The person in front of me doesn't look like a kidnapper at all.
Ye Xingchen ripped open the clothes of the man who had fainted on the ground. He saw a walkie-talkie hanging from his waist and a knife tucked into his pants.
Bai Zilin's years of experience as a criminal investigator made her instantly realize that this guy was disguised as a lookout outside.
After taking the guy's weapons and walkie-talkie, Ye Xingchen slapped him awake.
The guy's eyes were glazed over, but when he saw the two people in front of him, he instantly snapped out of it and tried to get up.
"Police." Bai Zilin revealed her identity directly: "Tell me, where are the girls you kidnapped?"
"What are you talking about? I don't understand." The guy looked a little confused.
*Slap!* Ye Xingchen slapped him so hard his eyes saw stars: "Tell the truth."
"I...I really don't know what you're talking about." Blood was streaming from the mouth of the man who had been slapped.
Bai Zilin couldn't help but glance at Ye Xingchen: "No violent interrogation allowed."
“I come from the bottom, so I understand people from the bottom best.” Ye Xingchen grinned. “You’re good at solving cases, but I’m afraid you’re not good at interrogating people. If you don’t teach these kinds of people a lesson, they won’t take you seriously at all.”
“But…” Bai Zilin hesitated for a moment, feeling that this was not appropriate.
"So this is your weakness, you're too rule-abiding," Ye Xingchen said. "Those who achieve great things don't concern themselves with trifles. It's useless to talk about rules with these kinds of people."
"Besides, this is a case involving the disappearance of six girls, and each of them is either rich or powerful. These people are definitely not just involved in human trafficking. What if something unexpected happens if we delay any longer?"
Bai Zilin gritted her teeth. Ye Xingchen was right. This was a big case. If those girls weren't found, no one would have a good time.
She gritted her teeth and stood aside without saying a word.
As long as there's time to maneuver, everything is negotiable. Ye Xingchen helped the kidnapper up: "Brother, tell me the truth, where are those trafficked girls? What exactly is your purpose?"
"I don't understand what you mean." The kidnapper cursed, "Release me now, or you'll regret it."
*Slap!* Ye Xingchen slapped him so hard that he spat out blood, then pulled out a knife and stabbed it into the man's thigh.
This guy was originally very arrogant, but the moment the knife pierced his thigh, his eyes widened suddenly, and then he let out a hysterical scream.
Ye Xingchen pulled out the dagger with his backhand and said leisurely, "Don't worry, you won't die. I stabbed you in places with thick skin and sensitive nerves. It will just hurt a little. But if you keep being stubborn and lose too much blood, then it's hard to say."
"I'm not done with you yet." The kidnapper was indeed tough. Even though his legs were in excruciating pain, he still gritted his teeth and glared at Ye Xingchen, his eyes filled with a desire to devour Ye Xingchen alive.
"Well, you're pretty stubborn." Ye Xingchen grinned, then suddenly pulled out his knife again and stabbed the guy in the other thigh.
The guy let out another miserable howl and lay on the ground like a dead dog.
Ye Xingchen patiently stabbed several large holes in the man's body with a dagger, and finally the man confessed.
“Stop stabbing me, I’m telling you, the sixth house on the left, he, they’re all there, all seven girls who were arrested are there.”
"If you had said so earlier, you wouldn't have had to take these stabs." Ye Xingchen shook his head helplessly and threw the dagger in his hand on the ground.
"Seven, it seems there was one in the van earlier." Bai Zilin said sternly, "What exactly is your purpose in human trafficking?"
"I don't know. We brothers are an overseas gang, but we got a job looking for young girls from good families in Yanjing." The kidnapper was already mentally broken. He covered the bleeding hole in his body and cried, "We were just doing our job for money. We don't know anything else."
"What's the code?" Bai Zilin suddenly asked.
"What code?" The kidnapper was taken aback.
"Don't tell me there's no secret signal for entering." Bai Zilin raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger..." The kidnapper shuddered in fright.
Having made sure she had asked everything she needed to, Bai Zilin nodded, took out handcuffs, and was about to cuff the guy.
Ye Xingchen knocked the guy unconscious again with a palm strike.
"Why did you attack again?" Bai Zilin glared at Ye Xingchen.
“It’s not safe to handcuff him. These guys have a lot of secret codes. Aren’t you afraid he’ll tip you off?” Ye Xingchen said with a smile.
"Help him stop the bleeding, or he'll be dead when we get out." Bai Zilin glanced at the kidnapper lying on the ground, blood still oozing from several holes in his body.
"Don't worry, he won't die. The bleeding will stop on its own in a bit. I know what I'm doing. Let's go," Ye Xingchen said.
"Let's go." Bai Zilin pulled out a gun and, together with Ye Xingchen, crept over.
The kidnappers were in a large courtyard with several households scattered around it. The courtyard was very large, and the last building was a small warehouse.
It was already getting dark when the two of them evaded the surveillance cameras and made their way to the innermost part of the building.
A man was standing at the door, smoking. As the two approached, the man immediately became alert: "Who's there?"
"Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger." Ye Xingchen gave the code.
"Pagoda suppresses river demons, brother. Which department are you from? I don't recognize your accent." The other party had already relaxed his guard, but upon hearing the unfamiliar accent, he immediately became wary again.
"From the Municipal Public Security Bureau," Ye Xingchen replied.
"Come on..." The other party was taken aback and was about to react quickly, but Ye Xingchen punched him and knocked him unconscious.
The two slipped into the warehouse, only to find it empty.
The warehouse was quite large, so Bai Zilin gestured for them to split up and act separately.
Ye Xingchen opened his mouth a few times, about to warn her to be careful, when the woman had already slipped into another room.
"He's really impatient." Ye Xingchen shook his head helplessly and went to check the other side to see if there was any movement.
The room Bai Zilin entered was an abandoned cold storage room, dilapidated and filled with a pungent smell.
As soon as she went inside, the warehouse door behind her clicked shut.
Bai Zilin was startled and quickly turned her head to look, but there was no one behind her. The door was locked, and she couldn't open it for a moment.
Fortunately, the lighting inside the cold storage was decent. She gripped her gun with both hands and cautiously searched forward.
Suddenly, with a whoosh, a huge door panel slammed down from one side.
Caught off guard, Bai Zilin was sent flying.
Fortunately, she was physically strong. When she was knocked away and landed, she rolled over and quickly stood up, gripping the gun tightly in both hands.
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