Chapter 811: Heading to Qingzhou and Heishan
Zhang Haiyan had never done time in prison, nor had she been in a detention center, so she couldn’t comprehend what it was like in there.
But she knew that if the police truly placed a child abductor to live with her...
Zhang Haiyan had no doubt that once the other person knew she was a trafficker, they would tear her apart.
She herself had children.
Zhang Haiyan understood that a mother would go to any lengths to recover her lost child.
"Someone come!"
"Someone come!"
"I want to see your superior!"
"I confess! I’ll explain everything!"
"I want to make amends for my crimes!"
The more a suspect resists interrogation initially, the more completely they confess after their psychological defenses are breached.
Zhang Haiyan was a typical example.
...
Early the next morning, Lu Chuan and the others set out with dark circles under their eyes.
The information about Qingzhou and Heishan was accurate.
Zhang Haifeng wasn’t lying.
In the past two years, the two had indeed abducted only three children, two of whom were indeed sold to Qingzhou and Heishan.
Even before Zhang Haifeng got involved, Zhang Haiyan herself had trafficked three children.
Also in Qingzhou and Heishan.
Qingzhou and Heishan are mountainous regions.
"I used to know a friend from work, learned from her about a place where there are fewer boys."
Zhang Haiyan had subordinates.
A local person was helping Zhang Haiyan find buyers.
"She helped me make connections, but during transactions, I dealt directly and gave her a commission."
"That area is quite secluded, you take a train to get there, then a bus, and finally you have to walk for a day."
Last night, Zhang Haiyan had already detailed the specific locations of the five children sold.
Early today, Lu Chuan led six people and drove two cars toward Heishan.
Qingzhou is about 600 kilometers from Haizhou City.
From Qingzhou, heading another 100 kilometers west is Heishan.
The two places aren’t far apart.
One is on this side of the mountain, the other on the other side.
Lu Chuan and the others’ first destination was Qingzhou.
In Gourd Village, West Valley Town, Huangcheng County, there are two children.
Another village has one child.
The remaining two children are in Heishan, both in Sun Family Valley Town, Baishui County.
"Catch some sleep on the road, get well-rested."
Last night’s interrogation of Zhang Haiyan lasted all night until dawn.
Lu Chuan and Wang Zhaokai didn’t sleep a wink.
Meanwhile, Zhang Hui on the other side was also busy.
Zhang Haiyan also confessed to the source of the birth certificates.
The birth certificates were sold to her by a person named Qian San.
Two thousand yuan per certificate.
The two met in Qingzhou.
"There are many people buying children over there, many go there to buy goods, we met in the town."
"Qian San runs a small supermarket in West Valley Town, when we want goods, we go directly to the supermarket to conduct transactions."
The birth certificate case has been continuously followed up by Zhang Hui, so this time Lu Chuan notified Zhang Hui to join them in Qingzhou City.
They set off in the morning and around 5 p.m. arrived at Huangcheng County.
Huangcheng County Public Security Bureau.
Lu Chuan and the others had already contacted the Huangcheng County Public Security Bureau prior to departure.
The person responsible for liaising with them was Chen Yang, the captain of the criminal investigation team at Huangcheng County Public Security Bureau.
"Captain Chen, we’re relying on you this time."
Lu Chuan and Zhang Hui got out of the car and were greeted by someone.
"Captain Lu, Captain Zhang, no need for formalities, we’re all family here, nothing is troublesome."
"Let’s go, let’s talk in the team first."
The action wasn’t urgent.
Lu Chuan and Zhang Hui still didn’t know the situation here, the rescue operation definitely depended on local forces.
In the meeting room, Lu Chuan first reported the situation.
"Currently, we understand that there are two children in Gourd Village, West Valley Town, as well as one child in nearby Victory Village."
"All sold here within the past three years."
Having heard the general situation introduced by Lu Chuan, Chen Yang sighed.
"The situation over at West Valley Town is quite complicated, we’ve already conducted no less than 10 rescue operations there in the past two years."
"There have been others before?"
Chen Yang nodded: "West Valley Town is particularly remote, in the far west of our Huangcheng County."
"Transportation there is inconvenient, after arriving from the county to West Valley Town, if wanting to enter the village you have to walk the mountain roads, there’s no road, you have to cross the mountains."
"For many years, the place had few people going out for schooling due to the accessibility issues."
"The local government has also built schools there and gradually sent several volunteer teachers, but later they all ran away."
"Later, a female volunteer teacher also had an incident in the mountains, so no one has gone again."
"What incident?"
"Oh, it’s hard to explain, it’s difficult to find brides there, in the secluded valleys, no one marries there, very poor..."
Chen Yang didn’t say it explicitly, but the meaning was clear.
"There’s not only child trafficking into the area, but in previous years, several women were also trafficked there."
"We organized several rescue operations, but the situation is very difficult."
Difficult?
"For certain reasons..."
"Captain Lu, when you called us this morning, I knew this matter would be very challenging."
Zhang Hui and Lu Chuan exchanged glances.
The situation Chen Yang described indeed exceeded their expectations.
Originally, it was thought that this rescue operation should be relatively simple, just go in, find where the family is, and rescue the children.
But if it’s as Chen Yang described, this rescue operation, if done openly, may very well fail again.
"What happened to the previous teams?"
"What can we do, we’ve secretly sent people in twice, and managed to secretly rescue people successfully, but there are still three trafficked women inside whom we haven’t rescued."
"Knowing there are trafficking victims inside, but...unable to rescue?"
"Yes, we have to also consider the health conditions of those being rescued."
"The village exits directly to mountain roads, so after rescuing the person, leaving is a challenge."
"A year ago, we secretly rescued one person, but the trafficked person suffered long-term malnutrition, unable to walk the mountain roads..."
"At that time, it was impossible, our team could only withdraw first."