Fu Peng had now become the main suspect.
Everyone was not only looking for Mi Hang, but also searching for him.
The most effective informant turned out to be Erhu.
In just over an hour, it brought back precise information, "I’ve found them. Mi Hang is being held by Fu Peng at a nearby scrap collection station. The owner of the place is a human trafficker, and there are three other kids being held there too."
Erhu didn’t actually know Fu Peng, but it had listened in for a while after finding Mi Hang.
It only returned to report after ensuring that Mi Hang wasn’t in immediate danger; otherwise, it would’ve risked a rescue attempt.
Meng Chuyue was overjoyed, "Hurry and lead us there."
Shen Ci was unaware of the conversation between Erhu and Meng Chuyue, he simply followed Meng Chuyue’s command and drove in the direction of the scrap collection station.
The explanation Meng Chuyue gave him was, "I remember the owner of that scrap collection station is also from Wuliu Town, we should have a look there."
This scrap collection station was not on the main street but at the end of a small alley.
Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci parked the car on the street and snuck towards the place quietly.
Fu Peng and a man named Feng Shan didn’t expect anyone to show up at this hour, and were chatting over drinks.
When Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci tiptoed to the door, they happened to overhear Fu Peng lamenting, "This time, I owe it all to Meng Jingfen. Without her, how would I have known that Fu Song, that bastard, is now with the Mi Family?"
Feng Shan was puzzled, "Huh, that’s strange. Meng Jingfen is so proud, why would she come to you on her own initiative? Is it because her reputation spoiled, and now she’s ready to give up on everything and side with you?"
Fu Peng sneered, "Bullshit. She’s got a good job now, and her family has a house here, why would she fancy me? She told me this because she wanted to make life hard for Meng Chuyue. She said she suspected that it was Meng Chuyue who sent Fu Song back to the Mi Family, because Fu Song and Meng Chuyue disappeared on the same day."
At first, Fu Peng didn’t believe Meng Jingfen’s words, but both Fu Song and Meng Chuyue had indeed left Xiaoliu Village on the same day.
No one had seen them together, but it seemed likely.
For the past few days, he had been staking out near Meng Chuyue’s Jimei Fruit Store and spotted Fu Song arriving in a luxury car to buy fruits only after two days.
Although this didn’t prove that it was Meng Chuyue who had sent Fu Song back to the Mi Family, it no longer mattered to Fu Peng. He wasn’t out for vengeance, he just wanted money.
After he had stuffed Mi Hang into a sack and taken him to the scrap collection station, he thought about extorting money from the Mi Family, but fearing suspicion, he decided to sell Fu Song far away.
Even if it meant he would make relatively less money.
Meng Chuyue hadn’t expected that Meng Jingfen was behind all this. Initially willing to let Meng Jingfen off, she now decided that after rescuing Mi Hang, she would punish her properly.
Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci didn’t act immediately. They waited outside until Fu Peng and Feng Shan had drunken themselves into a stupor, and then they went in to tie them up.
The two were so drunk that they didn’t wake up the entire time.
Meng Chuyue and Shen Ci found Mi Hang, blindfolded, and three other crying children who looked as pitiful as little kittens in the basement of the left wing. They took them to a nearby police station to file a report.
And they made sure the credit went to the police officers.
The officers at the station readily accepted.
In such cases, anyone without powerful backing would do the same, for fear of retribution from the traffickers’ accomplices.
For this reason, they didn’t personally take Mi Hang to the Mi Family but asked the police station to call and inform Mi Zhengguo.
Mi Hang was truly likable. Upon receiving the notification, many people from the Mi and Qin families came to pick him up.
Fu Peng and Feng Shan were shivering in fear.
They thought Mi Hang’s biological parents were only wealthy, not realizing they were also influential. They were done for now.
Feeling that he had been manipulated by Meng Jingfen, anger welled up in Fu Peng’s heart, and he decided to confess, "I’ll come clean, I’ll confess. We have another accomplice in Hai City named Meng Jingfen."
Was this a case of a dog biting a dog?