270 PUBLIC STATEMENT

"If the house is under investigation, then, it means they weren't kidnapped..." Qingnuan still tried to assure her friend. "There's still hope."

"There's little to no hope." Shiya said matter-of-factly. She was losing faith in everything. "But I still have to find her! I'm going to find Bai Xueyan! No matter what it takes. She went to hide, to save herself, no way... I'm going to find her, and you two aren't helping me out, I'll have to do this on my own then..."

Cui Yao sniffled in a threatening catarrh. "Shiya, you've to be careful."

Shiya smiled, "Of course. I have to be. Because there's no way I'm going to let her live a happy life with Zhaolin... How could I?"

"Zhaolin will be in prison for his crime." Qingnuan tried to remind her, that they won't be together. 

Shiya paid the girl no attention. "Zhaolin must think he's smart right? I'm going to show him who the smart one is!"

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