Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 634 Small-minded

The police station staff were pessimistic about whether they could get information from Huang Guimei about where the victims had been sold.

The reason is simple.

There are far too many victims who have been sold off by this old beast!

The time span is more than thirty years!

To be honest, given this timeline and this point in time, the success rate of finding a woman or child who was trafficked thirty years ago is predictably low.

The women from back then may now be old or even dead; whether the children from back then still remember having another home after more than thirty years is also unknown. And after living with the new families who bought them for thirty years, are they still willing to accept... completely unfamiliar biological parents? And are they willing to see the police take away their adoptive parents who raised them and detain them on charges of buying trafficked women and children?

Even if we narrow the timeframe to twenty or even ten years, this remains a social reality that is difficult to fully grasp.

They might even blame the police for disrupting their peaceful lives.

To put it more realistically, unless the birth parents' family conditions are many times better than the current family, how many people who have been trafficked would still be willing to acknowledge such parents?
"But we are the police! No matter what happens next, the current situation is that we have discovered and found clues that can bring back the trafficked victims! Regardless of their future choices, it must be clear that the crimes must be punished and the mistakes must be corrected! Trafficking women and children or buying trafficked persons are crimes explicitly prohibited by our country's criminal law! Since they are crimes, we must take action, investigate all the evil deeds of all those involved, and make them pay the price for their wrongdoings! Let all the bastards who still have such thoughts know the police's firm stance against human trafficking!"

Yu Zhengwei rarely appeared in the meeting room, and he immediately set the tone for the Huang Guimei case.

Police officers don't need to consider whether they can gain full public approval when they act, and they don't need to worry about extraneous factors when fighting crime. Since human traffickers have been discovered, the goal is to dismantle the entire chain of buyers and sellers!

"Besides! These guys who buy trafficked people don't deserve any sympathy! If everyone sympathizes with them, who will sympathize with the biological parents of the trafficked children?"

Zheng Mingxing nodded and added a sentence.

The people in the meeting room fell silent as they recalled the pain and despair of parents whose children had been abducted, as depicted in the videos and programs they often saw; they thought of the parents who had persevered for decades, tirelessly searching for their abducted children across the country. At that moment, no one considered whether the victims wanted to be rescued by the police, or the complex issues of right and wrong—the sudden appearance of the police and their taking away their adoptive parents, which disrupted their peaceful lives.

"Human trafficking is a crime that cannot be compromised! No matter how unwilling the victims are, we cannot negotiate or give up; we absolutely cannot allow the domestic human trafficking crimes that have been so hard-won to be severely cracked down on to rise again!"

Nie Guoqiang also expressed his attitude.

"But this case is difficult for our police station to handle alone!"

Zhang Yong, having just finished introducing the case, took a sip of water, sighed, and continued, "Whether it's finding the victims or apprehending and detaining the buyers from that time in other locations, it requires a large amount of manpower and the cooperation of police units in various places. To be honest, given the number of victims known in the Huang Guimei case, I estimate that the Zhangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau cannot spare enough police force for a full investigation. The main force in this matter still needs to rely on the local units in the counties and cities where the victims live. Only with their full cooperation can this matter be resolved quickly without delay. But given the police station and even the police level in Zhangzhou... to be honest, others might not even give us a second glance."

"That's not necessarily the case!"

Before everyone could start to worry, Nie Guoqiang and Yu Zhengwei suddenly exchanged a glance and both revealed proud expressions.

Seeing everyone looking over, Yu Zhengwei smiled and said, "In terms of rank, we are indeed just a grassroots police unit, nothing special in the country. But in terms of police strength, our Zhanghe Police Station is already famous. In the past year or so, how many cases has the Zhanghe Police Station solved? Big cases, small cases, cold cases, and mysterious cases—there hasn't been a case that can completely stump us! To be honest, outsiders don't know, but within the domestic police system, we are unique! Here's something you might not know: every week, I get calls from other public security bureaus or criminal investigation teams, hoping we can help them solve some case. Hehe..."

Yu Zhengwei became increasingly cheerful as he spoke, waving his hand proudly and saying, "Although Lao Nie and I politely declined all these requests for help, our police station's reputation is truly solid! Which of those other police stations dares to guarantee they won't come to us for help in the future? Or even if they don't go so far as to ask us for assistance, they won't be foolish enough to offend someone with real ability. Or perhaps they don't care, but their superiors or colleagues with whom they have good relationships will persuade them to give us face. So don't worry, Zhang Yong, the problems you're worried about won't hinder solving the case. The only trouble is that we'll probably owe quite a few favors, but we can pay them back slowly in the future, it's not a big problem."

"This is all thanks to Mimi! Ever since our police station got Mimi, our status has changed! Just like those famous detectives, which station would be stupid enough to offend such experts?"

Zheng Mingxing quickly emphasized whose credit it was, his eager expression making Nie Guoqiang curl his lip in disgust.

When did this guy start caring more about boobs than I did?

"In other words, you managed to resolve Huang Guimei's case smoothly thanks to Mimi's skills and connections. That's great, I have no objections, as long as Mimi doesn't blame you for giving her so much hard work."

Zhang Yong chuckled.

The others in the conference room exchanged glances, and thinking of the cat's willful and stubborn nature, they all looked at Nie Guoqiang with a mocking expression.

"..."

Nie Guoqiang was speechless. So he was the one who had to bear the consequences of Mimi's outburst?
Of course, in order to solve the case, Nie Guoqiang wouldn't object.

I believe Mimi wouldn't refuse.

perhaps……

Next, the group discussed the details, and the matter was settled. The Huang Guimei case was led by the Criminal Investigation Team of Zhanghe Police Station, with the assistance of police officers from Zhangzhou Public Security Bureau. Based on the known clues, they went to various parts of the country to investigate the situation of trafficked persons.

The police station takes the lead, with the municipal bureau assisting—it sounds like the opposite of what's expected of them. But the people at Zhanghe Police Station think it's only natural, since the police station has a stronger ability to solve cases and an incredible police cat.

Where did Mimi go?

After the meeting ended, Nie Guoqiang planned to inform Lin Ge of the meeting's objectives. He searched the police station thoroughly, only to find that the guy wasn't there at all.

He looked up at Li Siyu, who shook her head at him awkwardly.

"That rascal!"

Nie Guoqiang instinctively reached for his phone to call Lin Ge, but then remembered that Mimi's collar was still under repair, so he reluctantly put the phone down. He wasn't worried about Mimi's safety, so he went back to his office to work, waiting to see when Lin Ge would return.

Halfway through his work, he felt uneasy and took out his phone to call someone Mimi knew to see if the willful cat was with them.

At that time, Lin Ge was actually in the hospital.

He had just been kicked out of Qin Siya's ward by the caregiver, but he had at least spent an hour and a half with the woman, urging her to get up quickly for an hour and a half, which could be considered as fulfilling Yang Xiaotong's instructions and Qin Suya's expectations.

After leaving the ward, Lin Ge did not go downstairs; he turned around and went to the door of the bed at the far end of the corridor, where Ai Yun was sleeping.

Ai Yun's condition was much better than Qin Siya's. Although she was also unconscious, there was a possibility that she would wake up and recover at any time. The monitoring equipment next to her bed showed that her brain activity had returned to normal, in other words, this illness had been successfully treated in time.

Lin Ge wasn't surprised that Luo Jue wasn't in the ward.

This guy sat by the hospital bedside all night and was only sent off to school by Lin Ge this morning. As for the homework he hadn't done, Lin Ge couldn't do anything about it and just hoped the teacher would be lenient with him.

This child has had a tough time...

"Ok?"

As Lin Ge strolled to the window to breathe in some fresh air, his ear suddenly twitched.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he thought he heard Luo Jue's voice.

The voice was very soft, and it was unclear what the person was muttering to. However, Lin Ge could detect a murderous intent in the extremely faint voice. Considering Luo Jue's personality, Lin Ge's expression changed slightly.

He would never forget that there was another person staying in this hospital!

That old woman who caused Ai Yun's illness and also left herself covered in bruises!
She lived on a floor below the inpatient building, though Lin Ge didn't know which floor exactly. But Lin Ge knew that this woman was the reason Luo Jue was actively seeking revenge.

"Could it be... that guy didn't go to school at all, but instead went to get revenge on Huang Guimei?"

Lin Ge's eyes widened. He didn't want to believe Luo Jue would do such a thing, but at the same time, he knew very well that Luo Jue didn't care about hurting people! Although he had undergone more than half a year of formal schooling, he was still that bratty kid who had received a considerable amount of assassin training and whose moral and legal concepts were weak! In addition, Ai Yun was Luo Jue's Achilles' heel, so it wasn't surprising that he would do something like avenge his mother under these circumstances, given his personality.

Lin Ge dared not linger in a daze any longer, jumped off the windowsill and ran away.

His paws practically sparked as they scratched the floor, the clicking sound drawing curious glances from the nurses at the station. Upon discovering it was the masked cat, the young nurse pursed her lips, said nothing, and turned back to her work.

Lin Ge rushed to the elevators and found that both elevators were still going down. By the time they reached the first floor and slowly came up, it would be too late!
So he turned to look at the department list for each floor posted on the wall, found Huang Guimei's office on the 18th floor, and rushed down the elevator shaft, taking three steps at a time.

When we reached the twentieth floor, a guy in a hospital gown was sneakily sitting on the stair ledge smoking.

Lin Ge didn't know what illness he had or whether he could smoke, so he simply and swiftly leaped over him from behind and over his head, then kicked the back of his hand, sending the cigarette holder slapping his face.

The unlucky guy let out a muffled scream, not only because he had been slapped for no reason, but also because cigarette ash had fallen and landed on the back of his hand, burning his face and making him look distorted.

This unlucky guy never expected that sneaking out to smoke at the stairwell would lead him to run into a nosy cat.

The guy flew into a rage and stood up to chase after him, but Lin Ge, not caring about gloating, simply ignored him. He just squinted and continued running down the street, disappearing from the man's sight as soon as he turned a corner.

Soon they reached the eighteenth floor. As soon as Lin Ge ran out of the stairwell, he unsurprisingly smelled Luo Jue's scent.

This guy really did come to the 18th floor!
That's some serious vengefulness!

He took his revenge the very next day; it had only been two days since the incident, and he couldn't wait to rush over and do it.

Others might resort to violence to vent their anger, but this guy is definitely going to kill them!
Lin Ge was frustrated by Luo Jue's terrible personality, and wondered why Hu Lijun and Yuan Meijuan, who were guarding Huang Guimei, were not there. He could only rush into the ward.

They quickly reached the general surgery ward, which was much more lively and crowded than the psychiatry ward. Besides the various people moving around, there were children crying and all sorts of shouting and scolding. Lin Ge's running was quickly noticed by passersby; one by one, seeing a cat suddenly appear, they quickly dodged and yelled for the nurses to chase the cat away. Of course, some were curious about the masked cat, but before they could even take out their phones, the cat had already darted away.

Ignoring the trouble he might cause the hospital, Lin Ge went straight to the innermost ward.

After a slight push, the door was indeed closed, and neither Hu Lijun nor Yuan Meijuan were there.

Inside, they could already hear Luo Jue's heavy breathing and Huang Guimei's painful moans. Lin Ge jumped up and looked through the glass in the door. The brat had already started to make his move. He was holding something he didn't recognize against Huang Guimei's throat and was pressing it down hard.

If it had been any later, Huang Guimei would have surely died!

So Lin Ge disregarded everything else and quickly jumped up again, grabbed the doorknob, and pulled down hard! But it was locked from the inside, and this time he couldn't budge it.

Fortunately, the noise from the doorknob alerted Luo Jue, who instinctively stood up straight and hid the murder weapon behind his back.

"Cough! Cough~~ Which one... cough~ you bastard~"

Huang Guimei also got a chance to catch her breath, coughing uncomfortably, and began to mutter curses in a daze.

"Open the door!"

Lin Ge, in a fit of rage, kicked the door open.

The continuous thumping sounds, accompanied by a deep roar, made Luo Jue recognize his boss's voice. His expression shifted slightly as he glanced at Huang Guimei before obediently walking over and opening the door a crack.

"I thought you didn't even respect me, your boss!"

Lin Ge glared at Luo Jue standing at the door, then quickly crawled in and slammed the door shut with his back foot.

Then, approaching the bedside, Lin Ge discovered that Huang Guimei's hands were tied to the headboard railing, and her waist was also bound tightly to the bed. The thing binding her hands was a pillowcase from the empty foot of the next bed, and the thing binding her waist was a sheet from the next bed.

It must be said that Luo Jue is indeed good at finding props on the spot, and easily made Huang Guimei unable to move.

Lin Ge looked behind Luo Jue and saw that he was holding a toilet peg. He had used this thing to press down on Huang Guimei's throat, and Huang Guimei was either strangled or had her throat crushed while she was unable to move.

That bastard even wore those plastic gloves meant for eating duck necks, and didn't touch Huang Guimei's body with his hands; if he succeeds, it might not be possible to pinpoint the culprit.

After all, apart from a few people at the Zhanghe Police Station, no one would have guessed that this kid was once a trainee assassin.

"I'm sorry~"

Seeing the unfriendly look in Lin Ge's eyes, Luo Jue promptly apologized.

This is a change from the past. In the past, he would often remain silent, seemingly unaware that he was doing anything wrong.

"You still know how to say sorry?"

Lin Ge glared at Luo Jue, then jumped onto Huang Guimei's hospital bed and looked her over. A careful examination revealed the old woman was in a semi-comatose state, groaning softly with her eyes closed. Of course, her face was wrapped in thick bandages, and half her eyes were covered, making it impossible for her to open them wide. Lin Ge wasn't sure if she had recognized Luo Jue. But regardless, restoring the scene to normal was the most important thing to do now.

Then, pointing his claws at the pillowcase binding Huang Guimei's hands, Lin Ge glared at Luo Jue.

"..."

Luo Jue was somewhat reluctant.

However, under the stern and threatening gaze of Lin Ge, he obediently went to the bathroom to put down the toilet peg, and then went to Huang Guimei's bedside to untie the pillowcases and sheets that were binding his hands and waist.

It was clear that the guy used a lot of force; not only were there marks on both of Huang Guimei's wrists from being strangled, but the sheets and pillowcases were also crumpled up.

Lin Ge continued to order Luo Jue to smooth out the sheets and move them back to the bed next door, and to stuff the pillowcases back into the pillowcases, finally managing to restore the scene to a semblance of order.

However, the needle that Huang Guimei had originally inserted into her hand was hanging to the side, and there was no way to restore it. But compared to other serious situations, this little thing wasn't particularly important; at least it wasn't enough to send the kid to a juvenile detention center for murder.

"If this happens again, I'll kill you first!"

Lin Ge glared fiercely at Luo Jue, signaling the brat to come with him to Ai Yun's ward and stop loitering around the crime scene!
"It's alright! The doctor said the anesthetic won't completely wear off until noon today, so the old lady can't run away. Besides, given her current physical condition, let alone escaping from the ward, it would be difficult for her to even stand up and go to the toilet by herself."

Suddenly, Hu Lijun's voice came from outside.

Lin Ge froze, glared angrily at Luo Jue, sighed, and gave up his plan to escape.

"But Brother Hu, the director ordered us to guard Huang Guimei. It's not right to abandon our posts like this, is it?"

Yuan Meijuan's voice followed.

"Why does she call Hu Lijun 'Brother Hu'? When did they become so close?"

Lin Ge blinked.

Just then, the ward door creaked open, and Hu Lijun, who was still talking to Yuan Meijuan with a smile on his face, was stunned when he suddenly saw another person in the room.

(End of this chapter)