The noise in the room quickly stopped, and then you could hear the second brother and his accomplices talking about moving.
"We need to leave as soon as possible. This place is not safe. The police might come tomorrow."
The man who opened the door for him asked in confusion, "Why? Isn't this the place we just found?"
“Today I went to the guesthouse with Hua Zi and broke into a young girl’s room. I suspect that woman knows who I am. In any case, let’s find another place.” Second Brother picked up the large tea mug on the table and took a few sips of water.
"And you're still talking? What were you doing going out with that punk? Did you need a pittance? Now you've exposed us for no reason!" The other man clearly didn't get along with this second brother, and his words were anything but polite.
Xia Wan glanced at her watch; it was already 4 a.m. It seemed she needed to report it to the police as soon as possible. She couldn't fight this alone, and she couldn't let these people get away.
Xia Wan was worried that there might be some weapons on the hands of a group of burly men inside.
However, she was reluctant to lose so many points, since she could get a lot of points by defeating all of the dozen or so people inside!
Thinking this, they were already talking about when to move. One of them seemed to be their leader, saying that they would move out after this batch of goods was delivered tomorrow.
Judging from their conversation, they seemed to be waiting for someone to pick up the goods. Xia Wan could roughly guess that the goods they were talking about were the children and women lying unconscious on the ground.
"Then it's settled. Everyone else, take a rest. Lao Liu, go out and keep watch. If there's any movement, come back and let us know immediately. Get these goods to the cellar first."
At the command of the man leading the way inside, Xia Wan saw a man open the door and come out.
She could only hide in a corner and observe their actions.
The children and women inside were carried to a room in the corner; the cellar must have been in that room.
Xia Wan knew they wouldn't be leaving anytime soon, so she turned around and headed straight for the police station. For things like this that she wasn't sure about, it was better to find the police.
It was quite a coincidence that when Xia Wan arrived at the police station, she found that the older police officer who had taken her statement that day was on duty.
He looked up when he heard the noise and seemed quite surprised to see Xia Wan.
"Young comrade, why are you so late? What difficulties did you encounter?" He still had a deep impression of Xia Wan; it was this young girl who brought the wanted criminal to them last time.
They've been busy these past few days transferring wanted criminals to their superiors; they were very important prisoners, and this young girl has been a huge help to them.
"Officer, I'm here to report a crime." Xia Wan didn't mince words and went straight to the point: "When I was staying at the guesthouse tonight, someone knocked on my door in the middle of the night. I caught two thieves, but because of the help of the guesthouse staff, they got away. Later, I secretly followed them and discovered that they were involved with a group of human traffickers..."
Xia Wan got herself into trouble with two thieves, so she simply ignored the matter of the thirty-odd yuan.
The moment human traffickers were mentioned, the police officers became very alert, and they didn't even have time to ask about some of the loopholes in the investigation.
"Young comrade, are you telling the truth? Where is the human trafficker?" The police officer stood up and was about to gather people to arrest the human trafficker.
Xia Wan directly gave the location of the old house, but she could only give a general location, since it was dark and she was not familiar with the area, so she could not give the exact location!
"Officer, I can't give you the exact address, but I can take you there."
"Thank you so much, young comrade."
Xia Wan smiled shyly, seemingly a little embarrassed: "You're too kind. Everyone has a responsibility to fight crime! It just so happens that I happened to run into them."
"Haha, what a great idea to crack down on criminals, everyone has a responsibility?" The police officer seemed to remember something, slapped his forehead and said, "Oh right, one of those thugs you brought over last time was a wanted criminal. You've done a great job this time. Our comrades will send you the bonus when it's issued."
Xia Wan looked surprised: "There's a bonus too?"
This was unexpected for her. After all, she thought it was just a coincidence, and the police officer didn't mention the wanted criminal or the reward that day. She thought the matter was over.
The police officer smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course, our bureau chief has already applied to the higher authorities, and it should be issued in a few days."
There aren't many people on duty late at night, but the matter of human traffickers is of great importance.
Therefore, the police officers had to report to their superiors and then notify everyone to assemble quickly and head to the human traffickers' hideout.
It must be said that although communication was not advanced at that time, people's execution ability was outstanding.
Xia Wan had only been drinking a glass of water for a short while when the police officers who were to be dispatched had already assembled.
Xia Wan led them to the old house they had just seen.
On the way, I mentioned to the police officers that the human traffickers had already moved the children and women they had kidnapped to the cellar.
And then there were the human traffickers talking about someone picking up the goods tomorrow. Anyway, Xia Wan told the police officers everything she heard.
However, in order to rescue the children as soon as possible, the police officers decided to take action quickly.
As for the person who will pick up the goods, they can just send someone to wait in this house when the time comes.
Sure enough, there was already a burly man guarding the entrance of the alley. Xia Wan stopped a short distance away, pointed at the man, and said to the police, "That man is responsible for keeping watch here."
The police officer nodded, just as he was thinking of arresting the man himself, when he noticed that the man was looking at them.
"Who's there? Stop right there!" the man shouted, pointing at them.
Just as the police were about to take action, they discovered that Xia Wan had already darted away. By the time they reacted and chased after her, the man had already been trampled under Xia Wan's feet.
"You...you young comrade, how dare you act without authorization?" A police officer looked at Xia Wan with displeasure.
Xia Wan scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, officer, I'm afraid this person will make a commotion and the human traffickers inside will hear it, making it harder to arrest him."
She mainly wanted to earn some points, so she had to take the initiative. Otherwise, if the police arrested the man, wouldn't she have wasted a chance to earn points?
Fortunately, by the time the man pointed at them, it was already considered a conflict; otherwise, even if she took the initiative, the system's rules wouldn't be met, and she wouldn't have gotten the points.
When Xia Wan led the police to the dilapidated house, it was noisy again, with the sounds of playing cards and drinking games audible from the outside.
Xia Wan pointed to the door: "This is it."
Xia Wan's mind was racing. She was thinking about how she could take advantage of the moment after the police officers brought those human traffickers under control to earn some points.
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