Chapter 285 Don't take hardship for granted just because you can endure it. [8]
Upon hearing Shen Wangqing's question, Li Chu replied, "I hope the police can arrest my biological father on charges of murder."
“There are other families in Shiqiao Village who were involved in the buying and selling of women and children. I can testify to that. Almost every family had them, and they all committed illegal detention and intentional assault and murder.”
"I hope they will be punished by law."
Her voice was firm, and her eyes held an undisguised hatred.
Shen Wangqing's eyes flickered, and she replied, "Okay."
Li Chu had considered locking up Li Youfu and slowly torturing him.
At the very least, we can't let him die too easily!
However, since she lives in a society governed by the rule of law, the most appropriate course of action is to bring Li Youfu to justice.
That's why Li Chu said those things to Shen Wangqing.
Even if Li Chu hadn't said anything, Shen Wangqing would have sent the police to Shiqiao Village to arrest people.
Those who harmed his sister will not escape.
Soon, the mayor and police chief of Langshan City personally came to the hotel.
They were terrified when they heard that the daughter of the Shen family in Beijing had been abducted and sold to them.
What if the Shen family says something bad about Langshan City, and all the wealthy businessmen who invested here withdraw their funds?
When they arrived at the hotel and met Shen Wangqing, they breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing his gentle and refined manner.
They had barely exchanged two sentences when their hearts were in their throats again.
Because they could tell that Shen Wangqing, though seemingly gentle and easy to talk to, spoke words that were laced with daggers!
Shen Wangqing's goal was simple: to intensify the crackdown on trafficking in women and children, and to bring no one involved, whether they were involved in buying or selling, to justice.
Not just Shiqiao Village, but all the villages in Langshan City.
No problem if I'm short of money, he can provide it.
But he needs an answer.
This is a major operation for the entire city of Langshan!
The mayor and the bureau chief wiped their sweat, but also felt that it would be good to clean up the mess.
Over there, Li Chu and Shen Wangyue were giving their statements.
The officer who was assigned to take their statements was a female police officer.
The policewoman was gentle, afraid of upsetting the two girls.
The policewoman asked, and Li Chu answered.
"It's an unwritten custom in the village that if you want to have a son, you can't have too many daughters."
"So most female infants are strangled, smothered, or drowned after birth."
“I know where they are buried, I can show you the way.”
"And I know of several others who were trafficked and accidentally killed, and they were buried somewhere they just found."
What Li Chu said filled the female police officer taking her statement with a surge of anger.
Those villagers are inhuman!
After telling the story of Shiqiao Village, Li Chu then recounted how she led Shen Wangyue to escape.
She paused, then mentioned the human traffickers she encountered on the ship.
The policewoman asked her, "Do you remember what that human trafficker looked like?"
Li Chu nodded and described the physical characteristics of the slave trafficker.
The policewoman wrote it all down and planned to go back and find an artist to draw the person.
Over there, the mayor and the bureau chief expressed their stance to Shen Wangqing: this time, they would definitely intensify their efforts and severely crack down on those involved in the buying and selling!
Shen Wangqing smiled and said, "Of course I believe you."
The mayor and the bureau chief left quickly to hold an emergency meeting and set up a special task force.
Fearing a shortage of manpower, they even applied for support from the provincial government.
After the police left, Shen Wangqing told Li Chu and Shen Wangyue to go to sleep first, knowing that they hadn't slept at all and were just forcing themselves to stay awake.
With Shen Wangqing around, Shen Wangyue could finally sleep soundly.
The soft, large bed at the Li Chu Hotel felt like lying on a cloud.
She was extremely tired, and fell asleep quickly after closing her eyes.
Then, she had a dream.
Startled awake from her dream, Li Chu suddenly remembered some things she had forgotten.
In his past life, Shen Wangqing still found Shiqiao Village.
However, he was five years too late.
All the villagers of Shiqiao Village were taken away by the police, and Li Chu was the one whose background they investigated and contacted in Beijing.
So if it weren't for Shen Wangqing, she might never have been able to reach the capital.
Li Chu closed her eyes tightly.
I remembered that Shen Wangqing would die in five years.
Li Chu thought that if she could, she hoped she could change his fate.
Because of this dream, Li Chu couldn't sleep either.
She got up without waking Shen Wangyue, who was still sleeping next to her, put on her slippers, and left the room.
Li Chu went to the living room and then to the balcony to enjoy the night breeze.
Although it was early summer, the night wind in the early morning was still a bit chilly.
But this chill only made Li Chu more clear-headed.
Shen Wangqing said that at the latest by tomorrow, she should need to personally accompany the police to Shiqiao Village.
We finally managed to escape, and now we have to go back.
But this time, she's going back to drag those evil people down to hell!
Imagine the expressions on Li Youfu and Li Youcai's faces when they see her leading the police back and identifying their crimes...
Li Chu curled her lips into a smile, unable to suppress it.
Hearing the door open suddenly, Li Chu's smile faded, and she turned to look.
Then, Shen Wangqing, dressed in pajamas, came out of the study next door.
Because Shen Wangyue was still a little scared, she wanted to be closer to her brother.
So, with Li Chu's consent, Shen Wangqing was allowed to stay in their suite as well.
Shen Wangqing hadn't expected Li Chu to be outside, so she paused, her voice gentle and natural with a hint of concern: "Why aren't you asleep?"
As he spoke, he walked towards the balcony: "It's a bit cold outside, don't catch a cold."
Li Chu: "I woke up from a dream and can't fall back asleep."
"I'm not afraid of the cold; I've survived even colder winters in previous years."
Li Chu's tone was normal, as if he could no longer feel the bitterness of the hardships he had endured in the past.
Shen Wangqing imagined the little girl, lacking food and clothing, shivering in the cold on a winter night, and felt slightly uncomfortable.
He thought it was probably because Li Chu was younger than his sister.
Shen Wangqing picked up the blanket draped over the sofa and put it on Li Chu's shoulders: "Don't take hardship for granted just because you can endure it. You must learn to cherish yourself."
The blanket rested on my thin shoulders; it wasn't heavy, but it brought warmth.
Li Chu looked up at Shen Wangqing, her expression complex.
"Thanks."
Shen Wangqing assumed that she was thanking him for that reason.
He smiled slightly: "I should be thanking you, thanking you for saving Xiaoyue."
Li Chu naturally wouldn't tell him about her past life.
She didn't speak, so Shen Wangqing spoke up again: "Xiaoyue told me that your mother is from Beijing. Do you know her address?"
Li Chu's eyes flickered.
She lowered her eyelids.
Shen Wangqing noticed that the little girl's eyelashes were quite long and thick, like two small fans.
He couldn't see her expression, but he heard her say, "I don't know her address, but I know her name. Her name is Li Xiaoxiao."
Li Xiaoxiao?
The name Shen Wangqing sounded somewhat familiar.
He has always had a good memory; he can remember anything he has heard or seen after just one viewing.
Shen Wangqing was certain that she had definitely heard this name before.
The people he could contact, those surnamed Li...
The Li family of Beijing?
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