Su Ran followed the village chief and silently observed the surroundings. Many villagers were busy outside, but in reality, they were probably sizing up Su Ran and her companions.

The houses in the village are evenly distributed. The two or three houses around the village chief are five-story villas, followed by brick and tile houses, and finally mud-brick houses at the very end.

This looks rather hierarchical.

Near the mud-brick house, Su Ran frowned and looked in one direction.

Su Fuling had been watching her mistress closely, and upon seeing this, she asked in a low voice, "What are you looking at, Miss?"

Su Ran looked away, and the people in front of her stopped to look at her. Then she walked forward and whispered to Su Fuling, "There seems to be a warehouse over there. I don't know if I'm just seeing things."

Su Fuling looked in the direction the young lady had been looking. Although he didn't see anything, he made a mental note of it and planned to have his bodyguard check it out later.

The village chief stopped in front of a mud-brick house, then pushed the door open and went in. "Uncle Chen, come out and see the big boss. Don't lie on your bed."

Su Ran was drawn by the sound and saw an old man with a hunched back coming out of the house. The old man kept his head down, so she couldn't see the expression on his face.

The village chief, however, didn't seem to care. "Boss, this is just how Old Chen is. All his children have passed away, and his wife left several years ago. He's always been a loner. I'm sorry to have troubled you, Boss."

Su Ran saw the village smiling obsequiously, but didn't reply, only nodding slightly.

Seeing this, the village chief's expression grew even worse. He pointed to a spot and said in a flat tone, "We've arrived at Grandpa Chen's house. Boss, you can have a good chat with Grandpa Chen. I have something to attend to at home, so I'll come pick you up for dinner later."

Su Ran nodded, and the village chief and the others left.

Grandpa Chen silently brought over chairs for Su Ran and the others, then sat down quietly, puffing on his pipe.

The scene immediately fell silent.

Su Ran frowned and looked in the direction where the village chief and the others had left. The village chief's evil intentions toward them were genuine, but why leave them here like this?

Something must have gotten in the way, something bigger than getting yourself into trouble.

Su Ran was increasingly eager to uncover the secrets of this village.

Looking at Grandpa Chen, who was smoking by himself, was he being monitored?

Upon meeting the person in the file, Su Fuling took out a stack of documents, naturally wanting to handle the matter officially and thoroughly. "Mr. Chen, we are employees of the foundation and need to understand your situation."

Grandpa Chen glanced up, took a drag of his cigarette, and slowly said, "I'm 72 this year. My wife passed away 19 years ago, my eldest son died 6 years ago, and my second son died 3 years ago. They're both married now, two daughters-in-law..."

Old Master Chen didn't continue speaking. He took a puff of the cigarette in his hand, looked out the window, and then looked back after a while. "She left the village a year ago. She was pregnant when she left, and she didn't leave me, this old man, a single penny."

The old man chuckled and shook his head. "Forget it, forget it. It must be because the old man did many evil deeds in his past life that he's all alone in this one."

Su Fuling remained silent, continuing to enter messages into the system with the same calm expression she had at the beginning.

Su Ran started drinking water as soon as she entered the room. Suddenly, she felt the urge to urinate and asked shyly, "I wonder if Grandpa Chen knows where the toilet is?"

Grandpa Chen just looked up and said, "There are no toilets in our village. We all relieve ourselves in the woods. If you don't like it, just hold it in."

Su Ran didn't think anything of it. She thanked him and went out. She looked around a few times, then clutched her stomach and ran into the woods. The sweet expression on her face disappeared immediately after she entered the woods.

With a natural demeanor and smooth movements, they avoided the surveillance cameras installed in the trees.

Following the markings left by the bodyguard, she soon met Su Bing, who respectfully greeted her, "Miss."

Su Ran nodded. "Have you discovered anything?"

Su Bing looked around and leaned closer, saying, "..."

...

Not long after, Su Ran walked comfortably into Grandpa Chen's mud-brick house.

The moment Su Ran entered the room, Grandpa Chen glanced up at her, the danger in his eyes vanishing in an instant. But Su Ran had been observing Grandpa Chen since she entered, so she naturally noticed.

Su Fuling looked at her mistress and saw that the mistress gave her an OK sign, so she knew that she knew most of the information.

Su Fuling was taking notes on Grandpa Chen's condition, while Su Ran was playing on her phone.

Time flies, and it's already dusk. Su Ran saw the reply and smiled, silently counting a few numbers in her mind.

The moment the numbers were finished, the door was flung open. It was the same middle-aged men who had been standing next to the village chief earlier. They hurriedly said, "Chen Yangui, things have been exposed. Get out of here quickly, and don't pack your things."

Su Ran turned around calmly. The man frowned as he looked at the group, and Grandpa Chen replied, "What should we do with these people?"

One of the men looked at Su Ran's pretty face, licked his lips, and said in a hoarse voice, "Take her away."

Oh my!

Listening to the man's words, Su Ran really thought he was an idiot.

Can't the bodyguards next to him see?

Instead of running away himself, he wanted to kidnap someone and run away?

666.

"Tie me up?" Su Ran's calm voice rang out from the crowd as she looked at the people waiting at the door. "Su Jia, Su Yi, tie up these people for me."

Upon hearing this, Su Jia and Su Yi immediately took action, tying up the six people with the prepared ropes. They stood aside, holding the rope ends. Su Yi felt that it was crowded and noisy, so he tore some cloth from the people's bodies and gagged them.

Su Ran sipped her herbal tea, looking with interest at the men tied together. "They've been exposed? Did the cops find out?"

The man who initially threatened to kidnap Su Ran looked up in shock. "How did you know?! Aren't you just a rich, gullible boss? Could it be... you... you're a cop in disguise?!"

Su Ran really didn't want to see the foolish looks of these men, so she walked out and saw that someone from each household had been tied up. Shen Yuye must have arrived.

Just then, Shen Yuye walked over, saluted, and said, "Thank you for the information, Miss Su."

Su Ran pointed to the warehouse she had seen earlier, "Did you send someone to check on that warehouse over there?"

Shen Yuye nodded, but his expression was anything but pleasant.

Su Ran knew the reason for his bad expression; Su Bing had already told her.

The warehouse, though unassuming on the outside, is surprisingly spacious inside. It has three floors, with the second and third floors filled with small rooms made of transparent glass.

There weren't many people on the first floor, but there were still one or two people standing at each entrance. In the middle, there were many iron cages, filled with people who had been tied up in various places.

Those imprisoned who defied the executioners would be met with slaps, curses, and beatings.

What a bunch of scum.

Thankfully they were discovered and rescued, otherwise, where would they be today?

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