Yujie's words left me utterly shocked.
I remember her previously swearing that she had no news about Lulu, and now she says she does. Isn't it clear that she's trying to use this to threaten me?
Given that she's a woman, I had to control my anger and lowly growled, "Damn, are you playing with me?!"
"Calm down and listen to my explanation!" Yujie backed into a corner, scared that I might strangle her.
"Why should I believe your lies?"
"I didn't mention it before because I wanted to keep a trump card for my safety! I really know some secrets about Lulu, but I lost my phone while on the run."
I exploded in anger, "That's as good as saying nothing. Get out!"
Yujie shook her head and quickly explained, "I really do know! I know she tricked two of your female classmates, and they were sold to the biggest landlord in Kokang!"
…I was stunned. Who besides Lv Junlan got tricked?
"How do you know? Where were they sold in Kokang?"
If I could find out their whereabouts, of course, I'd be eager. Whether I could rescue them or not, at least I'd confirm if they were still alive.
"They're near Laojie in Kokang, under Bai Suocheng's control."
"Wasn't Lulu on good terms with the Wei family? How did she sell them to a big shot?"
"Those four families are all in cahoots. Bai Suocheng has great power and controls many industries in Laojie. The Ming family actually ranks fifth but has been very prominent lately.
I learned this from that useless Meng. Lulu sent him to the Yunnan border many times to smuggle people over..."
Yujie told everything she knew, but I didn't hear the rest. My mind was filled with thoughts about Lv Junlan and another classmate.
I filtered through my female classmates who knew Lv Junlan and identified a few of them.
"Are you sure only two female classmates were tricked?" Since Yujie's phone was lost, I had to have her confirm the number and appearance.
"Yes, two girls. I heard one is very pretty and was a teacher in Changsha. The other is more ordinary with long hair. Whether they're still alive, I really don't know."
"I got it. You can go now."
I sat on the stool, unable to calm down for a long time. Girls being sold to landlords is far worse than working at a keyboard in a park or being a casino hostess.
Bought as private female slaves, they'd be mere human toys, worse than the pigs and dogs in the landlord's house.
If you make a mistake or show the slightest disobedience, he can kill you as he pleases!
They might think of ways to torture you daily, abusing you in the worst ways.
You'd even sleep with a dog collar and handcuffs on.
Only by complete submission might you gain a tiny bit of freedom.
"Xiaoping, if you take me out of here, I can find that landlord's house. With your skills, you can definitely rescue your classmates.
I'm not lying. I used to follow that dead Meng out to play, so I'm familiar with the Laojie area.
Lulu and they have huge interests together. Sometimes Meng would deliver people there, so I know the address of that big shot's house."
Yujie didn't seem to be lying, and she'd been here seven or eight years, certainly knowing more about some issues than I did.
If I wanted to rescue Lv Junlan and the others after escaping, I'd need Yujie to guide me.
As for Chen Weiqiang, he was kept as a tech worker in the park, supervised even when he went out. He couldn't possibly know these dark chains of interest.
"Let me ask you, who protects those fraud parks in Kokang?"
"The Burmese military often collects protection fees, and Bai Suocheng has his own armed forces. Peng's army was betrayed and beaten away by this traitor Bai. Now it's Bai's world."
I twitched my lips, saying nothing.
To rescue people from the tiger's den, we must have insiders to coordinate inside and outside. Otherwise, it's a death mission. They have many bodyguards, quick support, and plenty of AKs. Even with great martial skills, bullets are deadly.
This wasn't as easy as assassinating the beer belly general under the protection of the Myawaddy military advisor.
Yujie suddenly looked at the dark window, "Oh, it looks like it's going to rain. I'll go back to the dorm. If I remember anything, I'll tell you."
"Okay!" I replied coldly, quickly walking to the window.
The screams in the park were endless.
Another truckload of men and women was brought in today, and these demons would probably torture people all night.
The wind rose.
It reminded me of the saying: A moonless night is perfect for murder.
"What are you doing here?"
Yujie opened the door and bumped into Bayi and Screwdriver coming in.
"Chatting!"
Yujie awkwardly smiled and quickly ran out.
I turned, depressed, "She came to negotiate, saying Lulu tricked two of my female classmates into becoming slaves for the biggest landlord in Kokang."
Bayi sighed, "My god, this vicious woman is truly evil. At her rate, within a year or so, half of your classmates will be tricked over!"
Screwdriver growled, "We must find a way to call the police back home and report her crimes, or more people will be deceived!"
"It's useless. We have no evidence. Chinese law requires evidence for everything. Unless an insider provides it, then Yunnan police can intervene..."
I shook my head, feeling helpless, and could only hope they were still alive.
With the Mid-Autumn Festival competition approaching, Liu Shiyi no longer pressured me for performance, instead pondering how to successfully kidnap me halfway.
President Ning wanted to kidnap me to use the opportunity to topple the cunning Ace and take over his golden casino.
Anyway, I felt Maodinglun would secretly sabotage. He wouldn't let me join President Ning's armed force alive.
"Boom"
A bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the pitch-black night sky, followed by deafening thunder.
Screwdriver grabbed the iron rod on the window, excitedly saying, "It's raining, really raining."
Torrential rain started pouring.
The wind blew the rain against the glass, making a "crackling" noise.
Rainy night.
I remembered the scenes of fleeing in the Kokang jungle before.
I could never forget Sister Chunyan's tearful eyes, longing to see her family and hometown before dying...
It hadn't rained for months in Myawaddy, and finally, it saw the first heavy rain of the second half of the year.
This storm lasted a whole day and night without showing any sign of stopping.
Because of the rain, the patrol teams outside didn't come out, and even the park thugs with guns rarely patrolled.
"Boom"
Late the next night, while we were sleeping, a huge explosion suddenly came from outside.
…Screwdriver was the first to sit up, seeming very sensitive to the sound.
"Something's wrong, that's not thunder, it's an explosion!"