My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 323 - 31 The Importance of Culture

After breakfast, Lin Xiaoguai followed the nurse’s instructions to change Shen Chi’s dressing, tasks that would be necessary to perform daily from then on.

"How is everything at home?" Shen Chi was worried that the elders at home would be frantic.

Lin Xiaoguai wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Grandpa and grandma said they would bring you lunch. In the afternoon, dad is taking Little Niangao to pay his school fees and will come to see you in the evening."

"I’m sorry to make you worry," Shen Chi said as he held her hand gently.

Lin Xiaoguai was taken aback and then pursed her lips and said lightly, "Who’s worried about you?"

Shen Chi smiled without taking it personally; he quite enjoyed Wanwan’s denial when she clearly cared.

"By the way, what exactly happened this time? You weren’t on a mission, so how did you suddenly get injured?" Lin Xiaoguai picked up an apple and began peeling it without lifting her head.

"Isn’t it because of Chen Lijuan?" Seeing Lin Xiaoguai’s puzzled expression, he explained, "Chen Han’s ex-wife."

"Her?" Lin Xiaoguai was confused. She knew that Shen Chi and Chen Han intended to put that woman in prison, but what did that have to do with Shen Chi’s injuries?

Could it be...

"That woman really has some nerve touching prostitution and drugs, those lethal things," Shen Chi sighed. "This time she came to the Capital intending to ’offer good jobs’ to deceive girls from the Mainland to Hong Kong to work in prostitution, making money from the commissions. To exploit those girls and make money off them for a long period, they actually used drugs to control the women."

He sighed and added, "Several of the women captured this time had been force-fed drugs; it’s uncertain how many will be able to quit."

Meanwhile, the police transporting prisoners had just quelled a riot.

"What happened?" A tall, robust criminal policeman grabbed Jiang Tao by the collar, furious. "Just now, my two brothers nearly got strangled to death!"

Women deep into their drug addiction were uncharacteristically strong, and two policemen, caught off guard, had been grabbed by the neck as the women demanded drugs.

"As expected..." Jiang Tao adjusted his glasses. "I mentioned to you before that these criminals not only engage in prostitution but also possess drugs. We suspected that some of them had been drugged, but it was only speculation previously and couldn’t be stated outright. Now it’s confirmed, although we don’t know if it’s all of them or just some."

"Damn it, didn’t you say no drugs were found?" Wu Chengguang snapped.

"That’s why I said, I hope you can bring the sniffer dogs to the store again. After all, we aren’t professionals. You guys are definitely better at searching for drugs," Jiang Tao said calmly.

Wu Chengguang glared at him; this man was truly unlikable. frёewebnoѵēl.com

"Captain Wu!" At that moment, a criminal policeman called out.

"What is it?" he asked impatiently.

"A woman attempted suicide by biting her tongue due to unbearable drug cravings," the policeman reported with a cold sweat.

"What!?" Wu Chengguang widened his eyes. "Is she still alive?"

"She is alive. She didn’t bite hard enough; only half of her tongue root is severed, but she definitely won’t be able to speak like a normal person again."

Wu Chengguang yelled at him, "How could you not keep an eye on one woman?"

The junior policeman felt wronged; how could he have known the woman would suddenly succumb to drug cravings? And who knew the woman had the heart to do it.

"That..." Suddenly, a woman in the vehicle spoke up. "I know why Wang Yan wanted to commit suicide by biting her tongue."

"What do you mean?" This time, it was Jiang Tao who frowned.

"When we were tricked here, Wang Yan resisted the most violently, even biting off a piece of flesh from a man’s arm. Despite being beaten to the point of vomiting blood, she never begged for mercy. Those beasts were enraged and fed her a large amount of drugs. Then, Wang Yan nearly died on the spot. And..."

She paused, hesitated, and then said, "Wang Yan had already been violated by those men. They said..."

"What did they say?" a policeman urged.

"They said that a tough nut like Wang Yan would cause trouble if kept around, not allowing her to meet with clients. They planned to play with her until they had enough and then kill her. Wang Yan originally intended to kill herself, but those men threatened that if she dared to do so, they would capture her younger sister to take her place..."

The woman’s face turned pale as she spoke, clearly traumatized by what had happened.

"Wait, they spoke openly in front of you?" Jiang Tao narrowed his eyes.

The woman nodded hesitantly. "I think they were trying to intimidate us, to keep us in line."

Jiang Tao glanced at her somewhat surprised, "You weren’t force-fed drugs?" This woman was clever and smooth.

"Hmm," she nodded. "Usually, only those who resisted fiercely were drugged. And... I think they were trying to drug as few people as possible, because it’s hard to control someone once they’re addicted. They planned to transport us to Hong Kong, and with many checkpoints along the way, they likely didn’t want any trouble."