Chapter 435: Secret visit!

As soon as the middle-aged man got off the bus and took off his sunglasses, the children recognized him and ran over to him.

“Uncle Guo, you are here.”

“Uncle Guo, your car is so beautiful!”

The children surrounded the middle-aged man, chattering non-stop.

At this time, Jin Han stepped to his side and asked, “Is the child okay?”

Guo Ping nodded: “It’s nothing. The doctor at the county hospital checked and found that it was appendicitis. I just need to remove the appendix and stay in hospital for half a month.”

“What about the cost?” Jin Han asked.

Guo Ping patted his chest and said, “I will apply to the Red Letter Society so that the child’s family doesn’t have to spend a penny on medical expenses.”

Jin Han smiled and said, “That’s good. By the way, have you got the blood sample reports of those children back?”

“I got it. I went back to the city specially.” Guo Ping took out the report from his briefcase and handed it to him, saying, “The blood sample report shows that both children have malaria, especially Wang Fangfang, whose condition is the most serious. The doctor at the city hospital said that it would be best to send her to the hospital for treatment now.”

Jin Han looked at the report and sighed, “The sanitation in this mountain is poor, there are many mosquitoes, and the villagers don’t like to keep clean. I have to trouble you to take Wang Fangfang to the county hospital for treatment.”

“No problem, that’s what we do, to serve the people.”

As Guo Ping spoke, he took out a bag of candy from the passenger seat and distributed it to the children: “White Rabbit milk candy, which uncle bought in town. Two per person. Don’t eat too much, it’s bad for your teeth.”

The children were happily holding the candies, and everyone was very well behaved; no one grabbed or took more than was allowed.

The children tore open the wrapping paper, put the candy in their mouths, and waited for the candy to melt slowly. No one dared to take a bite for fear of eating it all at once.

The little girl who had given Jin Hanna candy earlier put the two candies carefully into her pocket. She didn’t eat any of them and looked at her friends with envy.

Jin Han looked at her, bent over and said with a smile: “Xiaoying, doesn’t the candy taste good?”

The little girl named Xiaoying shook her head: “It’s delicious.”

“Then why don’t you eat?”

Xiaoying wiped her nose with her dirty sleeve and said, “I’ll bring it back to my brother.”

“So nice.”

Jin Han took out two chocolates from his pocket. He put the chocolates into Xiaoying’s pocket without telling the other children and patted her shirt pocket: “This is better than White Rabbit. Let’s hide it and eat it when we get home, okay?”

“Okay.” Xiaoying nodded happily, holding her coat pocket tightly as if she had obtained something treasure.

At the same time, Jin Hanna stood at the edge of the playground, looking at Guo Ping with complicated eyes.

Guo Ping also saw her and looked surprised.

He walked over in two or three steps and greeted her enthusiastically, “Miss Jin?”

Jin Hanna nodded.

Guo Ping smiled and said, “I haven’t seen you for many years. I remember the last time I saw you was when you were five years old…”

“Uncle Guo!” Jin Hanna shouted, interrupting him.

Guo Ping quickly glanced at Jin Han, who was talking to a dirty little girl and didn’t notice the conversation between the two.

Jin Hanna looked at the group of jumping children and asked, “Uncle Guo, are you familiar with them?”

Guo Ping nodded: “We, the Red Letter Society, have been to this village several times. These children all know me.”

Jin Hanna narrowed her eyes and said nothing more. Instead, she called to her boyfriend Mike, “Let’s go back to the old house.”

Mike was confused and spread his hands: “Didn’t you say you were going to stay here overnight?”

“Just go when I tell you to. Why are you wasting time talking?” Jin Hanna glanced at him, then chatted with her elder brother Jin Han for a few words.

Before leaving, she called Guo Ping to the edge of the playground and whispered, “Should I call you Uncle Guo or Rabbit?”

Guo Ping’s heart sank, and he stared at her warily: “Miss Jin, what do you mean?”

Jin Hanna stared at him with sharp eyes: “Thank you for saving my life before, but now the criminal police in Linjiang City are investigating my father and my brother. You’d better be careful and don’t do anything rash. If my family suffers because of you, I will never let you go!”

After saying that, Jin Hanna walked towards the jeep, opened the passenger door, bent down and got in.

Watching the jeep leave, Guo Ping felt nervous.

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That night, a thirteen-year-old girl named Wang Fangfang got into the Red Letter Society’s van.

She was running a high fever, shivering all over and seemed very afraid of the cold.

Her mother, a peasant woman, sat beside her, hugging her tightly.

Seeing Jin Han coming forward, she hurriedly bowed with both hands: “Doctor, thank you so much, you are a living Bodhisattva. If it weren’t for you, I would have delayed the treatment of my child.”

Jin Han shook his head: “Don’t be polite, we are here for free medical treatment. Your daughter’s condition requires immediate hospitalization. Don’t worry, sister, the medical expenses will be covered by the Red Letter Association, and you don’t have to spend a penny.”

Guo Ping, who was standing by, said, “Sister, your daughter’s illness can be cured, don’t worry.”

After saying that, he looked at Jin Han and said, “Doctor Jin, we are all leaving. Can you stay here alone?”

Jin Han shook his head: “You can see that the sanitary conditions in the mountains are too poor, especially in the homes of left-behind children. They have no awareness of hygiene at all. I want to take advantage of my free time now to give the children some hygiene lessons.”

Guo Ping nodded: “Doctor Jin, you are a genuine second-generation rich man. Your family is so rich, and you have such a kind heart. It’s really rare.”

Jin Han smiled and said, “These are two different things. You should leave quickly and don’t delay the child’s treatment.”

“Okay.” Guo Ping closed the door of the van, then drove his own car in front, with the Red Letter Society’s van following behind, and the two cars drove down the mountain.

Guo Ping glanced at the steering mirror, then held the steering wheel with one hand and dialed a number.

The phone was connected immediately: “Hello?”

“We found a donor that meets the requirements.”

“Where?”

Guo Ping did not answer directly, but said: “I met your sister in the village, she said the police have already investigated you, brother Jun, do you really dare to do this?”

“Stop talking nonsense, where is the donor?”

Guo Ping sighed: “I’m driving now. I’ll text you later. But, Jun, you have to promise me that if something really happens, you must not involve me.”

“As long as the person is taken out of the country, the police can only watch helplessly.”

“That would be best.” Guo Ping hung up the phone and prepared to send out the information about the donors.

But at this moment, a shrill horn sounded.

He looked up and saw a white SUV parked in front of him, blocking the road.

Guo Ping was startled and quickly stepped on the brakes, cursing, “Damn it, you’re crazy, the road is so narrow, why the hell did you stop in the middle of the road?”

Guo Ping was so angry that he honked the horn, but the white SUV remained unmoved and did not move at all.

He saw the opposite car door suddenly open and a young man got out of the car. He had a dark complexion and was very tall, but his eyes were particularly sharp.

Guo Ping was suspicious for a moment, but he didn’t think much about it. He rolled down the window, stuck his head out and shouted, “Hey, can you please pull over? The road is so narrow, how can I get through?”

The young man came forward and asked with a smile, “Are you from the Red Letter Society?”

“You know that, why don’t you give way?” Guo Ping retorted.

“I’ve never seen a member of the Red Letter Society drive such a nice car.”

“You…” Guo Ping stared at him, not understanding what he meant.

Not only did this man not give way, he also stared at the van behind him.

“You…what are you doing?” Guo Ping pushed open the car door, jumped out of the car, and stopped the young man.

“Don’t get so excited. I’m just curious as to why the scarlet letter ended up in such a remote place.”

“What does this have to do with you?” Guo Ping thought he was young and easy to bully, so he said rudely, “Get your car out of the way. We are taking the patient to the hospital. If you delay things, I will definitely make trouble for you.”

After hearing what he said, the young man immediately said, “Patient? Okay, I’ll move the car right away. I just want to ask you how to donate blood. Why are you so excited?”

The young man quickly got back into the car and backed it to a wider area.

Guo Ping returned to the car and drove away without hesitation.

The van behind also slowly drove past the white SUV with its windows slightly lowered.

A young couple in a white SUV saw the painful look in the eyes of a young girl.

“I didn’t see Jin Han in the car, Director Luo, is it them?” asked Lin Chen who was sitting in the passenger seat.

After Luo Rui saw the two cars drive away, he pointed to the top of the mountain and said, “That’s Iwata Village. It must be this group of people.”

“What should we do now?” Lin Chen glanced at the rearview mirror: “I always feel something is wrong. Did you see the girl in the car? They are doing charity, why would they take someone away? And they said she was a patient? I’m afraid it’s not…”

Luo Rui drove the car onto the road and said, “Call Team Kang and ask him to send someone to keep a close eye on these two cars, especially the man driving the Land Rover. Keep a close eye on him.”

“Okay.” Lin Chen quickly contacted Kang Bolin.

Luo Rui drove up the mountain. The road was rugged and bumpy, making it very difficult to drive on.

After Lin Chen finished the call, he said, “Yonghui and Chu Yang just sent a message saying that they didn’t find anything at the dock.”

Luo Rui thought for a while and said: “It will be difficult to investigate with just the two of them. So, you can ask them to find Yuan Biao, the chairman of Yuanfeng Fisheries, and tell Chairman Yuan that I want to ask him for help.

Yuanfeng Fisheries has many ships at domestic ports, and they know more than the police.”

Lin Chen nodded and sent the message on his mobile phone.

Luo Rui asked: “By the way, where are Qiao Xue and Zhang Yong now?”

Lin Chen replied, “They are investigating children who died in car accidents or in hospitals in 92. If Jin Hanna really had a heart transplant, the donor must have been a child of her age.

Moreover, they found a clue that Jin Hanna was immediately sent to Austria for recuperation after being discharged from Shenlan Hospital, and she did not return to China until three years later. “Luo Rui pondered and said, “It has been more than ten years since the incident, and there were many missing children at that time, so it is difficult to find this clue.”

Lin Chen spread his hands: “What else can we do? In my opinion, we should just control that woman named He Lijun. I don’t believe she can withstand our interrogation.”

“Without concrete evidence, if you arrest someone and make a fuss, these people will retreat into their own caves, and it will be difficult to find evidence of their crimes.”

“This doesn’t work, and that doesn’t work. How do we check it?” Lin Chen said discouragedly.

Luo Rui pondered and said, “Well, you contact Qiao Xue and ask her and Zhang Yong to check the shelters and rescue stations in Linjiang City in 92 to see if there were any children missing from these institutions that year.”

“Shelters and rescue stations?” Lin Chen frowned: “Director Luo, how did you think of this?”

Luo Rui did not tell anyone else about the person called “Rabbit”, so Lin Chen certainly didn’t know about it.

“Tell them as I say.”

“Got it.” Lin Chen responded.

Seeing that she was busy, Luo Rui called Zheng Chuan while driving.

The call was connected immediately: “Hello, Director Luo?”

“Boss Zheng, have you found the person?”

Zheng Chuan naturally knew what Luo Rui was asking, and immediately answered on the phone: “We went to all the rescue stations in Linjiang City and didn’t find anyone who met the requirements.”

“Hain’t the Haixi Provincial Department sent us a portrait of the suspect yet?”

“We are still checking it. We probably won’t receive the sketch of this ‘rabbit’ until tomorrow morning. By the way, Director Luo, what’s the situation over there?”

Luo Rui said: “There is no clue, but for such a large criminal organization, the donor channel must be found through shelters and rescue stations. As long as we follow this line, we will definitely find some clues.”

Zheng Chuan complained: “That’s what I said, but it’s difficult to get the documents from these units.”

“I’ll find a way.” Luo Rui replied and hung up the phone.

Luo Rui changed gears and drove the SUV up the long steep slope.

After a while, the car stopped beside the playground of Shanding Village Primary School.

At this moment, it was completely dark, the students had left school, and the school was closed.

After Lin Chen got off the car, he looked at the red banner hanging under the eaves of the school, on which was written the charity slogan of the Red Letter Society, and frowned and said, “Director Luo, what are we doing here?”

“Investigating a case, do you think this is fun?”

“Oh, this case is not easy to investigate.” Lin Chen sighed.

“Stop sighing and help me get the things.” Luo Rui opened the trunk and took out several gift boxes.

After Lin Chen took the gift box, he looked around and said, “The village chief lives behind the school.”

Before coming, they went to the township police station to inquire about the situation and also contacted the village chief of Iwata Village by phone.

Luo Rui closed the trunk and before entering the village, he saw a flashlight shining towards him.

Luo Rui covered his eyes with his arms and moved to the side. Then he heard an old man’s voice calling out, “Officer Luo?”

Luo Rui waited for him to approach, then said with a smile: “Village Chief Wang, it’s me.”

“Are you Officer Luo?” Village Chief Wang heard his voice and immediately trotted over.

Luo Rui smiled and said, “It’s a pity to trouble you, old man.”

Lin Chen handed over the gift box in his hand, and Village Chief Wang smiled from ear to ear: “How polite! Let’s go home. I’ll ask my wife to prepare the meal and wait for you to come.”

Luo Rui nodded and followed Lin Chen around the village primary school, passed a clump of loquat trees, and came to two black-tiled mud houses.

The family of the village chief of Iwata Village is so poor, let alone the villagers here.

There was a dim light bulb on in the main room. The wattage was so low that it could only illuminate the dining table. The rest of the space was pitch black.

The table was already filled with food and drinks, including a meat dish, a plate of scrambled eggs and a vegetarian dish, nothing else.

The wine was in bulk and packed in plastic bottles. The village chief looked at the environment at home, smiled and sighed: “I’m sorry, this is the condition of our home. I’m sorry for putting you in such a difficult situation.”

Luo Rui waved his hand: “It’s okay, we all got here this way.”

Lin Chen sat on the bench carelessly, his eyes sparkling, not caring about the quality of the food or the surrounding environment.

Village Chief Wang poured wine for Luo Rui and said, “Officer Luo, the director of the township police station said, what is the matter with you?”

“That’s right.” Luo Rui looked outside the house: “I met people from the Red Letter Society on the way here. What are they doing here?”

Village Chief Wang smiled and said, “You came here for this? This is a good thing. The Red Letter Society comes to our county every year to do charity, visit lonely elderly people and left-behind children, distribute rice and oil, and give new clothes and school bags to the children.

Our area is too poor, and we rely on farming to make money. If the agricultural tax had not been abolished a few years ago, our burden would still be heavy…”

Village Chief Wang was getting more and more off-topic, so Luo Rui quickly stopped him from talking: “Did they still check your bodies?”

“Yes, especially Doctor Jin, what a good person he is. He has been staying in our village these days, treating children and the elderly. Just a few days ago, a child had a stomachache, and they found out that he had appendicitis, so they sent the child to the county hospital for treatment.

This afternoon, they sent a child to the hospital. Doctor Jin said he had malaria. We don’t know what the disease is. Doctor Jin said it was caused by mosquito bites and uncleanliness.”

Luo Rui and Lin Chen looked at each other and asked, “Where is this Doctor Jin now?”

The village chief took a sip of Sanlouzi, smacked his lips, and replied, “He is staying at Teacher Li’s house. He said he would stay for two more days. He will give the children a lesson on hygiene knowledge.”

Lin Chen immediately asked: “What are the names of the two children sent to the hospital?”

“The boy’s name is Wang Bing and the girl’s name is Wang Fangfang. They are not from the same family. Most people in our village have this surname.”

Lin Chen nodded, immediately took out his cell phone and started contacting Kang Bolin.

Luo Rui continued to ask: “Have any villagers in Yantian Village disappeared for no reason in recent years?”

“Missing?” Village Chief Wang pondered: “No, if you want to say missing, does going out to work count?”

“go out for work?”

“Yes.” Village Chief Wang said, “Our village is too poor. Young people are working outside. Many children go out to work after finishing junior high school. Some of them sent some money home and then lost contact.

I guess he felt that his family was too poor and that they were a burden to him.”

“Which households are they specifically?”

“Wang Fangfang’s brother is like that. He left home a few years ago and has not been heard from since. And the Zhang family. Zhang Xiaoying’s father also left home to work and never came back, leaving his two children behind. To me, these parents are not human beings.

Xiaoying is such a pitiful child, only five or six years old. His brother Zhang Yang is also a disabled person and cannot walk with both legs. This child is only thirteen years old and works hard to support his sister by farming and raising chickens and ducks in the mountains.

Officer Luo, there are many cases like this, not just in our Iwata Village, but also in several villages down the mountain. Young people go out to work and disappear without a single phone call home. “

Luo Rui’s heart skipped a beat: “Village Chief Wang, where do Wang Fangfang and Zhang Xiaoying live? Can you take me there?”

Village Chief Wang said in embarrassment: “It’s dark at night, and the mountain road is not easy to walk on. Please eat your food quickly. I will take you there tomorrow morning.”

Luo Rui insisted: “Let’s go now.”

Village Chief Wang frowned, looked at Lin Chen who was still making a phone call outside the door, and then asked, “Officer Luo, what are you investigating?”

“Village Chief Wang, don’t ask anymore. You will know later.” Luo Rui reminded him, “You are a member of the Party and you must know the rules. Also, don’t tell anyone about my identity and that of the comrade outside the door. Do you understand?”

“This…” Village Chief Wang, who was in his fifties and had experienced a lot, nodded: “Okay, but if the villagers ask…”

“Just say we are your distant relatives.” Luo Rui helped him think of an excuse.

“Okay.” Village Chief Wang finished the white wine in his glass and said, “I’ll go get a flashlight. Both families live in the mountains, so we have to walk a long way.”

After a while, Village Chief Wang brought two flashlights, handed one to Luo Rui, and then he led the way.

On an early summer night, the moonlight hangs high in the sky, frogs croak and insects chirp all around, and the night wind howls on the hills.

Lin Chen walked behind the village chief, and Luo Rui walked to the end, using a flashlight to illuminate the front.

The village chief led the way and turned back to say, “There is no one at Wang Fangfang’s home. Her mother accompanied her to the hospital with the Red Letter Society. Before leaving, her mother asked me to look after the crops at her home.

Now we can only go to Xiaoying’s home. Xiaoying is a child with a miserable life. She is in the first grade of the village primary school. She is well-behaved and sensible. In addition to going to school, she also helps her brother cook and wash clothes. A six-year-old child does housework like an adult. Her hands are full of frostbite and have not healed yet.

Xiaoying loved her brother very much. She took all the clothes and candies that the Red Letter Society gave back to her brother, and she couldn’t bear to eat them herself.

Village Chief Wang walked along the top of the mountain. The road was rugged, and it was night, and the paths were all small, making it difficult to walk.

Lin Chen had never walked on such a road before and she fell several times. Luo Rui had no choice but to find her a branch as thick as a thumb.

“Are your hands made of gold? Can’t you support me?” Lin Chen took the branch, very dissatisfied.

Luo Rui ignored her. He saw Village Chief Wang pointing to the other side of a pond and said, “That’s Teacher Li’s home. Do you see that car? That’s Doctor Jin’s car.”

Luo Rui looked carefully. In front of the house there was a dirt road leading to the village primary school. The car was inconspicuous and not very expensive.

There was a little light in the brick house, but it seemed dim.

Luo Rui ignored this and continued walking forward with Village Chief Wang.

In the dark night, they walked for more than ten minutes and arrived at the back mountain.

Village Chief Wang pointed to a mud house hidden by trees and said, “This is Xiaoying’s home.”

Luo Rui and Lin Chen looked carefully. There was no smoke or lights behind the dark woods. It was hard to imagine that the two siblings would live in such a remote place.

“Director Luo, this place is a bit scary.” Lin Chen shrank towards him in fear.

Village Chief Wang stood in front of the long stone staircase and called out to the house above: “Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang…”

Then, the door of the yellow mud house opened suddenly, revealing a dark hole.

A mass of something quickly ran out from behind the door, moving as quickly as a ghost.

The night wind blew, and Lin Chen shivered with fear. She held Luo Rui’s wrist tightly.

After Luo Rui saw the appearance of the mass, his pupils shrank and his heart froze…

(End of this chapter)