The Case of Love

Chapter 79 Guarding
"You posted it on your Moments, and I saw it by accident." Zhou Yifeng answered casually.

"Oh, I forgot I posted this." Su Xiaohan didn't expect that he would pay attention to her circle of friends and remember her preferences.

Arriving at the door of the ward, Su Xiaohan gently pushed it open. Xia Mo's mother, Lin Wan, was still sobbing softly. Xia Mo's father, Xia Dongjun, gently stroked his wife's back, trying to comfort her.

Seeing Su Xiaohan and Zhou Yifeng come in, Xia Dongjun slowly stood up. Lin Wan was still looking at her daughter, immersed in painful emotions and unable to extricate herself.

Su Xiaohan introduced Zhou Yifeng to Xia Dongjun. Upon learning that Zhou Yifeng was the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, Xia Dongjun stepped forward and shook Zhou Yifeng's hand tightly, saying gratefully: "Captain Zhou, thank you for saving my daughter! I really don't know how to thank you!"

Zhou Yifeng glanced at Su Xiaohan and said to Xia Dongjun, "You're welcome. This is what we police officers should do. If you must thank someone, thank Xiaohan. If it weren't for her, we wouldn't have found Xia Mo so quickly."

“Xiao Han is a good child. She has been helping us find Xiao Mo. In the past two years, we have been in despair, thinking that we would never see Xiao Mo again. It was Xiao Han who never gave up!” When Xia Dongjun got excited, tears filled his eyes and burst out in an instant.

"Uncle Xia, I've said before, Xia Mo and I are like real sisters. It's my responsibility to find her! It would be impolite to thank me!" Su Xiaohan said emotionally.

Xia Dongjun nodded and said with relief: "Good boy, Uncle Xia won't say anything more!"

As he spoke, Zhou Yifeng walked to the bedside, his eyes lingering on Xia Mo's dull face, and said to Su Xiaohan: "Xiaohan, find a psychiatrist to see her. Her mental illness is more serious than her physical illness."

"When she feels better, I'll ask a doctor to come over," Su Xiaohan replied.

The two stayed in the room for a while, and Zhou Yifeng received a call from Li Zhisong, saying that Ma Nan and his team had brought back the rescued women. Su Xiaohan wanted to go back to the bureau with her, but he stopped her. He gave her a few days off so that she could concentrate on accompanying Xia Mo.

Looking at Xia Mo lying on the bed, Su Xiaohan did not insist on going back with him.

These days, Xia Mo was very resistant to everyone, especially strange men. Su Xiaohan was afraid of irritating her, so she explained the situation to the hospital and changed her attending doctor to a female doctor.

What made Su Xiaohan and Xia Mo's parents sad was that Xia Mo's physical condition was much worse than they had imagined. The long-term beatings and torture left her with new scars on top of old ones. In addition, she had experienced miscarriage. It was this accidental miscarriage that caused serious damage to her uterus. Even though she had sex with Liu Shuangquan for the past two years, she was unable to get pregnant again.

Su Xiaohan felt distressed and angry. She wanted to beat up Liu Shuangquan and avenge Xia Mo. Tears mixed with sweat fell from her cheeks. She endured and restrained herself, not letting herself go crazy.

The phone in her pocket vibrated. Su Xiaohan swiped the screen and saw a message from Li Zhisong: "Junior sister, one of the women rescued by Ma Nan and others is mentally ill. She hides when she sees a man. We can't get close to her, and she won't say anything when we ask her. The boss didn't let me look for you, but I think maybe you have a way." "Okay, Xia Mo is asleep, I'll go back and see." Su Xiaohan wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve. Now was not the time for her to be vulnerable and angry. Instead of being like this, she might as well cheer up and help these devastated women.

Back at the police station, Ma Nan and Su Xiaohan explained the situation. Based on the clues, they went to the home of villager Zhao and rescued the trapped woman. The woman's miserable condition moved Ma Nan and the other men. Her clothes were dirty, her mental state was very bad, and she couldn't communicate normally.

According to their investigation, Zhao actually already had a family, and his family knew about the existence of this woman, but they all chose to conceal it, simply because Zhao's legal wife was infertile and needed the help of this purchased daughter-in-law to have children.

In order to confirm the woman's identity, Ma Nan re-interrogated the trafficker. According to his confession, he learned that the woman had been trafficked twice in five years. If he checked further, he could not find any trace because the time interval was too long.

Unable to find any clues from the traffickers, they could only try to get information from the woman. However, the woman's mental state was always very bad, and no valuable information could be obtained from her, which made Ma Nan and his team at a loss.

After understanding the situation, Su Xiaohan was not very sure, but she wanted to give it a try. She wanted to do her best to help innocent female compatriots who were persecuted like Xia Mo.

Since no information matching the woman could be found in the DNA database, Su Xiaohan posted the news of the woman's search for her family online, hoping to use the power of the public to help her return home. But a month later, there was still no news about the woman's family. However, after some treatment, the woman's condition was under control, and they learned that her name was Yang Chunmei. But other than that, there was no other information, and she just repeated her wish to go home over and over again.

On weekends, Su Xiaohan went to the nursing home to see Xia Mo and pushed her for a walk in the hospital.

The spring sky is azure blue, with a breeze blowing from time to time. Under the warm sunshine, the fair skin of late summer seems to be coated with a layer of golden film, and the whole person exudes a gentle and peaceful temperament.

If she didn't know what she had been through, Su Xiaohan would have had the illusion that they were still strolling in the high school campus, still carefree and full of youthful vigor. But time has passed, and everything has changed. She doesn't know if she can save Xia Mo from that world and let her return to the human world.

She pushed Xia Mo to the bench, sat down next to her, put her arm around her shoulders, and said to herself, "Mo Mo, you know, I have fantasized about meeting you countless times in the past few years, thinking about us sitting side by side and chatting like we are today. But now that my wish has come true, I can't be happy. I hope you can get better and see those who hurt you punished by law! All the suffering is over, believe me, your future will be bright, I will always protect you and won't let you get hurt even a little bit! I have the ability to protect you now!"

After Su Xiaohan finished speaking, Xia Mo, who had been silent all the time, suddenly looked at her. There was forbearance, grievance and deep helplessness in his eyes.

Su Xiaohan was overjoyed. For so many days, no matter what they said, Xia Mo had no reaction. Her current behavior showed that she could hear what she said. Su Xiaohan hugged her tightly and comforted her softly, "Mo Mo, you have a loving father and mother, and me. Everything will be fine."

Xia Mo leaned on Su Xiaohan's shoulder, two lines of tears silently sliding down her cheeks.