Chapter 297 An unexpected surprise
Chapter 297 An unexpected surprise
A quarter of an hour later, Wang Zhi excitedly followed Su He out of the yamen.
"Sister, it's a good thing you came to see me. Our team leader came to me to gamble again. I didn't want to go and he said I didn't give him face."
"You don't have to go there anymore, but don't tell anyone about their gambling. We just need to take care of ourselves."
Wang Zhi nodded quickly. He was originally going to follow Captain Jin, but Brother Bin was so outstanding and since they were both members of the Wang family, Captain Jin chose Brother Bin.
Wang Zhi felt that he was very unlucky, luckily Sister Hehua rescued him.
"I definitely won't tell you, Sister Lotus, what are we going to do?"
"Go find the witness, a child. Ask her what the trafficker looks like. Be serious and try not to talk. Act as my subordinate."
This family was several streets away from the government office. Su He and her companion trotted forward. She planned to draw the portrait today.
This street was much more shabby than Changshui Street. As soon as Su He walked in, he saw many children playing at the door. Most of the children's clothes were ill-fitting, and some of them looked not much different from little beggars. It was obvious that they were left alone.
Su He looked at the house number and walked to the target's house. The door was open. Su He sighed when he saw it. No wonder the human traffickers chose this place. It was too easy to target them.
"Excuse me, is this Li Zhulin's home?"
Su He didn't go in, but just stood at the door, knocked, and shouted loudly.
After a while someone came out.
The visitor was a middle-aged woman with a miserable face. Su He was worried. According to the information, there were only a couple, a son and a daughter in this family. Could this person be the hostess?
"What do you two want?"
Su He took out the token and said, "A police officer from the government office, we are here to investigate the human traffickers. Is your eldest daughter, Xiaochun, here?"
The woman's eyes were filled with surprise, "Sir, may I ask if my son's whereabouts have been found?"
Su He explained gently, "The trafficker is still looking for her. We heard that Xiaochun saw the trafficker's face, so I wanted to ask her."
Speaking of her daughter, the woman was a little angry. "That damn girl was washing clothes at home. I asked her to look after her brother, but Baode was robbed right outside the house. This unlucky star must have done it on purpose!"
Su He looked at Xiao Chunniang's mean face and frowned. She looked at Wang Zhi beside her, and Wang Zhi's face immediately tightened.
"If Xiaochun is here, let her come out and cooperate with our investigation. Don't waste our time."
Xiao Chun's mother dared to scold her own daughter, but she did not dare to confront the constable. She entered the house and called for help. Soon an 8-year-old girl came running over.
"Mom, look for me."
Just as Xiao Chun's mother was about to curse, she was driven away by Wang Zhi.
"There's nothing for you to do here, go in."
Xiao Chun's mother opened her mouth, glared at her daughter, and left reluctantly.
"Xiaochun, have you ever seen what a human trafficker looks like?"
Xiao Chun looked at Su He timidly and nodded slightly.
"I have seen it, sister, can you save my brother?"
"We'll do our best. If you can tell me what the trafficker looks like, I think our hope of finding your brother will be better."
Xiao Chun's eyes sparkled and he nodded quickly with joy.
"I remember that person passed by us several times. I thought it was strange and asked my brother to go back to the house to play, but he ran out again. When I found out, he had been taken away."
"What does that man look like?"
"I just have single eyelids and a nose that is neither high nor low,............"
Su He confirmed that he looked like an ordinary passerby, unremarkable, and would probably disappear if thrown into a crowd.
Xiao Chun saw the elder sister take out a piece of white paper and stick it on the wall, and let the captain next to her hold it down, and then she took out a charcoal pencil and drew.
After a while, a passerby appeared.
"Take a look and see if it looks like the original and where it needs to be modified."
Xiao Chun looked at the portrait in surprise. It was already 60% like him. "The area under his eyes is more prominent. Also, his ears are protruding."
............
After several revisions, Su He's portrait was already 80% like.
"Height, weight, and walk. Is there anything special about him? Do you have anything to add?"
Su He looked at Xiao Chun gently. Xiao Chun frowned and thought carefully, then shook his head after a long time.
"That's all, sister."
Su He smiled and touched the sensible little girl, then took out two pieces of candy from her purse.
"Here, this is your reward."
Xiaochun swallowed and did not accept it.
"Sister, I don't want to eat. I just want my brother to come back."
Su He laughed, grabbed Xiao Chun's hand and handed the candy to her.
"This is a reward for your cooperation with our investigation. As for your brother, we will do our best."
Xiaochun finally accepted it with peace of mind.
"Go ahead, we'll let you know when there's news."
Xiaochun obediently ran back home, and soon heard Xiaochun's mother's loud scolding.
Su He quietly put away the drawing paper and was about to leave when he saw a child looking at them and something came to his mind.
"You, and you, all of you, come here." Hearing Su He's gentle call, the children around gathered over.
"This is a bag of maltose. Can anyone tell me if this person has ever appeared here? Anyone who knows can have some candy."
Su He took out the portrait she had drawn and showed it to the children.
She waited quietly for a while, and then saw an older boy who said, "I saw him the day Baode was taken away. This person was with another person at the time. I bumped into them, and my mother came to find me. I apologized and left."
Su He's eyes lit up, what an unexpected gain.
I didn’t expect the human traffickers had accomplices.
"Do you still remember what it looked like?"
The boy stared at the candy in Su He's hand and nodded, "I remember."
Su He smiled and gave him all the candies in her hand.
"Go ahead."
"His accomplice is fatter than the one in the portrait."
..............
Su He looked at the second portrait in her hand and was very satisfied, but that was not enough. She continued to ask while holding the portrait.
"Do you have anything to add? I'm out of maltose, but I have silver. If you can tell me useful information, I'll reward you with silver."
Su He signaled Wang Zhi with his eyes, and Wang Zhi quickly opened his purse. The dozen or so taels of silver in the purse made all the children hold their breath.
"I know. The fat guy is slightly shorter than the thin one, and the fat guy walks with a limp."
This time, Su He didn't need to give any instructions, Wang Zhi gave the money directly.
Now two more people gave the details.
After waiting for a while, none of the children made a sound.
Su He didn't feel any regret and gently asked everyone to disperse.
She hurried to take Wang Zhi back to the yamen. With these clues, there was more hope of finding the human traffickers.
“Sister in front!”
Su He turned around in surprise and saw a child running towards her. She remembered this child. Among all the children, he was the one wearing the most shabby clothes.
"Sister, I've seen those two people before."
Su He looked at the young man's bright eyes, smiled brightly, and took out five taels of silver.
"You tell me first. As long as it's true, the five taels are yours."
The young man looked at the silver in Su He's hand with fiery eyes.
"They appeared at the dock. I saw two of them carrying sandbags. One of them was called Jin Laizi."
He even asked for my name.
Su He was overjoyed and gave the silver directly to the young man.
"Good boy, don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Come home quickly."
After saying this, Su He turned around and left.
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