"…what? Mother?" I turned to stare at the step-siblings, stunned by the revelation. Neither Bu Fan nor Xin Chun was paying attention to me, their gaze fixed on the lady perched atop the rooftop. She appeared to glance in their direction, and then she leaped away and disappeared in a single bound, her figure swallowed by the night.
"No way…" Bu Fan murmured, his face hard. "What is she doing here?"
"She just saved our lives," Xin Chun whispered, her voice still suffused with disbelief. Well, not exactly. Given our skills and the Constellation spirits I had already summoned, Bu Fan and I would probably be able to hold the kidnappers off, at least until the police showed up. Speaking of which, the sirens were getting increasingly louder as their vehicles rushed toward the scene.
