OBS Chapter 22: The baby sees his mother and cries for no reason.
Chapter 22: The baby sees his mother and cries for no reason.
Upon seeing Deng Xiuzhen, Qin Wenyu rushed over and burst into tears in her arms.
The police officer who followed him in laughed and said, "This kid was so quiet the whole time, not making a sound, but as soon as he saw his mother, he started crying so hard."
Director Tian laughed and said, "This is like a baby seeing its mother; it cries whether something's wrong or not. Besides, if something's wrong, it'll definitely cry its heart out."
The group chatted and laughed, instantly turning the somber atmosphere around.
When Wenjing and Wenxin saw their parents, their eyes reddened and they wanted to cry, but they were too embarrassed to cry.
Even Qin Wenyu stopped crying, somewhat embarrassed, only sobbing softly.
Director Tian told them that Liu Xiaozhen and her accomplices had abducted thirteen children, the oldest being Wenjing, who was twelve years old, and the youngest being just over three months old.
They originally planned to secretly transport it away tonight, but because of Deng Xiuzhen's commotion and Tian Guoqiang's decisiveness, the plan was thwarted.
He not only dispatched officers from his own station and contacted other police stations, but also reported to the bureau and sought support from traffic police and the public security system of neighboring counties to set up roadblocks and conduct inspections on various roads. In one fell swoop, he apprehended the human traffickers and rescued thirteen children who had recently been abducted.
Deng Xiuzhen and the others went home. The police station was still brightly lit; they needed to settle the other children and interrogate these people through the night.
Recently, some children have gone missing in the city. People have reported the case, and the police have been investigating. They have investigated those who have been to prison before, those who have recently committed crimes, and those thugs, but they have not found any clues.
I've also considered starting with the children, investigating strangers, finding out where children might suddenly appear, and even setting up rewards for reporting or providing clues.
But they found nothing. Those missing children really did seem to have vanished into thin air.
It wasn't until Deng Xiuzhen came to make a scene, explicitly mentioning Song Qinghua and Liu Xiaozhen, and describing the matter in vivid detail, that things came to a head.
Tian Guoqiang then realized that he might have overlooked something in his investigation. The people who trafficked children might live as ordinary people in their daily lives and have no criminal record whatsoever.
And those who commit fraud don't necessarily only commit fraud; they may do both. There might even be a gang that both commits fraud and traffics children.
Fortunately, he acted decisively and made a pledge to his superiors, requesting additional personnel, which narrowly managed to stop Liu Xiaozhen and her group, who were almost at the neighboring county.
There were thirteen children on the bus!
He was stunned; thirteen at once!
Judging from their skillful operation and their strong counter-surveillance awareness, they must have abducted more than just thirteen children this time; there must be many more.
How many parents must be heartbroken, how many families must be torn apart?
Once the traffickers were caught and the children were found, they knew why the children didn't resist, didn't cry, and didn't scream: the children had all been drugged!
Those damned human traffickers, I really want to shoot them dead!
The Deng Xiuzhen family didn't speak a word the whole way, just hurried on their way. When they got home, before the two adults could even speak, Wenjing whispered, "Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of Xinxin and Yuyu. I shouldn't have brought them on the bus."
Deng Xiuzhen was taken aback. Shouldn't the child's first reaction be fear? Why would she apologize? She's just a child!
She quickly regained her composure and gently comforted them, "This has nothing to do with you; it's the human traffickers who are so wicked. Oh, by the way, did they hit or verbally abuse you? Were you injured?"
"Sister Jingjing quietly told us after we got in the car that we should be quiet, not cry or make a fuss, and be obedient, otherwise we wouldn't be able to see our parents again. Then I fell asleep, and when I woke up I saw a lot of police officers," Qin Wenyu said, holding Deng Xiuzhen's hand and looking up.
"After Sister Jingjing told me, I didn't move. I don't know how I fell asleep. When I woke up, I saw that there were children all around me. I didn't dare to move or speak."
When no one was around, Sister Jingjing quietly told me that we had encountered human traffickers and that we should not move, otherwise we would be beaten and possibly drugged.
I saw that everyone around me was asleep, so they must have been drugged. I didn't dare to move, and just closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep." Wenxin looked at Deng Xiuzhen, her eyes filled with apprehension and anticipation.
Deng Xiuzhen pulled her and Wenjing to her side and whispered, "Jingjing is great, you are both great!"
“Mom, when Yuyu got lost last time, the school held a campaign to prevent him from getting lost. Then I heard a classmate say that there are human traffickers in both the city and the countryside, and that they even use drugs to seduce children. Yuyu was really lucky that he wasn’t kidnapped by human traffickers.”
The classmate also said that her parents taught her not to panic if she encountered human traffickers, to shout loudly if there were many people around, and not to shout or resist in a confined space, otherwise she would be beaten and drugged.
If you encounter this situation, stay calm, pretend to be scared to confuse the traffickers, and then find an opportunity to escape.
That Aunt Liu—oh, no, not Aunt Liu, but a human trafficker—said you went to look at shops and asked her to pick us up, so I got in the car.
But I realized they were driving in the wrong direction; they weren't going to her house, nor ours. So I told Xin Xin and Yu Yu, thinking that even if she wasn't a kidnapper, it wouldn't be a problem to tell them. Wen Jing said quietly, calmly and composedly.
"From now on, apart from your parents, don't go with anyone else who asks you to go, understand?" Qin Yanlin said solemnly.
"We got it!" the three children answered in unison.
So much had happened that day, and Deng Xiuzhen and Qin Yanlin had been on edge the whole time. Now that their child was home, their tension finally eased, and they felt incredibly tired. After making noodles and eating, the family quickly took a shower and went to bed.
The next day, Deng Xiuzhen and Qin Yanlin took their child to school and told the teacher about the abduction. The school took the matter very seriously and immediately held a meeting to discuss and organize anti-fraud and anti-abduction education programs.
After leaving the school, the two went to the store and bought a shop like the others. The man who had been to Chen Guohu's house with them was also there. They chatted and learned that the man's name was Xiong Wei and he was from Xiongjiawan nearby.
When talking about the old man's death, Xiong Wei sighed deeply. When talking about the child being abducted, he felt a chill run down his spine and repeatedly said that the world was too surreal. He had to hurry home and teach his child: never go with anyone, not even strangers, and even if they are acquaintances, you must not go without your parents' personal instructions.
Xiong Wei told them that he had kept watch here for a while yesterday and also asked the people next door who were renovating, but they all said no one had been here. Given the current situation, no one dared to renovate the shop, because it would definitely be a source of disputes. Keeping watch wasn't realistic either; they couldn't afford to lose the money they spent on the shop, and they couldn't find another way to make money. If they didn't keep watch, they were afraid Chen Guohu would sell the shop again.
Xiong Wei suggested, "Why don't we ask the Economic Crime Investigation Department about the situation today? At least we should find out about the other two companies. If possible, we can have a proper discussion about what to do."
Qin Yanlin and Deng Xiuzhen shared the same idea. If they could reach an agreement, each of them could take a small loss and manage the shop properly, at least recovering a quarter of their losses.