The organizers, however, knowing the enormity of their crimes, remained silent.
The police have their interrogation methods, so there's no rush. They'll take their time; once they've caught the suspect red-handed, how could he possibly escape?
Wen Chao saw that there was nothing more for them to do, so he prepared to lead his team back to the guard post. But just as he reached the door, he saw a group of girls who had washed up and come in.
Although it's not necessary to know the whole story behind the case, it's still important to understand the Yuan family's situation.
Wen Chaohui put away his serious expression and asked with a smile, "May I ask which one of you is Yuan Jiaxin?"
A young woman timidly raised her hand: "I, I am!"
Wen Chaohui nodded. "Please come with me. There are some things I need to ask you about."
Yuan Jiaxin roughly knew what the other person wanted to ask, hesitated for a moment, and then followed.
In a cozy little office, Wen Chao had someone bring him tea and sat down opposite Yuan Jiaxin, asking, "You know what I wanted to ask you, right?"
"I know!" Yuan Jiaxin was a little scared, but she still tried to remain calm.
"Then tell me, what happened to your brother, and how did your family end up in that cave?"
As soon as Wen Chaohui finished speaking, Yuan Jiaxin burst into tears, unable to control herself.
After a long pause, she sobbed, "My brother came home with a backpack full of jewelry, saying he'd found a treasure. He said their captain didn't report it because he wanted to keep it for himself. He said we should strike first, and when peace and prosperity come, we can become rich."
“My parents originally disagreed, but my brother said that the place was very remote and deserted, with no cameras, so no one would find it.”
Most importantly, several other people discovered the treasure together. Even if they took some, Captain Li would have other suspects and wouldn't be keeping a close eye on us. Besides, this was ill-gotten gains; even if Captain Li found less, he wouldn't dare to openly complain.
"They were persuaded, and even my grandfather wanted to see what the treasure looked like. So, we went to the mountain at night, and sure enough, it was quiet and there was no one there."
I was a little scared and wanted to go home, but my brother disagreed, saying it was better if no one was around. My parents also said that since we'd come this far, we should go and check on things.
"We thought we were moving quietly, but we didn't expect to be watched as soon as we got to the mountain. They followed us and saw that we knew the way well to find the cave and enter the secret passage, so they had bad intentions."
The other side outnumbered us and easily subdued the five of us, then interrogated us about why we were there.
“My brother didn’t want to talk about it, but they cut off his fingers with a dagger. My parents couldn’t take it anymore, so they confessed. But those people searched the entire passage and still couldn’t find the treasure, so they got angry.”
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"Boss, we've searched everywhere, but there's no treasure this guy is talking about."
A man held a dagger to Yuan Jiasi's neck menacingly: "You dare to lie to me, you don't know the price of lying, do you?" With that, he cut off another of Yuan Jiasi's fingers.
"No, no, I'm not lying, don't kill me!" Despite having two fingers chopped off, Yuan Jiasi didn't want to die: "It must have been him, he must have taken them!"
Hara Kazushi spoke incoherently, without considering the current situation at all.
"Who is it? Explain yourself!"
In his panic, Yuan Jiasi blurted out the story of discovering the treasure that day without thinking.
"Damn it, so you're a guard. I was wondering why that uniform looked so familiar." The man spat on the ground and looked at his brother: "Notify everyone to evacuate. Damn it, the guards actually found this place."
"Boss, where to move to?"
"Don't you know where they've been transferred to? Those girls' wounds should be almost healed by now. Take them there and make arrangements."
"yes!"
The two burly men left, but the remaining men still glared at them menacingly.
"Boss, please, please let me go. I won't tell anyone about this with my family today." Yuan Jiasi begged for mercy, lying on the ground, willing to give up all his pride to survive.
The original parents also cried and begged, "Please let my son go. We, the old couple, will be your hostages. He won't say anything out of line."
Yuan Jiaxin hid behind her grandfather with her head down. She had just heard that these people were not good people. Once they discovered her appearance, who knows what trouble they might cause.
But could she escape? Of course not! When she was being followed, someone reported to the boss that there was a pretty young woman there.
"Heh heh, how could I possibly allow such an unstable element to exist, especially since he's just a guard?" Naturally hostile, how could they possibly coexist harmoniously?
Ignoring the shouts of the original family members, the group raped the girl in the secret passage.
Yuan Jiasi cried bitterly, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault! If I hadn't been so greedy, we wouldn't have suffered this tragedy. Sister, I'm so sorry!"
The mother was almost crying herself to death. "Let go of my daughter! Let her go! If you have a problem, come at me!" She tried to rush forward, but the large hand pressing down on her shoulder made her unable to move.
"Stop arguing, you're driving me crazy!" A burly man, annoyed by the crying and fussing, slapped the mother unconscious.
The father tried to fight back, but was instead pinned to the ground and brutally beaten.
This time, Yuan Jiasi hated himself for being lazy and not participating in the guards' morning training, which left him with no martial arts skills and no power to resist.
He was desperate. There were a dozen or so burly men in front of him; they had no way to escape. These bad guys wouldn't allow them to continue living.
Sure enough, after the ringleaders finished their assault, they ordered the people to be dealt with.
Yuan Jiasi thought they would kill him directly, but unexpectedly, they only cut off their left hands.
Although he was in excruciating pain, he wondered if he could at least keep his life.
It turns out he was overthinking it.
After the leader left, the other henchmen also left with Yuan Jiaxin. Their left hands were buried deep in the passage. And the smart bracelets were taken away.
Yuan Jiasi wanted to dig it out, thinking that it might be reattached at the hospital, but the pain in his arm prevented him from moving an inch.
The group was shocked by this ordeal and wept bitterly. Grandpa Yuan, though old, was the calmest. He said, "Alright, stop crying. Let's get out of here quickly. Xin Xin is still in their hands. Call the police! We must call the police and get Xin Xin back!"
"Hey, I knew you old codger were up to no good. Ha, you said you wouldn't talk nonsense, but you're already thinking of calling the police before you've even left. We really can't let you go back!"
Grandpa Yuan regretted his actions as soon as he saw the newcomers; he never expected them to turn around and launch a surprise attack. Shouldn't they have retreated immediately?
Little did he know, the person was leaving to retrieve tools so they could return and resolve any future problems.
When the Yuan family members finally saw what was placed not far away, they had only one thought: it was all over!
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