Chapter 182 182 They are just wolves and tigers in human skin...

Because of this exciting speculation, no one had time to eat.

Zhong Xiaoyu excitedly spoke before Guan Xia could. "To verify the truth of this news, we secretly investigated Xi Weihong's illegitimate son. Through Brother Lu's special channels, we were able to obtain copies of his medical records from childhood to adulthood. This afternoon, we took advantage of the time we still had to visit him from a distance. Although he has dark circles under his eyes and is as thin as a stick, looking somewhat malnourished, he's indeed much healthier than before."

Zhong Xiaoyu picked up a stack of information on the table and distributed it to everyone. Guan Xia didn't get a copy of the medical records, but she did get photos of the same person at different times.

Judging from the photos, the last one should have been taken when the illegitimate child was still a minor. No one knew how the photo was taken, as if it was a sneak shot through the window. The person was so thin that he was almost skin and bones, lying on the bed with a pale face and lifeless eyes. Bruises and blood spots formed by subcutaneous bleeding could be seen on the exposed skin. Even if Guan Xia didn't know any medical knowledge, she could tell that this person was obviously very ill.

As for the next photo, combined with what Zhong Xiaoyu said before, it should have been taken recently. The location is at the entrance of an entertainment venue. Under the colorful neon lights, even though the illegitimate child is still thin and still a long way from fat, his no longer pale complexion makes him look much healthier. The man in the photo seems to have encountered something particularly happy. He is smiling very happily, holding a coolly dressed girl in each hand, and walking towards the cars parked on the side of the road.

In fact, when a person's condition improves and he recovers, it is something worth celebrating and blessing, even if it is a stranger. But Guan Xia was furious. The image of Ning Ping'an, whom she had only seen in photos, appeared in her mind again. Such a young child was forcibly taken away and her health was exchanged for the health of others.

She could have grown up happily with her family, but because someone wanted to use her life to exchange for someone else's, Ning Xin died. Her whereabouts were unknown for five years. Ning Xin's parents cried all day long and were still struggling to wait for a result.

Guan Xia couldn't help but turn her head to look at Ji An. Because of Ji An, she also quit her job as a criminal police officer. For more than four years, she has been running around just to find out the truth of this case.

What made Guan Xia feel even more ironic was that Ning Ping'an's biological parents were drug enforcement officers. They dedicated their youth and lives to this country and its people, but their daughter was kidnapped just to save such a thing.

Guan Xia angrily pinched a hole in the photo. If human eyes could spit fire, she would have wanted to burn this trash to death through the photo.

The others might not be as emotional as Guan Xia, but they all looked unhappy.

It took Guan Xia more than ten minutes to calm down and get his mind working again.

Guan Xia threw the photo on the table with some anger, and said in a calm tone, "I just thought about it. The illegitimate child you found not only indirectly proves that Ning Ping'an is very likely still alive, but also can let us know Ning Ping'an's current whereabouts faster than Gao Chengye."

Ji An's eyes lit up immediately, and for the first time, he couldn't help but speak excitedly, "What Guan Xia said makes a lot of sense. From Lu Tingfeng's description, we can roughly tell that this illegitimate child is much more arrogant and ostentatious than Gao Chengye. He certainly won't be as careful to hide his whereabouts as Gao Chengye. So, if we follow him, we will most likely find Ping An's whereabouts quickly."

Everyone was excited after hearing this speculation, but Pang Le hesitated and said, "Wait, a question suddenly occurred to me. I remember that I was watching some short videos before and saw something about this. I vaguely remember that medical technology is more advanced now than before. In the past, many leukemia patients underwent bone marrow transplants, but now it seems that hematopoietic stem cells are used. In this way, if the illegitimate child needs it, he doesn't have to meet Ning Ping'an..."

Pang Le was halfway through his words when Wang Yu shook his head and said, "No, whether it's the bone marrow transplant from before or the more advanced medical technology now, both require professional medical equipment. Whether it's Ning Ping'an or that illegitimate child, even if they don't meet, they will definitely appear in the same place together, perhaps a private hospital, or perhaps a remote place suitable for Tibetans that has been converted into a place where this kind of surgery can be performed."

Guan Xia suddenly had an idea and raised her head. "Wait a minute, it's hard to hide this kind of surgery in a private hospital. Over time, rumors will inevitably spread. If this kind of place is built from the beginning, other things may be fine, but moving large medical equipment around will inevitably attract attention, unless it's a remote place with a lot of people around, and there's already construction going on nearby."

When Guan Xia said this, Pang Le and Zhong Xiaoyu were still a little confused, but everyone else understood what Guan Xia meant. Ji An and Wang Yu immediately opened their phones and started searching for information.

The others were a bit slow to join the busy procession. Twenty or thirty minutes later, Wang Yu suddenly said excitedly, "We found it! The Lanyuewan Villa District. In the entire Anjiang District of Baofeng City, this villa district was the only one that was started eight years ago and completed five years ago. The timeline is consistent with our speculation."

Guan Xia quickly jumped to Wang Yu's side and looked over. "Where is the villa area located?"

Wang Yu simply handed the phone to Guan Xia and replied, "It's at the very edge of Anjiang District, which is already considered a suburb. It's one of the villa areas you mentioned before, built near the edge of the scenic mountain range."

Guan Xia took Wang Yu's phone and expertly zoomed in and out of the map. He carefully examined the road between the villa area and the city, frantically moving his fingers in search of something. After an unknown amount of time, Guan Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with some certainty, "I just did some research. According to the direction Gao Chengye drove in, which we discovered today, it does include this villa area. If we investigate further and find that the property under the name of this illegitimate child or Xi Weihong includes this villa area, then Ning Ping'an must be hiding here."

No one expected that, just as they were holding a meeting to share the latest progress of the case as per the usual practice, things would become clear as soon as the meeting started.

Everyone, who had been feeling a little tired, now perked up. Zhong Xiaoyu said excitedly, "So, in a day or two, we'll be able to find the person back?"

As Zhong Xiaoyu was talking, she turned around and hugged Ji An, smiling brightly and said, "That's great, Sister Ji, Ping An is not dead. She is very likely still alive. She must be waiting for you to take her home. We will be able to take her home in two days."

Everyone happily watched Ji An crying and laughing. For the first time, Guan Xia was so glad for the decision she had made. Although two or three days might not matter as long as Ning Ping'an was alive, every day of such imprisonment was hell for Ning Ping'an. In the past five years, nearly 2,000 days and nights, Ning Ping'an must have cried many times in despair and collapse, waiting and hoping that someone would take her away.

Others didn't know much about what happened that night, but Guan Xia knew that Ji An must have been even more excited than them and couldn't sleep.

The next day, when Guan Xia woke up and had breakfast in the restaurant, she took a special look at Ji An's eye circles and found that there was indeed a circle of obvious dark circles and faint bloodshot in his eyes, as if he had not slept all night.

However, compared to his tired face, Ji An was in high spirits. Guan Xia took another look at the others and found that they were all similar. Even though their dark circles were not as obvious as Ji An's, they also looked like they had stayed up all night.

Guan Xia worked with uncontrollable excitement throughout the whole day. Lu Tingfeng and the others still went out to inquire about the news through special channels, while Guan Xia and Xu Nian no longer made rigorous speculations and tracking as before. They simply went straight to the police station in the jurisdiction of the Lanyuewan Villa District. Through the coordination of the special task force, they got the surveillance video they needed very smoothly.

Guan Xia didn't even wait to get back to the hotel to work, and started watching it in the car, while listening to Xu Nian and Lu Tingfeng talking on the phone.

It was still morning when they arrived, and it was already afternoon when they returned. Lu Tingfeng and the others had obviously made great gains and were almost impatient to share the good news with them.

Guan Xia heard Lu Tingfeng speak quickly, "Xu Nian, we've already found out. The illegitimate child and Xi Weihong don't own the property in Lanyue Bay, but the illegitimate child's mother, Xi Weihong's "white moonlight," does. And since the house in Lanyue Bay was built and renovated, his "white moonlight" has been living there. However, Xi Weihong never stays overnight, but the illegitimate child does go there occasionally."

Guan Xia was originally in a more positive mood, but hearing this, a burst of anger suddenly jumped out from the bottom of her heart. She was about to curse a few times when Pang Le's voice came out from the other end of the phone first, "What Bai Yueguang, she is obviously a vicious woman and a scumbag. Her child is a treasure, but other people's children are weeds? She even watched over the child in person, afraid that the child she had an affair with would run away and die, right? I think this family is no good, not even human, they are simply wolves and tigers in human skin. I don't know what kind of beast they were in their previous life, and how lucky they were to be reborn as humans in this life."

Pang Le was cursing on the other end of the phone, and Zhong Xiaoyu joined in and asked, "By the way, Brother Lu, didn't we find out earlier that Gao Chengye has been doing dirty work for Xi Weihong? He even did some dirty work like pimping. So it seems that Xi Weihong and his white moonlight are not in a good relationship either."

Guan Xia also thought of some of the situations that Xu Nian briefly introduced when they arrived in Baofeng City on the first night.

Lu Tingfeng sneered and said, "If they really had a good relationship, there wouldn't be a forced breakup. Xi Weihong is an only child, and he was taught to be very self-centered. The reason he's still entangled with Bai Yueguang even after getting married is that he wants both. He also doesn't necessarily have much affection for his illegitimate son. It's just that he only has two sons, and the legitimate one is closer to his mother. His mother didn't listen to him, so the reason he treats the illegitimate son so well is to educate and get revenge on the legitimate one."

Pang Le tutted again, "This rich guy really thinks money can control everything. So our visit this time is just to let him know that there is still law in this world. I really want to see how helpless, angry, and embarrassed he will be after being arrested."

Guan Xia was also looking forward to it. In addition to upholding justice when investigating cases, she also liked to see the bad guys get the punishment they deserved.

That night, Guan Xia and everyone else stayed up all night, but all the effort was worth it. At around two o'clock in the morning, Guan Xia finally saw Gao Chengye driving into the Lanyue Bay villa area in the surveillance video at twice the speed. Their speculation was confirmed by strong evidence. Even though it was only a few hours before dawn, Xu Nian could not wait any longer and reported the news to the task force that night.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Nian nodded in front of everyone's expectant eyes and said, "The task force will go through the procedures overnight. I estimate that the search warrant will be issued by daybreak. If we can find Ning Ping'an in the villa owned by Cheng Yiyan in Lanyue Bay as we speculate, we can immediately arrest the relevant suspects."

Cheng Yiyan is Xi Weihong's white moonlight. After receiving such an exciting news, Guan Xia and the others felt relieved and went to take a nap.

However, no one slept for long. As soon as the sky was bright, they returned to Wang Yu's room and gathered together in tacit understanding. They paced around anxiously, glancing at the time from time to time waiting for news from the task force. Even their meals tasted like chewing wax.

After a while, around 9 a.m., Xu Nian's phone finally rang, as if he had received a new message. Everyone looked over at the same time. A few seconds later, after checking the new message, Xu Nian nodded calmly and said, "The procedure has been approved, and the search warrant has been issued. We can now contact the local police station to conduct a comprehensive search of Cheng Yiyan's home in Lanyue Bay."

So everyone first hurried to the Anjiang District Branch in charge of the Lanyuewan Villa Area, and expanded the already large team again. Five or six cars rumbled towards the place where Ning Ping'an was most likely to be.

Although Guan Xia had known about this villa area for several days, it was indeed his first time here. It was built on the edge of the scenic area. Except for its remote location and inconvenient transportation, the scenery was really beautiful.

When they arrived, Xi Weihong's white moonlight and illegitimate son were at home. After the live-in nanny opened the door, Xu Nian showed the search warrant and walked straight past the nanny and went in.

Seeing so many police officers rushing in, both of them changed their expressions. Cheng Yiyan, the white moonlight, was fine and could still stay calm, but the illegitimate son was so pale that he couldn't even sit still and almost collapsed from the sofa.

Cheng Yiyan forced a smile and stood up. She was about to step forward to speak, but Xu Nian didn't give her a chance. He simply showed the search warrant again and said a few official words in a very fast and concise manner. Then he left a few policemen to watch the two of them and followed the main force to search the entire villa.

While the others were acting separately, Guan Xia stood in the living room without moving. She first skillfully spent 100 aura strengths to share the system's vision.

With the previous experiences, Guan Xia is now much more skilled. She ignored the soul light ball representing the police running around in the villa, which was wrapped in strands of golden light. Her first glance was at Cheng Yiyan and her son who were not far from her.

What was both surprising and expected was that there was a little blood wrapped around the soul light balls of the two people, but not much. It was obvious that they had participated in the crime, but had not actually taken anyone's life.

After looking at the suspect, Guan Xia looked down again, and sure enough, she saw a very small ball of light diagonally below her. The faint, pure white ball of light represented Ning Ping'an's soul.

Speculations aside, Guan Xia couldn't hide her excitement when it was actually confirmed. As soon as the shared vision disappeared, Guan Xia strode over to the illegitimate son, whose mental state was obviously worse, and asked in a condescending and stern tone, "Where is Ning Ping'an?"