69 The Case (2/2)
”it's normal. that's why i told you it's impossible to sneak out.”
”fine. then what are we going to do? we only know that it's from dark web but for what they're offering we have no idea.”
”we can search it.”
”would it be easy?”
”it won't be hard. we just need a special software to access most of the dark web's sites. this one might not be an exemption.”
”special software?”
”uh-huh. we just need a good virtual private network also known as vpn. then we'll use tor as a browser. it's the most common browser for dark web.”
”right, then we could try to avail their service once we found it!” han mingxia started to have hope.
”that would be dangerous. why don't you visit the han family's main house to check if there's similar image there. you could try to sneak in. you grew up there so you mostly know the way. their security isn't that tight, i think.”
han mingxia looked at her cousin as if another head grew on her shoulder.
”what's wrong? you like sneaking in, anyway. i'm just giving you suggestion.” she felt weird the way her cousin stared at her. although it might not give a fruitful result, it's worth a shot and less dangerous.
”you seriously didn't know?” she asked with an unbelieving tone on her voice.
”what?” she confusedly answered.
”there's no more han family in q city. i never thought you'd be this detached to your paternal family that you're not even aware of what happened to them.”
”huh? no more? what do you mean?”
”they were prosecuted. their crimes were extremely detailed giving no leeway to even bail. it was as if someone wanted to wiped them out legally.”
”crimes?”
”yes, like crimessss, many, much, numerous. most of their assets were confiscated and the main company was bought by someone. the remaining branches also somewhat disappeared. maybe they went into hiding because of shame or they killed themselves off.”
”all? grandfather, too?”
”all that committed a crime, including the old han. in short, there's only me, you and uncle. but since you're already married, you're not a han anymore. you belong to a more powerful family. ”
han meixiu didn't utter a single word for a time. she was slowly absorbing the news she just heard.
”right, why don't you ask your husband's help?” han mingxia perked up when she blurted the idea.
”about this image?”
”yes. don't tell me you also don't know how powerful the liu family is?”