Fu Ling bought a laptop and got into this worlds hacker forum. He pulled Tao Ran to watch and did bug bounty programs quietly until Tao Ran caught on.
Two people, one who didn't know this method of teaching was wrong and the other who didn't think there was anything wrong in being taught this way, got along very harmoniously.
Within a few weeks, Tao Ran could take on his own tasks. He put together some money and was able to buy his own laptop not having to share with Fu Ling anymore.
After Tao Ran no longer needed to share his laptop, Fu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and was finally able to go on the dark web. He didn't want to teach children bad things.
The tasks here we're obviously more taxing than those on the hacker forum. Fu Ling took a few jobs and his income increases significantly so he took a break.
He called out to Tao Ran in his room
"Kid I'm going out"
Tao Ran answer back
"Okay!"
Fu Ling walked out casually not knowing that shortly after he left, two familiar figures knocked on the door of his house.
Tao Ran was sitting in his room when he heard the knock on the door and was puzzled. Did Fu Ling forget something? No. Fu Ling wouldn't need to knock when coming in he had a key.
Tao Ran was contemplating whether or not to open the door when he heard a shout from the front door.
"Police! Open the door"
Tao Ran jumped out of bed and rushed to the front door. He looked through the peephole and saw two police officers standing there.
He opened the door a crack which immediately caught their attention.
"Hello, is Fu Ling here?"
Tao Ran shook his head
"No my uncle just went out. What can I do for you?"
Yu Ting smiled at the kid
"Nothing dear. We're not here for you."
Tao Ran nodded still not moving away from the door.
"I'll call my uncle he shouldn't have gone far."
Yu Ting nodded and the door closed in the faces.
Long Feng snorted.
"Rude"
Yu Ting shrugged
"Stranger danger I guess."
Fu Ling ran all the way back and looked at the people standing at his front door unhappily
"What are you doing here?"
Yu Ting was stunned when she saw him. He was very different from his decadent appearance the first time they met. She didn't realize it then but this man is quite handsome
Long Feng cleared his throat
"I'm sorry for intruding Mr Fu but we got a call that reported you for child abuse."
Fu Ling blinked
"Child abuse. Yan Mo really doesn't give up does he?"
Auntie Lan noticed something and called out to him
"Xiao Fu what going on?"
Fu Ling shrugged
"They said someone reported me for abusing Tao Ran"
Long Feng narrowed his eyes
"How do you know the child in question is Tao Ran?"
Fu Ling looked at him like looking at a fool
"I don't know maybe because Tao Ran is the only kid currently under my care?"
Auntie Lan looked at the police officers with dissatisfaction. They all saw how skinny that child was. It was Fu Ling who raised him to be this chubby now how could they say Fu Ling was abusing the child? She didn't say much but had already classified these two officers as unreliable.
Another neighbor pointed out
"Aren't these two the ones who came last time? Are they trying to falsely accuse Xiao Fu again?"
Fu Ling shook his head and opened the door making way for them to come in
"I don't think your leaders like you two very much"
If this keeps going, these two would loose credibility. Yu Ting obviously realized it as well and her face paled slightly.
They looked around and talked to Tao Ran but the only thing they got was that Fu Ling was his guardian angel who helped him when he thought he wouldn't be able to go on anymore.
This child was obviously well fed and well taken care of. And compared to the pictures from before the difference was like night and day.
They bowed slightly to Fu Ling and took their leave. At the door Fu Ling asked them to pass a message. "Tell Yan Mo that if he doesn't like his beautiful family of three anymore, let me know." He'll be more than happy to tear it apart.
The officers said they understood and then left. However whether they would deliver the message or not was a different matter.
Tao Ran approached Fu Ling
"Who made the report?"
Fu Ling sighed
"My ex daughters biological father. Or mother."
Tao Ran wordlessly pat him on the shoulder to show his support. He had heard about Fu Ling's ex wife and daughter and didn't have a good impression of them. Now he had an even worse impression.
They are happily together already why are they still clinging to Fu Ling? Was it that they didn't want Fu Ling to ever be happy? What kind of domineering attitude was that?
Tao Ran promised himself that he would grow up to become a very powerful person so he could protect this man who protected him when he had nothing.
Fu Ling had no idea what the child was thinking of and even if he did he would simply sigh and say not necessary. Right now he was thinking of something else. They had made such a ruckus that person must have noticed right?
Fu Ling looked forward to his visit and giggled slightly to himself only to meet Tao Ran's eyes. He cleared his throat and retreated into his bedroom.
Tao Ran looked at his back with pity. He kept saying everything was okay but it was clearly eating him up inside. Now he would sit and start laughing to himself wasn't this a sign of mental overload? He had to take more care of Fu Ling in the future.