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The miserable cries became weaker as time went by, and the atmosphere became increasingly heavy, making it hard to breathe.

Following the source of the sound, everyone walked out of the factory and headed towards the staff dormitory at the back.

From a distance, a row of low houses with dim lights on are particularly conspicuous in the darkness. It is clearly the only light in the darkness, but at this moment it is more destructive than the darkness.

After confirming the source of the sound, Officer Ge asked everyone to turn off their headlights and move closer to the house. The closer they got, the clearer they could hear all kinds of unbearable words, with one or two English curses mixed in from time to time. It was Owen's voice.

"This bitch is pretty fierce. She didn't even beg for mercy after playing with him for hours."

"Owen, be gentle, it's still useful."

……

Yi Jie clenched her fingers tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force she put in. These beasts! How dare they?

Everyone who heard the conversation felt bad, knowing that the little girl they needed to rescue was most likely in trouble. Officer Ge had a tense face and gestured to everyone, some of them to surround the house, while the other part followed him in.

Officer Ge winked at Yi Jie and told her to stay outside. It was against the rules to bring her here, and the little girl should not watch such cruel and bloody scenes.

Yi Jie did not agree. She stood silently beside Officer Ge, holding the tool hammer tightly.

There was no other choice, Officer Ge could only wave his hand and lead his men into the house.

"Don't move! Police!"

The gun was pointed at the four criminals present, who did not react at first.

"Hold your head with your hands and squat down!"

After being scolded, they squatted on the ground in fear without even having time to put on their clothes. The police swarmed over and handcuffed them one by one.

Wen County is still relatively peaceful. Even though Officer Ge has been a criminal policeman for many years, he has never seen such a chilling scene.

There were four or five dog cages in the corner, and inside them were real people! Each one was unkempt, with countless scars on their bodies, and their clothes were so tattered that they couldn't even cover a few pieces of flesh. They lay on the ground like tamed pets, with a bowl of rotten rice and vegetables in front of them that was not even pig food.

The person surrounded by several men was Tian Yucheng who was abducted today. Her hands were tied and she was naked. Her originally fair body was now covered in blood and the nails of her ten fingers were all torn off... On the table next to her were various torture instruments, each of which was horrifying.

Yi Jie didn't care about anything else. She pulled down a piece of curtain to wrap Tian Yucheng and loosened the ropes that bound her. She closed her eyes tightly, crying silently, unwilling to say a word. All the police officers on the scene deliberately looked away, fearing that she would feel uncomfortable under other people's gazes.

Yi Jie knew that Tian Yucheng now only hoped that no one in the world would notice her. All she could do was hug her and give her a little warmth. She felt annoyed inside. If she could be stronger, would she not have to suffer all this?

Owen was shaking like a sieve. How did these damn police find this place? It was obviously quite hidden.

After he found Yi Jie, he understood everything. He couldn't control his anger and cursed in English: "It turned out to be you, bitch. I should have tied you up long ago and taught you a lesson. I'd make you live a life worse than death, bitch..."

Yi Jie's eyes were extremely cold as she rushed to Owen.

"Officer Ge, I'm not a policeman, so it's okay to slap him a few times."

"Better not move your face."

Yi Jie understood, and launched a series of kicks at Owen, each kick with all her might.

Owen screamed like a pig being slaughtered, "Bitch, bitch, you have no right to beat me. I am an American protected by the law. I want a lawyer!"

Yi Jie turned a deaf ear to it. What's so great about Americans? They just beat them up anyway.

The one-sided beating ended. Owen had fainted, and the three people who were being tortured beside him huddled together, fearing that Yi Jie would attack them. Yi Jie felt disgusted when she looked at them for even a second.

The police opened the iron cage and tried to pull out the women inside. They screamed in fear and resisted the approach of the opposite sex.

Yi Jie squatted in front of them: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Did you see the man I just beat up? Those who hurt you will not have a good ending. They are all police officers, and they are here to uphold justice for everyone. I guarantee it with my life. You are safe. Come with us to a clean house, clean up, and eat something delicious, okay?"

Yi Jie tried to slowly hold the hands of one of the women. Although she was trembling, she did not resist Yi Jie's touch. She gently pulled her hands out of the cage and tore a piece of curtain cloth to wrap her body. The rest of the women did the same and were properly settled one by one.

They stood on the flat land, covering their faces and crying. For more than a month, they have been treated like pigs and dogs, kneeling on the ground begging for mercy every day, and have completely lost their human dignity.

The days of being unable to live or die made them like the walking corpses. Until today, someone came to rescue them, and their dark life finally came to an end. Even if they don’t know how to face this world in the future, it is better than being tortured to death by these beasts.

The leading woman grabbed Yi Jie. Her messy hair covered most of her face. Yi Jie couldn't see her expression, but she could feel the endless hatred in her.

"We... want to take revenge... ourselves, is that okay? We're willing to go to jail!" She grabbed Yi Jie tightly, as if she would not let go unless Yi Jie agreed. The other women also nodded in unison.

Yi Jie understood that they wanted to devour the blood and flesh of Owen and his gang of criminals. Even she herself could not control the violent factors in her body, let alone these victims.

"I'll go talk to the police." Yi Jie patted her hand soothingly and asked her to let go first.

The woman slowly let go, and Yi Jie gave them a reassuring look and walked straight towards Officer Ge.

"Uncle Ge, can you let them vent their anger?" Yi Jie deliberately called him in a more intimate way. "I will tell them to be careful and never cause any deaths. They are really suffering."

The room was so small that Officer Ge naturally heard the conversation between Yi Jie and the woman. He had no sympathy for these damned beasts, as long as the police didn't do anything. He said, "Go ahead, stop trying to make connections here, and remember, don't hit them in the face."

"Thank you Uncle Ge!"

After Yi Jie told the women what they should pay attention to, she made way for them.

I saw them rushing forward like crazy, biting and beating, with wailing sounds incessant. The torture instruments next to them were also picked up and used until they were tired. Then they collapsed to the ground and laughed loudly, and then they started crying bitterly while laughing, as if they wanted to vent all the pain they had experienced during this period.

"It's time to go." Captain Ge looked at the watch in his hand and informed everyone present.

Yi Jie helped them up: "Let's go, let's go home!"

"Yes!" These women were full of trust in Yi Jie.

Everyone watched Yi Jie pick up Tian Yucheng horizontally. Captain Ge, who was about to open his mouth to help, closed his mouth. This little girl was so strong. No wonder she could take on three people at the same time and was so brave enough to follow him into danger.

Tian Yucheng begged Yi Jie in a low voice: "Don't tell anyone at school, please."

Yi Jie hugged her tighter and said, "I guarantee on my life that I won't tell anyone what happened today."

"Thank you, thank you."

The police station sent a car, and all the prisoners and victims who were beaten half to death were already on the car. Officer Ge and his men stayed behind to collect evidence.

Yi Jie should have left. She tried her best to explain, saying that she was scared and had a headache, then that she felt carsick after smelling blood, but she just refused to leave. She always felt that something was wrong.

The factory was clearly still running, and even if it wasn't doing well, it still had more than a dozen employees. How could no one have noticed that so many people were hiding here? Yi Jie didn't believe it.

None of the four people worked at Shengyang Brick Factory. They all said that the employee housing at the brick factory was too dilapidated and no one wanted to live there. After renting the house, they had never had any dealings with anyone from the factory.

How did they know that the brick factory was connected to the air-raid shelter, and how dare they come here to kidnap people? She could not let a guilty person escape. Even though she knew that the police would handle the case impartially, she still could not rest assured.

The police officer in charge of the case had dealt with Yi Jie several times and had some friendship with her. Seeing that Yi Jie was really reluctant to leave, he could only ask her to rest here and come back to pick her up later.

After the police car left, Yi Jie walked around every corner of the factory and asked Chi Chi to take pictures. She even checked the trash can in the boss's office. She actually found something suspicious.

The crumpled paper had dates written on it, and each date was followed by a number, no larger than ten. What did this mean? If it was a brick factory business, the amount couldn't be so small, it would be tens of thousands. Yi Jie was skeptical and took the photo.

Yi Jie frantically collected information, but she didn't have enough time to look at it carefully. It was really strange. For such a large factory, even if business was not good, there should be someone on guard at night. The boss was not afraid of losing the factory's property at all. They searched here for a long time, but no staff came. I don't know if they were careless or trying to avoid trouble.

Even when Officer Ge took Yi Jie to the car, her mind was still spinning. Everything about this factory was too strange. She handed the note she had found to Officer Ge, who took a look at it and put it in his pocket.

"Don't keep thinking about this case. You are young and have a lot to worry about. Just focus on your studies. I know you want to seek justice for your classmates, but we policemen are not here to just sit there and do nothing," Officer Ge reached out and flicked Yi Jie's brain.

"I know, but my brain doesn't listen to me." Yi Jie touched her forehead in pain, and Officer Ge didn't know how to hold back.

"Then go home and rest first. It's already three o'clock. Children won't grow tall if they stay up late. If you have any follow-up questions, call me." Officer Ge called Yi Jie and asked her to save the number.

"Okay, I get it," Yi Jie muttered.

Yi Jie entered the house like a thief, and when she saw that there was no sound in her aunt's room, she breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately no one noticed her sneaking out. She ran into the room, lay down on the bed, and looked through the photos she had taken.

There is nothing suspicious about this factory in general. It is no different from other brick factories, except that it is a little more dilapidated.

The secret of the basement and the rented out employee dormitories are two major doubts that cannot be removed. Whether the employees know about it, and if so, how much do they know, this is what Yi Jie wants to find out.

The factory's personnel files were very simple and contained very little useful information. Some people had already left the company and there were only a dozen or so people recorded on the file. They were all middle-aged men in their thirties or forties, all native to Wen County.

The factory manager, Wu Minghui, was from the neighboring He County. He took over Shengyang Brick Factory two years ago. Yi Jie remembered that the boss who committed suicide by taking poison was surnamed Wu. From all these, it seemed that there must be something wrong with Wu Minghui. She would wait until the police station summoned them one by one tomorrow to see if they could get anything out of him.

Feeling sleepy, Yi Jie slowly fell asleep. She had to get up early and go to the police station.

In Wen County Police Station, four criminals had been tortured for a whole night and their accounts of the kidnapping of Tian Yucheng were consistent with everyone's guess.

They all said that they only trafficked women, imprisoned and tortured them, and did nothing else. Owen kept abusing them and kept shouting that he would report to the embassy.

"Boss, that foreigner kept saying a few words in English, and it looked like he wasn't saying good things. If I had known, I would have asked Xiao Jie to beat him harder that day!"

"No matter how hard we beat him, he won't give in and speak. He's an outsider and has a big banner to wave. I think it will be difficult to get anything else out of him unless there's solid evidence. Let's focus on prying the other three guys' mouths." Officer Ge rubbed his forehead, which was sore from not sleeping all night.

After the victimized women were comforted, the experiences they described were indeed as these men had said: although they were beaten and assaulted, no one died, and it was only these four men who had perpetrated the violence against them.

"Yes, all the factory employees have been notified and will be here to take statements before this afternoon. The boss, Wu Minghui, was on his way back from He County. He said that it was because of his parents' 70th birthday and he left Wen County two days ago."

"Got it. Send someone to check Wu Minghui's background."

After breakfast, Yi Jie ate three mint candies in a row to replenish her energy. After telling her aunt that she was going to a classmate's house to do homework, she immediately rushed to the police station.

After waiting in the office for a while, Officer Ge walked in with a stern face.

"I told you I'd let you know when there's news, so you don't have to worry so much!"

"Uncle Ge, I know you mean well, but I just can't sit still. Since I'm involved in this case, why don't we have police-civilian cooperation?" Yi Jie looked at Officer Ge pitifully.

"Forget it, forget it. There's nothing we can do to you." Officer Ge looked helpless.

He told Yi Jie the general results of last night's interrogation, and said unwillingly: "We have searched the factory from top to bottom, but we can't find any useful clues to prove that there are other people involved in this factory. The rental contracts of those employee rooms are indeed recorded. If we can't find anything in the next two days, we can only convict those four people based on the current results."

"Why? There are so many suspicious places!" Yi Jie was quite indignant. Were these people made scapegoats while the other criminals went unpunished? With such an ingenious arrangement, she didn't believe it was just a simple imprisonment and torture.

"But we have no evidence. The victim's statement is the same as theirs. I hope we can find some clues when the employees arrive in the afternoon."

"I'll wait here!" Yi Jie had a determined look on her face. Officer Ge did not object and just let her go.

In the afternoon, Wu Minghui and the workers went to the Public Security Bureau to record their statements.

Yi Jie squatted in the corner of the hall and observed these people carefully. They all looked honest and well-behaved, dressed simply, and did not look like they were evil.

Wu Minghui burst into tears as soon as he saw the police: "Comrade police, I really have suffered an unexpected disaster. Who could have thought that so many things would happen when renting a house?" The workers around him also looked terrified.

"Okay, let's take your statement first. You just need to answer questions truthfully later and don't shout in the hall." The policeman in charge of reception said impatiently.

"Yes, yes, did you guys hear that? If there is anything wrong, you must tell us. I believe that the police comrades will give us justice. Life is so difficult already, how come we have to encounter something like this!" Wu Minghui wiped his tears with his sleeves, and he looked like he had suffered a great injustice.

Yi Jie rolled her eyes secretly, what a veteran.

Just as she was about to go back to the office to wait for their confession, she saw a limping worker standing at the back. Yi Jie remembered him, Cao Ding, and the employee file showed that he was from Wen County and had worked at Shengyang Brick Factory last year.

He had an ordinary appearance, the kind that would not be noticed at all in a crowd, but Yi Jie recognized the black beads on his hand!

That is a black gypsum bracelet, which is not something that ordinary workers can afford. Although it is little known in China, it has already been sold at a sky-high price abroad. It looks ordinary, just like an ordinary black stone with some patterns. It is said to have the effect of suppressing evil spirits and ensuring safety. It has been verified that wearing it for a long time can indeed prolong life.

Yi Jie once saw a perfect black dragon stone auctioned on a website for a whopping 120 million yuan. The string in Cao Ding's hand must be worth at least several hundred thousand yuan.

Looking at him carefully now, there was something wrong with him. The skin on his hands was much whiter than on others, without any wrinkles. This was not the hand of a laborer. He looked nervous and uneasy, but there was no panic in his eyes.

There must be something wrong with Cao Ding!