The man with the black mole observed Liu Meiyun's carriage for a while before leaving.
When they returned to their own carriage, the curly-haired woman glared at him and said, "I thought you died in that carriage and were reluctant to come back."
The man frowned, but didn't bother to argue with her. He just asked, "How's it going? Did you take the bait?"
"How would I know? She left the address of the old alley and people told her to go back and ask her mother." The woman told the man what she had just gotten out of Liu Meiyu in the carriage.
The man with the mole nodded. "I just saw it in the carriage. The couple was still arguing. I think this thing is almost certain to succeed. I'll play with it for two days before selling it."
"Hmph, just think about it." The curly-haired woman rolled her eyes, not surprised at the man's behavior.
As the man with the mole spoke, his mind was still filled with the charming face of Liu Meiyu. Her skin was fair and more tender than that of a girl of seventeen or eighteen, and her body was curvy, much more attractive than those skinny and yellow bean sprouts in the countryside.
If Liu Meiyu wasn't so beautiful, the man wouldn't have made an exception and let his wife go up to test her, for fear of causing trouble.
In the past, they always picked the kind of woman who kept to herself and who looked like she came from a poor country village and had never seen the world. But he was lucky. Although this woman was pretty, she didn't seem to be very smart.
The curly-haired woman disagreed with the man. "This is the first time I've seen someone who's more talkative than me. That girl grabbed me and complained to me. Do you think it would be troublesome to deal with such a person?"
The man with the mole thought she was surprised: "Nonsense, how can married people compare with those who are not married?"
An unmarried country girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, she is a good liar, but she has no energy after seeing so many things. She can't say more than a few words, and she either cries or tries to commit suicide. The man thinks Liu Meiyu must be different from them.
It's good to be able to say it. What can be said is much more interesting than what cannot be said. If the woman is willing to listen to him after he succeeds, he will not let her go.
His current wife is obedient, but she doesn't look that good. Her skin is dark yellow, and even after she puts on makeup, it looks like a wall. He doesn't like to look at her anymore.
The curly-haired woman, on the other hand, was thinking about how she could fool a few more people before getting off the train tomorrow. If Liu Meiyu didn't succeed, she would lose a business.
The couple looked at each other with their own thoughts, but they didn't notice that two plainclothes policemen dressed as farmers had received instructions from their superiors and were lurking around them quietly.
Lu Changzheng showed his ID in the duty room and discussed with the public security officers who had just boarded the train.
"This couple is not easy to deal with. Just keep an eye on them from a distance. Don't make any alarm. I suspect they must have accomplices behind them. When we get to Shanghai, we should try to find their base and catch them all in one fell swoop. Maybe we can even rescue the victim."
After listening to the information provided by his wife, Lu Changzheng was convinced that the couple were human traffickers. They went to the south to work for two hundred yuan a month, and they would be killed by a pie falling from the sky.
Moreover, when Liu Meiyu gave birth in Liaoning Provincial Hospital, she also encountered a woman who stole children. After a long interrogation, it was discovered that the woman did not abduct and sell children alone. There was a mature transportation network behind her. They were only responsible for finding the children and then reselling them, instead of selling them directly to remote mountain valleys.
But the two women knew very little, and the clues they provided ended up being useless. The human traffickers were more cunning than each other. Lu Changzheng clearly remembered that the two women confessed that the first time they were forced to do this unscrupulous business was in Shanghai.
Lu Changzheng strongly and directly inferred that the couple had absolutely nothing to do with the two women who were responsible for finding the child in Liaoning Province.
If it is true as Liu Meiyu said, that this man's trafficking gang is particularly large and the man has a gun, then this is a serious problem.
"Comrade Lu, don't worry. We have already contacted the Public Security Bureau in Shanghai. When the train arrives, we will work together to carry out this mission. As for the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Bureau, the two women are still in prison. I will call them and ask them to see if they can get any other clues in Shanghai."
The police captain who was in charge of keeping an eye on the people had a serious expression on his face.
In the past few years, they have received many reports of missing persons, most of whom are women and children. If this is really a huge human traffickers gang, he really hopes to catch them all in one fell swoop and find clues to bring all the victims home.
When the train arrived in Shanghai, Lu Changzheng sent his wife, children and brother-in-law home, said hello to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and left without even having time to eat.
"Isn't the Long March on vacation? Why do we suddenly have to go on a mission again?" Zhou Huiru cooked a large table of dishes, including several of her son-in-law's favorite dishes, but in the end, no one tasted a bite.
Liu Yongnian was chatting with his three young grandchildren and said, "What do you know? The mission must be important. When can't we eat? Let's go out to eat after we return from the Long March."
"What? Do you think my cooking is not tasty?" Zhou Huiru took back the dishes and chopsticks in front of Liu Yongnian.
Liu Yongnian looked aggrieved, "When did I say that? What I meant was that it's rare for my daughter and son-in-law to come back, so you shouldn't get too tired. Haven't you always wanted to go to the western restaurant on Renmin Road? Now that the child is back, let's go and try it."
"This is a western restaurant. Do you know how to use a knife and fork?" Zhou Huiru put the dishes and chopsticks back in annoyance.
While the couple was arguing, Liu Meiyu and her brother Bowen were busy eating, and Zhou Huiru added a big chicken drumstick to each of them.
A whole chicken would definitely not be enough for so many people, and Zhou Huiru was afraid that she couldn't share them, so she went to the market to buy large chicken legs and fried them. This method was taught to her by her daughter, and her grandchildren all like to eat it very much. Now that life is getting better and better, Zhou Huiru no longer scrimps on that little bit of oil.
"Mom, stop busying yourself and sit down to eat together." Liu Meiyu saw Zhou Huiru going in and out several times. Sometimes she poured water for Dabao and the others, and sometimes she said she wanted to take a bowl to save the food for Lu Changzheng.
"You came back late from the Long March. You might have eaten out. Mom, please sit down and rest for a while."
Since entering the house, Liu Meiyu has never seen Zhou Huiru idle away, and her eyes are full of trivial matters.
Zhou Huiru sighed and sat next to her daughter: "I rest every day, and now I have rested enough. I have nothing to do, so I feel anxious."
Used to working on the farm every day, Liu Yongnian resumed her job as a math teacher after returning to the city. However, her previous job was directly abolished due to the school reform. She had nothing to do at home all day except cooking two meals, and she didn't have to worry about the children.
Now that this person has some free time, Zhou Huiru feels that her life is not as fulfilling as the hard life she had before.
Seeing Zhou Huiru's condition, Liu Meiyu thought that she was probably in menopause. When Liu Yongnian went to class, Zhou Huiru was alone at home and had no one to talk to. Moreover, after living on the farm for so many years, it would be difficult for her to integrate back into this circle after returning to it.
"Mom, if you don't want to stay at home doing nothing, I can find you a job in a couple of days."
After dinner, Liu Meiyun chatted with Zhou Huiru in the room, while Liu Yongnian and Liu Bowen were cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen.
"What kind of work?" Zhou Huiru's eyes lit up.
Liu Meiyun: "I'll tell you in a few days. Mom and dad, you should spend some time with Bowen these two days. He won't be back for three to five years on this trip abroad."
When talking about her youngest son, Zhou Huiru's eyes were filled with tears, she felt reluctant and guilty.
The younger son had not been taken care of by their parents since he was young, and now that he had grown up he was going abroad to study. The couple were happy that their son was successful, but they also felt sorry for his two siblings.
Liu Meiyun was most afraid of Zhou Huiru's tears, so she quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Mom, now that environmental policies have been liberalized, has my uncle written to our family again?"
Liu Meiyu had nothing but curiosity towards this uncle who lived overseas. After all, she had never met him before. But he was Zhou Huiru's younger brother after all, and he had gone out with a box of small yellow croakers. Liu Meiyu was quite curious about how this man would become.
"No," Zhou Huiru wiped her tears, and her daughter quickly diverted her attention. "Your father and I have tried to find him, but there is no news."
"It's okay. Maybe your uncle will come back in two years." Liu Meiyu comforted her.
Feeling that this topic was not good, Liu Meiyun changed to a cheerful one, "By the way, Mom, before I left, I applied for early graduation from the school. The teacher said that as long as I pass the graduation exam and thesis, I will graduate at the end of this year."
The first batch of college students who took the college entrance examination after its restoration in 1977 basically graduated at the end of January 1982. Liu Meiyun took the examination at the end of this year, and it would be around January 1981 when she officially received her diploma.
The school's principal, Zeng, thought that Liu Meiyu was anxious to graduate and start working. He thought that her grades were indeed excellent, she had participated in foreign guest reception groups, the English corner she organized was also very successful, and she had published several articles in academic newspapers and journals. For such a student, as long as she had a perfect grasp of knowledge, it would not be a big deal for her to graduate early and start working. The country is in short supply of talent right now, and if Liu Meiyu graduated early, she could also contribute to society in advance.
Naturally, Liu Meiyu didn't dare tell the school that she wanted to start her own business after graduation. If she had told the school, the school would probably not have let her graduate early.
Although she was confident that she could get a job in a better unit after graduation, Liu Meiyun never thought about going into politics in her life. Her personality was not suitable for working in a government agency, and she thought it was more attractive to do business and make money.
Moreover, being a self-employed person can also make contributions to the country. If a self-employed person does a good job, he or she can be a private entrepreneur. In the future, he or she can invest, build infrastructure, and cooperate with government agencies, which will also be contributions to boosting the economy.
Liu Meiyun has a long-term plan, but she lacks money.
"Mom will support you as long as you want to do it." Although Zhou Huiru didn't understand why her daughter wanted to graduate early, she knew that Meiyun had always been independent-minded and did things calmly and with discretion, so she didn't need to worry about it and could just support her.
After coaxing Zhou Huiru, Lu Changzheng returned when it was almost dark.
When Zhou Huiru and her husband took Bowen, Dabao and others to the outside of the school for a walk to digest their food, Liu Meiyun asked curiously, "How is Cha?"
"It wasn't smooth." Lu Changzheng lowered his eyes. "Those two people were very cautious. They found a hotel right after getting off the train. There was no movement. The police in Shanghai have sent people to keep an eye on them. The address given to you is an abandoned old house. The police sent people to check. The owner is still in Beidahuang. It's the ancestral property that the government wants to return. No one has taken over. They probably broke into it by prying the lock."
"That woman said she would take her niece to the south the day after tomorrow. I guess she was the girl who was deceived. What about this clue? Can we find her?"
Lu Changzheng shook his head: "I didn't see them contacting other contacts. Now we can only wait and see what happens the day after tomorrow. The police have also arranged for people to go in, but those two people are very cautious."
Liu Meiyun thought for a while and said, "How about I go to that old alley tomorrow to take a look?"
"No!" Lu Changzheng refused without thinking, "The police are here, what's the point of you going? You said that man had a gun, how can I let you go without worrying about it?"
Lu Changzheng raised his voice. He had never lost his temper with Liu Meiyu before, but now he couldn't control his emotions.
Liu Meiyu patted his arm and said in a slow tone, "I'm just discussing this with you. With the police here and you watching, what can happen to me? Since they said they were going to send people to work in factories in the south, they would definitely not act rashly in Shanghai. Otherwise, how could those deceived girls be so obedient on the road?"
"If the police want to catch the whole gang, they have to get more information. If they don't dig out all their connections, they will catch these two people today, and new people will come up tomorrow. You said they might be related to the traffickers we met in Liaoning Provincial Hospital before. Changzheng, calculate how many years have passed. If they have been doing this all the time, how many victims would there be?"
What Liu Meiyu couldn't help but say was that if they didn't destroy this gang of traffickers this time, they would have to wait until the end of the 1980s, with another ten years to pass, and the number of innocent victims would only increase.
Lu Changzheng frowned and remained silent without saying a word.
Liu Meiyu continued, "And don't worry, I promise not to have a direct conflict with them. You just stay nearby and watch. I will definitely call you if anything happens. When have you ever let myself suffer a loss? I have my own family and children. If I am not sure, I will definitely not dare to show off."
What Liu Meiyun called confidence was nothing more than her unconditional trust in Lu Changzheng, and the fact that she had read reports about this man's gang of traffickers in her previous life and had a little impression of the man with the mole.
"If you don't give in, I'll go by myself tomorrow. You'll come with me anyway."
Once Liu Meiyu makes a decision, even Lu Changzheng will find it difficult to shake her. The man knows this very well. No matter how many years they have lived together, Liu Meiyu has never changed.
It was because he liked her for this reason that he loved her for so many years. Even now, Lu Changzheng feels that Liu Meiyu, who has her own ideas, is a fatal attraction to him.
"Then you should learn two self-defense techniques from me first. If you can learn them, we can discuss it. If you can't, forget it."
Lu Changzheng's attitude was also very firm this time.
His wife is weak and pretty, so it would be strange for him to feel at ease letting her go undercover in the human trafficker gang alone. If anything goes wrong, Lu Changzheng doesn't even dare to think of the worst.
"Okay, if you teach me a few moves like chokehold and shoulder throw, that will definitely be enough." Liu Meiyu is also eager to learn.
Lu Changzheng thought that his wife couldn't learn this, so he cleared a place at home and demonstrated it to her twice. Then when his wife tried it herself, Lu Changzheng was unprepared and almost got thrown over his shoulder by the "powerless" wife. Fortunately, he didn't embarrass himself in front of his wife thanks to his reaction and skills gained from years of military service, but it was still quite unexpected and unprepared.
Liu Meiyun shook her hands and laughed at him: "Deputy Commander Lu, you can't underestimate the enemy."
"Who taught you before?" Lu Changzheng looked puzzled.
Liu Meiyu played dumb, "Who else can teach me except you? I am your wife, a top student at Huaqing University. I am good at literature, so I am not necessarily bad at martial arts. Don't look down on me."
In her last life, she spent nearly ten thousand dollars to hire a private instructor to learn self-defense. Although she is a little rusty now after so many years, the physical memory is still there.
Moreover, her physical condition now is much stronger than in her previous life when she was a social animal and stayed up late and had irregular meals. At least in these few years as a mother, she has developed the muscles in her arms by holding the three brothers, Dabao.
Lu Changzheng didn't believe it, so he taught Liu Meiyun several more self-defense moves. He found that Liu Meiyun was not sure about the key points in the first one or two moves, but by the third move, her completion was almost better than the textbook, and she was even willing to discuss something with him.
The couple was struggling on the concrete floor, making a lot of noise. Zhou Huiru and her friends heard the noise in the corridor and thought there was a thief in their house. They hurriedly opened the door and saw Liu Meiyu kicking Lu Changzheng on the back of the knee, knocking him to the ground, then sitting on the man's lower back and trying to hit him on the back of the neck with her elbow.
"Meiyun!" Zhou Huiru's face turned pale with fear. She ran over and pinched her daughter's ears. "What are you doing? Why can't you just say it in a nice way? Why did you treat Changzheng so harshly? Weren't you both fine just now?"
How come the couple started fighting just after being out for a while?
Zhou Huiru couldn't believe that her daughter could be so tough. Look at how she bullied her son-in-law. She was pinned to the ground without even resisting.
"Oh, Mom... We are practicing together, let go first." Liu Meiyu followed Zhou Huiru's hand from her ear and moved away from Lu Changzheng.
Lu Changzheng reacted, blushed, and quickly got up from the ground to explain to his father-in-law and mother-in-law: "Mom, I was teaching Meiyun self-defense. You misunderstood. She didn't bully me."
After explaining to Zhou Huiru, he did not forget to quickly rescue his wife from his mother-in-law's hands.
"What? Self-defense? What's the point of teaching that?" Zhou Huiru put her hands behind her back in embarrassment.
Liu Meiyun casually explained: "You two were all out, so we were just fooling around. Mom, I finally saw that you felt sorry for your son-in-law."
"Nonsense." Zhou Huiru defended herself, "Mom didn't use any force just now. It's because you always bully Changzheng because he's honest and always gives in to you. You just acted like that because mom was worried that you might mess up Changzheng's brain."
“…”
Although she didn't use all her strength, Liu Meiyu thought that Lu Changzheng was not a very honest person, and she was not that fierce that she could smash someone's brain.
"Mom, I want to learn whatever self-defense skills you and Dad are learning." Lu Xiaobao rushed over and stuck to Liu Meiyun, and both mother and son were sweating.
Dabao and Erbao also came over and surrounded Liu Meiyu.
Lu Changzheng's mouth twitched, and he pushed his son away from his wife. "Why don't you ask your father to teach you self-defense? What's the point of holding your mother so tightly?"
"Dad, you stink." Lu Dabao disliked his dad's stinky sweat, unlike his mom who always smelled good.
Lu Changzheng: “…”
Liu Meiyun's ability to learn self-defense left Lu Changzheng speechless. The next day, the couple lied to Zhou Huiru and Liu Yongnian, saying that they were going to an old comrade's house, and the triplets and their uncle stayed at home.
Liu Meiyun and Lu Changzheng went to the Public Security Bureau first. When they learned that Liu Meiyun volunteered to act as an informant, they were very impressed.
"Sister-in-law, be careful. Our people will be watching you the whole time. Don't worry."
Lu Changzheng's childhood friend Ding Zhicheng was also in this mission and was the deputy team leader. In order to capture this human traffickers gang, Lu Changzheng and his wife both took part. Ding Zhicheng admired them and did not dare to be careless at all.
"Well, I'm relieved. You just need to keep an eye on Changzheng for me." Liu Meiyu saw that Lu Changzheng looked so serious today that no one dared to approach him.
Ding Zhicheng swallowed and didn't dare to agree easily.
"Be careful and don't try to show off." Lu Changzheng pushed Ding Zhicheng away, took out a small razor blade from his pocket, wrapped it up and handed it to Liu Meiyun, "I taught you yesterday, don't hurt yourself."
"Don't worry." Liu Meiyun nodded. Seeing that the man was too nervous, she went forward and hugged him, comforting him softly: "Believe me, if something goes wrong, I will definitely call you."
After comforting the man, Liu Meiyu took two deep breaths, then carried her bag and went to the old alley with the note that the curly-haired woman had stuffed into her hand.
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