Chapter 145: The Leader of the Human Traffickers

Liu Xingang was just one head of a massive criminal organization. He oversaw the beggar operation, using criminal methods to make money for Dong Qi and carry out crimes for the organization.

The trail had gone cold.

Liu Xingang’s method of contacting his boss, Dong Qi, was very secretive. Although they used phones, each time Dong Qi would send someone with a new SIM card. A number would be left on the card, and only by calling that number with that specific SIM card would Dong Qi answer.

It seemed so clever. 

Xiao Yu was unimpressed.

‘Can’t find him? There must be other ways.’

Xiao Yu interrogated Liu Xingang again.

“I don’t know anything else, I’ve told you everything I know,” Liu Xingang pleaded desperately. He was terrified Xiao Yu would do to him what he had done to those women and children.

Xiao Yu looked at Liu Xingang coldly, knowing he wasn’t lying. He didn’t dare to lie.

Was there really no other way?

“Wait, I have one more thing. It might be useless,” Liu Xingang stammered under Xiao Yu’s icy gaze. “I… I saved some numbers…”

Despite being cruel and insane, Liu Xingang was also cunning. He had saved the numbers from all the phones that had called Dong Qi in the past. Although he knew it might be useless, Liu Xingang had hoped that if Dong Qi ever reused one of those numbers, he might be able to do something with it.

What was his intention? Liu Xingang feared the police would one day discover his crimes, so he wanted something to trade for leniency. He hoped to earn some credit by cooperating.

Unfortunately, Dong Qi was even more cunning. He never reused a SIM card.

Xiao Yu frowned. What’s the use? 

The numbers wouldn’t be registered to real names and were probably obtained illegally. They would be discarded after one use, so how could they be tracked… Wait.

A look of excitement crossed Xiao Yu’s face. No, these numbers could still be useful.

***

A diary was found by the police and brought to Xiao Yu. Looking at the diary, with dozens of numbers recorded in it, Xiao Yu smiled. It was a truly happy smile. It was a surprising find.

Was he crazy?

Otherwise, why would he be so happy over some phone numbers that couldn’t even be dialed?

Were the numbers useless?

No, they were very useful.

First, had had to understand how mobile phones worked.

Wireless mobile phones relied on signal waves and needed to transmit signals, voice, and data through base stations. When a mobile phone connected to a signal, it was already linked to the nearest base station. 

So, when one used the base station to browse the internet, send messages, or make calls, there would be records at the base station. By checking the last call made with a SIM card, one could find the location of the base station.

What’s the use of changing SIM cards frequently?

Can you change the location of where you make calls? Can you change the area?

Can you switch locations every time you change numbers and run across the country to make calls?

So, by using these numbers, identifying the cities they were used in, and the approximate range of the base stations, one could narrow down the suspect’s location.

Seems simple, right?

It looked simple, but ordinary people couldn’t trace it. Telecom companies woldn’t help you either.

But the police could.

Before that, though, Xiao Yu had another matter to handle…

According to Liu Xingang, although he wasn’t directly responsible for human trafficking and was just in charge of the beggars, people would regularly send him “new recruits.” Mostly women and children who were hard to sell.

He was tasked with using cruel methods to cripple them and turn them into beggars.

This lead was much simpler, and there were contact details as well.

Xiao Yu deduced that this was part of the gang specializing in human trafficking.

It had to be taken down first.

An hour late, or a day late, and there could be more women or children facing a tragic fate of abduction.

Old Wu, a nickname for a person.

Not a man, but a woman.

When Xiao Yu saw her, Old Wu was dancing in the square.

She was around fifty years old, with a gentle smile, like a grandmother next door. She smiled at everyone she saw, spoke softly, and dressed like an elder from a wealthy family.

Could you believe that such a person was actually a human trafficker?

Would you believe she was the leader of a criminal gang that traffics in humans?

Wu Jifang, female, 53 years old.

Xiao Yu watched Old Wu for several minutes before he was sure he had found the right person. 

As the saying goes, you can know a person’s face but not their heart.

How true that is. 

Stepping forward, Xiao Yu approached her.

Standing in front of Wu Jifang, he asked, “Doing this business, have you ever worried that your descendants might also be trafficked?”

Wu Jifang stopped dancing and looked at the handsome young man in front of her, bewildered.

Suddenly, numerous police, special police, and even armed police appeared around.

Wu Jifang’s expression changed from panic to horror, and then to fear.

Then… she screamed and tried to escape.

When stopped, she began to curse and throw a tantrum.

Two female special police officers knocked her down, cuffing her hands and feet and putting shackles on her.

The onlookers, especially the other square dancers, were all shocked.

Is it so dangerous to dance in the square now?

***

The police searched Wu Jifang’s residence.

Nothing useful was found.

Nothing?

Xiao Yu activated his Monarch Butterfly’s Nose. Then he walked out of Wu Jifang’s home until he came to an underground parking lot and stood in front of a commercial vehicle.

The parking space was not Wu Jifang’s.

This commercial vehicle, which had been parked for an unknown period of time, had Wu Jifang’s scent. The car was covered with dust, but the door area was clean, indicating it was frequently opened.

The car door was smashed open, and Xiao Yu approached.

He saw a suitcase, and upon opening it, found stacks of money piled inside.

There were two million. 

Not only that.

There was also a handbag next to it, containing a tablet.

After unlocking it, he found a folder inside. Inside the folder were dozens of numbered subfolders. Clicking on one revealed pictures of children.

Xiao Yu’s face turned cold.

Clicking on other folders.

This time there were not only children, but also women. The children’s ages ranged from newborns to a few years old. The women were aged between thirteen and eighteen.

After comparing and contrasting through the database, it was confirmed.

They were all missing persons and abducted individuals from all over the country.