Chapter 978 Moral issues are never trivial!
"The action team immediately controlled the entrance to the basement. That place..." Wen Congwu shook his head, as if trying to dispel some bad memories, "It's simply not a place for human beings to stay!
It was dark and damp, and the air was filled with the strange smell of disinfectant, blood, and a mixture of long-term lack of bathing and excrement.
When I went downstairs, I almost vomited. Most people were huddled in the corner, their eyes numb and empty. I guess even if they were cured, they would still need to see a psychiatrist for a long time."
"How many people are there?"
"A total of 127 people were rescued." Wen Congwu's voice was grave, and when he reported this number, there was no joy, only heaviness. "Among them, 73 were our compatriots."
127 people! 73 compatriots! So many! And these are just the survivors. Who knows how many more perished.
"These people...what are they being held there for?" Xiao Shiqiu put down his teacup and asked calmly.
"Most of them are from 'blood banks,'" Wen Congwu said with suppressed anger. "They are all people with special, rare blood types, Rh negative, or carriers of certain special antibodies...
They were regularly having their blood drawn, even until they were extremely weak, like livestock in captivity! Some had been held there for over a year and were practically on their last legs.
He took a deep breath and continued, "The other part is the organ receptors that have been successfully matched.
They are kept in cells with slightly better conditions, but their mental state is even worse because they know they could be sent to the operating table at any time to have an organ removed, even... their heart.
"By the way, how did Sister Xiaomei get injured? It's not serious, right?" I remembered Luo Yong said Fang Dongmei was injured.
"It's not too serious. She just had a knife wound on her back. She's still in the hospital receiving treatment and will be back in a few days." Wen Congwu didn't look worried. "Do you remember the little girl you saw in the basement?"
I suddenly remembered the little girl's frightened eyes, nodded and said, "I remember. How is she?"
"She was rescued. Fang Dongmei went to look for her immediately after she followed the commando team into the basement.
When we found her, the little girl was huddled in a corner, clutching a dirty bunny doll tightly in her arms. She was so frightened that she couldn't even cry.
"Xiao Fang wanted to comfort her and bring her out. Just as they were about to leave the cubicle, they didn't notice a guard hiding in the shadows in the corner, and he threw a dagger at her!"
Although I knew that Fang Dongmei's injuries were not serious, I still couldn't help but feel worried.
"Fang Dongmei reacted extremely quickly, holding the little girl tightly in her arms and facing the knife with her back."
Wen Congwu spoke faster, "Fortunately, the guy's strength was not too great, and the wound was not too deep, but a lot of blood was lost.
The nearby team immediately shot and killed the guard. The little girl was terrified but not injured.
When Fang Dongmei carried her out, the back of her clothes was almost soaked with blood, but she endured the pain and didn't let go.
I listened to it with gritted teeth.
"Have the little girl's parents been found?" I asked.
"Dead." Wen Congwu's voice turned cold and hard. "According to the other people who were rescued, the child's parents bought a mobile phone and won a family overseas trip in a lottery. They were brought here after getting off the plane, and then the parents were killed in front of her, and the child was locked up.
Judging from the data on the intercepted hard drive, it's for her heart, which was successfully matched. The buyer... is likely on the way. If we had acted a day later..."
He didn't say anything more, but we all understood.
It was a close call, the child almost died.
"So she's an orphan now. Has she found any other family members?"
Speaking of this, Wen Congwu was somewhat helpless, "There's no way to find her. The little girl isn't seriously injured, but she just refuses to leave Xiao Fang and refuses to speak.
We had no choice but to leave her and Xiao Fang at the local hospital and wait for them to come back together."
I was silent. The psychological trauma this child suffered will probably take a long time and a lot of love to heal.
Xiao Shiqiu and I both pursed our lips and kept silent. Everyone was silent.
"There was another... unexpected discovery." Wen Congwu's tone became somewhat complicated, filled with disbelief. "When we were clearing and registering the identities of the rescued people, we found a man. He was very weak and didn't know what had happened. He could hardly speak, but we found an STG corporate emblem on one of his clothes!"
Xiao Shiqiu and I sat up straight at the same time: "STG employee?!"
"Yes, after fingerprint identification, it was confirmed that he is Jiang Yongzhe." Wen Congwu said the name word by word.
"Jiang Yongzhe?!" I screamed in shock. "Teacher Xu's husband? He's not dead yet? Doesn't that mean Teacher Xu still has to get a divorce?"
Wen Congwu and Xiao Shiqiu looked at me at the same time. They both had expressions that were hard to describe. It was Xiao Shiqiu who spoke first, "Well, we should get a divorce. It's his fault for cheating on me. He deserves it!"
Wen Congwu looked at Xiao Shiqiu with disdain, "Old Xiao, you've become more and more inhumane since you got married. Your employee's life was almost lost, and you still keep harping on his cheating!"
"Moral issues are never trivial!" Xiao Shiqiu said righteously.
The shock and tension were all ruined by these two guys.
I coughed twice and asked, "Where are the captured criminals? Can we follow them to find Lu Yuanqing?"
"More than 40 militants and park management personnel were captured, nearly half of whom were foreigners, mainly desperate criminals recruited from Southeast Asia and South America.
We are unable to bring these people back to the country for interrogation and have handed them over to the local police in accordance with procedures.
The remaining twenty or so are all from our country. We have all been brought back this time and are currently undergoing quarantine and interrogation."
He paused, his eyes sharpening: “However, it is not enough to arrest Lu Yuanqing and Lu Chengyu directly based on the confessions of these people.
They are all small-time executives who have probably never met the real boss behind the scenes. We need a more direct chain of evidence."
"Hard drive?" I immediately thought of the key physical evidence I had obtained before.
"Yes!" Wen Congwu nodded, "The action team found several encrypted hard drives in a secret compartment in the core control room of the park. They belong to the same batch as the one we obtained before.
It likely contains more core customer information, transaction records, fund flows, and possibly even information and communication records of higher-level personnel. Our technical department is already working tirelessly to crack it."
He leaned forward slightly, with the confidence of a hunter locking onto a target: "They are currently on the customs watch list. If they try to leave the country, we will be notified.
As long as the contents of the hard drive are decrypted, combined with the confessions and physical evidence we have at the scene, we can form a complete chain of evidence that can prove that Lu Yuanqing and his son are the main organizers and beneficiaries of this transnational organ trafficking chain... then, issue an arrest warrant immediately!
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