Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 817 You can know a person’s face but not his heart!
Wu Aiguo led Guo Heping out of the public security office building and pointed to the jeep parked outside the gate. He smiled and said to Guo Heping: "Captain Guo! That jeep is my car. You can arrange for a few people to ride in my car."

When Guo Heping heard Wu Aiguo's words and saw the jeep Wu Aiguo pointed at, he was visibly stunned. However, because of Wu Aiguo's age, he instinctively mistook Wu Aiguo for a driver from a certain unit. He ordered his subordinates behind him, "Xiao Zhang! Xiao Wang! Shengli! The three of you come with me and get in this comrade's car. The rest of you get in our bureau's car and rush to Guangming Street immediately."

Just as Wu Aiguo led the police to the den of human traffickers, as soon as they entered the courtyard, the middle-aged woman looked at the middle-aged man who had crawled out of the cellar and said to him with a smug look on her face: "Old Black! Those police officers would never have thought that we would dare to take action in a department store. I guess the police in Beijing should be looking for these missing children all over the world now."

When Lao Hei heard what the middle-aged woman said and saw her smug expression, his face suddenly darkened and he scolded her, "Xiao Mei! How many times have I told you not to underestimate those police officers? Otherwise, you will pay the price sooner or later!"

"Lao Hei! I think what Sister Mei said is right. If those police officers are really as powerful as the legend says, we would not have been able to succeed one after another during this period of time." A middle-aged man heard the conversation between the two, walked out of the east wing, and agreed with the middle-aged woman's words with a smile.

When Lao Hei heard the middle-aged man's rebuttal, he couldn't help but recall some past events that he had almost forgotten.

"Sister Mei! I brought back some meat from outside this morning. You can cook all the meat later. Let's celebrate today!" When the middle-aged man saw that Lao Hei was silent because of his words, he thought of the meat he brought back from outside, and said to Sister Mei with a smile.

The shout of the middle-aged man pulled Lao Hei back to reality from his memories. Perhaps because of this memory, Lao Hei suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. He quickly ordered the middle-aged man and Sister Mei: "Leopard! Xiaomei! I think we can't stay here any longer. Let's pack up and take these children with us tonight and leave Kyoto City immediately."

When Leopard heard what Lao Hei said, he felt that Lao Hei's behavior was a little abnormal. Thinking of their mission on this trip, Leopard reminded Lao Hei with a puzzled look on his face: "Lao Hei! Brother Tiger asked us to have ten children, and now we only have seven. If we leave Kyoto City like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to report to Brother Tiger!"

When Lao Hei heard Leopard's reminder, he remembered the mission given to them by their elder brother Tiger. Thinking of his own safety, Lao Hei said to Leopard, "Leopard! We can find a way to deal with the shortage of the three children on the way. The most important thing now is to leave Kyoto City as soon as possible."

When Mei heard what Lao Hei said, she also felt that Lao Hei's behavior was strange. She asked Lao Hei with a puzzled look on her face: "Lao Hei! What's the matter with you? Why did you suddenly ask to leave Kyoto City?"

When Lao Hei heard what Sister Mei said, he thought of the sense of crisis deep in his heart and said to the two of them, "Leopard! Xiao Mei! I don't know why, but I suddenly have a bad feeling in my heart. For safety reasons, I think we should leave Kyoto City temporarily."

When Leopard heard what Lao Hei had said, he showed a puzzled expression on his face. He taunted Lao Hei with disdain, "Lao Hei! When you first followed Tiger Brother, you were fearless. How come you are becoming more and more timid now?"

When Lao Hei heard Leopard's ridicule, he immediately showed an unhappy expression on his face and asked Leopard, "Leopard! Do you know why I was able to turn danger into safety every time I encountered danger over the years? It's all because of my intuition."

Having said this, Lao Hei did not give Leopard and Sister Mei a chance to refute, and directly made the decision: "After dark, I will take the children in the cellar and leave here. As for whether you two are willing to stay here, it is up to you to choose."

Wu Aiguo led seven or eight police officers and soon arrived at the entrance of the alley. Wu Aiguo parked the car and said to Guo Heping, who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Captain Guo! The human traffickers are hiding in this alley."

On the way here just now, Guo Heping had already known Wu Aiguo's name and unit through his communication with him. When Guo Heping heard what Wu Aiguo said, he immediately opened the car door and instructed his subordinates beside him: "Xiao Chen! Go to the street office quickly and invite the street office staff responsible for this area over."

Guo Heping said this, and then smiled and said to Wu Aiguo: "Comrade Wu Aiguo! You just need to tell us the specific location of the human traffickers' den, and leave the rest to us."

A few minutes later, Wu Aiguo led Guo Heping and others to a small courtyard not far from where the traffickers were hiding. He pointed to a small courtyard with a closed gate not far away and whispered to Guo Heping, "Captain Guo! The traffickers are hiding in that courtyard. I was worried about alerting them, so I only watched them enter the courtyard and didn't get close to investigate. I don't know exactly how many people are inside."

After hearing what Wu Aiguo had said, Guo Heping looked at the small courtyard not far away and said to Wu Aiguo in a serious tone, "Comrade Wu Aiguo! You can leave the rest to us without any worries. If you have anything else to do, please leave first! If there is anything else we need your cooperation with, we will contact you then."

Wu Aiguo smiled and replied when he heard what Guo Heping said, "Captain Guo! Before I was demobilized, I was a scout. I will stay here and do my best to help you with your arrest operation." Captain Guo smiled and reminded Wu Aiguo when he heard Wu Aiguo's answer, "Comrade Wu Aiguo! We are not sure yet how many human traffickers there are in this yard, and whether they have weapons. You should be careful when we carry out the arrest operation later."

After giving Wu Aiguo instructions, Captain Guo took out his pistol and said to his subordinates in a serious tone, "Xiao Liu! Take a team to surround this courtyard first. Xiao Wang, find a commanding position to see the specific situation in the courtyard. After the comrades from the subdistrict office arrive, we will decide on a specific arrest plan."

The crowd waited for about seven or eight minutes. The police officer who went to the street office to call for help brought two street office staff members to Guo Heping and reported to him in a serious manner: "Captain! These two are the street office staff members in charge of this area. This is Secretary Zhou, and this is your cousin."

After hearing Xiao Chen's report, Guo Heping whispered to the two street office staff members, "Officer Zhou! Officer Guo! Who lives in the small courtyard in front? How many people are there in the family? Do you know?"

When Officer Zhou heard Guo Heping's question, he immediately introduced him, "Captain Guo! The resident of that courtyard is named Zhang Mei, a widow, and she is the only one in the house. Two middle-aged men came to her house a while ago, saying that they were her cousins ​​from her mother's side, who came to our Jingcheng City for medical treatment and stayed at her house temporarily."

A widow without children, just based on this fact, Guo Heping immediately realized that there was definitely something wrong with Zhang Mei.

Realizing this, Guo Jianping asked Secretary Zhou in a serious tone, "Secretary Zhou! You just said that Zhang Mei lives here alone. How does she support herself?"

Secretary Guo, who was standing nearby, heard Captain Guo asking about Zhang Mei's livelihood. Without waiting for Secretary Zhou to answer, he immediately introduced her to Captain Guo: "Captain Guo! Zhang Meiping has a sewing machine at home. She usually helps the neighbors around with some clothing repairs. Occasionally, she also gets some materials for matchboxes and goes home to paste them."

When Officer Guo introduced the matter to this point, he saw the pistol in Guo Heping's hand and asked him curiously, "Captain Guo! Did Zhang Mei commit any crime?"

When Guo Heping heard Officer Guo's question, considering that the action to be carried out later would require the cooperation of the two comrades from the street office, he simply stopped hiding it and introduced them to the two with a serious face: "Officer Zhou! Officer Guo! According to the clues we have currently, this Zhang Mei and her two cousins ​​are very likely the human traffickers we have been looking for all this time."

"What! This Zhang Mei is a human trafficker! How is this possible?" When Officer Guo heard what Guo Heping said and thought about how she dealt with Zhang Mei, an incredible expression appeared on her face and she blurted out to Guo Heping.

When Officer Zhou heard what Officer Guo said, he immediately reminded him, "Little Guo! As the saying goes, you can know a person's face but not his heart! Since Captain Guo and his men have found this place, they must have enough evidence."

Upon learning that Zhang Mei was involved in several cases of child abduction in Kyoto City during this period, Secretary Zhou recalled in his mind the time when Zhang Mei's two cousins ​​arrived.

As a result, Secretary Zhou wanted to know and was shocked when he thought about it, because he clearly remembered that the first case of child abduction by human traffickers occurred in Kyoto City on the day after Zhang Mei's cousin went to the street office to register.

With this thought in mind, Officer Zhou immediately asked Guo Heping, "Captain Guo! Is there anything you, the police, need our cooperation with?"

After hearing what Secretary Zhou said, Captain Guo pondered for a while and then said to Secretary Zhou, "Secretary Zhou! Our people have already gone to Zhang Mei's home to conduct reconnaissance. Considering the safety of the abducted children, after we confirm the actual situation of Zhang Mei's home, I'm afraid you will need to come forward and help us knock on Zhang Mei's door."

When Secretary Zhou heard what Captain Guo said, he immediately assured Captain Guo: "Captain Guo! There is absolutely no problem. Don't worry."

(End of this chapter)