Yes, who would want to help someone a second time after helping them once?
However, their salted eggs are indeed delicious, and the food is quite rare.
"Let's go ask around, lest Xiao Bi gets anxious without anyone to help him."
Wu Xia nodded, "Okay, I'll go right away!"
When she went downstairs, she went to Shen Yanming's office to ask if Bi Qiaoan had brought her food.
However, the colleagues in the office were not comfortable revealing the details and could only shake their heads and say, "They didn't come."
And that's how the later scene came about.
Bi Qiaoan was restless all afternoon, but she still forced herself to take care of An'an and Nuannuan.
When evening came and no one came back, the two kids got anxious.
Bi Qiaoan was also anxious, but dared not show it. An'an and Nuannuan pouted, ready to cry. Bi Qiaoan had no choice but to take out a small cake and feed the two children a small bite.
It was just a tiny bit; I didn't dare give them more, afraid they wouldn't be able to digest it.
When An'an and Nuannuan ate something delicious, their attention was instantly diverted, and they became extremely excited.
But their mother only gave them one bite and then stopped, making them feel wronged. They looked at Bi Qiaoan with teary eyes.
Bi Qiaoan showed an unusual assertiveness, "No, you can only eat it tomorrow. You two are still too young and your stomachs are weak."
An'an and Nuan Nuan immediately put away their aggrieved expressions. Anyway, their mother had never compromised on food for so long.
Then he lay on the ground looking unhappy, almost as if he had given up on life.
Bi Qiaoan found it amusing, but still carried the two children to bed: "How about Mommy sleeps with you tonight?"
An'an and Nuannuan were delighted to hear this. They had always slept in their cribs and had never slept with their mother before.
"Mommy~" the two children called out, and kissed Bi Qiaoan twice on the cheek. Bi Qiaoan hugged them both, one in each arm, and told them a story in a gentle voice.
Soon after, the two children fell asleep.
Bi Qiaoan, however, couldn't sleep. She didn't know what was wrong with Shen Yanming and was somewhat worried.
Shen Yanming's current situation is really not good.
The cave where Wen Chaohui discovered signs of activity eventually yielded several skeletons.
All of them were young women, and had died recently. And remarkably, their left arms had been severed.
"The time of death was within the last month," Liang Huaxin said after glancing at the report. He didn't know anything more; he'd have to consult a forensic doctor.
"Send it back and have someone investigate!" Wen Chaohui said.
Then, with heavy hearts, they waited to see what would happen inside the secret passage. Only after darkness fell did they begin to dig open the several dozen meters of the passage.
When Wen Chao entered, he witnessed a heartbreaking scene. A family of four had all been murdered. Each of them was missing their left hand and had suffered massive blood loss.
"This is someone whose left hand was specifically cut off, but why?"
"I'm afraid of being tracked," Shen Yanming said.
They then remembered that they were wearing smart bracelets on their left wrists, and the main function of these devices was location tracking.
"They must have encountered something unspeakable that led to their brutal murder."
Wen Chao would send people out to look for clues, while Shen Yanming would stand still and not move.
After thinking for a moment, he looked up and said, "Wen Mengguan, the number of people seems wrong. I remember that Yuan Jiasi mentioned that he has a younger sister."
"Li Gangtie, memorize Yuan Jiasi's information."
"Yes! Yuan Jiasi, 29 years old, graduated from Haishi University of Economics, formerly a staff member of the Haishi Municipal Bureau, later transferred to the guard team... Yuan Jiaxin, 19 years old..."
Li Gangtie carried the child here, then looked up at Wen Chaohui: "Yuan Jiaxin isn't here. Did she not die?"
That statement sounded particularly unconvincing.
Wen Chaohui gave Li Gangtie a look of exasperation. "Their murders were probably because of Yuan Jiaxin! How could you be so careless?"
Li Gangtie felt ashamed. He had focused all his attention on recording traces and searching for clues, and hadn't thought about anything else.
Shen Yanming was also a little embarrassed. He was just giving a reminder and didn't want to cause trouble for Li Gangtie.
Seeing the phone in his hand, Shen Yanming came to his rescue: "Captain Li has been recording traces the whole way, so he probably didn't think of this."
"Yes, yes, I was busy with other things." Li Gangtie was a magnanimous person and did not hold a grudge against Shen Yanming because of this.
Wen Chao took a deep breath, "Be careful next time!"
After carrying Yuan Jiasi, his father, mother, and grandfather out, the group took them to the police station.
After a brief handover with the other side, both sides decided to work together on the case. The police station had recently received many reports of missing daughters.
This is obvious; it's human trafficking.
The group had a meal at the police station, then went to a meeting to analyze the case.
Shen Yanming glanced at the time and realized it was already 11 p.m. He thought to himself that his wife must be getting impatient.
But I can't go back for a while, and I don't know when I'll be able to. So I used my consciousness to write a note in the space, roughly explaining my current situation.
Bi Qiaoan sensed movement in the space, probed with her consciousness, and found the note. After reading it, she breathed a sigh of relief, followed by anger.
I thought to myself, what kind of time is this? Instead of thinking about living a good life, they're doing such despicable things.
Little did she know that these people were living a life of luxury precisely because of these shady dealings.
In the past, you could get married as long as you had money, but now, you can't be ugly, you can't be without savings, and you can't have an unstable job.
There are a lot of bachelors, especially in the remote mountain villages. Some of the men have developed abscesses and are so ugly that they can't be seen by others, let alone find a wife.
Left with no other choice, they resorted to this crooked idea. They brought her home, locked her up, and gave her whatever food she wanted, not caring if she complained.
Even if they weren't sold to the countryside, there are plenty of people who cheat on their partners in the city. Even a small reduction in grain harvesting at one time, given the large overall volume, is enough for these risk-takers to live a life of luxury.
Having not slept all night, the guards and police officers changed into civilian clothes and began searching the outskirts of the city. They focused their search on areas where large groups of people gathered.
For a whole week, Shen Yanming didn't go home. Following those few clues, they finally found the suspect's hideout.
Twenty-odd security guards, along with a dozen or so police officers, caught the man red-handed. The evidence was irrefutable; when they arrived, there were also over thirty old bachelors engaging in unspeakable acts with young women.
The girls cried and screamed, but were brutally assaulted. Some of them who arrived early lay motionless on the bed, like dead fish. Even when the police came in, they acted as if they didn't see them.
Shen Yanming didn't have the courage to look at these things, so he just stood guard outside.
First, several criminal suspects were handcuffed and escorted out. Then came more than thirty clients, their hands raised, completely naked except for their underwear, shivering in the cold wind.
Shen Yanming thought to himself, this must be Wen Mengguan's doing.
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