Chapter 191 They Died Before You
“I…I really enjoy playing cards. While playing, I met a guy who invited me to take a bath a few times. After we got to know each other better, he told me he had a business deal to send a batch of children to Myanmar! He asked if I had any suitable ones, and if I could get them, he would give me 200,000 yuan for each one!” Wu Laosan recalled.
"However... I didn't agree at the time, because although I'm not a very good person, I still wouldn't dare to do something like this illegal trafficking!"
"If this sudden, powerful earthquake hadn't collapsed my sister's house, and hadn't also made things difficult for her business, leaving her increasingly strapped for cash—I wouldn't even have money left to gamble!—I wouldn't have suddenly thought of what he had mentioned to me before..."
As Wen Ni listened to Wu Laosan's confession, her expression grew increasingly grim.
"Your house wasn't the only one that collapsed in this earthquake, and your sister wasn't the only one whose business was suffering! There are countless people worse off than you! How many families have been torn apart, lives lost, wives and children separated, and people displaced?"
Anger surged in Wen Ni's eyes.
"Why didn't they take these crooked paths? Because they have a bottom line as human beings! They know that trying to exchange people's lives or even their lives for money to satisfy their own selfish desires is the behavior of beasts, worse than pigs and dogs, and unworthy of being human!"
The righteous and eloquent words echoed in the room.
Wu Laosan covered his face and trembled uncontrollably, "I was wrong... I really know I was wrong... I'm not human, I'm not human!"
"Tell me if you know you're wrong!"
Wen Ni placed both hands on the table, leaned over and stared into Wu Laosan's eyes, not giving him any chance to lie or back out!
"Tell me, what's the name of the person who contacted you? Where do you usually meet?"
"Everyone calls him Four-Eyes..."
Wu Laosan trembled.
“We usually go to the Aiwan Chess and Card Room in the city, and every time he takes me to the Dajiangcheng Bathhouse for a massage or something… I think he must be a regular there!”
Every time Wu Laosan spoke, the police officers in the observation room took notes without stopping.
The top-ranking police officer stood to the side, his admiration undisguised!
At this moment, he had to admit that this female officer was indeed quite formidable!
"Four-eyes, Aiwan Chess and Card Room, Dajiang City Bathhouse." Wen Ni noted down these keywords in the interrogation room, then nodded. "Very good, you cooperated well. We'll stop here for today."
"Wait, sir!"
Wu Laosan looked at Wen Ni nervously, "Um... Si Yan once joked with me that if I dared to tell anyone about this, his men would chop our whole family into mincemeat!"
"He's really arrogant."
Wen Ni curled her lips in a mocking smile, then turned away with a flourish. "Don't worry, Wu Laosan, they'll definitely die before you!"
"..."
Wu Laosan's heart skipped a beat.
That sounds really awkward, doesn't it?
As the interrogation room door closed, Wen Ni came face to face with the police officer who came out of the observation room.
"Sir! It's all thanks to you, sir! You're so persuasive and reasonable in getting prisoners to confess. We still have a lot to learn from you..." The elite officer smiled awkwardly and showered him with praise!
“It’s good to have ambition.” Wen Ni didn’t mince words with him, her tone indifferent. “But there’s no time for you to study right now!”
The quality and ability of the personnel in a township-level police station are ultimately limited. If this case is handed over to them for investigation, I'm afraid there will be some mistakes!
"Xiao Wang, Xiao Li, you two stay here and assist the police officers in tracking the case's progress!" Wen Ni simply left her two soldiers behind.
"Have Wu Laosan continue to maintain contact with Si Yan, but don't rush things, don't be hasty, and avoid alerting him! I will find a suitable time for him to arrange a meeting with Si Yan!"
"...Sir, what do you mean by this?" The special agent's smile froze. "You don't trust our abilities?"
"Don't misunderstand, because this case involves areas outside of Myanmar, I will report it to my superiors and request a joint military-police operation!" Wen Ni said, trying to be tactful. Then, before the officer could speak further, she glanced at her watch. "I have other matters to attend to, so I'll leave you all in the future!"
"I...no, sir..." The special-grade police officer stammered.
Wen Ni's figure had already disappeared at the end of the corridor.
On the other side
Wen Ni didn't linger after leaving the town police station; she went straight back to the garrison's vault building.
She was just thinking of going to find Captain Lu when she saw the person she was looking for standing at the main gate. And next to him was a soldier, carefully writing something down.
Without thinking too much, she took two quick steps forward.
"Captain Lu."
"Wen Ni is back? How did things go?"
Captain Lu glanced at Wen Ni, took the pen from the soldier, and signed the paper.
“This matter is rather complicated; it involves organized human trafficking and also foreign forces!” Wen Ni’s face was tense and serious. “I believe that the town’s police department is not capable enough to solve this type of case!”
"Just as I suspected, I had some idea. If you hadn't noticed something wrong with this case, given your personality, you would never have applied for follow-up interrogation, much less have taken the initiative to get involved in such a police case!"
Captain Lu finally raised his eyelids and calmly arranged, "Here's what we'll do. I'll contact the Municipal Public Security Bureau first and have them investigate to see if a joint military-police operation is needed. As the first contact person in this case, you're on standby at any time!"
"yes."
Wen Ni nodded, then saluted. "Then, Captain Lu, you go ahead with your work. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
"etc……"
Captain Lu greeted her and handed her the signed documents.
"Come on, Wen Ni, can you check if there are any other supplies that are in short supply? Replenish them all at once, and have them send them over in bulk next time!"
"good."
Wen Ni took the supplies statistics sheet, glanced at it, and asked, "Captain Lu, how often do the supply trucks come?"
"Purchasing, allocation, and transportation will take at least three to five days," Captain Lu thought for a moment.
Upon hearing this, Wen Ni frowned. "That's taking way too long!"
"There's nothing we can do; that's just how the submission process works."
Captain Lu shrugged, glanced at her, and casually asked, "What's wrong? Is there something you urgently need to buy? If it's really urgent, you can tell me, and I'll have Qin Yuan or Baron come and deliver it. It should be ready by tomorrow morning at the latest!"
"Then I'll have to trouble Captain Lu."
Wen Ni didn't stand on ceremony with Lu Zhenbang at all, rattling off a list of items like "baby formula, diapers, and... everything the children need, wear, and eat. We're all in short supply. Let Baron and the others buy what they need; there are quite a few children in the tent area after all!"
"I understand, leave it to me." Captain Lu nodded readily. "You can go back and rest now!"
"Yes, thank you, Captain Lu."
Don't be so polite with me!
Captain Lu waved his hand.
Watching Wen Ni's figure disappear into the building, Lu Zhenbang took out his phone and turned to make a call.
"Hello? Konno, it's your dad!"
"..."
There was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.
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