect. Wu Dayong was also worried about implicating his mother, and hadn't been home for several days.

He was staying at a small hotel nearby, but as soon as he stepped out today, he saw a group of people suspiciously following him.

Worried about being trapped if he went back to the hotel, Wu Dayong drove around aimlessly and ended up at Sun Bing's house by some strange twist of fate.

He had planned to stay at Sun Bing's house for the night, but after looking around, he found there was nowhere to stay, so he had to go back to his car.

Sun Bing barely slept all night, hesitating whether or not to take the job. She knew forging official seals was illegal, but the other party only needed proof of employment to get past her mother-in-law; it couldn't be considered fraud, right?

Turning his head, Sun Bing saw the dance costume hanging next to him and fell into deep thought.

That dance costume was bought by Sun Bing at the wholesale market when Sun Xiaoni first started learning dance. More than a year has passed since then, and he still hasn't bought Sun Xiaoni a new dance costume.

After an unknown amount of time, Sun Bing drifted off to sleep. When he woke up, it was already past five o'clock the next morning.

As soon as Sun Bing opened his eyes, he saw Sun Xiaoni squatting at the door, staring blankly at the night sky outside the window.

Sun Bing didn't feel cold; she didn't know when Xiao Ni had covered herself with a blanket.

He got up and draped a blanket over Sun Xiaoni, patting her head: "What are you daydreaming about so early in the morning?"

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Sun Xiaoni pursed her lips, her cleverness impossible to hide: "No, I was just observing the stars to understand the will of Heaven."

"Oh, what did fate say?" Sun Bing asked casually.

Then Sun Bing noticed that Sun Xiaoni's expression suddenly turned serious, and she asked him, "Brother Bing, are you under a lot of pressure?"

Sun Bing didn't know why Sun Xiaoni would ask that, but she still shook her head decisively and said with a smile, "How could I? With such a sensible, cute, gentle and beautiful daughter, where would I get any pressure? My daughter, Sun Bing's daughter, is going to be a dancer."

For some reason, Sun Xiaoni fell silent for a moment after hearing this.

But then he made a face: "The evaluation is quite fair."

Sun Xiaoni was acting strangely today. For the first time, she made an unreasonable request to Sun Bing, saying she didn't want to exercise and wanted to go out and play. Sun Bing just thought it was a child throwing a tantrum and didn't take it seriously, giving Sun Xiaoni 100 yuan to buy something she liked.

When Sun Xiaoni finished breakfast and went out, Sun Bing noticed that the dance costume on the clothes rack was missing and immediately asked Sun Xiaoni what happened.

Sun Xiaoni remained calm: "I don't want to see it today, so I've put it away."

Sun Bing sensed Sun Xiaoni's unusual behavior, but didn't suspect anything, and was completely unaware that his computer screen remained on the chat interface with the client.

Around 8 o'clock, Sun Xiaoni left home alone. But no sooner had Sun Xiaoni left than Sun Bing received a debt collection call from Tiger.

Back at the shop, Sun Bing went through a long internal struggle.

He knew very well that by taking this job, he had embarked on a path of crime, and one day he would pay the price. But on the other hand, his reality repeatedly reminded Sun Bing that he had no way out.

It was noon, and Sun Bing hesitated whether to contact the customer when a neighbor who came to visit asked why Sun Xiaoni wasn't there.

Sun Bing then realized that it was already noon and Sun Xiaoni still hadn't returned.

I called Sun Xiaoni's friend, but she wasn't there.

I went to the amusement park that Sun Xiaoni frequents, but she wasn't there.

Sun Bing panicked.

Sun Bing had searched all the places Sun Xiaoni frequented, but couldn't find her.

Sun Bing comforted himself that Sun Xiaoni might have gone to Liu Ruo's place, and hurriedly took a taxi to the Ming Shi Hao Ting residential area.

"Where's Xiaoni? I've come to pick her up and take her home."

Upon opening the door and seeing Sun Bing's panicked expression, Liu Ruo sensed something was wrong, and her eyes immediately tensed up: "Xiao Ni isn't here."

"Stop fooling around, quickly call Xiaoni out."

Sun Bing thought Liu Ruo had deliberately hidden Xiao Ni, and started to head towards the room.

They ran right into their mother-in-law, Liu Hong, who was furious.

"Sun Bing, what's wrong with you in the middle of the day?! Who gave you the audacity to run wild here?! Do you even respect me as your mother?"

"Where's Nini? Give Nini back to me and I'll leave right away," Sun Bing said hysterically.

"Nini isn't here, Sun Bing. Get out of here right now! This is my house. If you cause any more trouble, I'll call the police!"

After standing to the side lost in thought for a long time, Liu Ruo finally realized something. She grabbed Sun Bing, pulled him by the collar, and asked, "Sun Bing! Where did Nini go? Did you lose her?!"

Only then did Sun Bing realize that Liu Ruo and Liu Hong were not lying, and that Nini was not here.

"Sun Bing! You lost Nini?!" Liu Hong also realized what had happened.

The room instantly became lively.

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Sun Bing reported the incident to the police. Because he was a minor, the police quickly organized a search team.

But after searching for more than two hours, there was still no news of Sun Xiaoni.

"Sister, could Nini have been kidnapped by human traffickers?" Liu Qiang, the brother-in-law, suddenly asked.

Sun Bing immediately retorted, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. Xiao Ni is so quick-witted, she definitely wouldn't do that."

Although she said that, Sun Bing subconsciously hailed a taxi and headed straight for the train station.

Liu Ruo also sat down.

Although she was also worried, Liu Ruo believed that Sun Xiaoni would not be abducted by human traffickers. She even believed that if Xiaoni did encounter human traffickers, the one who would be deceived would be the human traffickers, not Sun Xiaoni.

Sun Bing was very nervous; her whole body was trembling.

"You should think carefully about what Xiao Ni said to you before she left today. Did she do anything unusual... Calm down."

Upon hearing Liu Ruo's words, Sun Bing immediately thought of Sun Xiaoni's unusual behavior and told Liu Ruo everything that had happened that morning.

After listening to Sun Bing's words, Liu Ruo seemed to have made a judgment.

He took out his phone and dialed the number of Sun Xiaoni's dance teacher.

Sure enough, Sun Xiaoni was in the dance studio at that moment.

Sun Xiaoni went missing, and Sun Bing contacted many friends, including Wu Dayong, to search for her.

Although these people are usually wary of Sun Bing, fearing that he might borrow money, they all put down their work and started searching when they heard that Sun Xiaoni was missing.

When Sun Bing and the others arrived at the dance studio, Wu Dayong had already arrived as well.

Sun Xiaoni spent the whole day in the dance studio. The reason she was there was not to practice, but to... drop out of school.

Actually, Sun Xiaoni woke up around 3 a.m. last night.

Seeing that the living room light was on and Sun Bing was asleep in front of the computer, I took a blanket and covered her with it.

Then, Sun Xiaoni saw the chat history between Sun Bing and the "customer".

Despite her young age, Sun Xiaoni had already learned through years of exposure that forging official seals was illegal.

Sun Xiaoni soon realized that Sun Bing was hesitating because he was trying to raise tuition fees for her.

She couldn't just stand by and watch "Brother Bing" embark on a path of crime.

Not long after, Sun Xiaoni made her own decision.

Early in the morning, she got up, tidied up her dance clothes, and put them in the closet. Although she was reluctant, she did it anyway.

After breakfast, Sun Xiaoni went to the dance studio.

Originally, Sun Xiaoni planned to tell the teacher directly about dropping out of school.

However, it happened to be the weekend when many parents came to the dance studio to check it out, so the dance teacher arranged for Sun Xiaoni to perform a few programs.

This dragged on until the afternoon.

By the time Sun Xiaoni finally had a chance to speak, Sun Bing and the others had already found the dance studio.

The farce gave the mother-in-law and brother-in-law something to hold against Sun Xiaoni, and they insisted on bringing her home. Fortunately, Sun Xiaoni was very persistent, and the group had no choice but to comply.

Knowing her daughter's personality, Liu Ruo took a taxi home alone, and her mother-in-law and brother-in-law had no choice but to give up.

When Sun Bing wanted to take Sun Xiaoni home, Sun Xiaoni pulled him into the dance studio.

"Teacher Zhang, I want to withdraw from school."

Upon hearing this, not only Sun Bing and Teacher Zhang, but even Wu Dayong standing next to them looked on with surprise.

It's common knowledge that Sun Xiaoni loves to dance, a fact that even Wu Dayong, who doesn't know her very well, can attest to.

Why are you dropping out of school?