Chapter 119 Earthquake
When Shen Shuxin heard that the child wanted to get off the bus, Jiang Ruzhen stopped her and followed the driver to check.
But they found a skinny little girl lying by the roadside, barely any flesh on her bones.
Her eyes were tightly closed, her hair was dry, tangled, and messy like a pile of straw, and her clothes were tattered, patched or with holes.
Without sleeves or trouser legs, it completely fails to provide adequate coverage.
Moreover, the little girl smelled bad and had a thick layer of black chapped skin, as if she had never taken a bath since birth.
Jiang Ruzhen felt her pulse; it was weak and feeble, and her wrist felt like a piece of paper, which could be broken with the slightest touch.
Without even lifting her clothes, you could see the bruises and welts on her body through the holes of all sizes, as well as layers upon layers of old bruises that looked like she had been whipped.
Good heavens, are these children from the village?
How could she have been abused like this?
Jiang Ruzhen reached out and gently picked her up; she felt as light as a cotton ball.
The car sped towards the county hospital, and Jiang Ruzhen rushed the little girl into the emergency room, where the doctors immediately began treatment.
Jiang Ruzhen and Shen Shuxin waited anxiously outside, while the driver went back to report the matter to the leaders.
When the leaders learned of the situation, they were furious and sent many more "hat uncles" to provide reinforcements.
Meanwhile, after more than half an hour of emergency treatment, the doctors came out and shook their heads as they watched Jiang Ruzhen's daughter.
"Prepare for the worst; this girl probably won't live past today."
"A girl? What do you mean? Doctor, you said the little girl inside is a girl?" Shen Shuxin asked in surprise.
Wait a minute, that little girl looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old at most, how could she be a girl?
The doctor sighed. "We just examined her body. She's a girl around eighteen years old. She's probably been suffering from long-term malnutrition and inhuman torture for years."
So she looks like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl.
"Inhuman torture? Doctor, what do you mean?" Shen Shuxin couldn't believe her ears.
The doctor nodded to them. "Yes, it's just what you're thinking. She's been abused and tortured by men for years, and her organs are severely damaged. Even if she's saved, she probably won't live for long."
“Let’s go in and see her. Is that alright?” Jiang Ruzhen asked softly.
Jiang Ruzhen, who had remained silent since finding the girl, finally spoke up.
At this moment, she went from numb and shocked to heart-wrenching pain. Fear, pain, resentment, and despair were all mixed together, engulfing her reason like a tidal wave.
For some reason, when she got out of the car and picked up that girl, she was reminded of her daughter's experience in her past life.
If it weren't for her rebirth in this life, which changed her daughter's fate...
Is the person lying on the roadside today her daughter?
Was it her daughter who suffered those inhuman tortures?
In her past life, when her beloved daughter Xin Xin was tortured beyond recognition, did she also risk her life to escape like this?
Is it possible that you were rescued by someone else?
Did she harbor resentment towards her mother in the last moments of her life?
The doctor nodded, and Jiang Ruzhen went in alone.
Shen Shuxin also wanted to go in, but she held back her tears and upheld the most basic professional ethics of a reporter, recording the various torments the doctor had described to the girl.
She wanted to record the injustices these girls suffered, to expose the true faces of the demons in Wayaocun, and to avenge those girls.
Let those demons be judged, let them be condemned by the people of the whole country, and let them live in misery every day.
If possible, she hopes to use the power of public opinion to promote the improvement of the law, so that those who commit human trafficking will be punished as they deserve under the law.
As she was writing down those crimes while she was weeping, she suddenly heard Jiang Ruzhen shout from inside.
"Doctor, she moved! She's conscious! She's alive! Doctor, doctor—"
Hearing Jiang Ruzhen's shouts, the doctors rushed in.
After another hour of emergency treatment, the doctors came out beaming with joy.
"My God, this girl's will to survive is incredible! I can't believe she came back to life, it's a miracle!"
Upon hearing the doctor's words, Shen Shuxin jumped up and down with joy, grabbing Jiang Ruzhen's arm and shouting excitedly.
"Mom, she's alive! She's alive! That's wonderful, wonderful!"
Jiang Ruzhen nodded vigorously, her eyes red-rimmed, and suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Very good! ! !
Just being alive is good, just being alive is good, just being alive is good!!!
As long as you're alive, there's hope!
The little girl was transferred to a ward, and Jiang Ruzhen secretly added some spiritual spring water to her porridge while feeding her.
The little girl's condition finally stabilized, and she fell into a deep sleep.
In the evening, government leaders, dressed as uncles in hats, came to visit the little girl.
The little girl slept all day and gradually regained her strength.
She struggled to sit up and grabbed the hat-wearing uncle's hand, her expression anxious.
"Go save them! Go save them... Please, go save them... They won't last much longer..."
The leaders all became solemn upon hearing the girl's words. The only reason their work had stalled these past few days was that they didn't know where these abducted women were being hidden.
They took a softer approach. After these few days of presentations, they discovered that those troublemakers were just a bunch of stubborn barbarians who weren't afraid of government officials at all.
If they resorted to force, they worried that the vicious and ruthless locals would kill all the abducted women, leaving them with no way to prove their innocence.
But unexpectedly, a new path opened up before us.
The press corps just arrived today, and we brought them some fantastic news.
With the hiding place provided by the little girl, they had nothing to fear once they rescued everyone.
"Act immediately! Ensure the safety of those women."
"yes."
The hat-wearing uncles began assigning tasks, and Shen Shuxin raised her hand, strongly requesting to join the rescue team.
"No, this operation is dangerous." The leader shook his head in disagreement.
"I'm not afraid. I will record the entire rescue process and report it truthfully. Please trust me, leaders, I will not hold you back."
Looking into her daughter's determined eyes, Jiang Ruzhen nodded and once again unhesitatingly supported her daughter's decision.
And so, Shen Shuxin changed into her neat camouflage uniform and joined the group of men in hats.
Jiang Ruzhen is not a reporter, so she cannot go with them this time.
Before setting off, she quietly pulled Shen Shuxin aside, stuffed the anti-wolf baton into her hand, and taught her how to use it.
Although Shen Shuxin was curious about how her mother could have this thing, she quickly connected it to Uncle Lu and didn't ask any more questions.
A few minutes later, the group quickly disappeared into the darkness. Jiang Ruzhen took care of the little girl who had escaped while anxiously awaiting news.
The clock ticked away, and Jiang Ruzhen watched as the longest hand spun more than three times, but there was still no news from outside.
She paced anxiously back and forth in the corridor, completely unaware of what was happening with Shen Shuxin.
Suddenly, she felt the window in front of her sway a few times. Jiang Ruzhen tensed up and quickly reached out to hold onto the wall.
What happened?
Did she not eat much all day and have low blood sugar?
She slowly sat down against the wall, took out a White Rabbit milk candy from her spatial storage, and just put it in her mouth.
She felt the entire corridor begin to shake violently, and then the world spun around her. Her body rolled from one side to the other, and her head hit the wall hard, leaving her feeling dizzy.
"Earthquake! Earthquake! Run!"
As the hospital nurses called out, Jiang Ruzhen realized it was an earthquake.
Oh no!
Shen Shuxin and her team went into the mountains to rescue people. If an earthquake strikes at this time, will they still be able to escape?
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