Chapter 79

Treasure-seeking Rat, Ling Yue, Big Black, Criminal Police Brigade. Also maybe "she" not.

Ling Yue said she also thought it was too coincidental, but such a situation had already happened several times, and she was almost used to it.

Ling Yue, Factory Director, Master Zhang

Factory Director generic; not a named entity

Ling Yue, Treasure-seeking Rat. Also "one dog and one rat" generic

Ling Yue looked at them: "Did you hear anything?"

none.

Ling Yue sighed, spread her hands: "The most crucial thing now is that we have no evidence."

Everything she just said was speculation; Old Zhan's strange behavior, a face slashed beyond recognition of features, even with martial arts training one could tell his body was sturdy—why would he hide in such a remote place? Even just finding a construction site to carry cement would be far better than being given food and lodging without pay.

Ling Yue, Mianyun Mountain Range

Ling Yue, small winery generic

What else could have caused him to appear here?

Ling Yue, Jing Shi, fugitive suspect generic, Treasure-seeking Rat

Ling Yue glared at it, obviously not having studied properly: "The animal world has its laws, the human world has its rules, of course we need to find evidence."

"You can't just say something off the cuff and expect people to believe it, can you?"

"What should we do then?" Da Hei spoke, irritably drooping its tail, it really couldn't think of a good solution.

Ling Yue

She was confident; although the opponent had martial arts training, she herself was a master of full-level combat skills, and Da Hei was also her helper, so she dared to take the risk.

Lao Zhang

Ling Yue, Factory Director generic, Lao Zhang

Lao Zhang, Factory Director generic

Ling Yue sighed, then suddenly grew angry, slapping the table: "After hearing that, I was especially furious—how could there be such people? Elderly sir, you're already in such a miserable state, how could they still dock your wages?!"

"Like this." She acted well, as if truly filled with righteous indignation, angered by the other's behavior, she continued: "I'll keep employing you, but the wages must be paid!"

Upon hearing this, Old Zhan instantly shook his head: "No, no, no, I said I don't want money; you continuing to take me in is already a great kindness to me!"

Ling Yue looked at him in surprise; he choked up while telling a story, the gist being that his background was tragic, his wife had passed away, he had no children, later he fell down a mountain and injured his face.

Ling Yue's eyes flickered, not knowing what to say; indeed they took her for an inexperienced young lady, Old Zhan's facial wounds were neat, clearly inflicted by a sharp weapon—if it were really self-inflicted…

Ling Yue's heart skipped a beat, but she put on a moved expression: "Then I should pay you even more—staying cooped up in the factory would bore anyone to death; I'll pay you wages so you can go to the city and buy some things."

Ling Yue, Lao Zhang

Old Zhan hesitated not at all, pulling out his ID: "This is mine."

Ling Yue, ID generic, Jing Shi Mianyun District Tang Family Village. Also maybe "Tang Family Village"

police generic, human trafficker village generic

Ling Yue, Lin Shaoze, fled to Jing Shi generic, high-ranking member of human trafficker gang generic

none.

Ling Yue took the photo with a calm expression; the other's eyes flickered, he secretly resented, he had been staying here fine, when suddenly a greenhorn popped up—if it weren't to avoid further complications…

Lao Zhang

In the following time, Ling Yue tried various lines; seeing it had no effect, she let him go and immediately turned to make a phone call.

Captain Lin -> Lin Shaoze

Ling Yue, Lin Shaoze, Criminal Police Brigade

Lin Shaoze

Ling Yue, Tang Zheng, Jing Shi Mianyun District Tang Family Village, Tang Family Village

Lin Shaoze suddenly stood up, his expression solemn; beside him, Cheng Ziming, who had just finished his meal and was about to call him to eat, was startled, then heard him say: "Continue."

Ling Yue has a good memory; after reporting all the information from Old Zhan's ID, noisy voices came from the other end of the phone, she furrowed her brows, vaguely guessing they were investigating.

Lin Shaoze, Cheng Ziming

Cheng Ziming covered his head; upon hearing the two words 'Cong Xin,' his whole body jolted, not just him but the other team members were stunned: "Boss, what did you say? Cong Xin?!"

"That old bastard… cough, cough, has that suspect been found?"

Cong Xin

As for lunch, they, being police, were already used to it—what's missing one meal?

Ling Yue, Tang Zheng, Jing Shi Mianyun District

A silent understanding echoed in the receiver; after a moment, Ling Yue heard Lin Shaoze's voice: "He should… be Cong Xin."

The senior human trafficker fugitive with a bounty of 150,000 offered by the Public Security Bureau, who holds many secret messages and trafficking routes, Cong Xin, whom the Jing Shi police have been unable to trace.

Who would have thought he would be so ruthless, directly disfiguring himself and hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. Combined with the information obtained earlier, Cong Xin has a very close relationship with the human trafficking gang in Tang Family Village.

Lin Shaoze's eyes turned cold: "You can come back first; I'll immediately send officers to meet you and carry out the arrest operation."

Beside him, upon hearing this, Cheng Ziming immediately raised his hand: "Boss, take me too! I want to go as well!"

"Me too! Me too!"

Lin Shaoze hung up the phone, looking at the enthusiastic volunteers, almost laughing in anger: "You think this is an elementary school spring outing? And you want to bring someone along!"

He directly reallocated personnel, speaking, then paused briefly and continued: "Right, check the hospital; the informant said Cong Xin seems to have disfigured himself, and a superficial check won't reveal it, so go straight to blood testing."

"Okay!"

The Criminal Investigation Brigade became busy because of Ling Yue's words.

On Ling Yue's side, she thought for a moment, preparing to withdraw, after all she isn't a police officer; such matters should be left to professionals.

What she didn't know was that plans cannot keep up with changes.

After Old Zhan left, he first went to the main gate, caught sight of Ling Yue's off-road vehicle when she arrived, his eyes flickering between bright and dark, that girl who had suddenly appeared.

Old Zhan clutched his chest, an inexplicable panic making him uneasy; how had he managed to escape police pursuit multiple times, even brushing past them face to face, all because of his keen, almost animal-like intuition.

Her intuition told her, that girl has a problem!

In the end, he made up his mind, preferring to mistakenly kill rather than let go.

Old Zhan walked to the guardroom, picked up the large iron hammer; in no time, the off-road vehicle was smashed to pieces, what he didn't notice was that in the sky, a completely pale yellow canary stared in shock at this scene, the whole bird frightened silly.

"What is he doing?"

The hawk spread its wings, tilted its head, observed his appearance and build, finally gave up the idea of attacking: "Maybe he's crazy."

Canary: "But he's crazy, why smash Yueyue's car? No, I have to tell her!"

It sensed that wasn't good, immediately flew to the factory building, shouting: "Something happened, something happened!"

Ling Yue startled, the canary had already landed on her shoulder, the little bird panting, Ling Yue rubbed her chest and head, the canary chirped a few times: "Yueyue, I just saw outside the gate, someone smashed your car!"

Ling Yue jumped in fright: "Who is it?"

The canary looked at her bewildered, having flown too fast, it hadn't noticed, but the hawk mister nearby spoke up, describing: "An old man, his face covered in wounds and scars, quite tall, he took the iron hammer and smashed the glass and steering wheel of your car, the vehicle is completely ruined."

This was also Ling Yue's sole means of transportation back and forth.

Hearing that, Ling Yue suddenly realized, without the car she couldn't even retreat; thinking that, she suddenly heard footsteps, the sound growing clearer and closer.

In an instant, she and a group of small animals turned their heads, looking toward the main gate.

The treasure-seeking rat trembled with fear: "Holy shit, we're done, it's definitely him!"

Da Hei was eager to try, lowering his voice: "Master, let me go! I can definitely take him down!"

The canary was the most stable: "How about we run?"

It still didn't know Ling Yue's fighting strength; its first reaction was to keep the green mountains, not fearing lack of firewood.

Ling Yue shook her head, walked to the doorside and stopped; her voice and expression were complete opposites, she said in a blank face, a few soft bytes: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Old Zhan, Factory Director I have something to ask you."

As his words fell, the door was pushed open, the man's blurry face couldn't be made out, only those naked eyes outside, filled with bloodshot veins and killing intent.

His hand gripping the iron hammer trembled, not from fear but excitement; like such a ruthless villain, the blood on his hands was countless, he had killed before.

In his eyes, a soft-spoken girl was as easy to handle as strangling a fledgling pigeon.

Until he met a pair of eyes so calm they seemed inhuman.

Ling Yue smiled slightly, following the principle of strike first to be strong, strike later to suffer, she directly threw her hands back, a clean over-the-shoulder throw, the man fell like a sandbag.

Afterwards, she kneaded the man like dough, flattening and shaping him, the man let out a miserable howl, terrifiedly looking at Ling Yue.

"You, you don't come over!"

Ling Yue's pocket's treasure-seeking rat was in the best spectator seat, it stared wide-eyed in shock, a curse slipped out: "Holy shit!"

Not to mention it, even Da Hei was startled, the dog's ears perked up, its tail wagging like a fan.

Ling Yue rarely acted, but over time everyone knew she was formidable, yet they didn't know just how formidable.

Outside the winery, police cars sped in; as they passed the wrecked off-road vehicle, Lin Shaoze's heart jumped, everyone fell silent, their faces grim as if about to sweat.

Police split into multiple routes, Lin Shaoze led the group straight to the factory building, recalling that Ling Yue had said she was there when she called.

The half-open door was already swung wide, suddenly a blood-stained hand fell out, Lin Shaoze's eyelid twitched, the officers behind him couldn't help but draw a sharp breath.

The atmosphere was deathly silent.

The other half of the door was flung open, a dying man crawled out, clutching his leg desperately: "Save me! I'm guilty, quickly let me go to prison!" ，，.