Chapter 379: The Human Trafficking Syndicate (1/2)
Dali used to grumble about my public displays of affection with Xiaotao, but now it was his turn. And the guy was laying it on thick! Seeing my good buddy successfully establish his first relationship made me sincerely happy for him.
Bingxin smiled, ”I want to fall in love as well!”
”You should look for someone,” I said. “With your conditions, you should have many boys pursuing you!”
Bingxin pursed her lips, ”Those boys are all boring and can’t compare to you.” Then, she fixed a gentle gaze on me, ”Song Yang-gege, I like the feeling you give me!”
”But you can’t always stay this way, can you? You’ll have to grow up sometime,” I chuckled.
She looked up at the sky, ”I don't care. I’ll take it one step at a time! If you marry Xiaotao-jiejie in the future, then I’ll look for someone else. But at least I would’ve spent my best years with you. I’m content with just that.”
I was touched by her words but I merely smiled in return. The boundary of childhood friends to lovers wasn’t something I was willing to cross.
When the police cars arrived, Xiaotao alighted with a group of officers. Upon noticing Dali and Luo Youyou, she asked in surprise, ”What happened?”
”It's a long story. Let’s talk while we walk!”
I asked Xiaotao to send Song Xingchen to the hospital in one of the police vehicles while the rest of us headed to the unfinished residential building where the kidnapped girls were waiting. At the sight of the dead body downstairs, Xiaotao asked, ”Who did this?”
I pointed to myself, ”It was self-defense. Bingxin can testify to that.”
”Song Yang-gege was super brave,” she exaggerated. “With a loud roar, he flashed the Buddha’s Palm and defeated the criminals from a distance...”
Xiaotao laughed and reminded, ”Miss Sun, you will have to bear legal repercussions for perjury.”
”Oh, I was mistaken. What Song Yang-gege used was the Six Meridian Divine Sword!” Bingxin teased.
”Yes,” I nodded. “It was the Six Meridian Divine Sword!”
Xiaotao turned to the officers behind her, ”Handcuff these two and send them directly to a mental hospital.”
When we arrived at the eighth floor, I found the man with the broken ribs moaning on the ground, fresh bruises and wounds covering his entire face. Looking at these innocent girls before us, I knew they must have taken turns beating the man to vent their hatred.
The man’s injuries were much deserved so I feigned ignorance and confessed it was my doing.
”Not bad!” praised Xiaotao. “Looks like you don't need Song Xingchen's protection from now on. Maybe I should invite Song Xingchen to work at the Armed Police Force as a chief instructor!”
The youngest of these girls was only twelve years old. We swore at the ruthlessness of these human traffickers. Held captive for a long time, these girls were starving and thinly clothed. The officers took them downstairs and distributed food and water from the police cars. Many officers removed their coats and covered the girls.
In a bid to publicize a job well done and to improve the bureau’s image, Bingxin snapped several photos that she planned to share on Weibo. Xiaotao was delighted with her plan.
The statements the two traffickers gave were inconsistent. One claimed it was the boss who jumped off the building, while the other insisted the boss was the man I kicked. I didn't intend to continue investigating the abduction and trafficking since a special department of the bureau was in charge of this.
We walked to the foundation where the water had accumulated. When the officers came to take Zhou Yang's body away, I said, ”There’s something in the water. Can you get it out?”