"I'm not trying to be mean, but how could you bear to bring your wife out for me to see?"
Xu Chendong joked with a smile, "I thought you were going to keep it a secret for half your life."
"I did think about it before, but you had just arrived and were very busy, so we didn't want to bother you with such small things. Now that things are better and we have more free time, we were thinking of inviting you to my house for a home-cooked meal."
Xu Chendong didn't refuse; he also wanted to see how Qi Ye was doing these days.
"Okay, then pick a time."
"I'm available anytime this week, you can decide."
Xu Chendong thought for a moment, "Tomorrow, how about tomorrow? After work tomorrow, let's have a couple of drinks tonight. By the way, can your wife hold her liquor?"
"No," Qi Ye chuckled, "She's pregnant now, I can't bear to see her drink. But if you want to drink, I'll keep you company!"
"What the heck?"
Xu Chendong was shocked. He knew more or less about Shen Fenghua's background.
Her most prominent labels are "a meritorious worker at the steel mill" and "infertility."
But now...
Qi Ye coughed lightly, "Perhaps it's a blessing."
Xu Chendong was extremely excited, "You little rascal, you kept such a big thing from me."
“Who’s keeping it a secret is something you can find out by asking around,” Qi Ye laughed and said casually, “Let’s not talk about that now. I have something else to say, something of great importance, and this is just my guess.”
"you say."
Qi Ye was never one to bluff; anything that could make him serious was no small matter.
“During this period, I discovered several more missing persons cases from the local police station. Connecting the dots, most of them involved people aged between sixteen and twenty-five.”
They were all young and fresh-faced, and what happened to them after they went missing is truly intriguing.
"you mean……"
“This is not a simple missing person case. If I’m not mistaken, this should be a premeditated human trafficking case.”
Trafficking in people, especially women and children.
When a child goes missing and returns home, the parents are overjoyed and ecstatic. But for a girl who has suffered the same fate, it's much harder for her to survive.
Even if she managed to survive, the rest of her life would be filled with endless gossip and rumors.
Just thinking about it made Qi Ye feel breathless.
“We really can’t sit idly by and wait for death,” Xu Chendong pondered for a moment, “but right now there are so many things to deal with, and the flow of people in the county town is so large, we’re practically headless flies when we start our investigation.”
In particular, this group committed crimes without any rhyme or reason.
He might take one from the east side of the city, and tomorrow he might be in the west side. Just when you're guessing that his next target will be in the south or north of the city, hey, good heavens, he's gone to the east side of the city again.
The last girl abducted might have been a factory worker, the next one might be a girl playing on the street, or even a rural girl visiting relatives in the city.
There are only things you can't imagine.
I can't think about it. Just thinking about it makes me feel exhausted, and I wish I could just kill myself right now.
The topic was heavy to bring up, and Xu Chendong frowned. "So far, we still have no clue. All we can do is to strengthen our appeals to prevent young women and married women from going out at night or alone, so as not to leave them alone."
However, this makes it easier to cause panic.
This has caused unrest throughout the county. In this way, not only the Public Security Bureau will lose face, but also the army stationed here.
"I have a suspect."
"who?"
"Wang Xingda".
Xu Chendong became interested. He felt that the name sounded somewhat familiar. He frowned and pondered for a moment before hesitatingly saying, "If I remember correctly, wasn't he involved in the black market? How could he be involved in human trafficking?"
"You also know that he deals in the black market?"
Xu Chendong rolled his eyes and tapped the table. "Hey kid, I'm a person too. I need to eat, okay?"
Besides, no one dares to wipe them all out now.
Human beings need to be humane to live. If the black market is completely wiped out, a large number of people in the city will go hungry. What will happen to them? Will they just sit there with their necks tied and wait to starve to death?
People need to learn to be flexible.
As long as these black market forces don't unite, there won't be a big problem.
Qi Ye touched his nose, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "You're right."
"Okay, now it's your turn to speak. You must have some reason for suspecting him, so why not talk to me about it?"
Qi Ye thought for a moment and finally decided to focus on Shen Huixiu, "Squad leader, actually three or four months ago, we had a volunteer who went to Xinjiang to help, named Shen Huixiu..."
Half an hour later, Xu Chendong, having fully understood the whole story, stood up and paced behind the table for a moment. "Okay, I understand. Be careful and take good care of your wife and family. I'll handle the rest."
"good."
Seeing that Xu Chengdong had his own plans, Qi Ye felt relieved and smiled, "Then I'll head back first."
"What are you going back for? To tell your wife to buy groceries and cook?"
“No,” Qi Ye said with a smile, “I buy groceries and cook for myself. My wife knows nothing about this. Luckily, we have my grandmother at home. Otherwise, I can’t even imagine how the three of them would eat when I’m not home.”
"You cook?" Xu Chendong was taken aback at first, but when he came to his senses, his eyes showed approval. "You really should treat people better. You're a good guy. Don't worry, the platoon leader won't let you do this job for too long."
Qi Ye relaxed for a moment, then came to his senses and was stunned again.
The platoon leader's superior is the battalion commander. If I became the battalion commander, wouldn't that mean...?
"You brat!"
Qi Ye made no attempt to hide his true feelings, and Xu Chendong immediately understood. "I'm not old enough to retire yet. If you keep thinking about this and that nonsense, I'll twist your head off."
Qi Ye: "..."
He wasn't thinking about anything.
Looking at Qi Ye, Xu Chendong finally gave him a heads-up, "You've accumulated a lot of achievements over the years. The higher-ups haven't forgotten your contributions. Don't worry, if you get promoted, I'll definitely get promoted too!"
Qi Ye suddenly understood, his eyes lighting up, "Then..."
“Yes,” Xu Chang said solemnly, “This place will become an important hub in the future. As the level of development is raised, we will soon be carrying out large-scale construction, building houses and high-rise buildings, and setting up a new area.”
The future is bright, but the prerequisite is to first wipe out this gang of evil human traffickers.
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