"For example, money, and for example, you yourself, sister."
Immediately, Ji Yingying's eyes widened: "Detective, are you a pedophile?"
Speaking of pedophilia, the shopkeeper across the street seems to be a pedophile.
【What? 】
Yes, location-based gossip mode activated. The shopkeeper across the street is a pedophile and also involved in the buying and selling of children.
[If you don't believe me, you can have someone search the basement of his shop. That's where the children are hidden, and also the remains of the dead children.]
【Fine, very well, you're harming the flowers of our motherland! I'm going to find Lord Gongsun.】
After signing, Ji Yingying said, "You can arrange the rest. I have no objections. I need to go out for a bit."
"Okay, I'd like to go next door."
Upon hearing that he was going next door, Ji Yingying, fearing that he would notice something, quickly stopped him: "Detective brother, you just need to manage our shop well. As for the other side, I'll go, no, I'll take people there. If we want our shop to grow bigger and stronger, we should acquire more of the surrounding shops and turn it into a Wanda Plaza."
Why did you stop him?
[He's a detective; if something's really going on, wouldn't he notice immediately? He'll get involved and offend people, which isn't good. This world isn't like the one from the past; power and money can crush a person.]
[He even has some money; he could settle a life-threatening matter. Why bother letting him handle it? It would be better to let Lord Gongsun do it; after all, he's a high-ranking official of the third rank.]
【Too. 】
What an insightful girl!
"You stay here in the shop, I'll be right back."
Ji Yingying swayed out like a child, her demeanor more like she was looking for trouble than to discuss shop matters.
"Kaiji, do you think Lord Ji will be alright?"
Mu Kaiji looked up at the roof: "Nothing will happen, she's protecting you."
"That's good. Young Master Ji is right. We should discuss the opening ceremony the day after tomorrow."
And then... that was it!
Ji Yingying went to find Lord Gongsun, who was still interrogating prisoners at the Dali Temple. He was quite shocked to see her.
"Ji San, what brings you here?"
"Oh? I'm here to give you credit." After saying that, she leaned closer and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, there's something wrong with that shop across from my restaurant. There are children being abused in the basement."
"Absolutely true?" Lord Gongsun replied quietly.
"Yes, let's sneak over and rescue them quietly, what do you think?"
What Ji Yingying said is absolutely true, and it's absolutely impossible for her to do it secretly.
[Is the old man unwilling? Or does he not believe me?] After waiting for a few seconds, Ji Yingying felt that he had not replied, so she couldn't help but think about it.
Lord Gongsun immediately replied: No, I am willing, I'm just thinking about how to capture them.
"Ji San, you go back to your shop first and keep an eye on things for me. I'll be there in a bit."
"OK."
Ji Yingying returned to the shop entrance and had a table and chairs set up to keep an eye on the opposite side.
The boss across the street, naturally, saw such a delicate young girl and even had the urge to plunder her.
What an adorable little girl! It would be such a wonderful thing to take her home and play with her.
Especially that face, it's absolutely gorgeous! If that little face were...
The shop owner was increasingly tempted by the sight of the person and was almost ready to take him home.
However, he restrained himself a bit in broad daylight.
"Oh dear... Waaah, the stuff you sell is poisonous!" Suddenly, an old woman started making a scene at the door, even crying loudly.
"This..." Weren't they here to arrest people? Why is someone causing a disturbance?
This is a scheme, a scheme to openly and legitimately search the place.
Lord Gongsun and his subordinates, who were hiding in the distance, were quite shocked. This little girl is amazing!
【Alright, let's watch the show.】 Ji Yingying took out a bag of Three Squirrels melon seeds from her spatial storage.
They ate sunflower seeds while watching the show.
Mu Kaiji, who was inside, also came out. He asked Ji Yingying for some melon seeds and joined in watching the show.
"It's so lively!"
"Yeah, let me tell you, those are probably military personnel. There's definitely something going on here. It's a good thing I didn't let you go. If you had, wouldn't we have been outnumbered?"
"Is it that I'm not strong enough to fight, or that I'm not strong enough to fight the opponent?"
Ji Yingying suddenly turned her head and looked at him as if he were an idiot: "Detective brother, how's your martial arts?"
"I was always number one in combat during my time in the military."
"Wow, that's impressive! Let's have a spar sometime. My martial arts are beautiful too."
"Okay, I'll have a chance to spar with you."
The commotion over there had subsided, and Lord Gongsun arrived with his officials.
After inquiring about the reason, they sent people in to investigate.
The switch for the secret passage is on the stone wall in the backyard on the first floor. They won't know unless you go there.
That stone wall?
[On the left, in the third row of the first column, the sixth one. Once you find it, press it and a tunnel will appear on the ground.]
After hearing this, Lord Gongsun immediately went inside, found the location Xiangxiang had mentioned, and pressed the button. Sure enough, the passage to the basement appeared.
"Men, take him under control."
With everyone in the shop under control, Lord Gongsun then led his men away.
The secret passage was a bit long, but it wasn't dark.
After Ji Yingying finished cracking the last sunflower seed in her hand, she handed him the whole bag of sunflower seeds: "You watch the show, I'm going in to take a look."
Many of the officials recognized Ji Yingying, and they didn't stop her from going in, since Lord Gongsun hadn't said whether or not to stop her.
Once inside, Ji Yingying was quite interested.
[Xiangxiang, what's the difference between this place and the underground tunnel?]
The difference is huge. The tunnels were for resisting war, but this place was used to harm people. Don't you think that's a big difference?
Ji Yingying did not respond and followed behind Lord Gongsun. Every now and then there were one or two corpses on the road. Ji Yingying noticed that they were the corpses of children.
Some are still incomplete.
It has obviously been split up.
[Host, I truly despise these kinds of people—abusing others, trafficking children. Don't they have children of their own? Or are they not even human, but demons?]
Even evil spirits have their benevolent aspects. Don't you know there's a song that goes like this: "I'm afraid of ghosts, but they haven't harmed me in the slightest; I'm not afraid of people, but they've hurt me badly."
Then, the entire tunnel was filled with Ji Yingying's wailing and howling singing, some affectionate, some heroic, and some heartbreaking.
The officials, who were initially a little scared, felt much more relaxed with Ji Yingying following behind.
The road was not far when we arrived at a closed space containing two cages.
There were some innocent children locked up; some were sobbing in fear, some had empty eyes, and some were trembling.
There was still a lot of blood on the ground and many bones. The bloody scene was appalling.
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