Chapter 364: Almost Collided
What Lu Dongping didn't know was that as soon as he left, the three people sitting outside the bun shop followed him, but they didn't follow him all the way. Instead, they had a fierce quarrel not far from the clothing store.
Zhang Yun has been staking out her claim to fame in the Huada area for a long time. She's been targeting those female students who, despite being penniless, have become the crown princes of the nation through the Gaokao. Such merchandise always fetches exceptionally high prices when sold far away.
It was not until she met Wen Wan last time that she remembered that Wen Wan was also from the capital. She didn't expect that she didn't stay in Lujiazui in the end, but returned to the city and even brought her child back with her.
Then a few days ago, she met Lu Donglin again in a newly opened clothing store here.
Today I saw Lu Dongping again with his and Wen Wan’s son.
Many years have passed, and she almost doesn't recognize herself, but these people seem to have not changed at all.
Just because he fell in love with a girl from the city, his whole family benefited from it and became successful.
They were originally farmers in the countryside, living on work points in exchange for food rations, but now they go to college, open clothing stores, and live a prosperous life.
Zhang Yun felt unwilling as she thought about it, and the hatred in her heart began to grow silently.
Why? They were all from the countryside, all from the capital, yet Wen Wan was able to live such a happy life, with her son and husband having everything they needed, while she herself couldn't even raise her head when passing by her home.
She had also fallen for Lu Dongping back then, but she was just a little late. Who knew that Lu Dongping was so determined that he just liked to follow Wen Wan around and didn't even give her a second glance.
People say that fate is fair, but she has never felt that fate is fair at all.
She was captured and kept in the deep mountains and wilderness for more than half a month. She had to travel desperately during the day and was tortured desperately at night.
Perhaps because she was relatively well-behaved and obedient, the man did not sell her to someone else after sleeping with her. Instead, he took her back to his hometown, even got her an identity, and obtained a marriage certificate with her.
After settling there, Zhang Yun found out that dozens of households in this place were all involved in the business of trafficking women and children.
The women in the team were mostly kidnapped from outside. The obedient ones were kept as wives, while the disobedient ones were beaten half to death and then sold to even farther places.
She was afraid of being beaten, so she could only pretend to be confused and live in a daze. Several years passed in a flash. When the storm outside had died down and she gave birth to two children in a row, the man finally felt relieved and took her out.
Of course, there were more than just the two of them coming out together. For example, this time when they came to the capital, there were only five or six of them in their group, and they split into two groups.
They don't have much land, so they rely on this. It takes them a long time to do one business deal.
Over time, Zhang Yun had forgotten what it felt like to live a down-to-earth life. She thought this was fine, at least she didn't have to endure any hardship.
However, she still felt uncomfortable after a long time. What they did was illegal and criminal. Their repeated lucky escapes were just luck. If they were caught one day, they would have no way out but death.
People like them are like rats in a stinking ditch, hiding all day long and not daring to see the light of day.
She really had enough of days like this.
The longer people stay in the darkness, the more they yearn for light and the more they cannot stand others being better than themselves.
She was living such a miserable life, so why was Wen Wan still living so well?
She was the same age as me, but she had aged so much, her appearance completely changed. She barely recognized herself, let alone others. How long had it been since she last looked in the mirror? She couldn't even remember.
Wen Wan, on the other hand, has hardly changed at all, just like when she first went to the countryside.
She thought about Wen Wan's son. If that child was gone, would Wen Wan's life still be so exciting?
However, what she didn't know was that the two men next to her were interested in Wen Wan.
This kind of woman is so delicate that just thinking about her can make people hard.
It doesn’t matter if she’s married or not. She’s got a nice body and you can enjoy her yourself and then sell her to someone far away. That’s perfect.
Now that they have set their sights on him, they have to pay attention and conduct a little investigation. However, during this investigation, several people became hesitant.
Zhang Yun concealed Wen Wan's identity and encouraged her husband and his companions to lurk in the Tonghua Alley area, waiting for an opportunity to strike. She never imagined that these two men would take a fancy to Wen Wan and even investigate her. Now, with such a great opportunity, they were unwilling to take action against the child.
Human traffickers have their own ways. There are some things they cannot touch and must stay away from. Otherwise, they will be courting death.
Most of the people they abducted were boys and women, all of whom were poor and lower-middle peasants. They would abduct them and leave them there, without anyone looking for them because they knew they couldn't be brought back.
But this family is obviously different. If they are provoked, they may not be able to escape.
Although they were somewhat coveting the woman, they still had some rationality, not to mention the child, who was the most troublesome.
The man looked at Zhang Yun, who had given birth to two children for him and had slept with him for so many years, and was still quite obedient. So he suppressed his temper and explained to her the seriousness of the matter.
However, Zhang Yun had been too suppressed in the past few years, and was greatly stimulated after seeing Wen Wan again.
I couldn't hear anything at all.
The angry man slapped the man in the face in the street, cursing, "Just keep quiet. If you cause any trouble, I won't care. I'll definitely use you as the first one to take the blame. If you don't want to live, go die now and don't hurt me!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
Zhang Yun covered her face and cried for a long time. The man left resolutely, including her companions. The man who usually flirted with her with sweet words and took advantage of her, didn't even look at her and followed her away.
She had cried enough, so she gritted her teeth and had to follow.
Because she has no money. How can she survive here without money?
Lu Dongping didn't know that danger had just passed them by.
Lu Donglin said he wanted to leave Dandan in the store, but he refused: "You just take care of the store and do business. This brat is very mischievous and never idle. There are too many people outside and you won't be able to find him in the blink of an eye. I'd better take him back. After all, it's quieter over at Ai Shang's place, and the backyard is big. Let him play there."
"The people from the telecommunications bureau came to install the phone, but I couldn't help. I just found a good spot and watched from the side. It wasn't too busy."
As he said this, he held Dandan and asked him to say goodbye to Lu Donglin, Huang Qiuju and the others, then walked out of the store and headed towards Tonghua Lane.
Not long after he walked, he met a woman who was walking in a hurry with her face covered. She didn't even look at the road she was walking and almost bumped into him.
The other party obviously didn't expect to meet him again, face to face. He didn't react, and instinctively stopped, saying sorry repeatedly, then lowered his head in panic and left in a hurry.
Lu Dongping stood there for a long time before he remembered who this was.
If Lu Dongping hadn't remembered what Wen Wan had told him some time ago, that she met Zhang Yun while riding in the bus here, he probably wouldn't have recognized her even if he met her now, and at most would have thought she looked a little familiar.
After all, he and Zhang Yun were not very familiar with each other back then, and after so many years, Zhang Yun has indeed changed a lot.
After thinking of this person, he didn't take it to heart, holding the child and continued walking, planning to call Lu Dongcheng to ask after the phone was installed. As he walked, he suddenly remembered the familiar figure he met on the way to send Wen Wan to the capital that year.
He turned around suddenly, but Zhang Yun was nowhere to be seen.
He stood there, squinting his eyes as he thought carefully. At the time, he had only taken a quick glance and hadn't paid much attention to it. Now that he remembered it, it wasn't very clear. If it was Zhang Yun he had met on the train earlier, why didn't she join the team since she had already escaped danger?
She disappeared suddenly at that time. At that time, people from the county public security bureau were vigorously cracking down on the human traffickers who fled to Ganling.
Her food supply, household registration, and all other things were in Lujiazui. They disappeared just like that. He didn't have to think about it at all. It must be related to the fugitive human traffickers.
But then she showed up on a train to the capital, and a few years later she reappeared. How did she escape from the traffickers? After her escape, did she go to Lujiazui?
There was also a case of missing women and children that happened in the capital two years ago when he was working at the district public security bureau. The police and military personnel were dispatched together and chased the suspects all the way from the capital to Sichuan Province.
Many things are difficult to imagine and to consider. As the images connected one after another, questions piled up in his mind.
The answer is about to emerge.
However, he still needed evidence.
The phone had just been installed, and he couldn't wait to call Lu Dongcheng.
Lu Dongcheng has already reached the position of deputy director in the county public security bureau.
There was already a phone in the office.
After receiving the notice and exchanging a few greetings, Lu Dongping went straight to the point and mentioned this matter to Lu Dongcheng.
"Brother Dongcheng, if you are free recently, can you help me out?"
Lu Dongcheng asked: "What is it that deserves your seriousness and politeness?"
Lu Dongping said, "When you were not at home, in April of 1972, a group of educated youth came to the team, and one of them was named Zhang Yun."
"I remember that it was the following year when human traffickers fled to Ganling. The county public security bureau and the armed forces of the various production teams worked together to capture them."
"But one of them escaped. Then she disappeared. The production team organized people to look for her everywhere, but they couldn't find her after searching for several days."
Lu Dongcheng asked, "Are you saying that this female educated youth might have been taken away by that escaped human trafficker?"
Lu Dongping hummed, "It wasn't just me. Everyone thought that at the time. Because she disappeared so suddenly, all her belongings, including her household registration, food, and family connections, were still with the team. Without a letter of introduction and money, where could a young girl like her go?"
"The most important thing is that I've run into her in the capital now. Not only in the capital, I should have run into her on the train a few years ago, but I didn't think of it then, and I didn't remember it was her."
"Please help me check and see if her household registration and food supply are still with the team. She should have been before I left. I'll just have to see if there have been any changes in the past two years."
Lu Dongcheng responded, "Sure, that's easy to check. I won't have to wait until tomorrow, I'll be able to give you news by evening. You should also be careful over there."
Lu Dongping said, "Thank you!"
Lu Dongcheng laughed over there: "You're becoming more polite now. We're brothers, and you still have to thank each other for such a small thing. Okay, I'm busy here, hanging up. I'll tell you as soon as I have news."
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