jdhmnovel Chapter 188 Try not to alert the enemy.
Chapter 188 Try not to alert the enemy.
When Tian Guoqiang's deep, magnetic voice came through, Deng Xiuzhen's panicked heart finally calmed down.
She recounted the events in detail, carefully analyzing the unusual behavior of the two police officers. From wrongly accusing Qin Yanlin of assaulting a police officer, to secretly following her to her apartment building, and the intense sense of crisis they displayed.
Tian Guoqiang didn't interrupt much until Deng Xiuzhen finished speaking, at which point he asked, "What kind of sense of crisis do you feel? Is it that you yourself are in danger, or that you feel someone else is in danger?"
Deng Xiuzhen calmed down, thought for a moment, and replied, "It should affect the safety of me and Qin Yanlin."
"Okay, then don't do anything for now. Go and report the case as normal tomorrow. Try not to alert them," Tian Guoqiang instructed.
"However, I have a vague feeling that something has happened to Liu Youzhen. But this is just a feeling, and it may not be accurate."
"Something happened? What could it be?" Tian Guoqiang asked.
"I can't quite explain it, but I just feel very uneasy."
"Is there anyone with you?" Tian Guoqiang suddenly asked.
"No, it's just me. Yanlin is outside cleaning."
"That's good. I'm in Shenzhen now, here to apprehend a member of a human trafficking gang. But once I got here, I discovered it's not as simple as it seems; they're not only involved in human trafficking but also in organized crime, and they have protectors within the police force..."
The Liu Youzhen you mentioned might have been arrested by them. Zhang Bin and Cai Bang had already been corrupted by the enemy, which is why they did what they did.
"Remember, don't do anything, don't show anything, just report it to the police if necessary, and there will be results soon," Tian Guoqiang repeatedly instructed.
Deng Xiuzhen nodded repeatedly in agreement.
After hanging up the phone, Deng Xiuzhen immediately deleted the call log.
The next day, Deng Xiuzhen and Qin Yanlin took Zhang Liuying to the police station again. This time, the report went more smoothly. However, the specific details would have to wait for the police station to investigate.
"Boss, do you think something might have happened to Xiuzhen?" Zhang Liuying looked a little haggard. These past two nights, Liu Youzhen's child had been crying and fussing for its mother, keeping her awake.
"Who knows? I hope the police station can find out the results as soon as possible. Sigh, I'm really worried!" Deng Xiuzhen said with a sigh.
"Youzhen has never offended anyone, so how could something have happened to her? Could she have been kidnapped by human traffickers?" Zhang Liuying muttered to herself.
Neither Deng Xiuzhen nor Qin Yanlin responded.
Qin Yanlin doesn't participate much in discussions with his employees.
Deng Xiuzhen felt that Zhang Liuying had guessed correctly, but she couldn't say it; she had to keep it a secret.
“But that doesn’t make sense either. If the traffickers want to kidnap Youzhen, why don’t they just text her? If they texted me, I would have gone too…” Zhang Liuying continued to speculate.
Deng Xiuzhen was taken aback. She looked at Zhang Liuying and noticed something: Zhang Liuying was younger than Liu Youzhen and more attractive.
If they were human traffickers, why would they go through all that trouble to find Liu Youzhen? Wouldn't it have been easier to just kidnap Zhang Liuying directly?
Deng Xiuzhen realized that her thinking was flawed: Liu Youzhen might not have been kidnapped by human traffickers; there might have been other problems.
“You’re right. Let’s go back and report this to the police station!” Deng Xiuzhen said, telling Qin Yanlin to go back to the company first, while she and Zhang Liuying would go to the police station.
"How long have you known Liu Youzhen? Do you know who she has conflicts with?" the police officer asked after listening to their story.
Deng Xiuzhen and Zhang Liuying each recounted their experiences of meeting and interacting with Liu Youzhen. Regarding those who had conflicts with Liu Youzhen, both agreed that they only knew of Li Xiaomei, and were unaware of anything else.
After all, they've only known each other for a short time, and they don't know much about each other's personal matters.
The police officers recorded their words and then told them to go home and wait for news.
Deng Xiuzhen made an excuse that she had something to do at home, and secretly called Tian Guoqiang when she got home, wanting to tell him about the situation.
However, the call didn't go through; the message indicated that the other party's phone was disconnected.
Unable to contact Tian Guoqiang, she had no choice but to go to the company first.
Liu Youzhen's disappearance did not affect the company's business; orders were still plentiful.
When Deng Xiuzhen arrived at the company, almost all the employees had gone to work. Only three people remained at the company: Zhang Liuying, Yan Wenying, and Qin Yanlin.
Just then, the old man from the alley in West Street called, asking them to send someone to clean the house, buy groceries, and cook.
Yan Wenying still has a steel plate embedded in her leg and cannot go to work.
Because of Liu Youzhen's disappearance, Zhang Liuying dared not go to the old man's place to work alone.
Thinking of the eerie atmosphere of the alley, Qin Yanlin was worried about Zhang Liuying and Deng Xiuzhen going, and even more worried about Deng Xiuzhen going alone.
So Qin Yanlin and Deng Xiuzhen set off with their tools.
Today is a bright and sunny day, and the chill in the alley has dissipated considerably.
The two first took the old man's quilt off the bed and put it in the washing machine to wash. Then Deng Xiuzhen tidied up the old man's room while Qin Yanlin went to buy groceries.
"Don't buy meat, buy some appetizers instead. I don't know who's been pressing meat day and night these past few days, it's become unbearable to smell," the old man advised Qin Yanlin.
Qin Yanlin agreed and left.
The old man was still grumbling about how the person who cooked the meat didn't know how to manage money. How could someone eat meat every day? And why did they always use a pressure cooker? They could have just stir-fried it instead.
Deng Xiuzhen just smiled and didn't answer, silently continuing her work.
When Qin Yanlin returned from grocery shopping, the two of them made steamed fish with chopped chili peppers, stir-fried tomatoes and eggs, and a vegetable dish for the elderly.
The old man kept saying it was delicious, and that it finally whetted his appetite and made the food less greasy.
When Deng Xiuzhen left, the old man said she was a good cook and specially kept her phone number.
Several days have passed in the blink of an eye, and there is still no news from Liu Youzhen.
The police station said they investigated Li Xiaomei but found no clues.
Apart from Liu Youzhen's children, everyone else had gotten used to not having Liu Youzhen.
"Ring ring, ring ring," Deng Xiuzhen's phone rang. Seeing that it was Tian Guoqiang's number, she quickly went to a quiet place to answer it.
"Those people have all been arrested, and recently all the women and children who were trafficked have been rescued!" Tian Guoqiang's voice was filled with excitement and pride.
"Is there someone named Liu Youzhen?" Deng Xiuzhen asked.
"Wait a minute, let me ask!" Tian Guoqiang agreed and hung up the phone.
A few minutes later, the phone rang again, and Tian Guoqiang told Deng Xiuzhen: There is no one named Liu Youzhen.
"Director Tian, could you please ask me how the investigation into Liu Youzhen's case is going? I have a feeling they haven't been investigating it properly," Deng Xiuzhen said, expressing her feelings.
"Okay, I'll call you back after I've asked." Tian Guoqiang hung up the phone.
Deng Xiuzhen recalled the somewhat chaotic scene at the police station when she went there today, and shook her head with a sigh.
Two days later, Tian Guoqiang told Deng Xiuzhen that they had carefully searched for Liu Youzhen's whereabouts: there were no records of her taking trains or buses, nor any record of her taking taxis.
There was too little surveillance in the city; Liu Youzhen was only seen on the alleyway leading west, and then she disappeared.
Tian Guoqiang reassured her that he would investigate the case thoroughly and that she should let him know if anything came up.
Just as Deng Xiuzhen hung up the phone, an elderly person from the alley in West Street called directly onto Deng Xiuzhen's cell phone.