Chapter 367 If There Is a Choice
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. Don't look at me like a cancer. I'm also a pitiful person!"
Xing Jian wailed, sat down on the small note, blew on his smashed finger, and looked up at Gu Yuehuai with resentment in his eyes. Was his life easy? Why did he have to run into such an evil spirit? !
Gu Yuehuai was not surprised. He picked up the towel on the kang and wiped Hu Zi's dirty face: "Tell me, what's going on, what kind of gang are you, and why does Hu Zi treat you like this."
Xing Jian sighed, thinking about teasing Gu Yuehuai a few more times, but thinking of how ruthless this woman was, he didn't dare to do anything rash. He coughed lightly and told Gu Yuehuai all the secrets, or the inside story, here.
This place is called a village, but in fact it is just a gathering place for poor people.
This place is not very far from the train station and is in a hidden location. It was indeed a human trafficking den in the beginning. The boss here at that time was not Brother Xing, but Scar, and the business he did was indeed not something a human would do.
Scar has taken in all kinds of people, whether it's fighting, street robbery, or raping women, no matter how big the crime is, it has a place here, and the status varies according to the size of the crime.
Scar is a ruthless man, and also a serial killer who escaped from the police. After fleeing to Feng City, he began to actively expand the influence of his organization and turned this place into a small dark world.
Huzi is the child abducted by Scar's men with the purpose of tempting kind-hearted people.
Countless children died under his hands because they could not bear the pain or because of injuries and infections. The cliff behind the mountain not far away is rarely visited by people and is full of trees and rocks. It has become a hidden place for hiding corpses.
When Xing Jian said this, there was some reluctance in his eyes and his hands clenched into fists out of anger towards Scar.
Gu Yuehuai lowered his eyes and looked at Hu Zi. There were tears in his eyes, and he seemed to have recalled the tragic past.
She pursed her red lips and broke the suffocating silence: "Go on, why did you come here?"
Xing Jian shrugged. "Me? I'm a homeless person. My family members were killed by officials. I ended up wandering to Feng City and was recruited by Scar. Because I'm tall and capable, I became Scar's most powerful subordinate."
Gu Yuehuai's eyes flickered. Killed by an official? No wonder he didn't have a good impression of Song Jinan.
"You killed Scar and became the boss?" Gu Yuehuai's tone was meaningful. Judging from the development of events, this was the case.
Xing Jian sneered, "Is it strange? Although I'm not a good person, I don't like what Scar did. But I didn't kill Scar. He offended someone and gave up here and ran away."
"Oh?" Gu Yuehuai was slightly surprised. She didn't expect the turn of events to happen.
"If you walk too much on the road at night, you will always run into ghosts. Scar kidnapped a boy. The boy was delicate and tender, and you could tell at a glance that he had an extraordinary background. But Scar was used to being arrogant, so he still used some tricks. In the end, the boy couldn't hold on and died."
"Later, Feng City was sealed off for a thorough investigation, and Scar realized that he had touched someone he shouldn't have. During the military's manhunt, Scar disappeared. No one knew whether he escaped or died, but he never came back."
"As for me, I hid my intentions and managed to escape the disaster."
"When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. After Scar left, I, as his right-hand man, naturally took over this place. However, I never did such a cruel business again, and the people who took me in also regarded this place as their home."
Xing Jian said it easily, but what he went through couldn't be explained in a few words.
Gu Yuehuai didn't ask who Scar had offended. After hearing his words, his expression turned cold: "A cruel business? Isn't it cruel to kidnap people? What did the people you kidnapped do wrong? Their lives are ruined!"
As soon as he saw Gu Yuehuai was angry, Xing Jian felt pain in his stomach and hands.
He said hurriedly, "You misunderstood me. I didn't ask anyone to kidnap the person. Although Scar is gone, his son is still here. He even married into the family of the director of Fengshi Liuli Factory and has considerable power."
"That guy knew that human trafficking was very profitable and he was reluctant to give it up, so he cooperated with me."
"I've thought about refusing, but even if I do, there will always be someone else who will take my place, and then won't I make the same mistake all over again? So I can only do it reluctantly, but I've never sold anyone, it's all... blackmail."
When Xing Jian said the last two words, he deliberately lowered his voice, pretending that he was embarrassed to mention it.
Gu Yuehuai frowned and raised his voice: "Hmm?"
Xing Jian's mouth twitched: "Blackmail! It's blackmail!"
Gu Yuehuai frowned, a little puzzled: "Blackmail? How do you blackmail?"
"They may have been inspired by Scar and were afraid of offending people, so they always kidnapped women and children from poor families. After sending them here, I secretly sent them back before they woke up, and nothing happened."
"But Scar's son couldn't get the money, so he started to doubt me."
"In the end, I had no choice but to take on all the work. However, the people I kidnapped were all from wealthy families. I only needed to send money to Scar's son regularly. He didn't care who I kidnapped. After all, it had nothing to do with him if anything went wrong."
"I don't sell people. I just ask them to write back and ask for money. Once they get the money, I will release them."
Xing Jian had a hard time saying this, but to Gu Yuehuai it just sounded like whitewashing. After all, it was an illegal way of making money, just with different degrees of badness. But it couldn't be said that Xing Jian was a good person.
He beat Song Jinan violently today. Although she felt relieved, this action also explained some problems.
As if seeing through Gu Yuehuai's thoughts, Xing Jian smiled bitterly and said, "I know I'm not a good person, but I do these things not only to prevent Scar's son from doing bad things again, but also for the people living here."
"Those who stay here are all poor people with no skills or abilities. They are homeless, hungry and cold. It is fate that brings us together. Now that I am the boss, I have to give them something to eat."
"I'm not a good person, but people live to make a living. The world is difficult now. Ordinary people without a family don't even have the opportunity to farm and earn work points, but we have to live, right?"
"Huzi, Xiner, these children are not in good health. They get seriously ill every year, and all this costs money!"
"If I want a conscience, I will have no money and I will starve to death!"
Xing Jian's fingertips trembled, and when he met Gu Yuehuai's cold eyes, a feeling of humiliation came over him.
If possible, he wouldn't want to do these things, but if he doesn't, everyone will die!
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