Chapter 7

Feng Yang studied the beautiful streamer's phone thoughtfully. Noticing his gaze, she said excitedly, "I livestreamed the whole process of you saving that damsel in distress online. There are over thirty million viewers in the stream now, and more than a million comments. Handsome guy, you're famous!"

Feng Yang had no interest in what excited her. He politely asked, "Could I borrow your phone for a moment? I want to call my family."

Many people knew that Feng Yang had run into pickpockets at the train station, had his wallet and phone stolen, and could only remain there performing to earn travel money. The beautiful streamer nodded eagerly, took another phone from her backpack, and handed it to Feng Yang with a teasing smile. "Borrowing a phone is no problem. But I have one condition—we exchange phone numbers and WeChat accounts, okay?"

However, Feng Yang's phone had already been stolen. Even if they wanted to exchange contact information, it would have to wait until he replaced his SIM card. Fortunately, the beautiful streamer did not mind—she was not worried that Feng Yang would go back on his word. First, he did not look like the kind of person who broke promises. Second, some viewers in her stream had already recognized him.

The fire at the haunted house in Songjiang City had drawn enormous local attention because nearly thirty people had been killed or injured. Related news reports had been repeatedly broadcast on local TV stations and featured in headline news. Feng Yang, the hero who had saved people from the blaze, had also become well known among netizens. Many people commented beneath the news that Feng Yang was definitely more handsome than some of today's popular young idols.

Some of the beautiful streamer's viewers happened to be from Songjiang. They recognized Feng Yang immediately and began introducing his heroic deeds in saving people from the fire to everyone in the stream. In tones full of envy, jealousy, and resentment, they said that not only was Feng Yang handsome and decent, but he was also the son of the owner of a local hotel chain. Thanks to Feng Yang's righteous act, the hotel's business had been booming these past few days. Its owner had even launched a promotion: "To celebrate my son's admission to Yanjing X University, all purchases are half price."

After the Songjiang viewers' explanation, quite a few people immediately decided to invest in Feng Yang, a prime catch with breathtaking looks, a privileged family background, and outstanding character. They flooded the stream with comments demanding that the streamer get Feng Yang's Weibo account.

The beautiful streamer relayed the viewers' request to Feng Yang, but he did not have Weibo. She immediately smiled. "That's easy. I can register one for you."

Feng Yang neither agreed nor objected. After using the streamer's phone to reassure his family, he looked at Yin Qing. "Do you want to call your family too?"

Yin Qing's luggage had been taken by the traffickers while she struggled against them earlier. At Feng Yang's suggestion, the grimy-faced Yin Qing nodded repeatedly. Feng Yang turned to the beautiful streamer again. "Could I borrow your phone one more time?"

"Of course." The beautiful streamer nodded without hesitation. While Yin Qing called her family, she said to Feng Yang, "My name is Tao Xiaotao. My stage name when I livestream is Fairy of the Peach Blossom Spring. We're friends now, right?"

Feng Yang understood what she meant and smiled faintly. "I'm Feng Yang."

The beautiful streamer grinned. "I know—"

Before she could finish, two uniformed police officers ran over from outside the crowd. Panting, they asked, "Did you call the police just now and report human traffickers?"

"Yes," Feng Yang answered.

Feng Yang pointed at Yin Qing, who stood beside him crying as she spoke to her family on the phone. "She's the victim."

Seeing this, the onlookers began chattering all at once about the traffickers' unusual scheme for abducting Yin Qing.

"These traffickers are absolutely despicable. This kind of trick is impossible to guard against. Even if the victim cries for help, it won't do any good."

"They really planned this carefully."

"They're too brazen. You police have to deal with this. Otherwise, who would dare travel in the future? There's no security at all."

The two police officers frowned deeply as they listened. From the descriptions of the onlookers alone, they could determine that this was definitely an organized, premeditated criminal gang with tightly coordinated operations. What was more, the victim was the daughter of the chairman of Yin Corporation in the capital. The entire crime had also been livestreamed online. Even now, many tourists around them were holding up their phones to record. It could be said that the incident's impact had already spread enormously. With at least thirty million people across the internet following the case, the two officers only needed to think for a moment to know how much attention its aftermath would draw.

In another two hours, it would probably be trending in the news.

The two officers had a headache. On one hand, they maintained order and dispersed the crowd, ensuring that the train station entrances and exits could resume normal traffic as soon as possible. On the other, they asked Yin Qing to return to the police station with them to give a statement. As the person who had acted bravely to stop the crime, Feng Yang naturally had to go back to the station as well. Several online streamers, having livestreamed the traffickers' crime from beginning to end and volunteered to help solve the case, were also taken back by the police to assist with the investigation.

As the group left the train station, they ran into the warmhearted people who had rushed off earlier to help catch the traffickers. There had been five traffickers in total. Three men had run too fast to be caught, but the remaining two women had both been captured.

"Brave, warmhearted, observant, and clear-minded. Young people these days are truly remarkable!"

After closing his notebook, the older police officer responsible for taking Feng Yang's statement looked at Feng Yang, who sat upright across the desk from him, and could not help praising him.

Thanks to the voluntary promotion by several online streamers, Feng Yang's earlier act of saving people from the fire had already spread throughout the police station. No one had expected someone so young to have saved so many people. But on second thought, being able to accurately see through the carefully staged trap of those convincing traffickers in a crowded train station required insight that ordinary people simply did not possess.

Feng Yang smiled softly. His temperament was cool and distant. Years of living without contact with the living meant that whenever he appeared among people, he unconsciously gave off an air of detachment. Like frost on a morning leaf, fleeting though it was, it could still make people feel a momentary chill. Yet the instant Feng Yang smiled, that temperament vanished.