Chapter 030 Got Caught
Seeing Li Xiuying's nervous expression, the police officer behind Director Wang quickly spoke up, "Auntie Li, don't misunderstand me. We're looking for Comrade Li Juan."
Director Wang: "Yes, I'm not looking for you, I'm looking for Li Juan. Didn't Li Juan come to live with you after she moved out of the Song family? Where is she?"
"Li Juan went to work." Li Xiuying asked worriedly, "Why? What do you want to see her about?"
Wang Zhu glanced at the public security officer's expression and said vaguely, "We have something to say about Song Chunsheng. Let's go find her. Where does she work? Would it be convenient for you to take us to find her?"
When Li Xiuying heard Song Chunsheng's name, she instinctively assumed the two officers were hired by him to deal with Li Juan. Anger welled up in her, and she said unkindly, "Are you really in such a hurry? Li Juan's workplace isn't close by, it's in Xidan. It's better to wait for her to get home from get off work than rush over now."
Director Wang noticed Li Xiuying's unwillingness to cooperate, so he tugged on her arm and said, "Old Li, stop messing around. The police are looking for Li Juan for serious business!"
The police officer behind Director Wang smiled good-naturedly and said, "Auntie Li, if it's inconvenient for you to take us to find Li Juan, you could tell us her work address and we can go find her ourselves."
Li Xiuying curled her lips and said, "You have to find Li Juan, right?"
Although she was reluctant, she had no choice but to answer the police officer. She could only say, "Li Juan works at Zhiqiang Electric Appliances, next to the Xidan Department Store."
The public security officer nodded and said politely, "Okay, we understand."
He turned to look at Director Wang: "Director Wang, let's go find Li Juan."
"Hey, okay, okay, let's go..."
Director Wang led the public security comrades to the alley. When they reached the entrance of the alley, he turned around and pointed his finger at Li Xiuying, who was still unconvinced.
"Hmph!" Li Xiuying snorted unhappily and started to worry about Li Juan again.
She kept muttering, "I don't know what the police wanted to do with Li Juan. Could it be that Song Chunsheng asked the police to force Li Juan to go home? These police are really something. Li Juan finally escaped from the damn Song family, but in the end..."
Song Nan nervously pinched the corner of his clothes, at a loss as to what to do.
Was the police officer who just came here really called by her father to force her and her mother to go home?
She didn't want to go home. She didn't have enough to eat or sleep well at home. There was also her grandmother who scolded her and forced her to work, and her father who always thought she was useless. She was not happy at all living with her mother outside.
Shi Qiushui noticed that Song Nan looked unhappy and quietly tugged at Shi Yue's clothes. Shi Yue: "Hmm?"
He lowered his head and followed Shi Qiu Shui's gaze, and saw Song Nan who was at a loss.
Shi Yue thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Li, please don't think too much of the worst. The police aren't necessarily looking for Li Juan just to force her to go home. Maybe they're looking for her because something happened to Song Chunsheng."
He said, "Look at the bright side. What if Song Chunsheng is dead, or has been arrested for a crime, and then they look for Li Juan?"
Li Xiuying couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Are you thinking positively?"
Shi Yue blinked: "Isn't it?"
Li Xiuying thought about it and realized that if Song Chunsheng died or was arrested, it would be a good thing for Li Juan and her daughter.
She suppressed her laughter and patted Shi Yue on the back, saying, "Song Nan is still here, don't talk nonsense."
No matter how bad Song Chunsheng is, he is still Song Nan's father. After hearing what Shi Yue said, there is no guarantee that Song Nan will not feel uncomfortable.
Li Xiuying lowered her head and was about to comfort Song Nan, but suddenly found that Song Nan's mouth corners were raised and he didn't look sad at all.
Obviously, Song Nan also felt that it was a good thing that her father was captured alive.
Li Xiuying swallowed her saliva and swallowed the comfort on her lips.
"Ahem, well, Nannan, let's go home first." Li Xiuying: "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to eat corn tortillas? I made the dough at noon today, and we can make them when we get home..."
Li Xiuying took Song Nan home first, and Shi Yue also took Shi Qiu Shui home.
After entering the house, Shi Qiushui twisted his smile and asked worriedly, "Dad, will the police really let Aunt Li Juan go home?"
Shi Yue raised his eyebrows: "Are you worried about Li Juan and her daughter?"
Shi Qiushui nodded: "Yeah, worried!"
She said softly, "I know that Aunt Li Juan is very capable and can protect herself and Song Nan. She won't necessarily be bullied by Song Chunsheng. But if Aunt Li Juan goes back and lives a life of fear and tension, it will definitely not be as easy as living here."
Shi Yue patted Shi Qiushui's head and said, "Don't worry, I don't think the public security comrades are here to ask them to go back."
Shi Qiushui stared with her big round eyes: "Really?"
Shi Yue: "Of course. Song Nan was here just now, and the two police officers didn't even mention Song Nan's name. If they wanted Li Juan and her daughter to go home, they would have let Song Nan go home first even if Li Juan wasn't here."
Shi Qiushui nodded thoughtfully: "Yes."
Shi Yue: "So I think they came to Li Juan because something happened to Song Chunsheng."
Shi Qiushui was surprised: "Dad, are you kidding?"
She thought her father said that as a joke because he saw that Grandma Li and Song Nan were too nervous.
Shi Yue twitched his eyes: "Am I the kind of person who would joke about something like this?"
Shi Qiushui didn't say anything, but her round eyes were full of, "Yes, Dad, you are such a person."
Shi Yue:......
He casually gave Shi Qiushui a slap on the head and said, "You little girl only knows how to make fun of your father."
"hey-hey......"
Shi Qiushui smiled ingratiatingly and changed the subject: "Dad, what are we having for dinner tonight?"
Shi Yue: "It's hot today, let's go eat cold noodles. How about that cold noodle restaurant outside the vegetable market?"
His cooking skills were not very good, and the food he made was barely edible, so every few days he would find opportunities to take his daughter out to eat to improve their lives. Although many people in the compound complained that he didn't know how to live because of this, they could just complain, because he got to enjoy the delicious food anyway.
Shi Qiushui swallowed his saliva and said, "Then let's eat cold noodles!"
She has never eaten cold noodles and doesn't know what it tastes like!
Shi Yue: "Okay, leave your schoolbag at home and we'll go."
"Okay!" Shi Qiushui put his schoolbag away and ran out quickly: "Dad, let's go."
"Okay, let's go..."
Shi Yue took Shi Qiushui out of the house and locked the door with his key. Old Lady Yang from next door saw them and asked in a nonchalant manner, "Xiao Shi, are you taking your daughter out to eat again?"
Shi Yue smiled and said, "Well, let's go out and eat cold noodles."
"Very good, it's nice to eat cold noodles on this day." Old Mrs. Yang nodded.
Shi Yue: "Then Auntie, we'll be leaving first."
"Well, go ahead..."
Seeing the father-in-law and daughter walking out of the courtyard hand in hand, Gao Cuifen, who came out to wash vegetables, curled her lips and said, "Xiao Shi took his daughter out to eat again? Tsk tsk, as expected, men in families just don't know how to manage their lives. Eating out all day long, how can a month's salary be spent?"
Li Xiuying, who felt uncomfortable if she didn't argue with Gao Cuifen for a day, immediately spoke up: "What's wrong with Shi Yue taking his daughter out to eat? He can spend and earn! He's a deputy section chief, and his monthly salary must be over 300 yuan. How much can he spend if he eats out a few times?"
Gao Cuifen shook her head in disapproval. "You can't spend all you earn. If you don't save any money, what will you do if something unexpected happens?"
Li Xiuying: "You can be stingy if you want, but why are you managing other people's money? How do you know that Shi Yue doesn't save any money?"
Gao Cuifen: "What kind of person are you? I mean well..."
Li Xiuying: "You're either kind-hearted or you're meddling too much!"
Gao Cuifen: "Hey, Li Xiuying, why don't you know what's good for you..."
Li Xiuying: "You don't know what's good for you, I..."
The two men started arguing over a disagreement, and the old lady Yang next to them quickly came over to separate them: "Hey, Lao Li, Lao Gao, stop arguing..."
Ma Yulan, who had just returned from outside, heard Gao Cuifen and Li Xiuying quarreling. She came over as usual and halfheartedly followed Old Lady Yang to break up the quarrel: "Old Li, Old Gao, stop quarreling..."
The father-in-law and daughter had already walked far away and naturally didn't know that they had caused Gao Cuifen and Li Xiuying to quarrel again. When they came back from outside, Gao Cuifen and Li Xiuying had already stopped fighting.
Shi Yue saw Gao Cuifen and Li Xiuying sitting on either side of the courtyard, and he didn't think much about it. After all, it was normal for these two to have conflicts.
He greeted the two people while carrying the water: "Auntie Li, Auntie Gao, have you all eaten yet?"
Gao Cuifen: "Yeah, I ate it."
Li Xiuying: "I ate. Hey, Xiaoshi, did you see Li Juan on the way back?"
Shi Yue: "No? Li Juan hasn't come back yet?"
He was a little surprised. After all, he didn't come back right after dinner. Instead, he ate, walked around the vegetable market, and then went for a walk in the small park before coming back.
He uttered an "Ouch" and said, "It's getting late now, isn't Li Juan back yet?"
Li Xiuying looked at the gate anxiously and said, "Isn't it late? It's already past eight o'clock and it's dark, and Li Juan hasn't come back yet!"
Normally, Li Juan gets off work at 7 o'clock, so she can catch the 7 o'clock bus and get home at 7:30. Even if she misses the 7 o'clock bus, the next one is at 7:10, so she can get home at 7:40.
But it’s already past eight o’clock, and there’s still no sign of Li Juan.
She couldn't help but worry in her heart, wondering if something had happened to Li Juan on the way.
Shi Yue comforted her: "Aunt Li, don't think too much about it. Didn't the police come to look for Li Juan tonight? Maybe she didn't come back because of this."
Li Xiuying frowned. "The police shouldn't have been delayed for so long, right? Didn't they just get off work and go over there? It's been several hours already."
Shi Yue: "It's not impossible. Sometimes the police might ask more questions, so it takes longer."
"No, I'd better go out to greet him, otherwise I'll feel uneasy." Li Xiuying walked out with a frown. Just as she reached the gate of the courtyard, she heard a rumbling sound coming from over there, which sounded like the sound of a motorcycle.
The sound stopped right at the gate of the courtyard. Strange, no one in their courtyard had a motorcycle? Everyone in the courtyard looked out.
A white motorcycle with a blue paint job on it was parked steadily at the gate. The driver was a policeman wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Li Xiuying, who was standing at the gate, recognized him at a glance. This policeman was one of the ones who came to see her in the afternoon.
At this time, Li Juan, who was sitting in the sidecar, jumped down. Li Xiuying immediately didn't care about whether she was a police officer or not. She stepped forward and grabbed Li Juan, looking her up and down carefully: "Juan'er, are you okay?"
Li Juan patted Li Xiuying's shoulder soothingly: "It's okay, Aunt Li, don't worry, I'm fine."
Li Xiuying looked around and confirmed that Li Juan was indeed fine. She felt a little relieved and asked, "What happened? Why did you come back so late today?"
Li Juan glanced at the public security officer behind her. Seeing that he didn't react, she said softly, "Something happened to Song Chunsheng. The public security officer asked me to investigate. I was delayed a bit, so I came back late."
Shi Qiu Shui tugged at Shi Yue's clothes in shock. Her father was right.
Something really happened to Song Chunsheng!
Shi Yue raised his eyebrows and said, "See, that's what he said. We should think positively about things."
Li Xiuying was shocked. She turned her head to look at Shi Yue and thought to herself, how strange! This guy was so right.
Li Juan looked at Li Xiuying in confusion: "Aunt Li?"
Li Xiuying came back to her senses. "Oh, well, what happened to that bastard Song Chunsheng? Is he dead?"
Li Juan: ...
Although she also hoped that Song Chunsheng would die, unfortunately, Song Chunsheng was still alive.
She pursed her lips and said, "No, he's still alive, he was just arrested."
"What?" Li Xiuying frowned. "What did that bastard do to get arrested?"
She nervously grabbed Li Juan's hand and asked, "Did he kill or assault someone? His crime won't involve you, right?"
Although she was very happy to see that bastard Song Chunsheng go to jail, when she thought about the fact that Li Juan was still Song Chunsheng's nominal wife, she was worried that Li Juan would be implicated.
Li Juan shook her head: "He can't involve me."
She was silent for a moment, then said, "Aunt Li, I'll tell you in detail when I get back."
Li Xiuying nodded: "Okay, let's talk about it when we get back. Let's talk about it when we get back."
She saw that Li Juan didn't want to talk about this outside, so she quickly interrupted: "Yes, Juan'er, you haven't eaten yet so late, let's go home and have dinner. We're having cornmeal pancakes tonight. I was afraid that you would eat them cold, so I kept them warm in the pot. It's just right for you to eat them now..."
"Okay." Li Juan nodded, turned around and thanked the police officer who sent her back. After watching the police officer walk away, she followed Li Xiuying into the house.
Shi Yue touched his chin and looked at Li Juan's back, wondering what crime did Song Chunsheng commit to get him arrested?
Looking at the boy's cowardly look, he didn't think Song Chunsheng could have done anything wrong.
But when he went to work the next day, Shi Yue realized that he was wrong.
As the saying goes, you can't judge a book by its cover.
Song Chunsheng really lived up to this statement.
After all, no one would have thought that the seemingly cowardly Song Chunsheng was actually arrested for child trafficking.
Yes, child trafficking.
As soon as Shi Yue arrived at the office, he heard the news from Secretary Xiao Li.
He scratched his ear in shock and asked incredulously, "Who? Secretary Li, please tell me again. Who is the person who kidnapped the child?"
Secretary Li: "Song Chunsheng, Song Chunsheng from Workshop 5 of our factory. What's the matter? Do you know this person?"
Shi Yue said with a complicated expression: "I know him. He lives in the alley next to my house."
He sighed, "He looked so timid, such a timid man. I never thought he would actually kidnap and sell children."
Secretary Li's curiosity was piqued, so he leaned in and whispered to Shi Yue, "Haven't you heard of the term '蔫坏'? It's used to describe people like him who appear to be timid on the outside but are actually bad at heart. He's really bad. I heard he almost sold his own daughter before, and that was his own daughter!"
He said "Huh" in surprise and asked, "No, Shi Yue, you live so close to him, don't you know about this?"
Shi Yue: "He almost sold his daughter? I know about that. But didn't he say that he sold his daughter so that she could enjoy a good life? He said that the person who wanted to buy his daughter was a big boss from Hong Kong?"
Secretary Li curled his lips and said, "Just listen to his lies. What's the point of enjoying yourself? It's not like that at all!"
He said, "And the guy who bought the child is not some big boss from Hong Kong at all, he's just a pimp!"
Shi Yue showed a curious expression at the right moment: "What's going on?"
Secretary Li: "Let me tell you, this is what happened. You should know that a few days ago, the Women's Federation and the police went to Song Chunsheng's house to mediate because he was being abused by his wife, right?"
Shi Yue: "Yes, I know. The comrades from the Women's Federation were found by an old lady from our compound."
Secretary Li looked at him in surprise and continued, "Didn't Song Chunsheng's wife get mad at him and tell him about Song Chunsheng selling his daughter?"
Shi Yue nodded: "Yeah."
Secretary Li: "The police officer who went there at the time felt something was amiss, so they came back and started investigating the big boss from Hong Kong that Song Chunsheng mentioned. After much investigation, they discovered that the identity information he mentioned was completely false. The boss's real identity was a robber on the run!"
Shi Yue: “Oh my God.”
Secretary Xiao Li: "When the police found out about this, they immediately set up a spot to arrest the man. But while they were there, they discovered that this man had been trafficking young girls under the guise of adoption. He'd bought the girls from their parents and then organized them into prostitution."
Shi Yue frowned and said with disgust: "What a piece of shit."
Secretary Li also hated this kind of person. He gritted his teeth and said, "That's right, this guy is a beast! No, calling him a beast is an insult to beasts! The girls he kidnapped were almost all in their teens, and the oldest was no more than eighteen!"
"What a fucking inhuman!" Shi Yue couldn't help but curse, then asked: "So, have all the girls been rescued?"
Secretary Xiao Li: "They've been rescued! They've been rescued!"
At this point, he sighed, "It's just that the girls we rescued weren't in good condition. Those who had just been abducted* were only physically beaten and were relatively easy to treat, but those who had been abducted for a long time..."
Shi Yue knew the meaning of what he hadn't finished saying, and couldn't help but sigh.
One can imagine what those little girls went through.
After a long silence, Shi Yue asked, "What about Song Chunsheng?"
Secretary Li: "Tsk, Song Chunsheng is a beast. He didn't sell his own daughter, but coveted the child support that other person was talking about. So he helped that person to act as a go-between, introducing others to sell their daughters there, and then took the commission himself!"
Shi Yue sneered, "He's willing to make money from anything. He's not afraid of committing evil!"
He had really underestimated how bastard and disgusting Song Chunsheng was!
Secretary Li: "That's right. You know, he even told the police that he was doing a good deed, helping people send their daughters to be adopted by wealthy families so they can live happily ever after. It's normal for a wealthy person to adopt one daughter, but adopting five, six, seven, or eight is clearly abnormal. I don't believe he didn't think it was wrong at all!"
"He introduced so many people to sell their daughters?" Shi Yue was surprised and disgusted with Song Chunsheng even more.
Secretary Li: "Yes! There were some people who didn't want to sell their children, but he insisted that they were sending them away to live a better life. He really persuaded them into it! Tell me, is he committing a sin?"
Shi Yue: "What a sin!"
Although he said this, he didn't really feel that way.
If he really loves his child, he will definitely not be willing to send the child away even if others say that they are sending the child to enjoy a good life. In any case, if someone tells him to take Xiaoqiu away to enjoy a good life, he will definitely not be willing to do so.
Secretary Li: "And Song Chunsheng's mother. Song Chunsheng was able to introduce so many people so quickly because of the help of this old lady! She even brought her own niece's granddaughter over to sell her!"
"What a sin!"
Shi Yue had always thought that the old lady was not a good person, and now it turned out to be true! She was a black-hearted old lady with an extremely bad heart!
He asked, "Has this old lady been arrested?"
Secretary Li: "They caught him. They caught him yesterday. We caught him together with the fake boss. The old lady and Song Chunsheng happened to be there at the time, so they caught him together."
Shi Yue: "That's a good thing!"
"It's a good thing." Secretary Li nodded with a bitter face: "It's indeed a good thing to catch these bastards, but it's not a good thing that Song Chunsheng, this bastard, is from our factory."
He said, "Song Chunsheng was arrested yesterday afternoon, and then the city leaders criticized us that evening. They said our factory didn't pay attention to cultivating the spiritual qualities of its employees, which led to the emergence of such a bad apple."
Shi Yue glanced at the dark circles under Secretary Li's eyes, figuring he'd been too busy to rest because of the criticism from above. But there wasn't much to say about it. After all, it was normal for the higher-ups to be angry about something as troublesome as Song Chunsheng.
He could only pat Secretary Li on the shoulder and console him: "It can't be helped. No one knew Song Chunsheng was such a person. Besides, people like him are bad at heart. Even if our factory focuses on cultivating spiritual qualities, there's no way to cultivate someone like him."
Secretary Li sighed, "That's true, but... Oh, by the way, Shi Yue, because of the Song Chunsheng incident, the factory director has decided to hold a legal education lecture for our employees. You should take someone to the Public Security Bureau and contact them about this matter."
Shi Yue: "Okay, I'll be there in a moment."
Secretary Xiao Li: "Find two more people. After you leave the Public Security Bureau, go to the Women's Federation. The factory is also planning to arrange a lecture by the Women's Federation on domestic violence and child protection."
Secretary Li grew furious as he spoke. "Oh, I'm so fed up with Song Chunsheng. Just look at how much trouble he's caused me. The factory director arranges this lecture and that lecture, and I have to contact every department to negotiate, and even notify our sister companies for help. It's so annoying!"
Secretary Li gritted his teeth, looking as if he wanted to peel off Song Chunsheng's skin and eat his flesh.
Working people are the most sympathetic to working people. Shi Yue patted Secretary Li on the shoulder with understanding and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
It is estimated that the busiest person in the factory during this period is Secretary Li. After all, all the decisions made by the factory director have to be handled and implemented by him.
Shi Yue, who was still feeling sorry for Secretary Li, didn't know that he wouldn't have an easy time in the coming period...
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