Chen Gang suddenly turned around and asked, "Who is it?"
I gathered all my strength and kicked him in the groin.
Chen Gang covered his groin, his face contorted in pain.
I quickly ran towards the door, almost reaching the entrance.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my scalp.
Grandma had grabbed my hair and pulled me back.
Chen Gang regained his composure and pressed me down to the ground again.
Through gritted teeth, he said, "Li Ling, you actually thought you could escape?"
He picked up a knife from the side and aimed it at my chest, saying, "Die."
"Wow—"
Xiao Xuan's cries rang out once more.
Grandma's hands began to tremble.
With a loud thud, the knife fell to the ground.
Chen Gang picked up the knife and coldly said, "I'll do it myself."
He raised the knife, aiming for my heart: "Li Ling, die."
Just then, the front door was violently burst open.
Several police officers rushed in and quickly pinned Chen Gang to the ground.
It turned out that these officers were the reinforcements I had called; they had arrived long ago and were waiting for my signal.
The police helped me up.
Chen Gang and Grandma were taken away in a police car.
The sound of sirens echoed as the hidden crimes of this village were revealed.
Many women who had been trafficked were rescued.
I sat in the police car, stroking the two identical bracelets on my wrist.
One of them belonged to Xiao Xuan.
When we were young, my family was poor while Xiao Xuan's family was wealthy.
I fell ill with a fever, and my family didn't have the money for medical treatment, so I had to endure it.
Xiao Xuan saw this and saved her pocket money to buy me medicine. She held my hand and said, "Xiao Ling, we are good friends. You need to get better soon." She gave me candy and lent me her clothes.
Later, Xiao Xuan's family moved away, but she kept in touch with me, and we became each other's only close friends. We promised to be good friends for life.
Later on, I stayed in my hometown for university while Xiao Xuan went to another city. In our senior year, Xiao Xuan told me that she had fallen in love with a freelance photographer. She shared many photos with me. The man in the photos was tall and handsome, and every detail in the frame exuded an artistic vibe. Xiao Xuan was captivated by him.
She told me that she wanted to marry this man. After she got together with him, our communication gradually decreased. I was busy with work, and she rarely reached out to me.
One day, she suddenly told me that she was pregnant. Xiao Xuan said she planned to have the baby first before telling her parents about the marriage. She mentioned that Chen Gang was a good person and his parents would surely like him.
I asked her what Chen Gang's parents were like. Xiao Xuan replied that he came from a rural background and his parents were very kind. She also said that she had moved to Chen Gang's hometown and was living in the countryside, where her mother-in-law treated her well.
I said that was good. A few days later, Xiao Xuan suddenly messaged me: "Xiao Ling, my mother-in-law seems like she wants to kill me. What should I do?"
I quickly tried calling her, but the call wouldn't go through. I contacted Xiao Xuan's parents, and they said that Xiao Xuan was too willful; if she really died, they would act as if they had never had a daughter.
I gritted my teeth and decided to report it to the police.
After reporting to the police, they did not file a case due to insufficient evidence.
After leaving the police station, I ran into Junior Sister. Her father is the police chief, and she is now a police officer. Junior Sister mentioned that she has been monitoring a case involving the cross-province trafficking of women and children.
I shared my experience with Junior Sister, and upon hearing it, her brows furrowed in concern. She said that Xiao Xuan was likely taken by a trafficker. Traffickers are very cautious; their operations are almost risk-free, and even if caught, they wouldn't suffer significant losses.
Junior Sister informed me that these individuals are extremely cunning and difficult to apprehend. To catch them all, evidence must be found. Since Xiao Xuan is already dead, someone needs to act as bait to gather that evidence.
I gritted my teeth and volunteered, "Let me do it."
In the following year, I learned hypnosis. After my first encounter with Chen Gang, I hypnotized him and told him I was pregnant. Junior Sister brought a team with her to the area where I was located. They hid near the village, waiting for my updates.
During my interactions with Chen Gang and his mother-in-law, I deliberately made them feel guilty. At their most remorseful moments, I used hypnosis on them. They confessed to their crimes. Over the years, they had killed dozens of women and sold their babies.
Chen Gang was responsible for finding victims, primarily targeting lonely female college students or young women who came to the city for work. They were often isolated and without friends; if they disappeared, no one would notice. I was one of his prey.
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