After getting off the bus, I ran to the door of the Public Security Bureau. I looked inside and saw that it was pitch black upstairs and everyone had gone off work. Only a few rooms on the first floor had lights on. They must be those on duty, so I hurried home.
When she ran to the western-style building and entered the yard, she saw Suihe sitting on a small stool beside the small table in the yard where she and her mother usually ate, reading a book under the light in the yard while waiting for her to come back for dinner. The food was already prepared and placed on the small table.
Suihe saw Fourth Aunt running with her arms supporting her legs, her head down and breathing heavily, her hair wet and stuck to her forehead in clumps. He quickly went into the house, poured a glass of cold white wine and handed it to Fourth Aunt.
"He, hurry up," Professor Dong said intermittently while gasping for breath. Suihe ran his hand along Professor Dong's back to help her breathe more smoothly.
"I found the human traffickers!"
Suihe paused his hand at this moment, and immediately straightened his back, standing with a standard posture and a tense expression, staring at Fourth Aunt, waiting for her next words.
"He, hurry up and go to the bureau."
"good!"
Suihe walked out without saying a word, and Professor Dong quickly followed.
After locking the front door, the mother and daughter ran to the police station again. Suihe deliberately ran much slower to match Fourth Aunt's pace, but even Professor Dong was running so hard that his lungs were almost gasping for air. This body had been so depleted before, it was a tall order for it to last until she arrived. It wasn't noticeable normally, but this exercise had made a difference. He needed to nourish himself more from now on and exercise every morning. If he couldn't live to be ninety-nine, he could at least live to be eighty-something.
Arriving at the bureau's duty room, Suihe called the two officers on duty who were eating, and then Professor Dong explained the situation in detail. Suihe then rode his bike to Lao Cui's house to call him, while the two comrades on duty also ran to other houses to call their colleagues.
Lao Cui was eating when he heard Suihe say that his aunt had discovered human trafficking. He immediately put down his bowl, put on his shoes, and followed Suihe to the police station.
Everyone attaches great importance to this case. The central government has just issued a red-headed document, which stipulates that in order to maintain socialist harmony and stability, those who traffic in women and children will be severely punished.
The reason for all the panic was that at that time, bus and train stations weren't connected to the internet, intersections lacked surveillance, and regional data wasn't updated promptly. This gave criminals an opportunity to exploit the situation. Trafficked women and children could be moved at any time, making it incredibly difficult to track them down. Professor Dong, with his many years of experience investigating cases, raced to the rescue and called for help.
Everyone quickly gathered at the office. Usually, a bunch of men would be arm in arm, laughing and joking, but now no one was talking. At this time, people were very kind, and everyone was willing to help others sincerely when they were in trouble. They put themselves in their shoes and showed empathy. It was different from people nowadays who treat their relatives as if they were strangers, let alone those who are not related to them!
After Lao Cui arrived, Professor Dong used the most concise words to explain the cause, process and outcome of the incident. The only discrepancy between the verbal description and the actual situation was the part in the toilet at the beginning. Professor Dong's description was what she heard when she was about to go to the toilet and was about to go in.
Professor Dong opened the county map casually and felt like crying. She really couldn't understand it. She had only been able to tell the directions of east, south, west and north the day before yesterday. She only knew that there was a village about three miles east of the city.
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