"Well, I'm going to study in Country M with An An and Kang Kang, so I probably won't be back in the short term."

"What about Qingqing? Is she going with you?"

"She wants to stay in the country, but she will go to Country M to be with her children when she has time."

Shen Mingzhu nodded in understanding, "Then I wish you a safe journey and a safe arrival at your destination."

"Thanks."

The effort was not in vain. Xi Shiming successfully hypnotized Gao Hualiang and found out the whereabouts of Shen Baolan.

The interrogation ended at twelve o'clock in the morning.

Xi Shiming politely declined the hotel accommodation arranged by Shen Mingzhu and only charged the labor fee for this trip. He then took a car directly to the airport and took the private plane arranged by Yan Yi back to the capital to attend the medical summit tomorrow morning.

The schedule is so tight, if it weren't for Yan Yi's face, Xi Shiming would never have made this trip.

"Shen Mingzhu, goodbye."

Before leaving, Yan Yi said goodbye to her with a smile.

"Goodbye, and thank you."

She looked at the other person seriously, her throat choking a little.

In the fourteen years they had known each other, she had received his favors and help countless times, and she knew it would be difficult to repay him in this lifetime.

After staring at her deeply for a few seconds, Yan Yi turned around and got into the car to accompany Xi Shiming to the airport.

After watching the car disappear into the night, Shen Zhemin was about to set off for Gui Province.

"I'm not in a position to talk about the specific details of the case. Anyway, Shen Baolan may still be alive in the mountainous area of ​​Yunnan and Guizhou. For the rest, you can wait for my news."

"Okay, thank you for the hard work. Feel free to call me if you need anything."

Shen Zhemin looked at her, his emotions immersed in the excitement and excitement of finally making progress in the case: "This time, thanks to the help of Dr. Yan, Professor Xi was invited to come. You may not understand Xi Shiming's status in the hypnosis industry. Even the major cases of the provincial and municipal departments may not be able to invite him to take action, let alone this small case in our small place. I feel like I am using a butcher knife to kill a chicken."

Upon learning that Xi Shiming was such a prominent figure, Shen Mingzhu could not help but call Yan Yi, expressing her sincere thanks and gratitude. She also asked for Xi Shiming's address, wanting to send him some Fengcheng specialties to express her gratitude.

Today was too busy. Xi Shiming had been running around and didn't even have a bite of hot food. She felt really uneasy.

Yan Yi declined Xi Shiming's kindness on her behalf and said with a smile, "Actually, I still had some things to say when we parted, and I felt quite regretful."

"Shen Mingzhu, I'm glad to meet you, but I also regret not meeting you earlier."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you trouble, nor did I want to affect your current happiness, but I just couldn't help it."

On the way home, Shen Mingzhu's thoughts couldn't help but drift back to that early morning a few years ago when she and Zhong Qing were on vacation at the villa.

——From the very beginning, our marriage was a marriage of convenience.

——He has someone in his heart, and no one else is worth his attention.

In fact, she had been aware of Yan Yi's hidden feelings over the years.

But she couldn't give any response, so she never explored it.

She didn't think it was because she was so outstanding or excellent. This 15-year-long remembrance was just a red rose and a white rose.

If you marry a red rose, over time, the red will become a smear of mosquito blood on the wall, and the white will still be "the bright moon in front of the bed"; if you marry a white rose, the white will be a grain of rice stuck on your clothes, and the red will be a cinnabar mole on your heart.

What you can't get is always the best.

…

Half a month later, Shen Mingzhu received a call from Shen Zhemin, saying that they had caught the human trafficker and found out where Shen Baolan was. The next step was to rescue her.

Shanli Village is located deep in the mountains. The mountains are high and the roads are steep. It takes a day to walk into the mountains. Without a local to lead the way, Shen Zhemin and his team would not be able to get in at all.

By the time we found the person and entered the mountain village, he had already been hidden.

Shen Zhemin and his men ran twice but came back empty-handed.

It was obvious that the Yang family had received the news in advance and hid Shen Baolan early.

In the end, it was Shen Mingzhu who came up with an idea and asked Shen Baolan's parents to negotiate with the Yang family.

After promising not to pursue legal responsibility and paying a "ransom fee" of 5,000 yuan, Shen Baolan, who had been missing for seven years, was finally able to return to her hometown.

"You didn't see Shen Baolan's miserable state. She had a lame leg and was skin and bones. She looked like an old woman. Aunt Cuihua cried so hard that she almost died."

When Shen Mingzhu heard about Shen Baolan's current situation from Shen Hongmei, she did not feel too much.

She was concerned about another thing, "I heard she gave birth to a child there. Did she bring the child back?"

"No, she came back alone."

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Being left in such an ignorant and backward family would be fine for a boy, as he would just have to live a poor life. But if it were a girl, her life would probably be ruined.

In fact, Shen Hao wanted to bring his two nieces, Yindi and Pandi, back together.

But the Yang family asked for a huge ransom of three thousand yuan per person.

Ever since Shen Baolan disappeared, the Shen family has been financially stretched, and their income comes from carpentry work done by Shen Hao and his son Shen Dashan.

He had to buy medicine for Liu Cuihua and provide her with medical treatment, as well as pay for her grandson Shen Wenwu's education, and provide for the whole family's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The 5,000 yuan to redeem Shen Baolan was all raised from relatives, as he could not come up with 6,000 yuan to redeem his two nieces.

Also, Tian Wenfang firmly disagreed with him bringing his two nieces back, otherwise she would divorce him.

Shen Baolan has become a disabled person and is definitely unable to raise two children, so the responsibility will then fall on them.

Another thing is that Shen Baolan was cheated of all her money and then abducted and sold, which made the villagers laugh at her.

If I bring the two kids home, there will be more gossip and it will never end.

Unless, after the case is solved, the money that was cheated by Gao Hualiang is recovered.

With money, everything is easy.

From the very beginning, Tian Wenfang had this idea in mind, which is why she actively helped to raise the money for Shen Baolan's redemption.

Upon learning that Shen Baolan had been rescued, Gao Hualiang and Huang Chunyu no longer resisted and confessed the details of the crime, including how they exchanged five million yuan for two million yuan in cash through overseas financial institutions.

"According to Gao Hualiang's confession, the fare to sneak into Thailand cost 500,000. After arriving in Thailand, he spent 100,000 on buying a fake identity. The remaining money was used for expenses in the past few years and for opening a store. We checked Gao Hualiang and Huang Chunyu's accounts in Thailand and found that there is still 1 million left, but it is in Thai baht."

Tian Wenfang asked hurriedly: "How much is one million Thai baht worth?"

"At the current exchange rate, it's probably just over 200,000."

Hearing that there were still 200,000 yuan left, the family was both depressed and happy.

Compared to five million, two hundred thousand is a huge difference.

But at least I still had 200,000 yuan left, so it wasn't all in vain.

But the money cannot be obtained immediately. We have to wait until the case is over and the police from the External Liaison Office will liaise with the Thai side.

After going through a set of procedures, it may take three to five months at the shortest, or a year or two at the longest, for the two hundred thousand to fall into the hands of the Shen family. (End of this chapter)