Although their arrogance at that time had aroused public indignation, it had no effect on the outcome. Sun Aimin and Yuan Jie fought with them for seven or eight years but still failed to get the desired result.

None of the criminals received the punishment they deserved. Instead, many of the online trolls hired by the other side were "sacrificed" in this protracted war.

At the same time, the Sun and Yuan families also paid a heavy price for this. Any relatives or friends who spoke up for them suffered crazy revenge from the criminals.

Otherwise, they would not have ended their rights protection journey in such a lonely way.

Fortunately, two years later, three more powerful victims, including Professor Zhou, emerged. These people joined forces and used all their connections to reopen the investigation of related cases in the Zhan family's interest chain.

This time, the highest authorities finally took action and arrested all those involved in the case.

At that time, many people had already retired and were planning to enjoy their retirement with their high pensions. They did not expect that these things would be dug up.

Suspension of pensions, confiscation of illegal gains, and sentencing based on crime are the basic procedures. Some former high-ranking criminals, unable to accept such consequences, have committed suicide.

That thunderous action shocked people both at home and abroad, and allowed everyone to see the determination of the authorities to fight corruption and human trafficking.

The Central Plains Province, to which Mafang City, Jiangyuan City, Jiangjin City and other cities belong, has almost achieved a major reshuffle of its leadership, which has gradually restored the credibility that the Central Plains Province lost due to inaction from top to bottom.

Yuan Jie still remembers that action vividly, but no matter how gratifying the outcome was, it could not make up for the huge price her family paid for it.

This also caused her and Sun Aimin to live with guilt towards their loved ones for the rest of their lives.

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The cases of Zhan Jinhua and Qian Jindou had been heard, but the case of the Zhanjiazhuang gang was still being expedited. Because there were so many people involved and so many cases, it would take a long time.

In cases like this, it is not enough to just sentence the criminals based on the crime they committed. The most important thing is to recover the women and children they abducted and trafficked.

The account book of Zhan Dayou's family only records the cases in which their family has been involved, but some villagers may not necessarily contact "customers" and deliver goods to their homes according to Zhan Dayou's arrangements.

There are definitely some who are not under the control of Zhan Dayou and develop their own "business". This way, they can reduce the commission taken by Zhan Dayou and earn more.

Therefore, during the interrogation, the property status of each family must be checked in detail to see if it matches the records in the account book of Zhan Dayou's family.

If the discrepancies are large, those people must have committed many other crimes that are not recorded in writing, and these people need to be interrogated in detail.

Even if we don't take into account those cases of conducting "business" privately, the number of cases involved in the Zhan family's account books has reached more than 2,000, spanning 17 or 18 years.

Such an astonishing number is unprecedented and will hardly be surpassed in the future.

Unfortunately, no evidence was found in the account books that Zhan Yinhua and Zhan Tiehua were involved in the crime.

Although the police later summoned and questioned the two families, they both denied knowing what the Zhan family had done, let alone being involved.

Although they all had considerable assets, they were able to explain the sources of their wealth. For example, Fan Hua and Zhan Tiehua both worked in the medical system, and Fan Hua was a nationally renowned medical expert, so his financial situation was understandable.

As for Zhan Tiehua, she worked in Jiangyuan City's health system as a regular employee, while Qin Xingzhou owned a delicatessen, which they both attributed as the primary source of their wealth.

After further investigation, it was found that the cooked food made by Qin Xingzhou has a unique taste. The aroma of his cooked food can be smelled from a long distance away. His business is indeed very good and he has a good reputation among local residents.

In this way, their two families temporarily escaped the disaster during this major cleanup campaign.

The Zhan family was arrested, but the children stayed in the village. In addition to Qian Niandi and her two siblings, there was also Zhang Ling, the daughter of Zhan Tiehua and Qin Xingzhou, who was fostered there.

The Zhang family was not spared in this event, so Zhang Ling had nowhere to go.

The Zhan family still has a baby, Zhan Yingying, the daughter of Zhan Baoku and Wang Ling. She is just over half a year old. When the incident happened at home, she was still sleeping soundly on the kang.

When she woke up, everything had changed. She was so anxious that she cried loudly because she couldn't find her relatives. It was not until some villagers came to the house where the wedding was held to check on the situation that they found Zhan Yingying.

Fortunately, she did not crawl around on the kang, otherwise she would have fallen off the kang and been seriously injured.

Zhan Baoliang’s daughter Zhan Tingting has just started junior high school. Her grandparents, uncles and aunts could not escape, and even her mother was arrested in this incident.

After Qian Niandi took her two younger brothers away and fled Zhanjiazhuang, Zhan Tingting became the eldest of the Zhan family's children.

Looking at seven-year-old Zhang Ling and Zhan Yingying, who couldn't even walk, she felt a headache. The only solution she could think of was to call her third aunt, Zhan Tiehua, in the city.

When Zhan Tiehua received the call, he already knew what had happened in Zhanjiazhuang.

Now that everyone in her family had been taken away except for her child, she thought to herself, these investigators are truly ruthless. They should at least leave someone behind to look after the child, right? Besides, there's a little kid inside who can't even talk or walk.

How is she supposed to take care of so many children now?

She has two sons at home. It would make sense to bring back her daughter Zhang Ling who was fostered at her mother's home, but if she counted the number of children from her older brothers and sisters' and younger brother's homes on her fingers, she would feel overwhelmed just thinking about it.

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