Chapter 548: 544. The Whale Shark Organization (Please subscribe and vote for monthly tickets)

Zhang Ran watched the armed police's operation quietly, while Fei Lan and Lao Sun were too nervous to sit still, not even daring to make a sound, as if afraid of disturbing the armed police who were already far away.

Rong Huaqiang and the others were even more nervous than them; they all began to pray silently in their hearts that Nannan was truly there and could be rescued safely.

Time passed bit by bit just like that, and it was frighteningly quiet here.

Forty minutes later, Zhang Ran heard a group of footsteps, his eyes flickered, and he stepped out.

Fei Lan even stumbled as she trotted out; she had basically not rested at all over the past two days, and only rested for a short while under Zhang Ran's persuasion.

Not eating well and not sleeping well, combined with her advanced age, left her very weak right now.

An armed police officer walked at the very front, carrying two children, with five people being escorted behind him, three men and two women.

Upon seeing one of the children, Fei Lan rushed over directly.

"Nannan, Nannan." Fei Lan held Nannan tightly in her arms, not daring to let go.

At this moment, Nannan behaved in a way that surprised everyone: "Director Grandma, don't cry, Nannan is fine, Nannan has caused you trouble."

Looking at the five-year-old little girl in this state, everyone present felt a pang of heartache in their hearts.

Especially when the armed police officer spoke to Zhang Ran in a low voice about some matters.

"Mr. Zhang, if possible, you should find a psychologist for these two children in the near future," the armed police officer said in a low voice.

Zhang Ran asked: "What happened? Did they abuse the children?"

As he spoke, the look in Zhang Ran's eyes toward those five people was very cold!

"There shouldn't have been much abuse, but at the time, one of the criminal suspects tried to resist, and we were also afraid she would do something harmful to the two children, so we shot and killed her, and both children saw it," the armed police officer said.

Zhang Ran felt a shock in his heart, then looked at Nannan and the other child; the other child was huddled tightly in the armed police officer's arms, trembling all over.

Yet Nannan was behaving very normally, and was instead comforting Fei Lan.

From the first time they met, Nannan had appeared very timid, and was somewhat shy even when looking at him, a stranger.

But at this moment, Zhang Ran realized that these children's hearts had actually been tempered to be incredibly strong; they were very sensible, and understood far, far too much.

And such sensibility was caused by the suffering they had endured since they were born.

But the more this was the case, the more it made people feel heartache.

Zhang Ran took a deep breath and said: "I will arrange for a psychologist; you tell the other child's parents to have that child join in for psychological counseling as well."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I thank you on behalf of the child's parents," the armed police officer said gratefully.

Although he did not know Zhang Ran's true identity, ever since Zhang Ran reported the case, the leaders above had attached great importance to it.

This could fully reflect Zhang Ran's status, and people with status generally would not be short of money.

"It's nothing, sigh, I just hope this child can forget this experience as soon as possible," Zhang Ran sighed and said.

"I hope so too," the armed police officer also remarked with a sigh.

Soon, Fei Lan calmed down and brought Nannan to Zhang Ran.

"Nannan, hurry and thank Grandpa Zhang," Fei Lan said.

Nannan said very sensibly: "Thank you, Grandpa Zhang."

She knew this Grandpa Zhang; all the children at the welfare institute knew that he was their benefactor, as Director Grandma and they had all said so.

Her own harelip had been cured with the help of money spent by Grandpa Zhang.

Zhang Ran looked at the sensible Nannan and said with heartache: "It's alright now, child."

"Mm, Nannan is fine, Nannan isn't afraid at all," Nannan said, appearing very strong, but Zhang Ran could see that trace of fear in her eyes.

Clearly, Nannan was not truly unafraid; she just didn't want Director Grandma to worry.

They did not go to make any statements here; that was not urgent for the time being, and at the very least, they would wait until the children's emotions were stable and the doctor gave permission before doing so.

After returning, Zhang Ran first let Fei Lan go to rest, and he said to Lao Sun: "You can't refuse my money this time, right? At the very least, we must provide some decent security measures here; you wouldn't want something like this to happen again, would you?"

Lao Sun opened his mouth, and finally sighed: "Mm, thank you very much this time, I've caused you such big trouble."

"You are being too polite with me; Big Sister's affairs are my affairs," Zhang Ran said.

Zhang Ran did not chat too much; in fact, this matter also served as a reminder to him that one cannot be careless regarding the safety of children.

In the morning, Zhang Ran spoke a few words with Fei Lan and then left, though he had already arranged for the psychologist.

Before leaving, Zhang Ran also went to the police station; they had conducted a surprise interrogation throughout the night, and these people were not tough guys, so they confessed everything they were supposed to.

"Mr. Zhang, according to all the information we have now, this group of people somehow made contact with the Whale Shark Organization, and they were trafficking people through this organization's channels," the bureau chief came over personally to tell Zhang Ran about the matter.

"Mr. Zhang might not know about this Whale Shark Organization; this organization basically doesn't exist in Huaxia, but it has been registered with Interpol.

It is a notorious criminal organization internationally."

As the bureau chief was saying this, he noticed that Zhang Ran's expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Zhang, is there a problem?"

Zhang Ran and He Yong exchanged a glance, both seeing astonishment in the other's eyes.

"Didn't the Whale Shark Organization perish thirty years ago?" Zhang Ran asked.

"Mr. Zhang knows about Whale Shark?" The bureau chief was even more surprised.

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "I know some of the situation."

"I don't know the specific details, nor do I know when you are referring to its destruction; I only know that this organization has been very active in the last twenty years, basically having criminal records in every country, and its behavior is very rampant," the bureau chief said.

Zhang Ran nodded and said: "What is the name of the current leader of Whale Shark?"

"I'm not sure, because this matter involved Whale Shark, I only investigated some case files; I don't know the specific situation very well either."

"Alright, thank you, Bureau Chief," Zhang Ran said as he stood up.

He then bid farewell to the bureau chief and left. Sitting in the car, Zhang Ran asked: "Dayong, if I remember correctly, Whale Shark should have been destroyed back then, or is it that someone else is using their banner to do things?"

"Under normal circumstances, such a thing wouldn't happen, because they were notorious back then; basically, using this banner for no reason is just asking for trouble," He Yong was also somewhat unwilling to believe it, but analyzed it nonetheless.

Zhang Ran also knew this situation; if it were any other organization, it might be fine, but if this organization's banner were raised, it would immediately be targeted by others. No one is a fool; fame isn't gained like that.