If one or two human traffickers are seen together on a train like this, it's likely a group operation.
Of course, they may not only steal children, but also other people's luggage or money.
The train police followed the middle-aged couple and discovered that they were met by an elderly woman and a young man. The elderly woman was holding a baby who appeared to be less than a year old. The baby had likely been given medication and had not woken up since boarding the train.
The young man was supporting a woman who had fainted. The woman was quite attractive, with fair skin and a beautiful face. She looked like she had been pampered since childhood, and her slender hands didn't look like she was suited for manual labor.
The train police officer didn't look at them much, only remembering the young man and the old woman's features before leaving. Now there were only twenty minutes left until the next station, and with such a good opportunity to leave, these people would definitely take action.
They're just waiting for them to make their move; without action, they can't catch them red-handed. The train conductor has already contacted the police on the ground, and they'll be waiting on the platform when the train arrives, all dressed in plainclothes to avoid alerting the suspects.
Inside the sleeper car, Lu Qingzhu and her two siblings were already asleep on their berths. Perhaps because the bill would arrive in about ten minutes, the dosage of medicine given to the three of them was a bit large.
He Caiwei estimated that if they really fell into a coma with this dosage, they wouldn't wake up for at least three days.
Soon, the train arrived at the station. After getting off, the police officers waiting on the platform received instructions to hold back for the time being and could only keep a close eye on the child traffickers holding the children.
These human traffickers were very vigilant, taking several detours along each street. Fortunately, He Caiwei had taken some cornmeal from her personal space and scattered it along the way, just in case the people behind her lost her.
After driving around for more than an hour, we finally arrived at a dilapidated courtyard. The courtyard looked quite run-down from the outside, but the two-meter-high wall made it seem rather unusual.
The man holding Lu Qingzhu was the middle-aged man from the same sleeper car as them. At the door, the man first imitated a cat's meow, then a dog's bark, and even his knocking was very rhythmic.
After the middle-aged man knocked on the door, as if they had exchanged a secret signal, the iron gate opened, and after they silently entered the courtyard and closed the gate, someone spoke.
"Haha, Old Jia has gotten quite a lot of good stuff this time. Look at this young lady, she's really pretty, and these kids must be pampered. Look at their delicate skin and tender flesh, they're definitely worth a good price. Not bad, not bad, Old Jia has had a good haul this time." The voice was rough and had a slight accent.
However, it doesn't sound like it's from the Guangzhou area, nor does it sound like it's from the capital. It sounds more like it's from the Sichuan region.
"Of course, it was because I had my eye on these good-looking girls that I boarded the train with them from Jindu. You know, these three young ones were brought over in a car." The one called Lao Jia must be the person who shared a sleeper compartment with them on the train.
He Caiwei understood from his words that this person had been encountered before they boarded the train in Kyoto, and that his target had always been the three of them.
"Hey, don't you think this little girl looks a bit like the person our employer sent us to Kyoto to capture? Fourth brother, go get the photo and let's take a look." The first person to speak had a rough voice, and when Fang Kai and Cai Wei were talking, they realized that the little girl looked very familiar.
Suddenly, they remembered that half a month ago someone had sent them a message, offering a small yellow croaker to go to Kyoto and capture the little girl in the photo to sell.
"Oh my, it really is her! Old Jia, you've done a great job this time. Give me this little girl, and I'll give you half of Xiao Huangyu, how about it?" This voice most likely came from the guy called Lao Si, since he was the one who got the photo, and he was probably the first to realize that He Caiwei was the person they were looking for.
"Okay, you can have her. But we need to act quickly with these, otherwise someone will come looking for us soon, which will cause us a lot of trouble." Old Jia was a little worried, after all, this time it was a bit risky, but such pretty young men and women could fetch a good price, so he was willing to take the risk.
"I know, I know. We'll agree on the price tonight and send it off tomorrow." Hearing Lao Jia say this, they realized that they had originally planned to find someone to negotiate the price tomorrow, but now they had to move it up.
Soon all of these people were put into a cellar, where there were three men and two women, five children and two pretty young girls.
Everyone's hands and feet were bound, probably to keep them unconscious one by one.
He Caiwei looked around. This should be a vegetable cellar, with a small opening for ventilation. It was the dead of winter, and they had probably covered the ground with a thick layer of straw to keep it from freezing.
He Caiwei went to check on Lu Qingzhu and found that Lu Qingzhu was also observing her surroundings.
"Second brother, how do we notify them from here?" He Caiwei looked at the pitch blackness everywhere, with the only ventilation opening being so small that even a mouse couldn't crawl out. What were they going to do?
"It's alright. Didn't you just throw some cornmeal out? Don't worry, they'll follow the cornmeal here." Lu Qingzhu had already communicated with the police, so they weren't worried at all; no one would come looking for them.
Sure enough, the train police and public security officers quickly discovered the corn flour on the ground and followed it to the small courtyard where they were.
He Caiwei glanced at the two young women. Their clothes were intact, and even the few coins in their pockets were still there. This meant that these people must have been arrested today, and the effects of the drug hadn't worn off yet.
Today, along with He Caiwei and the others, were arrested in the same batch as a girl who was about 20 years old, a boy who was five or six years old, and a baby who was less than one year old.
He Caiwei took a silver needle from her spatial storage and pricked the two young women. To prevent them from shouting when they woke up, He Caiwei covered their mouths while they were opening their mouths.
"Sisters, calm down and listen to me. We're in the human traffickers' cellar right now. Don't worry, someone will come to rescue us soon. There are five other children here, including our younger sister, so we'd like to ask for your help. If you have the strength, could you help the children along when we run away?" He Caiwei was worried that if she woke the children up first, they would cry. If the human traffickers outside heard this, they would definitely come to check, and it would be much harder to escape then.
The older girl nodded in agreement with the younger girl's words. The two girls came from the same residential compound. They had a day off today and were planning to go shopping when suddenly everything went black and they knew nothing more.
The two of them got quite agitated when they heard the word "human trafficker," and they would have screamed if the little girl hadn't covered their mouths with her hand.
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