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Published at 4th of November 2022 05:12:12 AM


Chapter 82

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After Qiu Haolin and the soldiers lined up at the door, Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu also joined in and followed them into the aircraft.

During the flight, Qiu Haolin talked on the phone with the team that was going to capture Weng Li, agreed on a time, and handled dispatch, to avoid giving them time to exchange news.

This time, Qiu Haolin sent two soldiers to the gate of the Lin family villa in advance and showed the documents to the guards. This prevented them from informing anyone, making it convenient to drive the aircraft directly to Lin Zhiyuan’s villa and save time.

When the aircraft landed in front of Lin Zhiyuan’s villa, all the soldiers swarmed up and surrounded the house.

Qiu Haolin walked over and knocked on the door, and soon a servant came to open the door.

The servant wanted to go first to inform the mistress, but Qiu Haolin pushed the door open. They had a warrant to arrest Weng Quan this time, and they didn’t need to be as particular as last time.

“We now suspect that Weng Quan has something to do with a smuggling case, and we need to take her away for questioning.” Qiu Haolin explained his intentions bluntly, and at the same time signaled the soldiers behind him to go into the villa to find her.

The frightened servant wanted to stop them, but was so shocked by Qiu Haolin’s aura that he didn’t dare to move.

These warriors all came out of the battlefield, and had shed blood, not to mention Lieutenant General Qiu Haolin. Every time he does a task, he always looks so imposing, how can these servants face him?

Not long after, Weng Quan, who was wearing casual clothes, was brought downstairs.

She obviously hadn’t realized that her whereabouts in the morning had been exposed, and looked at Qiu Haolin with a puzzled face. “Lieutenant General Qiu, what kind of wind blew you over this time? If it’s about my husband, then I’m really sorry, I’m just a housewife, I really don’t know anything about my husband’s affairs outside. I don’t know anything even if you ask.”

Qiu Haolin nodded: “You’re right, I don’t understand. Of course, we won’t ask any further questions. However, you should know something about Weng Li, right?”

As soon as the name was uttered, Weng Quan’s expression changed immediately, and her eyes began to look unnatural. She tried her best to maintain an indifferent attitude, and even pretended to be even more confused. “How is my brother involved? Lieutenant General Qiu, I understand your anxiety now, but no matter how anxious you are, you can’t wrong people.”

Qiu Haolin didn’t have the mood to explain, so he directly took out the video and recording and showed it.

“Then take a good look and see if we have wronged anyone.”

When the video was released, Qiu Haolin took the opportunity to beckon Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu who were behind and asked them to find Dong Qiulan. The pair quickly entered while Weng Quan’s attention was all on the video.

Because Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu mentioned that Dong Qiulan was likely to be in the basement before, the two did not search other places. Ling Mu was familiar with the Lin family. He knew the approximate location of the basement entrance was in the back garden, so he took Qiu Zhenyang to search with him.

The two walked in through the garden path. The back garden was huge and planted with many tall trees, which could easily make one confused and miss some places. It’s easy to get lost if someone wasn’t familiar with the grounds.

Fortunately, Ling Mu had some impressions of this place. After some exploration, he finally found an entrance hidden behind the dense trees.

“Why did Lin Zhiyuan hide the basement? It’s so mysterious, it looks like there is a ghost in his heart.” Qiu Zhenyang said in disgust, and took the universal card, that no more than 10 people in the interstellar had, that his brother gave him before and swiped the entrance of the basement.

Thanks to Qiu Haolin’s advance preparations, he and Ling Mu were able to enter the basement.

Seeing that Ling Mu was about to walk ahead, Qiu Zhenyang immediately stopped him and stepped forward.

The basement was dim, and the lamps hanging in the stairway were in disrepair and several were broken.

Before taking a few more steps, Qiu Zhenyang’s brows furrowed, and began to resist going deeper. Inside is a stench of decay and rot, making one’s hair rise.

“What kind of smell is this?” Obviously Ling Mu also smelled this strange smell. His face was a little ugly, and his heart thudded nervously.

Qiu Zhenyang had an ominous premonition in his heart. He grabbed Ling Mu’s hand and held it tightly in comfort. “It’s alright, it’s easy for some mice to get in the basement, don’t worry.”

He took a deep breath and continued to walk further in. The steps quickly bottomed out.

The lights here were very faint, so the pair turned on the flashlights in their terminals, and walked towards the basement together.

The basement was a mess, with shards of ceramic crocks scattered all over the floor, along with the stench of rotting food and excrement, as well as some dark red liquid that had dried on the ground. The two held their breaths and continued to shine the light. Soon, a pair of pale calves wearing high heels soon appeared.

“…” Ling Mu was completely frightened, freezing on the spot. The wrist with the terminal fell down, and his face was pale.

Qiu Zhenyang clenched his hand even more, and continued to take pictures there with his cheeks taut.

The owner of those legs is Dong Qiulan.

She was wearing the same skirt Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu saw when they visited, lying on the ground prone, without making a sound.

“Don’t be afraid, I’ll go take a look.” Qiu Zhenyang turned around and hugged Ling Mu, then released his hand to prepare to go over. But the moment his hand was just released, Ling Mu held it back heavily.

His voice trembled, but his tone was firm. “I’m with you.”

“…Okay.”

The two walked over holding hands. Qiu Zhenyang crouched down, parted the hair on Dong Qiulan’s face, and then put his index finger under her nose.

After a few seconds, Qiu Zhenyang heaved a sigh of relief. “She’s still alive!”

These four words made Ling Mu’s whole body relax for a moment. He squatted down and touched Dong Qiulan’s warm cheek with shaking hands, whispering, “Mom? Wake up, Mom?”

Ling Mu shouted a few times, but she didn’t respond.

Qiu Zhenyang immediately called his brother, explained the situation to him, and asked him to find two experienced soldiers to come down. Then he immediately called the nearest hospital and asked them to prepare to accept a patient. After all, he didn’t understand Dong Qiulan’s situation, and he didn’t dare to approach her without authorization.

After doing all this, he turned on the lights and looked over the basement. It seems that Dong Qiulan was locked up for a long time. Although some of the food on the ground was rotten, there is still fresh food, like it was just put in today. In addition, she should not have been allowed to go out, and had to solve basic human functions in this small and dark basement.

As for the blood on the ground, most of it came from one of Dong Qiulan’s arms. Her left arm seemed to be broken, and there were many knife cuts on her body. Although the cuts were not deep, they bled a lot and were prone to infection, leaving her body extremely weak.

The soldiers sent by Qiu Haolin quickly approached them according to the positioning given by Qiu Zhenyang. Both soldiers had some medical experience. After seeing Dong Qiulan’s situation, they immediately dealt with it on the spot.

“Is she going to be okay?” Ling Mu’s lips turned pale, and asked Qiu Zhenyang.

“Don’t worry, they are doing first aid.” His words were comforting, but deep inside, he didn’t know either.

After a brief inspection, one of the soldiers picked up Dong Qiulan carefully, walked up the steps, and carried her out. The soldier said to Qiu Zhenyang and Ling Mu who followed behind: “She is very weak, we could only deal with some external wounds, and the rest will have to wait until the hospital. But you can rest assured that there will be no danger to her life.”

“Okay, thank you.” Qiu Zhenyang nodded, feeling a little relieved.

Before carrying her up, the soldier covered her eyes with a layer of torn fabric from her clothes for fear of injuring her eyes because Dong Qiulan had not seen the light for a long time. After returning to the villar, he carried her directly to the aircraft. Because the situation was urgent, Qiu Zhenyang sent them to the hospital first, and told the aircraft to pick up Qiu Haolin later.

Because they received a call from Qiu Zhenyang in advance, doctors and nurses at the hospital were already ready. When they saw them come over, they immediately moved Dong Qiulan to the hospital bed and pushed the person away.

Qiu Zhenyang asked the two soldiers to follow the aircraft back, while he and Ling Mu went to the operating room to wait.

Sitting on the cold chair, Qiu Zhenyang took Ling Mu into his arms, and his heart was mixed.

No one thought that Dong Qiulan would end up in such a situation. She wanted to marry into a wealthy family and become a lady, but she was eventually locked in the basement, living a life that was worse than death every day, and suffered huge physical and mental damage.

The wealthy family is indeed a place that many people yearn for, but how many people know the pain and sorrow of living in it?

When he was on the road just now, Qiu Zhenyang took some pictures of Dong Qiulan’s injuries, and he also recorded some pictures while waiting in the basement. These are all things that can be brought to court as evidence, and he will not let them go.

Few Lin family members are innocent. Like father, like son, neither Lin Zhiyuan nor Lin Yuhan take human life seriously.

Fortunately, most of the evidence has now been collected. Weng Quan and Weng Li were left to the military to interrogate, and there should be results soon.

Looking down at Ling Mu who was leaning on him, Qiu Zhenyang touched his bloodless cheek. “When your mother wakes up, I will arrange a place for her to live and find someone to take care of her for the rest of her life. If you want to see her, you can go. But if you don’t want to see her, no one will think you’re wrong.”

As a mother, Dong Qiulan really failed.

The final thing Ling Mu could do was drag her out of that living hell, but the relationship maintained by blood was finally broken at this moment.

“En, okay.” Ling Mu stretched his arms around Qiu Zhenyang’s neck and buried his cheeks on his shoulders.

Feeling the wetness gradually spreading on his shoulders, Qiu Zhenyang patted his back soothingly and sighed softly.

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