Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Chapter 352 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (63)

How were you scammed?

“I came to Pucheng to find a job. I started as a waiter, but the boss thought I was clumsy.”

She whispered, "They fired me after only two months. I sent most of my money home, and soon I'll be homeless. That's when a fellow villager I met at work told me he could introduce me to a job."

"I went with them. At first, I worked as a waitress, but then they forced me to drink with them. And then?" She couldn't continue.

“When I said I quit, they beat me. They had my ID card and bank cards. They also wanted to check my phone and told me they already knew my hometown address…”

“If I don’t behave myself and cause them even the slightest trouble, they won’t let my parents and sister off the hook!”

This girl, who had always seemed indifferent, suddenly broke down in tears when she mentioned her family.

"later……"

She continued talking without being urged by Jin Shuhe and the others.

"Later they asked me to go home for the Chinese New Year. They also wanted to lure a few more girls over. I said I didn't want to, and they almost strangled me. They even sent someone to go on the train with me, saying they would ambush me near my home. If I couldn't fulfill their demands, this would be the last Chinese New Year my family would ever celebrate."

"I could only... I could only trick her into coming out and say I was taking her out to work."

Jin Shuhe could sense her guilt and even fear.

Even when explaining the facts, she subconsciously avoided mentioning the girl's name.

"Once she got here, she...she couldn't run away anymore."

"When was the last time you saw Wu Xiaohe?" Sister Lü gestured for Jin Shuhe to pour her a glass of water.

The girl kept licking her lips, and the corners of her mouth were dry, cracked, and bleeding.

Jin Shuhe brought her a glass of warm water and placed it beside her.

"Thank you." Kang Fangfang took it and drank it all in one gulp.

"Want some more?" Jin Shuhe asked her.

Kang Fangfang shook her head.

"Now tell me. When was the last time you saw Wu Xiaohe, and what happened?"

Kang Fangfang burst into tears.

"I'm so sorry to her, I'm so sorry to Xiaohe, but there's nothing I can do!"

“We were assigned to live together, but Xiaohe had stopped talking to me a long time ago… I know Xiaohe hates me. I also… I don’t dare to talk to her either, I usually avoid her. All I know is that Xiaohe seems to have gotten involved with that stuff.”

"You mean drugs? Do you know when and from whom she got hooked?" Jin Shuhe pressed, seizing on this point.

"I don't know, I really don't know! But I heard that Xiaohe has caught the eye of the gang leader. Xiaohe is... beautiful."

Jin Shuhe and the others had seen Wu Xiaohe's photos. Although her family was poor, the girl was still very beautiful.

Beautiful, young, naive, and incapable of distinguishing right from wrong.

At the same time, they are unable to protect themselves.

This girl, it seems, inevitably stepped into an abyss that would forever change her life.

The reason why neither case can proceed any further now.

Neither the gang that forced the girls into prostitution nor the drug trafficking gang with whom they had a conflict of interest could determine who the leader or person in charge was hiding behind the scenes.

It seems that those caught now are just a bunch of low-level thugs, and things are in complete chaos. They are all only concerned with protecting themselves and trying every possible way to extricate themselves from the situation.

These people were captured and interrogated, but they didn't even know who was in charge of them. The person was extremely cautious and a very intelligent criminal.

They now have the most reliable information they've ever heard about the leader of the prostitution ring.

Even what Kang Fangfang is saying now, she believes that Wu Xiaohe has been taken a liking to that boss.

"Did you see it with your own eyes? Or have you only heard about it?" Sister Lü asked seriously.

“I did see her with a man a few times, and even the person in charge of us treated that man with great respect,” Kang Fangfang recalled carefully.

I don't remember exactly when I last saw Xiaohe. But all I can remember is that she rushed in through the door..."

"She looked very scared that day, like she was frightened... and not just that day, she looked scared for quite a while. She even started talking to me!"

"Do you remember what I told you?" Jin Shuhe asked while quickly taking notes.

“She always told me that if something happened to her one day, I must go home for her, see her parents for her, and see her grandfather for her!”

What happened to her grandfather?

Jin Shuhe and Sister Lü exchanged a glance. Often, when victims suddenly exhibit such unusual behavior, it's very likely they've realized something, or done something...

"Her grandfather passed away."

"Her grandfather has passed away, so why should you 'see' her grandfather for her?"

"Because her grandfather hasn't been buried yet. According to our local custom, all the relatives and younger generations must be present when an elder in the family is buried. If the younger generation can't go back, it's considered unfilial," Kang Fangfang explained.

"Have you seen that man since Wu Xiaohe disappeared?"

Kang Fangfang nodded: "I've seen it, but only once."

"Under what circumstances did you meet?"

“One day, he suddenly brought his men into my and Xiaohe’s room… I was the only one there at the time.”

Recalling this experience, Kang Fangfang is still very scared: "They ransacked Xiaohe's room and took almost all of Xiaohe's belongings... Before leaving, he even asked me if Xiaohe had anything with me?"

“I said no, but they didn’t believe me! They ransacked my room again before finally leaving. Since then, I haven’t heard from Xiaohe again…” At this point, Kang Fangfang covered her face and cried again.

"Do you remember what that person looked like?" After asking a few more questions, Sister Lü sighed and asked Kang Fangfang, "That's all you know."

"Yes, I remember."

"Then please cooperate with us to create a facial profile."

After leaving the interrogation room, Sister Lü pulled Jin Shuhe into the fire escape, took out a pack of women's cigarettes, lit one with practiced ease, and took a long drag: "Shuhe, what do you think?"

Jin Shuhe shook his head: "There's too little information. Sister Lü, what are your thoughts?"

“If I were Wu Xiaohe, I would never speak to the person who harmed me again. But from what Kang Fangfang said, it was Wu Xiaohe who took the initiative to break the ice with her.”

“I always felt that Wu Xiaohe had something to say to someone, but didn’t know who to talk to, or rather, had no way to talk to anyone, leaving Kang Fangfang as the only option.”

"Sister Lü means... she's being controlled? But she's always been controlled. If that's the case, did she learn something after being brought to the side and controlled by the so-called boss?" Jin Shuhe continued to think along her lines.

“Yes!” Lü Chun approved.

“Once the facial images are ready, the two of us will go and question all the girls who were arrested, one by one! We'll also have the narcotics team question everyone involved in the drug trafficking case. I have a feeling there's something inextricably linked to this.”

Jin Shuhe nodded; he shared the same feeling as Lü Chun.

Just as they had predicted, some of the girls who saw Wu Xiaohe's photo said they knew her.

Not only did he know her, but he was also under her control.

"You mean, this girl is in charge of managing you?"

"Yes, it's her! She's no good either!" some girls said indignantly.

But some girls seemed a little hesitant...

“She didn’t bully us; she was actually quite caring towards us.”

Did she ask you anything?

"She asked for information about each of us, saying it was for better management."

After asking the question, Jin Shuhe didn't even eat dinner that night.

Sitting at my desk, I went through the statements I had taken a few days ago from the girls who said they knew Wu Xiaohe, one by one, and checked them against each one.

Then, we found the common thread among them...

“Sister Lü! These people who claim to know Wu Xiaohe have all confessed that they either lured or forced customers to use drugs.”

“And those who say they don’t know Lü Xiaohe are mostly like Kang Fangfang, they know even less!” Jin Shuhe finished making the form, and as he spoke, he printed it out from the printer and handed it to Lü Chun.

"Good! We've found a common ground!" Lü Chun patted Jin Shuhe's shoulder appreciatively: "Deputy Captain Wu said you're meticulous, but he's said too much."

After listening to their reports, Captain Xie sat behind his desk, took the documents they handed him, and carefully reviewed them.

"You suspect Wu Xiaohe because she's connected to that boss, so she was appointed to manage these girls involved in drugs, in order to create a new and darker industry chain?"

"Does that mean that the man Kang Fangfang mentioned who was with Wu Xiaohe several times, the one whose portrait was made, is the leader of the prostitution ring?"

I don't think so!

Under Xie's gaze, Jin Shuhe spoke.

"Oh? What evidence do you have?"

“No.” Jin Shuhe shook his head: “In Kang Fangfang’s statement, she said that after Wu Xiaohe disappeared, that man appeared again and led people to search Kang Fangfang and Wu Xiaohe’s residence.”

"Ah."

“If that man is the leader of the organization, even if he has a different relationship with Wu Xiaohe, I don’t think he would lead a search party to Wu Xiaohe’s residence. That doesn’t seem like something a shrewd criminal gang leader would do. It doesn’t match what we’ve observed about him during our investigation.”

"This is just your guess, there's no information to corroborate it." Captain Xie took a sip of tea.

“Yes, but there’s no more information now.” Jin Shuhe did not back down.

Wu Chun frowned and said, "I agree with Shu He. We haven't found this person yet. And so far, no one has said they've seen him recently."

"If you have doubts, go find evidence. Report any problems to me immediately!"

After leaving the office, Jin Shuhe said solemnly, "Sister Lü, thank you."

“Why thank me? We all have to do this! If you have doubts, you have to stick to your own opinion until those doubts are completely eliminated. If you don’t stick to your own opinion, how can you convince others?” Lü Chun called Chen Mingkang.

"How's your fieldwork and investigation going?"

"Something's not right, little auntie!" Chen Mingkang's clearly tired voice came from the other side.

"This drug trafficking gang seems rather disorganized. It appears to have a long reach, but upon closer inspection, its structure appears loose. The narcotics enforcement also says it's different from the ones they've arrested before..."

Lü Chun opened the speakerphone.

"Brother Chen, do you think... it's possible that this entire drug trafficking gang is being controlled by someone? And what methods did the person behind it use to divert our attention from them?"

"That's what Captain He said too! You're pretty good, kid, your thinking is so fast now!"

Chen Mingkang continued, "No matter what, we have to continue the investigation. Have you made any progress on your end?"

"I guess so... I still need to verify it, I'll hang up now." Lü Chun hung up the phone.

"Let's go grab a late-night snack! It's only been a few days, and your face has already gotten noticeably thinner!"

"Is there?" Jin Shuhe raised his hand and touched it.

If he really loses a lot of weight, Sister Li Ruan will be worried.

Jin Shuhe repeatedly went through those testimonies until he was so sleepy that he could barely keep his eyes open. He lay down on the bed in the lounge and fell asleep in a second.

Suddenly, he sat up abruptly from the bed, grabbed his shirt, and headed out!

"Sister Lü!"

Lü Chun was in the lounge next door.

"What's wrong?" Lu Chun opened the door for him in a daze and saw Jin Shuhe looking serious and somewhat excited.

"Sister! Let's go to Wu Xiaohe's hometown!"

"Huh?" Lu Chun was not quite awake when she was pulled upstairs by a child with a lot of strength.

"Her grandfather... Wu Xiaohe mentioned her grandfather repeatedly. You also said that Wu Xiaohe's attitude was very strange. Especially towards Kang Fangfang, the thing she talked about most with Kang Fangfang was that she wanted to go home and see her grandfather for her!"

Lü Chun frowned.

"Do you remember Kang Fangfang saying that those people used to say they were going to ambush her house? And Wu Xiaohe's brother and parents also mentioned that their house had been burgled!"

Lü Chun nodded.

This was seen in the files sent from the local police station.

Wu's parents and brother mentioned this when giving their statements, but it had nothing to do with Wu Xiaohe's disappearance.

Therefore, it has always been overlooked.

“Okay.” Although Lü Chun felt there was still no evidence, she was willing to believe Jin Shuhe’s analysis.

"Report to Deputy Captain Wu."

"Sis, are you coming with me?"

"What's wrong? You don't want to come with me?"

"no……"

The two of them set off together.

The last message Lu Liruan received from Jin Shuhe was that he told her he was going on a business trip to another city for a few days.

I might be pressed for time and sometimes can't reply to her messages promptly.

At first, Lu Liruan didn't think much of it. But after a few days, Jin Shuhe hadn't replied to any of her messages, and Lu Liruan began to feel uneasy...

That day, Lu Liruan was sitting at the table editing a video, her mind elsewhere, when suddenly her phone rang.

Lu Liruan's heart skipped a beat, as if she had suddenly lost her balance and fallen to the bottom of a valley.

I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling about this.

"Hello." As she answered the phone, Lu Liruan pressed her hand to her chest, feeling her heart pounding wildly…