Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 328 - 327: Gu Chen Takes Action!

Seeing that Xue Qingqing was about to follow him to Qingchuan County for the investigation, Lawyer Gu was somewhat worried.

If there really was a crime organization in Qingchuan County targeting pretty girls, then Xue Qingqing could be in danger by being with him.

Lawyer Gu said, "You can come with me to Qingchuan County, but you must bring bodyguards. I won’t feel assured if we don’t have bodyguards in such a place."

Xue Qingqing nodded, "Sure, I’ve already arranged the bodyguards on the company’s side. There will be ten male bodyguards and one female bodyguard. They are all very capable and reliable, all former special forces soldiers. Boss, how many do you want to bring?"

Lawyer Gu said, "Bring them all. This time, the investigation in Qingchuan County is primarily for your safety, and secondly for the case of Xia Qing Country and Xia Ling."

Xue Qingqing smiled faintly, "Alright, boss."

An hour later.

Gu Chen and Xue Qingqing boarded the plane and immediately set off.

Before boarding, Gu Chen posted a Douyin video featuring a selfie of himself and Xue Qingqing.

Naturally, the eleven bodyguards also boarded the plane.

As the case gained traction through Gu Chen’s livestream, it became highly popular across the entire internet.

Netizens also discovered an announcement issued a month ago by the Qingchuan County Public Security Bureau.

The internet was searching for the minivan with the license plate [Qing A3X815], the same van that took Xia Ling away.

The entire internet was searching for Xia Ling.

Previously, due to lack of attention, it did not garner much interest.

But this time, the internet’s interest was fully engaged.

[Wait, where is Xia Ling? A beautiful third-year university student gone missing for a month?]

[Damn, Xia Ling was definitely taken! Surveillance footage clearly shows her being dragged into a van, which has now disappeared!]

[The van is gone, she is gone, how does a living, breathing person just disappear?]

[Could she have been taken to Northern Myanmar? If she ended up there, who knows if she’ll make it back alive.]

[Is Northern Myanmar even a place where people can stay? Lots of people get tricked into going there and are beaten every day...]

[Where was Xia Ling trafficked to? Criminals are truly despicable!]

[To kidnap such a beautiful female university student...]

[I hope she wasn’t raped and then dumped in the wilderness, right?]

[There’s been no news about Xia Ling for a month, and the police can’t find her either; survival chances seem pretty low.]

.....

Soon, more and more netizens heard about the case.

[Lawyer Gu has set off! I saw Lawyer Gu’s Douyin, he’s already on his way to Qingchuan County!]

[Did the Lawless Madman make a move?]

[But Gu Chen is just a lawyer. If he’s going to prosecute traffickers and get them the death penalty, I’d have no problem with it. But how can a lawyer solve a case?]

[Lawyer Gu is quite skilled at finding evidence. It’s already good that he’s able to help out... I hope he finds Xia Ling.]

[Lawyer Gu is awesome... He’s my idol, and no ordinary lawyer can compare to him.]

[I hope Xia Ling can be found.]

....

Gu Chen and Xue Qingqing arrived in Qingchuan County.

Gu Chen immediately opened the system.

The originally gray [Qingchuan County] was now clickable!

After clicking on the system interface.

Gu Chen saw three pieces of information.

[Peace Street]

[Tianlong Mountain]

[Qingchuan Public Security Bureau]

However, these three pieces of information were still gray.

Gu Chen noted down the names of these three places as the clues provided by the system.

Then, Gu Chen took Xue Qingqing to the Xia Qing Country’s home.

After understanding the situation at Xia Qing Country’s place, Gu Chen and Xue Qingqing went to the Qingchuan Public Security Bureau.

Perhaps inside the police station, they could find some clues.

Upon arriving at the police station, the officers quickly came out to meet Gu Chen.

Because now nearly everyone knows Gu Chen’s status in the legal world, and the prominence of every case he has tried.

Moreover, Gu Chen is now a national-level lawyer, not just a small law firm attorney anymore.

In fact, the police officers at the Qingchuan County Public Security Bureau were also quite troubled by this case....

The person had been missing for so long; if Gu Chen was willing to assist, they would welcome the help.

Gao Liang, the captain of the police station’s unit, was also responsible for handling this case.

It’s been a month... still no trace of Xia Ling.

The police had already visited many places in Qingchuan County, but that particular van was nowhere to be found.

Moreover, the license plate on the van was fake!

Now both the van and Xia Ling were gone and could not be found.

Gu Chen said, "Officer Gao, you mentioned there were a few similar cases before; can you tell me about them? Or let me look at the case files."

Normally, outsiders are not allowed to view case files inside the police station.

But this case was special, and combined with Gu Chen’s unique status, the public pressure was immense, putting pressure on the officers to solve it.

Gao Liang hesitated and then said, "You can look, but you cannot take pictures or take them away."

Gu Chen said, "Don’t worry."

Gu Chen studied these cases.

They all had one thing in common: missing persons were all beautiful female students.

At least none were lacking in looks.

And it wasn’t just female university students; there were also some female vocational students—essentially, if they were attractive, they disappeared.

"A total of five similar cases."

"First case, Xue Yaoyao, a 20-year-old female university student, disappeared six years ago, her whereabouts are still unknown, last seen on surveillance near Peace Street in Qingchuan County before the footage vanished."

"Second case, Yue Hongling, an 18-year-old female university student, went missing three years ago, still unaccounted for; the surveillance footage vanished near Victory Street."

"Third case, ..."

Gu Chen reviewed all the cases.

All involved missing attractive females, with every disappearance occurring similarly—they were forcibly taken into vehicles, and then completely lost contact.

Gu Chen opened the system interface.

The system interface was still entirely gray.

Gu Chen then looked at the map again.

Gu Chen said, "There are only a few possibilities."

"First, these girls weren’t tricked into going abroad. If they were, especially to a place like Northern Myanmar, they would surely try to contact their families, rather than being completely out of touch for six years."

"Second, these girls might be dead, killed by criminals. Regardless of the reason, these criminals see the girls as valuable."

Officer Gao said, "Could it be some criminal organizations targeting human organs? Then killing these people."

Gu Chen shook his head, "Unlikely, because these criminals specifically targeted attractive girls. If it were for organs, there’d be no distinction between gender or age, which implies they were after something else."

"This leads to only two possibilities."

"First, these girls were raped and then murdered, their bodies abandoned in remote areas, which is why they’ve been unreachable all these years."

"But it’s unlikely as well since rape cases are not typically committed by groups nor concentrated in one area, as they usually involve variable locations and victims."

While analyzing, Gu Chen methodically eliminated various possibilities.

The nearby officers were somewhat stunned by Gu Chen’s analytical ability.

Is this what makes him a top lawyer in the country?

The way he analyzed cases was astonishing.

Gu Chen pondered for a moment, looking up as a conclusion formed in his mind.

"Given the circumstances now...."

"There’s only one possibility left..."

"These girls have been trafficked! And they’re being held captive!"

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ps: I spent today playing Black Myth, got too into it and didn’t have time to write. Don’t quite know how to write the solving process, mainly focusing on the subsequent court process, where girls were trafficked to remote mountains for childbirth, and the whole village shields it; even local law enforcement can’t do anything....