Chapter 75: The Magical Little Mountain Village

"People still live up in the mountains these days?" Yu Dazhang deliberately put on a look of someone who'd never seen the world.

Gathering information is also a skill.

Especially when strangers are talking — if you ask directly, it's bound to make the other party wary.

The best method is to find an entry point, chat about nothing for a bit, then slowly work your way to the main topic.

There's an idiom for it: feeling out from the side.

Used here, it means probing for information in a roundabout way.

Sure enough, the woman didn't grow suspicious of Yu Dazhang's words; instead, it piqued her interest in chatting gossip:

"Anyone can tell you grew up in the city. Even now, there are plenty of mountain villages in the country — you don't think over a billion people all live in cities, do you?"

Although the woman didn't answer directly, Yu Dazhang still caught the key point.

Mountain village!

From her words, he could tell she was using a lecturing tone to tell him that not only did people live up in the mountains —

There was also a village.

Having chatted this far, Yu Dazhang naturally wouldn't stop.

Being able to squeeze out a bit more information meant he might find more clues.

Besides, he'd already spent the money — right now he was the top tipper.

"Um, the thing you just mentioned..." Yu Dazhang worked up his emotions and put on an utterly lecherous look:

"Village girls, the kind you can play with — they're up in the mountains too?"

Even he felt the words scald his mouth as he said them.

They say city folk know how to have fun... at this moment, Yu Dazhang really wanted to loudly clear the city folks' name.

The main nightlife spending spots in the city are KTVs, bathhouses, and massage parlors.

Even adding all three together, they aren't as thrilling as a single service here.

Could this be the legendary eating wild game?

"Never mind you." The woman showed a look of disgust again:

"Even if I found one for you, it'd be useless. The girls do this to make money, but they can't risk their lives for it."

"Look at your weight — just rolling over could flatten a Miss into a photograph."

How can anyone talk that mean... Yu Dazhang held back his anger and switched to a look of exasperation:

"Fine, I'll pay more, just tell me if they're from the mountain or not — if they're not from the mountain, I don't want it."

"There aren't any on the mountain, they're all in the town." The woman was fairly honest and didn't make false advertising.

Yu Dazhang wasn't satisfied and kept pressing:

"I like the ones from the mountain. Do you have any channels?"

Such an outlandish request left even the well-experienced woman dumbfounded.

She'd seen all kinds of people over the years, but this was the first time she'd met someone who only wanted to play with mountain girls.

Playing so wild?

The ones on land can't satisfy you anymore — you have to go up the mountain to play.

Play while taking in the scenery~

Really knows how to enjoy life.

The woman almost gave Yu Dazhang a thumbs-up. After a second's pause, she said in a low voice:

"I won't lie to you — I've lived here for over thirty years and have never gone up the nearby mountains. If you want to play, do it in the town, otherwise go somewhere else."

Yu Dazhang could tell the woman didn't really want to talk about the mountain. Pushing further would easily arouse suspicion, so he could only stop for now.

The two left the restaurant. Zhang Sen was about to go get the car, but Yu Dazhang stopped him:

"We can't use our car. Let's go to the roadside later and see if we can hail a taxi."

"You're afraid others will notice our license plates aren't local?" Zhang Sen guessed.

"Something like that." Yu Dazhang nodded:

"We should be getting closer to them. Better to be careful."

"You mean..." Zhang Sen's eyes widened:

"My master and the others are right here in this town?!"

At the thought of this possibility, he couldn't help getting excited — his hands clenched tight, even his breathing quickened a few beats.

At the same time, his eyes darted around.

"I only said we're getting closer." Yu Dazhang said helplessly:

"Staying alert is a good thing, but right now you're a bit oversensitive."

In his conversation with the woman just now, Yu Dazhang had deliberately played dumb. Of course he knew plenty of people still lived up in the mountains.

Not just now — even in 2024, there are still about six hundred thousand mountain villages in the country.

You read that right — not six hundred thousand people, but six hundred thousand mountain villages.

The mountain villages here refer to villages on the mountains. If you count all the villages in the country, there are over two million natural villages.

You probably can't even imagine that many people have never left their village their entire lives.

What's more, some of these mountain villages still live a primitive life.

Put it this way — being able to hold a phone and read novels would be an unbelievable thing in their eyes.

The two then took a taxi into the town and found an inn as a temporary base.

There, Yu Dazhang learned again that the mountain village up on the mountain was called Shuishouyingzi Village.

Marvelous, isn't it~

Who could have imagined such a name for a mountain village.

Please... collect... the... 6... 9... book...!

Hearing it suddenly, one might think it was a small fishing village by the sea.

The two had just entered the room for less than five minutes when knocking sounds came from the door.

Yu Dazhang opened the door; it was the middle-aged woman from the inn's front desk just now.

She wore a mysterious expression, and even her voice carried an air of mystery:

"Want a Miss? Super pure, guaranteed to be local."

Guaranteed to be ripe... Yu Dazhang felt she sounded like someone selling melons.

This town is truly incredible.

Did the Misses from the Eight Great Alleys flee here back in the day?

Eating, staying at an inn, and yet one can still encounter active sales pitches.

After a stern refusal, Yu Dazhang closed the door tightly to prevent the salesperson from keeping a thief's heart alive.

"Brother Sen, it's up to you next." He stared at Zhang Sen with a serious expression.

Seeing Yu Dazhang's earnest face, Zhang Sen immediately straightened his body:

"Speak, what do you want me to do?"

"Of course, your signature move: dressing up as an old lady." Yu Dazhang pointed to the shoulder bag Zhang Sen carried with him.

He knew it contained various props for dressing up.

"Change right here. Once changed, we'll go handle serious business."

Upon hearing they were to handle serious business, Zhang Sen asked no more questions and immediately got to work.

Yu Dazhang had no interest in men's makeup, so he simply lay half on the bed, eyes fixed on the white wall, while his brain spun rapidly.

This town has problems, and not just minor ones.

The merchants actually dare to openly come to the door selling special services, and even come up with new tricks.

This indicates the phenomenon is not recent.

If it has been formed over a long period, then what is the town's public security brigade doing?!

Have they completely let it go unchecked?

Even if the public security brigade was negligent and didn't discover it, what about the police station?

Bear in mind, cracking down on pornography is also one of the police station's duties.

Earlier, when chatting with the restaurant owner's wife about the village girls, Yu Dazhang even had a Familiar idea.

One can imagine to what extent the special service industry in this place has developed.

If those two missing officers came to this town, would they discover this problem?

They should.

But they wouldn't take it seriously.

After all, their main purpose coming here was to solve the trafficking case.

So, this is a point they deliberately neglected.

In that case...

Yu Dazhang suddenly widened his eyes.

They have a fatal flaw!!

(End of this chapter)