The country road was pitch black. Yu Hanjiang could still use the moonlight to find his way, but after walking only two kilometers, a dark cloud suddenly blocked out the moonlight. Immediately afterward, a bolt of lightning ripped through the night sky, followed by a deafening clap of thunder. A torrential downpour began, soaking him completely in an instant.
Yu Hanjiang didn't use an umbrella, nor did he care about getting soaked. He used roadside tree branches as footholds. In the downpour, the man moved like a swift swimmer, leaping across the rain at speeds several times faster than a sports car at full throttle. He had to race against time to find Xiao Lou as soon as possible. Only after confirming the safety of Xiao Lou, Ye Qi, and Lao Mo could Shao Qingge and the other three find a way to escape.
It only took Yu Hanjiang 5 minutes to reach the first fork in the road.
He had memorized the map of the town's surroundings; turning left onto this road and driving another ten kilometers would lead to Qinghe Village.
In the pitch-black rainy night, unable to see his surroundings, Yu Hanjiang dared not turn on his lights to attract the kidnappers' attention. He continued to grope his way forward, and soon, some faint lights appeared in his field of vision.
We arrived at Qinghe Village, and there were a few villas where the lights were still on, even though people were staying up all night.
Yu Hanjiang climbed down from the tree branch and used the dim light to observe his surroundings.
Qinghe Village is surrounded by dozens of acres of plum blossom forest. No matter which direction the kidnappers entered the village from, they would be covered in the fragrance of plum blossoms. The night's downpour knocked down many petals, and the air was filled with the cool scent of plum blossoms and the smell of earth.
The village is very large, and we still need to continue searching for Xiao Lou's exact location.
Yu Hanjiang quickly entered the village and hurried along the main road.
The sound of dogs barking came from not far away, along with the sound of rain.
The heavy rain interfered with the eavesdropping device's effectiveness. Perhaps Ye Qi had placed the device more than 500 meters away from him, as Yu Hanjiang still couldn't hear any sound from it. While continuing his patrol in the village, he used the Telepathic Connection to ask Xiao Lou, "It's raining outside, can you hear the rain?"
"Rain?" Xiao Lou pricked up his ears to listen carefully, then frowned slightly. "I can't hear you."
With such heavy rain, how come I can't hear any rain at all? This means that Xiao Lou's location has no windows and is not an ordinary flat-roofed house; otherwise, the sound of rain hitting the roof would be audible.
"Can't you hear anything at all?" Yu Hanjiang asked again to confirm.
"Yes, it's very quiet here, there's no sound at all." Xiao Lou paused, then asked in his mind, "Where are you?"
"Based on the plum blossom scent you mentioned, I've located Qinghe Village, and I'm currently in the village."
Yu Hanjiang's gaze swept over the surrounding buildings.
Xiao Lou couldn't hear the rain, so it's impossible for him to be locked in a regular villa, because the villas in this village all live in large courtyards, single-story houses, and most of them have windows. With such heavy rain, he would definitely be able to hear it if he stayed indoors.
unless...
Xiao Lou was locked in a dark, sunless basement.
The basement is a closed space with no windows and no direct connection to the outside. Therefore, you can't hear any sound when it rains in the basement. Xiao Lou's description of the cement floor, iron door, and closed space does indeed match the characteristics of a basement.
To imprison Xiao Lou, Ye Qi, and Lao Mo, and to keep the three of them in separate rooms, the basement must be very large. Villagers usually don't design basements for these bungalows. Where is Xiao Lou?
Yu Hanjiang frowned and pondered for a moment before continuing his search along the village's main road, looking for any tall buildings. He flew high into the sky and looked around; there were no tall buildings, only single-story bungalows.
Just as he flew along the main road to the end of the village, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck down from the sky—in the pitch-black night, the lightning, like a sharp knife, ripped through the sky, and under the blinding white light, a three-story building appeared right before his eyes.
The lightning lasted only for a brief two seconds before darkness returned.
But that fleeting image was clearly etched into Yu Hanjiang's eyes—
It was a newly completed building, the exterior unpainted, the cement walls appearing unusually cold after being washed by the torrential rain. The building was quite large, and it was highly likely that a basement of similar size would be constructed. Moreover, a large patch of plum blossoms was planted right behind the building.
Yu Hanjiang took a deep breath and quietly approached the building.
The torrential rain pounded against the building, creating a noisy sound. The sounds outside were different from those inside the eavesdropping device, which remained silent. Yu Hanjiang used his Lightness Skill Card to fly directly to the roof of the building, drawing two cards from the card holder: a Night Demon military knife and a pistol.
After getting ready, he whispered in the Telepathic Connection channel, " Xiao Lou, give me a hand."
Xiao Lou immediately replied, "Okay, go ahead."
"If nothing unexpected happens, I should be on the roof of the building where you're being held right now. Xiao Ye left me an eavesdropping device; try to make a sound so I can hear you."
If he could hear it, it meant Yu Hanjiang had found the right spot. The building was surrounded by open space with no other distractions, and behind it was a large plum grove. In the dead of night, during a downpour, it was impossible for anyone to be hiding in that plum grove. Yu Hanjiang landed on the roof of the building, and the eavesdropping device's range, extending 500 meters horizontally and vertically, could cover the entire building.
Xiao Lou quickly understood what Yu Hanjiang meant. He cleared his throat and shouted, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?!"
At the same time, Xiao Lou's voice came from Yu Hanjiang's eavesdropping device —the voice was very distant, like an echo after passing through an empty corridor, and it didn't sound like...
It was real, but it definitely came from within 500 meters.
In other words, Xiao Lou is inside this building.
Yu Hanjiang's eyes narrowed suddenly—he had found the place where the hostages were being held!
Xiao Lou asked on Telepathic Connection, "Can you hear me?"
Yu Hanjiang leaped down from the rooftop, tiptoeing as he felt along the edge of the building, mentally saying to Xiao Lou, "I heard you, keep talking, I need to hear your location."
Xiao Lou then called out, "Is anyone there? I need to use the restroom!"
Yu Hanjiang gripped the gun in his hand, bent over, and strode quickly toward the direction from which the sound came.
The sound grew louder as it approached, followed by the clattering of leather shoes on concrete from the eavesdropping device. Then, the man stepped forward, gently pinching Xiao Lou's chin with his cool fingers, his tone slightly mocking: "Dr. Xiao, do you need to go to the toilet? I'd rather see what your expression is like if you accidentally pee in your pants."
Xiao Lou's lips twitched slightly as he tried to turn his face away, but the other person's fingers were clenched so tightly that they almost crushed his chin. The icy feeling was like being coiled by a venomous snake.
Xiao Lou's feelings were transmitted to Yu Hanjiang through the Telepathic Connection. Yu Hanjiang's expression darkened, and he immediately quickened his pace.
Judging from the changes in volume on the eavesdropping device, Xiao Lou was initially quite far from it, and his shouts sounded somewhat muffled. However, as the man approached, the sound from the eavesdropping device became exceptionally clear.
Clearly, Ye Qi placed the eavesdropping device on this man.
Yu Hanjiang whispered in his mind, "Talk to him to buy time, I'll come to save you right away."
Xiao Lou, enduring the discomfort of his chin being pinched, frowned and asked, "Who are you? What do you want with me here?"
"Who am I? Dr. Xiao, you're really forgetful." The man said calmly. "You 've been investigating Cheng Shaofeng and Lin Rongrong all over the hospital. I've given you so many clues, and you still haven't figured out who ' Brother Rong ' really is?"
"..." Xiao Lou felt that the voice was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it before. It wasn't until the other person said the last sentence that he finally understood.
The only person who knew he was looking up Cheng Shaofeng and Lin Rongrong at the hospital, and who knew he had taken leave from the hospital today, was his colleague, Dr. Li Ran, from the General Surgery Department.
Xiao Lou recalls discovering that her colleague Li Ran and Lin Rongrong were classmates, so she pretended to chat casually and went to ask Dr. Li about Lin Rongrong. Dr. Li smiled and said, " Of course I know Lin Rongrong; he was my college roommate."
Dr. Li not only cooperated with Xiao Lou's consultation, but also kindly introduced Xiao Lou to a lot of information about Lin Rongrong, including that Lin Rongrong did not continue her studies after being admitted to graduate school, and that her mother died of uremia, etc.
In retrospect, this person was the mole hidden within the hospital!
Yu Hanjiang was shot and admitted to the General Surgery Department. VIP Ward, Li Ran, is a doctor in the General Surgery Department. Of course, he knows that Officer Yu was shot in the abdomen and that the assassin sent by the organization to silence Cheng Shaofeng had targeted the wrong person. Therefore, he is very likely to report all of this to his superiors and then find a way to kill Cheng Shaofeng.
Chen Yuqing, a child in the Pediatrics Department, died of a heart attack. On the day Chen Yehua picked up her daughter's body from the hospital, Cheng Shaofeng was preparing to escape with The Lover. With Li Ran acting as an informant in the hospital, the organization naturally knew the exact time of Cheng Shaofeng's escape and sent a driver to ambush him on the highway, directly ramming Cheng Shaofeng's vehicle.
Xiao Lou's investigation at the hospital had already aroused the organization's suspicion. Li Ran outwardly cooperated with Xiao Lou, telling him many details about Cheng Shaofeng, Lin Rongrong, and others. However, Xiao Lou overlooked one point— Cheng Shaofeng and Lin Rongrong had a good relationship, but what about you? As Lin Rongrong's roommate, Cheng Shaofeng came to your dorm every day; what was your relationship with him like?
Thinking about this, Xiao Lou couldn't help but feel a pang of regret. She had been too careless, asking her colleagues about the suspect, but overlooking the fact that her colleagues themselves could also be suspects!
Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice, "It's not your fault. Li Ran was too well hidden; I never expected him to be a member of the organization."
Xiao Lou thought to himself, " Li Ran, Lin Rongrong, and Cheng Shaofeng are definitely in cahoots. I guess Li Ran is in charge of the handover at the hospital to ensure the smooth progress of the organ transplant surgery; while Lin Rongrong harvests organs in the black clinic and sends them to the hospital. They were college roommates, so they might share some common interests."
"That makes sense." Yu Hanjiang continued Xiao Lou's analysis, "In a legitimate hospital, doctors wouldn't rush into a transplant if the source of the organ is unclear. But Shao Qingge, Cheng Shaoyu, and many other organ transplant cases performed at your hospital have been carefully examined by me. The sources of the organs were all reasonable and legal, and there were even the donor's signatures. These things must have been forged by Li Ran."
Xiao Lou agreed, saying, "For example, CEO Shao's kidney was ostensibly from a death row inmate, and the supporting documents even included the inmate's signature and fingerprint. But in reality, CEO Shao's kidney came from a food delivery worker named Wang Wei. The forged document was very likely the one that Dr. Li was responsible for."
In this way, the entire division of labor in organ transplantation organizations is completed.
Lin Rongrong was devastated by his mother's death from uremia and believed that studying medicine wouldn't save his loved one. Instead of pursuing graduate studies, he took an extreme step, joining an illegal clinic to harvest organs. Due to his lack of surgical experience, some organ transplant patients suffered severe aftereffects, and some even died from organ failure.
Zhu Qingrong, an obstetrician and gynecologist, caused the death of a pregnant woman due to negligence during surgery. Her medical license was revoked and she served several years in prison. After her release, she may join the organization and be responsible for egg retrieval surgery.
Li Ran is the handover person within the hospital. He can send the information of patients who need organ transplants to the organization to find a match. After a suitable organ is found...
He would then forge another document to prove the legal source of the organ, pretending that the organ came from a death row inmate or a social donation, complete with family signatures, donor signatures, and other formalities. The hospital could then perform surgery on the patient without any concerns.
Others, such as Rong Cheng, the owner of the pharmaceutical company, and Song Xiaoqing, the owner of the medical device company, were probably in charge of the organization's financial operations; He Rong of Tianya Club was in charge of money laundering, turning black money into white money, which is why he had a large number of real estate transactions with bizarre prices in recent years.
Qi Zhaoming, who died in the hospital, and Yu Fugui, who had served time in prison, were likely just low-level members of the organization. As "hunters," they would look for targets from whom organs could be harvested. They would deliberately seek out orphans whose accidents would go unnoticed, or poor people in dire need of money, and encourage these people to sell their organs in exchange for commissions.
Uncle Zhong and Cheng Shaofeng likely played high-ranking roles in the organization, possessing knowledge of secrets, and were therefore silenced.
Through Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou's careful analysis and the clues they have gathered, the members of this massive dark organization are gradually coming to light. However, the identity of the organization's biggest boss remains a mystery.
Xiao Lou's voice came through the eavesdropping device: "My phone is with you, isn't it? Since you know we're investigating an organ transplant case, besides me, did you also arrest my friend?"
Li Ran laughed and said, "That's right. Everyone in your WeChat group will be here soon."
The sound from the eavesdropping device was very close; clearly, Xiao Lou and Li Ran were nearby. Yu Hanjiang stopped, slipped into the building, went down the stairs, and found a large door locked with an iron chain.
Yu Hanjiang was dressed in all black and was very careful as he crept in under the cover of darkness. However, it was possible that there were infrared cameras monitoring the basement. If his whereabouts were exposed, it could anger the other party and put Xiao Lou and the other two in danger.
Yu Hanjiang decisively put on the Invisibility Cloak, found a thin wire, and gently inserted it into the keyhole.
With a soft "click," the lock opened, and Yu Hanjiang slipped into the basement before quickly resetting the iron chain.
The basement hallway was dimly lit, and sure enough, at the end of the corridor, there was a tiny red light flashing – it was a security camera.
Fortunately, Yu Hanjiang was wearing an invisibility cloak, so the other party's surveillance cameras couldn't see him.
The sound of rain outside could not be heard from inside the basement, and the empty basement was unusually quiet.
Yu Hanjiang followed Xiao Lou's voice coming from the eavesdropping device and walked quickly forward. The structure of this basement was somewhat similar to the underground maze of Antai Garden, with crisscrossing corridors and many enclosed rooms.
No one knew what was inside the room, and Yu Hanjiang didn't dare to wander around for the time being. He quickly moved forward according to the maze map in his memory, turning left and right and going around several roads before finally finding the key room in the original Antai Garden —201.
The door to the room was open at that moment.
There were lights inside, but they were very dim. Yu Hanjiang turned his head and saw Xiao Lou sitting on the cement floor, his eyes covered with a black cloth, his hands tightly tied behind his back, and a man leaning over pinching Xiao Lou's chin with his fingers.
A sharp glint flashed in Yu Hanjiang's eyes, and he swiftly stepped behind Xiao Lou.
The next moment, Xiao Lou's voice rang in my ears: "You lured all of us here just to kill us to silence us? Just like you killed Cheng Shaofeng and Uncle Zhong?"
Li Ran smiled and said, "Not necessarily. If we keep you, perhaps a buyer will need a heart or kidney, and if your tissues match, you could save someone's life before they die. Dr. Xiao, would you like us to remove your left or right kidney?"
Xiao Lou felt a chill run down his spine—these heartless bastards were going to take their organs and sell them for money?!
Just then, Li Ran's phone lit up with a message. He released Xiao Lou's chin, stood up, and said coldly, "I have other things to do. If Dr. Xiao really needs to use the restroom, you'll have to make do here."
He turned and left after saying that. Xiao Lou was about to call him back when she suddenly felt a familiar presence approaching her.
With his eyes covered and unable to see anything, Xiao Lou was puzzled when a hand suddenly pressed gently on his shoulder. Immediately afterward, Yu Hanjiang's voice rang in his mind: "It's me."
Xiao Lou's heart skipped a beat!
There's only one explanation for why Li Ran didn't notice Yu Hanjiang coming in— Yu Hanjiang was wearing an invisibility cloak at that moment.
Xiao Lou immediately indicated on the Telepathic Connection that he knew.
Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice, "This is an underground maze similar to Antai Garden. There are infrared surveillance cameras everywhere, including in the corner of this secret room where you are being held. We don't know where Xiao Ye and Lao Mo are being held. If I rashly rescue you, they might see you leaving on the surveillance footage and immediately attack Xiao Ye and Lao Mo."
"I understand," Xiao Lou whispered in his mind. "Find them first and make sure they are safe."
"Okay. Your hands are tied, so you can't use the card. I'll untie you. I'll check Xiao Ye and Lao Mo's locations later so they can use the card to save themselves, and then I'll come and rescue you." Yu Hanjiang went around behind Xiao Lou, avoiding the camera's direction, and neatly cut the rope binding Xiao Lou's hands with a military knife.
"Alright." Yu Hanjiang came to Xiao Lou and looked at him carefully.
Xiao Lou's lips were cracked, likely from being tied up for hours without a drop of water. His eyes were covered with a black cloth, making his face appear slightly pale. On his thin jawline were red marks from Li Ran's forceful
pinching. His wrists were bruised from the tight rope binding them, and his arms had multiple abrasions from the concrete ground. The skin on the back of his hands was broken and bleeding considerably.
Yu Hanjiang
His pupils suddenly contracted.
While these people didn't abuse Xiao Lou, they certainly weren't gentle either. They probably threw Xiao Lou on the ground like a sack of potatoes and roughly tied up his body, which is why Xiao Lou has so many abrasions and bruises.
Yu Hanjiang felt a pang of heartache upon seeing this, and couldn't help but reach out and gently hug Xiao Lou, softly saying, "I'm sorry you had to go through this."
Xiao Lou is blind, but he can clearly feel the embrace— Yu Hanjiang's body is unusually cold because it is soaked by the rain, but Xiao Lou's heart is warm the moment he is held in Yu Hanjiang's arms.
With his hands tied behind his back, even though the ropes had been cut, he didn't dare hug back because of the surveillance cameras in the room. Yu Hanjiang was wearing an invisibility cloak, but Xiao Lou wasn't. So, Xiao Lou could only sit on the ground, obediently remaining still, letting Yu Hanjiang gently hug him.
Xiao Lou felt a little embarrassed, but he also felt that Captain Yu's hug was probably mostly just for comfort. His ears burned slightly, and he quickly said in his mind, "I'm fine, you go find Xiao Ye and Lao Mo."
Yu Hanjiang released his embrace, gently squeezed Xiao Lou's fingers, and whispered, "Okay, wait for me to come back."
The instant Li Ran locked the iron gate, Yu Hanjiang darted past him like lightning.
Li Ran felt a gust of wind pass by him. He turned his head in confusion and found the dimly lit corridor empty. However, he felt as if a sharp gaze was staring at him from behind, like a hunter eyeing his prey.
Li Ran scratched his head, picked up his phone and said, "Keep a close eye on the surveillance footage, don't let these guys get rescued!"