With Liu Ruyan's rescue, the two anomalies Cifera had discovered were successfully resolved by the Pursuit Team.
Meanwhile, the child trafficking case had been resolved earlier.
Thanks to Cifera's accurate intelligence support, Liu Shanhe easily rescued the little girl. He even followed the trail to raid the traffickers' hideout, unexpectedly rescuing several recently missing children.
It's safe to say that thanks to Cifera's discoveries, several families on the brink of collapse were saved in one fell swoop.
The Production Team didn't wait for Liu Ruyan's case to conclude. They immediately edited the footage of Liu Shanhe's rescue of the trafficked children into a video and released it on the show's official website.
The video went viral instantly, with views skyrocketing at an alarming rate.
Viewers who couldn't watch the live stream had been eagerly awaiting the footage, flooding the video with bullet comments:
[Oh my god, stealing kids in broad daylight? These traffickers deserve to die!]
[This is terrifying. When taking young children out now, you can't let them out of your sight for even a second.]
[Cifera, I'll be a fan for life! She saved these children from having their lives completely ruined.]
[Even though Old Liu led the rescue team, without Cifera's intelligence, there wouldn't have been a rescue opportunity at all.]
[Huge props to the Production Team! Thank you for finding Cifera and making her a contestant!]
[This was all fate's perfect arrangement! Seeing these families reunited is truly heartwarming! Thank you, Cifera!]
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Liu Ruyan was currently riding in a police car on her way to the station.
She too was watching the "Pursuit Team Rescues Trafficked Children" video on her personal phone—a device she never used for entertainment.
Initially, she had intended to watch how Cifera had rescued her firsthand, checking if the related videos had been released. But as soon as she opened the show's official website, a striking video thumbnail immediately captured her attention.
The thumbnail showed a girl around five or six years old tightly hugging a boy about three, her face brimming with the joy and tears of someone who had just narrowly escaped death.
The title was deeply moving: "Brother, I was so afraid I'd never hear you call me 'Sister' again!"
The moment Liu Ruyan read the title, tears began streaming down her face.
By the time she finished watching the entire video and saw all the families reunited, especially the little girl on the cover calling for her younger brother, she was sobbing uncontrollably.
The pursuer driving her to the police station to give her statement simply handed her a tissue without asking questions.
Having just survived a traumatic ordeal, it was perfectly normal for her emotions to need release.
What the pursuer didn't realize was that Liu Ruyan wasn't crying because of today's kidnapping attempt, but because she saw her younger self in the little girl.
They had shared similar experiences, but unlike her, the girl in the video had been successfully rescued, and her future wouldn't fall into the darkness that had engulfed Liu Ruyan's own life.
At that moment,
The complex emotions that had been churning within Liu Ruyan for years seemed to be washed away by a warm, surging tide. The repressed feelings, wrapped in envy and pain, were slowly beginning to loosen their grip.
When she was around the same age as the girl in the video, Liu Ruyan had also had a loving family and a younger brother she adored.
But cruel fate had snatched everything away. Trafficked by human traffickers overseas to a lawless land, she had been forced to endure a life of endless suffering and despair.
Raised as a commodity, she was eventually purchased by China's Jewelry King through a stroke of fate, becoming his wife and returning to her homeland.
By then, she had long forgotten her original name and all memories of her family.
She became Liu Ruyan, the Jewelry King's wife, living the glamorous life of a wealthy matriarch that many women envied.
Yet apart from her deceased husband, the Jewelry King, no one knew her true desire: to find her family again and hear her younger brother call her "Sister" just once more.
After years of relentless searching and repeated disappointments, she had long since given up hope, resigned to the fact that her family was lost forever.
With the Jewelry King's death, her life lost all color. Though she lived a life of lavish spending in the eyes of others, she was actually living like a walking corpse.
So, when she encountered Cifera, such a brilliant young woman, she felt a pang of jealousy, envious of all the beauty and promise the girl possessed.
But more than jealousy, she felt resentment—resentment at fate's cruelty. It had stripped her of happiness years ago and now sent Cifera to torment her.
However, after watching the video, a surge of unprecedented gratitude welled up in Liu Ruyan's heart—gratitude towards fate itself.
She realized that Cifera wasn't sent by fate to torment her, but to redeem her.
Cifera had not only saved her, but also that little girl—a symbol of her younger self.
Watching the video of the little girl being reunited with her family, Liu Ruyan suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of happiness. The knot in her heart that had been tightening for so many years seemed to unravel at last.
She cherished this warm feeling of her heart overflowing with happiness.
Though her own tragic past could never be undone, she knew that if she could emulate Cifera and use her own strength to help more children escape suffering, she could continuously experience this profound sense of fulfillment.
In that moment, she found the meaning for the rest of her life.
She knew this was undoubtedly destiny's arrangement.
Originally, she had desperately hoped for Cifera's failure, but now she genuinely cheered for Cifera's success!
Thank you... no, thank you, Cifera!
In the span of a single video, Liu Ruyan had transformed from an Cifera hater to a Cifera fan.
Wiping away her tears with a tissue, she checked her phone's call history, intending to dial the number of her former "husband."
But when she heard the automated message: "This number does not exist," she paused, then burst into laughter.
"As expected of you, Cifera," Liu Ruyan thought, "but don't think you can hide from me so easily."
With that, she patted the shoulder of the Pursuer in front of her and asked softly, "Little Brother~ I want to personally thank Cifera from your Pursuit Team. Could you give me her contact information?"
"...This, uh, isn't exactly standard procedure."
Hearing "Little Brother" from this auntie was a bit much for the Pursuer. Though she still carried a certain charm, her affected tone felt completely out of place.
"Pleeease? Help a sister out? I'm begging you~"
"...Fine."
I can't take this anymore, the Pursuer thought. If Liu Ruyan keeps up this act, I might lose control and hit her.
It's just a phone number, right? I can give it to her.
It's only natural for people to want to thank their lifesavers, isn't it?
As a law enforcement officer, my job is to serve the people.
I must fulfill this reasonable request!
Forcibly convincing himself, the Pursuer revealed Cifera's private phone number to Liu Ruyan.
"Thank you, Little Brother~"
After saving the number, Liu Ruyan didn't call immediately.
Now that she was a devoted fan of Cifera, she naturally wanted to brainstorm ideas for her idol.
An idea had already formed in her mind—something Cifera absolutely had to try.
If Cifera succeeded, she would not only earn a massive number of points but also gain immense popularity.
After finishing her statement and returning home, Liu Ruyan planned to share this idea with Cifera. She was confident the cat would agree—otherwise, she'd have to downgrade from a fan to a casual observer.