Chapter 205 Puppet
Xia Mufan has been tracking down Sister Hua for a long time, but this person is very secretive and he has not been able to get any useful information. Ever since the city police launched a major crackdown on human trafficking and destroyed several criminal gangs, this man has gone into even deeper hiding after escaping capture.
The external liaison gang headed by Sister Hua has not been cracked yet. This is a regret for the Xing City police and a concern for the Special Operations Department.
In recent years, the Xing City police have eradicated multiple trafficking gangs starting from the sellers; the government and the media have educated the public starting from the buyers to reduce the buying and selling activities.
However, this is far from enough. We must start from the sales channels and cut off the bridge of communication between buyers and sellers. Otherwise, there will be harm in buying and selling, and then the problem will revive again.
And Sister Hua is the king of this sales channel.
He (or she) has a lot of information about buyers and sellers, and as long as someone kidnaps a child and sells it to him, he can find a way to sell it at a high price. Some people even approached Sister Hua to customize children. Based on the other party's requirements, he selected human trafficking gangs to carry out targeted trafficking.
The name of Sister Hua had long been on the list of key targets to be pursued by the Xing City Public Security Bureau, but because there was too little useful information, it was difficult to track down the person, so the case was put on hold.
Now that Sister Hua took the initiative to jump out, Xia Mufan felt a little surprised.
Although her nickname is Sister Hua, experience tells Xia Mufan that sometimes the truth is mixed and the nickname is just a decoy. Maybe Sister Hua is a man.
Xia Mufan asked Cai Yutie: "How did Sister Hua contact you?"
Cai Yutie didn't dare to hide it anymore and told everything he knew. It turned out that after he was released from prison, he couldn't find a job. It was the community cadres who lent a helping hand and introduced him to a car repair shop to do car washing work. This job does not require a high level of technical skills, as long as you are physically strong and hardworking.
The owner of the auto repair shop was initially unhappy when he heard that Cai Yutie was a former prisoner, but when he saw that he looked pleasing and the community cadres gave him a guarantee, he reluctantly accepted him.
Cai Yutie thought he could start a new life from then on, but he didn't expect that after working for less than a week, the owner of the auto repair shop suspiciously told him to answer the phone. When Cai Yutie went to the office to answer the phone, his boss was scolding him: This is a work phone, don't let anyone call here for no reason. Cai Yutie nodded and said yes. When he answered the phone, he heard the other party's voice calmly and calmly: "Please do one thing for me, and from now on, you and I will owe each other nothing."
When Cai Yutie was eighteen years old, he failed in an operation and was beaten by the gang's thugs until he vomited blood. It was Sister Hua who came to contact him who stopped him and sent him to the hospital for treatment. Cai Yutie was able to survive. Therefore, Cai Yutie has always been grateful to Sister Hua. Now when he received Sister Hua's call, he agreed without hesitation.
After hanging up the phone, Cai Yutie indeed found a woven bag in the corner of the car wash yard. He delivered the bag to the panda house in the zoo as requested, and then made a phone call.
After finishing his explanation, Cai Yutie looked at Xia Mufan nervously and tried to defend himself: "I just delivered the bag to the panda house as required, and then called to inform them. Sister Hua told me that there was a dead cat in the bag. It's just a dead cat. It's not illegal, right?"
Xia Mushige's expression was serious: "Do you know who you called?"
Cai Yutie shook his head: "I don't know."
Xia Mufan's lips curled slightly, his eyes were cold: "It's me."
When Cai Yutie heard this, he was immediately scared out of his wits: "Xia, Officer Xia, I, I really didn't know that the call was from you. If I knew that the call was from you, I wouldn't dare to do it even if I had a hundred guts."
When Cai Yutie realized that he had called Officer Xia, who was in charge of a major human trafficking case, and informed her to find the woven bag containing the cat corpse, he knew that he had been tricked by Sister Hua. How could he afford the charge of threatening and intimidating the police? If he had to stay in jail for a few more years, Cai Yutie was worried that he would go in alive but not come out alive.
At this time, Cai Yutie no longer cared about any favors and wanted to tell everything he knew. Unfortunately, he didn't know much about Sister Hua and the clues he could provide were limited.
Xia Mushige asked, "How did Sister Hua know the phone number of your new job?"
According to prison guards, Cai Yutie behaved well in prison. He abided by the rules, was honest, hardworking, and did not form any cliques. No one came to pick him up when he was released early. Who would pay so much attention to him?
Cai Yutie was also a little confused: "I don't know, I don't have any relatives. The few people who were imprisoned with me at that time have not yet been released. I don't have many friends in Xing City. Even the job was introduced to me by the community cadres."
He reacted quickly and figured out the key point quickly: "Could it be that someone recognized me when I was washing the car?"
Thinking of this possibility, Cai Yutie tried hard to recall if anyone had looked at him carefully or talked to him during the time he was washing the car, but after thinking hard, he could not remember anything. Cai Yutie raised his head in distress and said pitifully, "I cherish this job very much. I wash whatever cars my boss tells me to wash and I leave when he tells me to leave. I seldom talk to the drivers and I don't see any familiar faces."
Xia Mucheng asked: "Are you sure the person who called you was Sister Hua?"
Cai Yutie hesitated for a moment and said, "It should be her. I have heard that voice before."
Xia Mushige asked: "Where have you heard Sister Hua's voice?"
Cai Yutie recalled the past: "I was only 18 years old at that time. I failed to kidnap a child and was beaten to the point of vomiting blood and fainting on the ground. Someone came over and gently stopped the thugs. She bent over and asked me if it hurt. Her voice was like a mother's, gentle and low, which made people feel very comfortable. Then I heard someone next to me calling 'Hello, Sister Hua'. I didn't see her face, but I remember her voice."
Like mom? It looks like a woman. Xia Mufan asked: "The person who beat you must have seen Sister Hua. What does she look like?"
Cai Yutie's eyes were a little dazed. "Sister Hua is very cautious. She usually dresses very tightly, even in the hottest weather, she wears long sleeves and long pants. She is fully armed with a hat, a mask, sunglasses... except for her hands, no skin is exposed, and her face is not visible at all."
It's covered so tightly, is there something shameful? Xia Mufan asked: "Is Sister Hua a boy or a girl?"
Cai Yutie's eyes widened: "Of course Sister Hua is a woman. How can a man be called Sister Hua? Impossible."
For some reason, Xia Mushige confirmed again: "How did you know?"
Cai Yutie said: "Sister Hua is not tall, only up to my shoulders, probably less than 1.6 meters tall. She is petite, has a gentle voice, and wears women's clothes, so of course she is a woman."
Xia Mufan's eyes flickered: "What kind of hat is she wearing? What brand of sunglasses? What kind of mask?"
People around Cai Yutie who have seen Sister Hua don’t pay much attention to these things. They responded with some distress: “It’s the kind of mask that doctors in hospitals wear, the sunglasses have brown frames, and the hat…it’s the kind of knitted hat, loosely pulled down on both sides to cover the ears.”
Xia Mufan asked again: "What do those hands that were exposed look like?"
Cai Yutie thought for a moment and said, "Very white."
Xia Mufan turned his gaze to Feng Xiaoyu.
Feng Xiaoyu nodded slightly. The archives recorded the description of Sister Hua given by the human trafficking gang, which was basically consistent with what Cai Yutie said.
She is petite, about 1.58 meters tall;
The dress is simple, low-key and strict. Except for a pair of hands, the neck, cheeks and forehead do not show any skin. Even in summer, they will wear high-necked long-sleeved tops and tie a silk scarf around their necks.
Her voice is gentle and low, and she speaks neither hurriedly nor slowly. She looks kind, but in fact she is cruel and ruthless, and everyone is afraid of her.
Why would such a cautious and low-key person jump out and actively provoke the police today?
Xia Mufan always felt that there was something weird about this matter.
Logically speaking, the police's crackdown on human trafficking is in full swing, and more than a dozen trafficking gangs have been busted in Hunan Province. As a fish that has escaped the net, Sister Hua should have stayed dormant. How dare she show up in such a high profile?
What exactly does Sister Hua want to do by using a burnt cat corpse to warn Xia Mufan?
Xia Mufan felt a little tired, stood up and walked out of the interrogation room.
Gu Shaoqi was waiting in the corridor outside the door.
As soon as he saw Xia Mufan coming out, he reached out and put his arm around her shoulders. Looking at the grayish color in her eyes, his eyes were full of heartache: "How is it? What did you find out?"
Xia Mufan's nerves have been very tense these days. Whenever he closed his eyes, he would see the burnt body of the tabby cat, and there always seemed to be a burnt smell in his nose.
Others may think that it is just a cat, nothing special.
But to Xia Mufan, it was a bloody warning: If you continue investigating, what awaits you will be Coal Ash's corpse!
Since being assigned to the Anning Road Police Station, Coal Ash has developed a deep bond with Xia Mufan. It has accompanied her for countless days and nights, helping her search for her mother and investigating cases. To Xia Mufan, Coal Ash is a family member, a treasure, and an indispensable friend.
Xia Mufan was filled with anger when she thought that there was someone hiding in the dark, coveting her life and trying to hurt her family, friends, and baby.
She must be pulled out from the darkness!
Xia Mufan leaned back slightly, lightly leaning on Gu Shaoqi's arm, feeling his gentle and firm support, and closed his eyes.
When she opened her eyes again, they were shining brightly again.
Xia Mufan stood up straight, got out of Gu Shaoqi's arms, turned his head and said to him: "Cai Yutie is just a puppet, the mastermind is Sister Hua. She is challenging me, or... she is actively exposing herself to lure me out. This is just the beginning, there will definitely be more to come, we can only respond as they come."
Gu Shaoqi was worried about Xia Mufan's safety: "Those people are extremely vicious, you have to be careful."
Xia Mushige: "I have applied for a gun and will not act alone. You and mom should be careful."
Gu Shaoqi shook his head: "I'm not afraid. Since I put on this police uniform, I have never been afraid. But my mother..."
Xia Mufan said: "Recently, tell her not to go out to buy vegetables, just go to the community vegetable market. If she must go out, let Xuegao accompany her." Xuegao is now a qualified police dog. Xia Mufan feels more at ease with Xuegao protecting his mother's safety.
Gu Shaoqi said "hmm" and touched Xia Mufan's head reluctantly: "Okay, I remember. I will try my best to accompany mom, you should pay attention to your own safety, and... take a good rest, there is no rush."
Xia Mufan smiled and said, "Okay."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
