Susu's heart was filled with mixed emotions when she heard Yang Sijie's name. She suspected that she was probably the only person left in the world who remembered Yang Sijie.
"What do you want to tell me? How can I get my daughter back?" Susu tried her best to remain calm.
Yang Shasha asked, "Where is my child? Why isn't he at the orphanage anymore? Who adopted him?"
Susu's expression stiffened. So, she wanted to find her child.
But now, the child was adopted by Kang Xi and Ya Nan. They both treated the child as their own, and the family of three was living happily.
She couldn't let Yang Shasha ruin Kang Xi and Ya Nan's lives.
Seeing that Susu didn't answer, but noticing from her expression that she likely knew the child's whereabouts, Yang Shasha shouted at her, "Where is my Jie Jie? Tell me quickly!"
Susu had to stabilize her first. "If you want me to tell you, you have to let me see my daughter. How do I know you're not lying to me? Is my daughter alright?"
"Follow me." Yang Shasha didn't enter the factory building but led her around to the back.
Only then did Susu discover a pond behind the building, and Tiantian was hanging from a large tree by the pond.
Seeing Tiantian's eyes closed and no struggle, Susu felt her legs go weak. Her voice trembling, she asked, "What did you do to my daughter? She's not... not already..."
Susu couldn't continue.
"Don't worry, she's not dead. She just cried herself to sleep from exhaustion," Yang Shasha sneered.
Susu said nervously, "Put her down, let me see her. I need to know if she can still speak."
Yang Shasha tugged at the rope tied to the tree trunk, which naturally pulled Tiantian, who was hanging above.
Tiantian woke up with a start. Weak and powerless, she looked down at the ground and saw Susu. She immediately started moving her limbs and cried out, "Mommy! Mommy, save me!"
Susu looked up at her, tears streaming down her face. "Tiantian, don't be afraid. Mommy is here to save you."
Saying this, she rushed to the tree trunk, intending to untie the rope.
Yang Shasha warned her, "If you untie the rope carelessly, the child will fall into the pond. This pond is bottomless. Don't blame me if the child drowns."
Susu dared not contend for the rope tied to the tree trunk anymore. She said, "Put her down safely, and I'll tell you where Jie Jie is."
"Tell me where Jie Jie is first, and then I'll release her," Yang Shasha was losing patience. "Speak!"
She tugged at the rope on the tree trunk again. Tiantian swayed precariously in the air, frightening her into crying.
Tiantian's cries were hoarse. It was clear that if she continued crying, her throat would be damaged.
Susu still found it difficult to make a choice. What if Yang Shasha went back on her word if she told her? Then she would not only fail to save Tiantian but also endanger Kang Xi and Ya Nan.
"Hurry up and tell me! If you don't, I'll cut the rope and let this child fall into the pond to fend for herself!" Yang Shasha said, taking out a small knife and moving to cut the rope on the tree trunk.
"No!" Susu roared in fear. "Put her down safely, and I'll tell you!"
"Gu Susu, are you playing me?" Yang Shasha removed her mask and smiled. "Look at me now. It's all thanks to people like you! If you dare to play me, I'll take you all down with me!"
Susu looked at her face, which had become extremely ugly and distorted as she smiled. She said with a shiver, "Okay, I'll tell you. As far as I know, Jie Jie was adopted by a foreign couple. I don't know who they are specifically, I really don't know."
After speaking, Susu stared at her, hoping she would believe her. "Given your current condition, even if you find that child, you won't be able to give him a good life. It's better to let him be with his adoptive parents so he can have a normal and happy life..."
Yang Shasha interrupted her with a laugh. "So, you mean you want to abandon your child. Then why can't you abandon your daughter?"
As if provoked, she fiercely cut the rope, almost severing it.
Susu cried out excitedly, "Stop!"
"What you've told me is not enough to save your child." Before Susu could rush over to grab the rope, she had already cut it. "If I can't find my child, your child should die!"
"Help! Help!" With Tiantian's shouts, she fell into the pond with a splash.
Susu cried out, "Tiantian!" and jumped into the pond without hesitation.
Tiantian struggled in the pond, choking on water.
Susu swam desperately towards her. Yang Shasha stood by the pond, laughing, "You all deserve to die!"
Susu swam to Tiantian, lifting her with one hand and grabbing her waist with the other, swimming towards the shore.
Seeing this, Yang Shasha didn't expect Susu to swim so well.
She quickly ran to where they were about to land and waited. This child still had to be kept for a purpose. As for Gu Susu, she should have died long ago.
Gu Susu should go to accompany Yang Sijie, fulfilling Yang Sijie's long-held wish.
As soon as they reached the shore, Tiantian, frightened, hugged Susu's neck tightly and coughed a few times, spitting out a lot of water.
Susu hugged her back but found Yang Shasha approaching them with a small knife.
While thinking of what to do, Yang Shasha walked over with a smile and said, "I didn't expect you could swim."
Susu knew she couldn't fight Yang Shasha while holding Tiantian.
She let go of Tiantian and quickly whispered in her ear, "Run quickly, run along the edge of the pond to that house! There's a road ahead, you can ask for help from people on the road!"
"Mommy..."
Yang Shasha reached out to grab Tiantian. Susu blocked Tiantian and shouted at her, "Don't hesitate, run!"
Tiantian cried and ran forward desperately. She tried to shout as she ran, but her voice was too hoarse to make any sound.
Seeing Tiantian run, Yang Shasha wanted to chase after her.
Susu turned and lunged at her, risking her life to prevent her from catching Tiantian again.
Yang Shasha wielded the knife in her hand and stabbed wildly at Susu.
Susu dodged a few of her stabs but was still injured on one arm.
However, she couldn't care about the pain in her arm. Susu used some moves she had learned before to pin Yang Shasha to the ground, trying to snatch the small knife from her.
Yang Shasha, like a madwoman, struggled with her with great strength for the knife.
Susu tightly gripped her hand holding the knife. Unable to snatch the knife, she tried to twist the blade's direction.
Tiantian, following her mother's instructions, ran to the front of the houses without stopping and saw a familiar car parked there.
Just as she was about to run towards the car for help, someone suddenly hugged her excitedly, "Tiantian, are you okay?"
Tiantian saw that the person hugging her was her father, and only then did she feel truly safe and started crying again. "Daddy... Mommy, she..."
"Where is your mother? Is she in danger?" Tianyi noticed that Tiantian was covered in water, as if she had just crawled out of it.
Tiantian nodded, her voice hoarse. "She's on the shore, fighting the bad woman who caught me."