Chapter 72: Poisoned
The nursery and the confinement room were both in the orphanage’s basement. The soundproofing was quite good, so they hadn’t noticed the commotion outside.
A burly, fierce-looking auntie was taking care of seven or eight infants and toddlers.
This auntie didn’t have much patience. She was fine when the children were quiet.
Whenever the children started to cry, an impatient look would appear on her face. For the ones who cried the loudest, she would serve them a slap directly.
The children’s diapers weren’t changed in a timely manner either.
Two of the children had soiled their diapers over two hours ago, and their body heat had already dried it out.
Even outside the nursery, you could smell the stench.
From these details, Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao instantly determined that the auntie inside was no saint! Otherwise, she wouldn’t treat the children like this!
To avoid harming the children, Wu Mengyao whispered, "Youchu, go knock on the door and lure that auntie out. Say this..."
Shen Youchu nodded obediently and then knocked softly on the door.
The auntie inside the nursery grew wary. She walked to the door and looked through the peephole. "Who is it?"
"Aunt Niu, it’s me!"
After getting a clear look at Shen Youchu, Aunt Niu’s wariness lessened slightly. "Shen Youchu, what are you doing at the nursery? Get back to where you belong!"
"Aunt Niu, Vice Director Zhu sent me. A big client is here, and he told me to help you clean the nursery."
A big client?
’These annoying little brats finally have a buyer!’ Aunt Niu grew excited. ’I won’t have to wait on them every day anymore!’
’It’s much less trouble to look after the older kids.’
"Fine, you can come in. Make sure you do a thorough job cleaning!"
CLICK. Aunt Niu opened the nursery door.
Before Aunt Niu could react, Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao rushed in from her left and right!
Aunt Niu froze, instinctively trying to slam the door shut!
But Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao were too fast. They charged forward in an instant and subdued her!
"I’m a Patrol Officer! Stop resisting, or I have the right to shoot you!"
CLICK! CLACK!
Wu Mengyao slapped the handcuffs on Aunt Niu!
The air inside the nursery was incredibly foul. Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao instinctively covered their noses.
Wu Mengyao suppressed her revulsion at the stench and went to check on the children. It wasn’t until she saw the last one that she finally let out a sigh of relief!
All seven children had been found!
There were even a few extra children, either from cases that hadn’t been reported or from other cities.
The children, not understanding what was happening, were frightened by the two approaching strangers and burst into tears.
Shen Youchu stepped forward, not minding the filth in the slightest. She picked up the child who was crying the hardest and comforted him softly, "Don’t cry, Dawa. The big brother and sister are here to save us!"
The child in Shen Youchu’s arms quieted down, blinking his big, adorable eyes as he looked at Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao with interest.
"Poopy. Nannan made a poopy."
A little girl looked pitifully at Shen Youchu.
"Big Sis will help you get cleaned up." Shen Youchu put down Dawa and carried Nannan toward the bathroom.
Shen Youchu’s actions made Wu Mengyao burn with shame. ’Outside, I was disgusted by the smell... I’m not even as good as a child!’
Wu Mengyao stopped holding her nose and looked at the children, asking, "Who else needs a diaper change?"
Several children pointed to one little boy. "Little Guangguang, for shame! He pooped his pants!"
Wu Mengyao picked up Little Guangguang, took him to the bathroom, and helped clean him up.
After more than an hour of hard work, all the children were clean, and long-absent smiles finally appeared on their faces.
The scene was so heartwarming that Cheng Yuan was moved. He saw Wu Mengyao in a new light. It turned out this impossibly cool female constable had such a gentle side.
Of course, Cheng Yuan was also quite pleased with Shen Youchu’s character.
Cheng Yuan had wanted to help, but Wu Mengyao and Shen Youchu thought he was too clumsy.
"Brother, I’ll stay here and take care of them. You and Sister Wu should go rescue our friends in the confinement room! The key is on that Cow Witch!"
"Okay."
Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao found the key on Aunt Niu and hurried to the confinement room next door.
CLICK.
The door to the confinement room swung open.
Cheng Yuan and Wu Mengyao were stunned!
This was simply a Purgatory in the Mortal World!
Five or six children were huddled in a corner of the room. Their arms and legs were bent at unnatural angles—clearly broken!
Several children were tied to crosses, their bodies covered in wounds. Another girl was submerged in a water tank, from which several snake heads would occasionally emerge.
Wu Mengyao’s eyes turned red, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably. ’These children... it’s too tragic!’
"Quick! Let’s get the children down!"
Since it was a girl in the water tank, and he didn’t know if she was clothed, Cheng Yuan rushed toward the crosses to avoid any awkwardness.
Cheng Yuan deftly untied the ropes and took the children down. As he did, he released his Celestial Witch True Essence to help mend their bodies.
Meanwhile, Wu Mengyao rushed toward the girl in the water tank.
Wu Mengyao hadn’t noticed the snakes in the tank. She quickly reached her arms in and, with a SPLASH, lifted the submerged girl out.
Only after the girl was out of the water did Wu Mengyao realize that several colorful snakes were wrapped around the girl’s arms and legs!
Before Wu Mengyao could react, one of the snakes lunged forward and bit her!
"AH!!"
Wu Mengyao felt her legs go numb. She instantly lost her strength and fell to the ground, using her own body as a cushion to protect the little girl.
"Sister Wu, what’s wrong?"
Cheng Yuan, no longer caring about propriety, rushed over.
"Sister Wu, what’s wrong?"
"Snakes! Mr. Cheng, be careful!"
Cheng Yuan’s gaze hardened. There really were snakes—five or six of them. Judging by the shape of their heads, they had to be venomous!!
With a flick of his wrist, Cheng Yuan threw a handful of Silver Needles!
SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!
The Silver Needles accurately struck the snakes’ heads, pinning them firmly to the floor!
After dealing with the venomous snakes, Cheng Yuan turned to look at Wu Mengyao, and his expression changed drastically. "Sister Wu, you’ve been poisoned! I’ll neutralize it for you!"
"Don’t... don’t worry about me! Save this little girl first!"
"Okay."
Ignoring propriety, Cheng Yuan placed his hand on the little girl’s wrist to check her pulse. Then, his expression turned very strange.
’This little girl has a powerful toxin in her body, a poison hundreds, even thousands of times stronger than ordinary snake venom. And yet, she shows no signs of being poisoned!’
"She just fainted from hunger; she isn’t poisoned. She’ll wake up after she gets something to eat! Sister Wu, let me treat you first."
Wu Mengyao’s face suddenly turned bright red. The location of the bite was... a bit embarrassing to mention!
"No, I’m fine. I can handle it myself."
Seeing Wu Mengyao stammer and hedge, Cheng Yuan more or less understood. He activated his Double Pupil, and instantly, his X-ray Vision penetrated Wu Mengyao’s uniform.
Cheng Yuan almost had a nosebleed!
’My God!’
’They’re huge!’
’Who would have thought she had such a bombshell figure under that uniform!’
Soon, Cheng Yuan located the snakebite on Wu Mengyao!
Her inner thigh...