Chapter 133 Jinjiang First Launch
Officer Chen frowned. "A Jiangnan person? Why would a Jiangnan person come to our place to commit a crime? Okay, I get it. This is probably related to human trafficking. That's it. I'll hang up now. You continue to investigate and see if you can find out more information."
When Magu, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, heard this, cold sweat ran down her forehead. She had a bad premonition in her heart. If it was really the relatives of the kidnapped people who came to take revenge, then if her daughter fell into their hands, she would be disabled if not dead.
Xiao Chen looked back at Magu. The situation was urgent, so he took Magu into the interrogation room and began to interrogate her about her past crimes. In order to rescue her daughter as soon as possible, Magu recalled the crimes she had committed. She herself was from Jiangnan, and the first few crimes in her criminal career were all committed in Jiangnan. However, it had been so long that she could no longer remember anything.
"How many times did you commit crimes in Jiangnan? Tell me clearly, don't change your mind. Was it four times or five times?!" Xiao Chen asked, slamming the table.
Magu was sweating profusely: "I... I really can't remember clearly, it seems to be four times, and it seems to be five times."
Xiao Chen asked, "You remember the names and faces of the victims, right? Where did you sell the children to after you kidnapped them?"
Magu wiped her sweat and said, "It happened eight hundred years ago. I have forgotten everything. I had just started committing crimes and had no experience. I kidnapped people from the local area and sold them to any family. As long as they paid, they would be fine. After the sale, they would not contact me again. Do you think I am a customer service representative of Taobao and I need to provide after-sales service?"
Seeing that he could not get any information from Magu, Xiao Chen had to suspend the interrogation. At this time, the team sent into the mountain called. They walked along the mountain path and saw the gray car at the end of the road. It was parked on the top of the mountain.
"Now that you've found them, hurry up and catch them!" Xiao Chen urged.
The colleague on the other end of the phone said in embarrassment: "Brother Chen, the situation is a bit complicated. The car is parked on the edge of the cliff, and the front of the car has already protruded. If it moves a little, it will fall off the cliff. We dare not act rashly."
Xiao Chen's heart tensed up: "Who is in the car?"
Colleague: "The kidnapper was sitting in the driver's seat. There was no one else in the car. The kidnapped girl should be in the trunk. Judging from this, the kidnapper wanted to take the girl with him to his death."
Xiao Chen immediately denied: "No, if she wanted to die together, she would have rushed down with the girl. The reason she is still here is that she is waiting for something. Maybe she is waiting for us. She wants to negotiate with us."
Under Xiao Chen's command, colleagues took out a loud speaker and shouted to the kidnapper, expressing their willingness to negotiate with her.
The kidnapper turned around and took off her mask, revealing a grim face. She looked at the police with dead eyes and made a request - she wanted to see Guo Xiuzhen.
Guo Xiuzhen is Magu. After some consideration, Officer Chen agreed to her request. He decided to take Magu up the mountain in person to negotiate with the kidnapper.
Before setting off, Bai Mian opened the car door and sat in the co-pilot's seat. Xiao Chen was a little surprised, but Bai Mian just smiled at him: "Don't worry, take me with you, I will help you."
Thinking about the last kidnapping case, it was Bai Mian who arrived in time with the rock climbing enthusiasts and rescued the hostages. Xiao Chen decided to trust Bai Mian once. He started the car and drove towards the mountains along the route in the surveillance video.
It was already dusk when they reached the top of the mountain. The sunset was dyed blood-red. A gray car was parked on the edge of the cliff, which was terrifying to look at.
The kidnapper was still sitting in the driver's seat, her hands tightly gripping the steering wheel. As long as the police made any move, she would drive the car off the cliff. The police did not dare to act rashly, and she also stood still. The two sides remained in a stalemate for a long time.
The arrival of Xiao Chen and his group broke the silence. Two police officers escorted Magu out of the car. When she saw her daughter's situation, Magu burst into tears:
"My dear Xinxin, she has never suffered such injustice in her life. I beg you, please put her down quickly. No matter how I offended you, it is our business as adults, not the child's business. The child is innocent. If you want to kidnap someone, kidnap me. I am willing to be the hostage in place of Xinxin!"
Seeing Magu show up, the kidnapper finally turned around. She looked at Magu intently and said, "Guo Xiuzhen, do you still recognize me?"
Magu stared at the woman for a long time before she recognized her face. She took a deep breath and said with a guilty conscience, "Cui, Cuiqin? How did you find yourself here?"
Xiao Chen secretly wondered, "How could it be Cuiqin? When I checked the owner's information, didn't they say the owner was Qin Meihan?"
Bai Mian explained: "Cuiqin is her nickname, and only the villagers know it. If you listen to their accents, they are from the same place."
When Cuiqin heard Magu calling out her name, she showed an extremely disgusted expression on her face: "Oh, so you still remember me. It's been a long time since we last met, my fellow villager. I guess you have been doing well these years, right?"
Magu kept apologizing, "It's not bad at all. I just took a wrong road. Look at me, I've been caught by the police now. I deserve it. This is my retribution!"
Cuiqin sneered: "I heard that you have been doing very well these years, and have become a big shot in the underworld. You have also sent your parents to a high-end nursing home in the capital. Do you know how I have been living these years?"
Magu pretended to be confused even though she knew the truth: "Oh, we haven't seen each other for so many years, how would I know your situation? How are you now?"
Cuiqin's eyes widened, her eyes blazing with anger: "You don't know? I think no one in this world knows better than you! Since you stole my son, I haven't had a good sleep for a single day! I am suffering in pain every day. I have traveled all over the country to find my child. I have bankrupted myself and sold all the land in the village. I have been working while looking for him. I have asked in every street and alley. I want to die, but I dare not. I am afraid that my child is still waiting for me in some corner of the world, so I can only grit my teeth and go on. Do you know all this?"
Magu said shamelessly: "Ah, Cuiqin, you really misunderstood me. We are from the same village and we have a very good relationship. It was you who took me to the city to work. How could I steal your child?"
Cuiqin gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, at first I saw that you were young, and I thought of you no matter what I did. When I went to the city to work, I also wanted to take you with me. I was so stupid, I let a wolf into the house! At that time, I rented a small house on the construction site and let you live there for free. I went out to work during the day and asked you to help me look after the child. As a result, when I came back at night, you disappeared with the child!"
Magu immediately made up a story: "It's not my fault. I'm also a victim. I was taking your son out for a walk that day, and a van drove by and dragged me and the child into the car..."
Cuiqin interrupted her: "Shut up and stop making up those lies! Other villagers saw it that day. It was you who sneakily took the child away! Later, I asked all the nearby towns and villages, and some people said that they saw you that day. You were holding a child and going door to door asking if anyone wanted to buy the child. With so many witnesses, what else can you say? Besides, if you didn't do it, why are you being arrested by the police now?"
Seeing that her excuse was not working, Magu came up with a new way to deal with it: "Cuiqin, you already know, and I have nothing to say. I deserve to die, but please let my daughter go. If you let her go, I will tell you where your son was sold. Don't you want to know the whereabouts of your son?"
Cuiqin showed a heartbroken expression: "Son? You still have the nerve to mention my son at this time? Don't lie to me, I have already inquired about it. I asked all over the city and found out that you sold my son to a family on Xixie Street in Dongliu Town. I went to find the address and found that the family had moved away. No one knows where they moved to."
"Later, I kept looking for more than ten years and finally found out their new address. When I arrived at the new address, I found that it was an empty house. The neighbors told me that the family did live here before, but later the male owner got a contagious disease and infected his family. Now the whole family is dead, and my son is gone!"
Magu's heart was empty. It turned out that Cuiqin had already found out the whereabouts of her son. Since her son was dead, she had nothing to worry about in this world. It seemed that she came here today with the determination to die...
The air was quiet for a moment. Everyone was shocked by Cuiqin's experience. Cuiqin looked at Magu and smiled slyly: "Guo Xiuzhen, do you know what has kept me alive all these years? It's you! I wanted to die so much, but I dreamed of my son. My son wouldn't let me die. He asked me to avenge him. I thought, yes, you, the culprit, are not dead yet, how can I die? I want to live, I must find your whereabouts, and I want you to pay the price for what you have done!"
Seeing Cuiqin going crazy, Magu gave in. She knelt on the ground and begged Cuiqin, "Cuiqin, every wrong has its perpetrator. If you want revenge, come to me. The child is innocent. My daughter is just an ordinary student. She knows nothing."
Cuiqin shouted, "You also know that the child is innocent, so why did you sell my child? He was just born and you stole him away from me. You caused us to be separated from each other. For so many years, there has not been a moment when I didn't want to kill you! I wanted to catch you and cut off your flesh piece by piece with a knife and feed it to the dogs!"
Magu burst into tears: "Okay, Cuiqin, I will come to you now and give my life to you. You can do whatever you want to me. I will never fight back. Just let my daughter go, okay?"
Cuiqin looked at Magu with contempt and rejected her request: "You come to exchange? What a joke! Do you think I will let you get rid of it so easily? I have been looking for so many years, and no one understands better than me that death is a kind of relief, and living in the world is torment! If I kill you myself, it will be easy for you. I want you to suffer the same pain as me. I called you here today so that you can watch your child die with your own eyes!"
As she spoke, Cuiqin started the car and prepared to rush off the cliff. Everyone's heart was lifted up. Magu knelt down and kowtowed, but Cuiqin didn't even look at her.
"Wait—"
At this moment, Bai Mian got out of the car. Her voice seemed to have a magical power that made Cuiqin stop what she was doing unconsciously.
"Your son is alive!"