"Advanced goods?" Zhong Wu was first stunned by the mention of the young girl kidnapped, then shocked when he heard what followed, "Could it be what I’m thinking?"
The only thing that could be described as "advanced goods" by Chen Han with such disgust was one thing.
"It’s exactly what you’re thinking." Chen Han’s face was not good either, considering where Capital was, to put it pretentiously, under the emperor’s feet, where even demons and ghosts had to show some respect, those drug traffickers really didn’t have the guts to reach in here.
But today was an exception.
It was a serious matter, and Zhong Wu didn’t dare delay, immediately calling his confidants and bringing a small team to the back courtyard.
"Those people just now..." At first, Chen Han said those people were tough nuts and she was somewhat skeptical, as their attire was definitely too civilian-like, but now...
"They are all desperados, their skills may not be better than ours, let alone their ferocity in a fight and their ruthless vigor. At the start, Shen Chi and I thought this was just a brothel involved in pimping, but we were mistaken, and nearly lost our lives."
Shen Chi was already on the way to the military hospital, and Chen Han simply took Zhong Wu to the backyard.
The front convenience store didn’t look big, but the backyard was quite large, not to mention the central courtyard, there were even eight rooms, all spacious.
They searched room by room and found three rooms locked with several locks, immediately sensing something wrong. They called one of the subordinates who was good at picking locks to open the door, and upon seeing the situation inside, they all gasped and immediately turned their heads away.
The room was full of girls around seventeen or eighteen years old, each one above average in looks, appearing weak and listless, either drugged or starved for days.
Most importantly, these girls were all naked, packed in the room like livestock, their despair too intense to look directly at.
At first, upon seeing the door open, the girls’ expressions were either fearful or blank. As soon as they saw the people at the door were in military uniforms, they realized what was happening.
"Save us, they’re going to sell us to Hong Kong to be concubines!"
"Are you here to rescue us? Get me out quickly, I don’t want to stay here, I want to go home, boo hoo hoo..."
"I don’t want to make big money anymore, just let me go..."
"Mom, where are you? Pingping misses you..."
"I want to go home..."
Suddenly, cries filled the air, and the group of men were all somewhat stunned. After a moment, Chen Han was the first to regain composure and said, "Go find some clothes for them to wear, let them calm down first."
The group finally had some direction and went to other rooms to look for clothes.
The other two locked rooms contained the same situation, and after counting, there were 126 girls who had been kidnapped here.
These people couldn’t be sent back just yet, they still had to record their statements. Moreover, this case fell under the jurisdiction of the criminal police, and they also needed to find a way to communicate with them.
And at this time, relations between Mainland and Hong Kong were particularly sensitive, they also had to report up the chain to see what the official procedures would be.
Thus, the manpower Zhong Wu brought was insufficient.
Having no other choice, he had to call back and have Jiang Tao bring more people over.
In another place, Lin Xiaoguai received a call from the hospital and was bewildered, hurriedly grabbing her wallet and keys to leave, even forgetting she was still wearing her slippers.
"Wait, you’re still wearing your slippers," Luo Yufang stopped her and said, "Why are you panicking just because of a phone call? What happened?"
"Shen Chi is having surgery at the hospital." If it had been a normal day, she would have remembered to keep it from the elderly first, but her mind couldn’t spare the effort to think about that now, she changed her shoes and was ready to leave.
"Wait, I’ll go with you," Luo Yufang’s face paled and she quickly held her back.
It wasn’t that Luo Yufang was more composed, but she thought that her daughter-in-law telling her so bluntly meant her grandson wasn’t in much danger.
—It was a beautiful misunderstanding.
Arriving at the hospital, Shen Chi was already in surgery, and Han Shouxin and Han Shouzhen, who had also received the news, had arrived too.
"Brother, what exactly happened? How could Shoulu get hurt in the city?" Before Lin Xiaoguai could speak, Han Shouzhen asked impatiently.
"Don’t worry, Chi isn’t in life-threatening danger," Han Shouxin, however, glossed over the details.
Fortunately, the three women present were only concerned about Shen Chi’s safety, and upon hearing this, they didn’t press further.
Lin Xiaoguai asked, "How long will the surgery take?" At this moment, she also calmed down.