Chapter 53: Inquiry

In fact, when Lin Zhiyan was halfway through his speech, some of their people could no longer hold back. This treatment was too good, free training, and a meal, and it was no big deal if they didn't have to live in a good place now, anyway, they could even sleep on the street.

"Da Long, how about giving it a try?"

"Yeah, I don't think this young man is a bad guy, and there's no benefit in him lying to us."

"Yes, yes, yes. He is not like the last one who only recruits female workers. Since he also recruits male workers, why don't we men go and try it first?"

Zhao Dalong gritted his teeth, thinking that this man really knew how to win people's hearts. His smile was so soft and amiable that people's hearts could not help but lean towards him.

Lin Jianyan smiled and said, "That's the condition. I wonder if Mr. Dalong can allow me to go in and take a look?"

Shuanzi looked at Zhao Dalong with pleading eyes and tugged at his sleeve cautiously.

"Okay, okay, I'll let you in, but the bodyguards behind you can't go in with so many people, at most two can follow you."

Lin Jianyan agreed immediately, "Okay." Apart from Zhao Dalong, if these old, weak and disabled people really dared to make any moves, he could stop them alone. If he really couldn't do it, he could run. He was a pretty fast runner.

Zhao Dalong helplessly took out the key and opened the iron gate. Lin Jianyan asked Ajun and Aliang to follow him and walked in. Seeing that no one stopped him, Zhou Xuejian followed him in.

Lin Jianyan followed Zhao Dalong and his group to their territory, scanning the surrounding environment with his remaining eyes.

The narrow streets are crowded with dilapidated tenement buildings. The outer walls are rusty and the traces of time are clearly visible. The corridors are dark and damp, exuding an old atmosphere.

There were eyes in the room looking at them with either good intentions or bad intentions.

Lin Jianyan followed Zhao Dalong and the others to their own tenement building, and couldn't help but frown when he looked at the environment in front of him.

The windows are small and the lighting is insufficient, so the room is dark and gloomy even during the day. The ventilation conditions are also very poor, and the air is often polluted.

Public facilities were scarce and sanitary conditions were poor. The corridors were full of debris and sewage, and toilets and bathrooms were mostly shared, even for men and women.

Lin Jianyan looked through the window into one of the houses. The room, which was a dozen square meters or even smaller, was filled with simple furniture. A worn wooden bed and a simple table and chairs were all the belongings.

The next moment he met the eyes of a woman in the room. Her eyes were dull and lifeless, without any hope of living. When she inadvertently met Lin Zhenyan's eyes, she subconsciously shrank back and lowered her head.

Lin Jianyan looked at the iron chain tied to her ankle and her pupils shrank.

Zhao Dalong dodged and blocked his sight with his body. "What are you looking at? Didn't they say they were hiring? I'll call the people over for you to choose from."

Lin Jianyan retracted his gaze and took a step back, saying sorry, "No need to be picky, I will accept anyone who meets the requirements, but there is one thing I must tell you in advance, if you don't pass the training and probation period, I will not accept you."

Zhao Dalong raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You sound quite arrogant. Okay, wait for me to call someone over for you. Shuanzi, bring a stool for Boss Lin."

"Hey!" Shuanzi smiled brightly and moved a wooden chair to the side of Lin Jianyan, "Boss Lin, please sit down."

Lin Jianyan did not refuse his kindness. He smiled and sat down. He took this opportunity to chat with Shuanzi: "How old are you this year?"

"I'm sixteen."

"Shuanzi is your first name, so what's your last name?"

"I don't know my original surname, but now I use the surname of Brother Dalong, Zhao Shuanzi."

Lin Jianyan was stunned for a moment, "Don't you know your original last name?"

"Well, I was rescued by Brother Dalong from a human trafficker, so I don't know who my family is. I have been living with Brother Dalong."

Lin Jianyan opened his mouth, somewhat speechless. Zhao Shuanzi saw his emotions and smiled to comfort him, "Don't worry about it. I can't go back anyway. Wherever Brother Dalong is, that's my home."

Lin Jianyan spoke harshly, "So do you want to go back?" Just think of it as him suddenly being kind. If Shuanzi wanted to go back, he would find a way to send him back.

Zhao Shuanzi shook his head and said, "I don't want to go back. I was sold to a trafficker by my family. I was very young at that time, but I can remember things, so I remember that they handed me over to the trafficker."

"They don't want me anymore, and I don't want them either. I want to make a lot of money and live in a big house, and I won't acknowledge them anymore."

Lin Jianyan rubbed his dry and yellow hair, cursing in his heart that the trafficker and his parents who sold him would get their comeuppance sooner or later.

Suddenly remembering the woman he had just seen, he asked tentatively, "Shuanzi, do you know who the woman in that room was?"

But when Shuanzi heard his question, he suddenly became alert, "Why are you asking this? Are you also planning to take advantage of her?"

Lin Jianyan didn't understand why he was so alert, but it didn't stop him from explaining quickly, "No, no, I have a girlfriend. I just accidentally saw that she still had chains on her feet, so I was curious."

"If you don't believe me, ask the bodyguards behind me. They are the two people assigned to me by my target."

Seeing Ah Jun and Ah Liang nod, Zhao Shuanzi relaxed his guard a little, but still did not reveal the identity of the woman. "Don't ask. Don't let Brother Dalong know. He will be angry."

Seeing how defensive he was, Lin Jianyan had no choice but to give up. However, seeing that the woman was so clean, she should not be imprisoned. From what Shuanzi said, her relationship with Zhao Dalong should not be simple.

Forget it, why does he care so much? There are so many suffering people in the world, how can he take care of them all? I feel confused when I hear familiar words.

This won't work. If someone speaks a few words in Mandarin, they might be able to trick him.

(Qin Wu: Really? I don’t believe it.)

Perhaps because the topic just now was a bit heavy, Lin Jianyan and Zhao Shuanzi calmed down. About ten minutes later, Zhao Dalong came over with a group of people.

"Well, there are only this many people who meet the requirements and are willing to go. Please make a note of it."

Lin Jianyan took a quick look and found that most of the twenty or so people were men, with only two or three women who looked old but were still young overall. There were no teenagers who had just reached adulthood, and most of them were men who were almost forty years old.

“Are there only this many people?”

Zhao Dalong felt that he had too much to do. "So many people, and you still think it's not enough?"

"No, what I mean is..." Lin Jianyan understood halfway through his words. Perhaps because they were still worried about him, those young boys and girls did not dare to let them out.

In that case, he stopped talking and said, "Okay, let's register our name and ID."

Lin Jianyan took out the small notebook and pen he carried with him from his pocket. He looked up and found that among so many people, no one was standing forward.

"What's wrong?"