Chapter 67: Memories of Shame
Tian Rui's story made Gu Liao completely fall into contemplation.
Compared with robbers and murderers, Gu Liao hates traffickers who have no conscience to speak of. There are so many ways to make money in this world, but they have chosen the most despicable means to earn the dirtiest money in the world.
Thinking of so many happy families that had been shattered by the loss of their children, and thinking of so many poor children who had been forced to separate from their biological parents, Gu Li's heart seemed to be dripping with blood.
Human traffickers, why do people in the whole society want you to die, but you are still wild and rampant, and you still change all kinds of tricks to cheat other people's children. Although the penal code stipulates that the maximum penalty for child trafficking is the death penalty, in practice, how many people involved in crimes are punished severely.
Thinking of human traffickers, Gu Li's mind couldn't help but have a figure that was both familiar and vague. That person was Shen Hang, the leader of a criminal syndicate he met in the underground prison. Before being "taken into custody" by the organization, Shen Hang specialized in trafficking in women and children, and committed countless heinous crimes for more than a decade.
He didn't have much contact with Shen Hang in prison, but the relationship between the two was a little complicated. The failed prison escape experience made a bond between the two, but Shen Hang not only did not retaliate against him, but also did something unbelievable to him on the day of the prison riot.
Another dusty memory gradually recovered, and Gu Liao had vaguely remembered what happened at the last moment.
Yes, the feud between him and Shen Hang is far from over. The perverted man also managed to escape from prison and is now hiding somewhere in the world waiting for him, and there is still an account between them that needs to be settled.
Thinking of the events of that day, Gu Li's head began to hurt violently again. He closed his eyes tightly and pressed his hands to his temples, trying to restrain his urge to go berserk. No, I'm still dating, I can't scare anyone around me. He repeatedly reminded himself in his heart: I am not Wei Chiliang, I don't need to run away. I had to calm down, or I would be sent to a special medical facility and lose my freedom again......
"Officer Gu, what's wrong with you? Feeling unwell? ”
In a trance, Tian Rui's gentle voice sounded in his ears, like a tranquilizer, which calmed Gu Li's heart. He slowly opened his eyes, looked at Tian Rui apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, I just had a little headache......
"I see that your expression is very painful, do you want to see a doctor?" Tian Rui asked with concern.
Gu Yan shook his head and returned to the previous topic, "By the way, what day did your brother disappear, do you remember?" ”
"On August 3, 2001, it was a Friday, and our school had a summer holiday, so I went with my mother to pick up my younger brother from kindergarten."
"All these years, there are no clues from the police?"
"Nope. They just suspected that my brother had been abducted and trafficked by traffickers, and they couldn't trace what happened after that. ”
"At this point, I don't dare say I can help you. But I promise you that I will do my best to help you find your brother's whereabouts. It's just ......" Gu Liao paused, thought about it, and couldn't bear to say the next sentence.
Tian Rui smiled bitterly and comforted herself: "I know that more than ten years have passed, and there is little hope of finding him. I don't have much hope for this, and I won't be too desperate even if I end up with nothing. I just hope that he can live happily and happily somewhere in the world, and that the people who adopted him will treat him well and give him a warm home. ”
"It would be nice if that was the case......" Gu Liao replied with a smile, but he knew that it wasn't necessarily the case.
Some of the children trafficked by traffickers are sold to families who are unable to have children, and these children can be said to be relatively lucky. But there are still some children who will be sent to some gray industries, or directly used to buy and sell organs, and some will even be disabled, and then forced to beg.
When you think about it, it's chilling. Gu Lian could only pray silently in his heart that Tian Rui's younger brother was really adopted by a certain family as a son, otherwise it would be too sad.
It was supposed to be a good date, but the atmosphere of the dinner was a little heavy on the topic of human traffickers. However, after so many years of torture, Tian Rui has already seen this matter very openly. At least, she didn't develop personality defects because of these painful experiences. On the contrary, her personality is very gentle, although she is a little shy, but that is exactly what Gu Liao likes.
Overall, the one-night date was relatively successful. Although the whole dating process was carried out under Zhong Xin's surveillance, it made him feel a little uncomfortable. But when he thought that the other party had given all his spare time for his personal safety, he had nothing to complain about.
After eating, Gu Yan settled Zhong Xin's bill together. The three of them left their seats one after another, and Zhong Xin still kept his previous agreement and always kept a short distance from them.
Due to the restrictions on his own movement, Gu Liao was really inconvenient to send Tian Rui home. He called a taxi for Tian Rui outside the restaurant, and the two of them reluctantly parted.
Back at Zhong Xin's house, Gu Liao felt extremely tired, and after a quick wash, he went to bed early and went to bed.
In his sleep, Gu Liao once again had the nightmare that had been repeated countless times. Riots, killings, prison escapes, escapes...... He saw the fading back again, and he clearly remembered what had happened......
"You stop! Don't go......" Gu Yan suddenly opened his eyes and found that Zhong Xin was standing on the edge of the bed, looking at him with a confused expression.
"You're having nightmares again?"
"Ah......h
"Are you alright?"
Gu Liao sat up and did not speak.
"Let's sleep with the lights on, it might be better." Zhong Xin yawned and turned around to go back to his room. At this moment, Gu Liao suddenly grabbed his arm and said to him in a begging tone: "Wait, don't go first!" ”
Zhong Xin was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him and asked, "Are you a child?" Don't dare to sleep on your own after a nightmare? ”
Gu Liao shook his head with a wry smile, and said slowly: "I remembered something, about the day I escaped......"
"You mean when the prison rioted?"
"I think I know how I got out of prison......
On the morning of September 30, 2015, after Gu Liao and Yao Jiangyue escaped from prison together, they accidentally learned that Qin Yu was imprisoned in the R&D area on the fifth basement floor by the organized people. In order to rescue Qin Yu, he took Yao Jiangyue's access card and returned to the dangerous underground prison alone. Unfortunately, when he came to the fifth basement floor, he was already in front of him a miserable scene.
He didn't have time to save Qin Yu, so he watched his best friend swallow his last breath in front of him. At that time, his entire attention was focused on Qin Yu's gradually cold corpse, and he didn't notice at all that there was a dangerous fugitive at the door of the laboratory.
It was a violent gunshot that pulled him back from his grief. He turned around and saw the body of a prisoner lying in the doorway, a large amount of blood gushing out from under his body. Seconds later, a thin man stepped over the corpse and walked into the lab, a subtle smile on his lips.
"It's so dangerous, you're almost going to be killed by him."
"Is that you?" Gu Yan looked at that person in surprise and asked very incomprehensibly, "Why did you save me?" ”
"Why? Hehe, I also want to know why. Shen Hang said to himself, "Maybe it's because we agreed that we would win or lose outside the prison, so I don't want you to die at the hands of others." ”
"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you now?" Gu Liao raised the gun in his hand as he spoke, aiming at Shen Hang's heart.
"Wei Chi, I just saved your life." Shen Hang reminded him and said, "You just don't have humanity anymore, and you can't kill your savior in the blink of an eye." ”
"You ......" Gu Liao gritted his teeth angrily, and his fingers began to tremble involuntarily. In front of him is the leader of the most notorious criminal syndicate in recent years, and he can take this opportunity to kill the other party and eliminate harm for society. He was confident in his marksmanship, knowing that at such a distance, he would hit his target nine times out of ten. But at this time, his heart was shaking, and he wanted to shoot, but his fingers did not listen to him.
Shen Hang seemed to have expected such a result, and smiled faintly and said, "Time is pressing, so I won't stay here with you." I don't know what you're doing here, but you'd better not die here in a daze. After speaking, Shen Hang turned around and left, and took the gun in the hand of the corpse at the door.
"You wait!" Gu Liao stopped Shen Hang, and his body still maintained the posture of raising the gun to aim.
Shen Hang paused and said to him meaningfully: "Come to me, I'll wait for you." The grievances between us will be resolved in the outside world. ”
"Stop!" Gu Yan shouted again, and his hands trembled even more. Shen Hang ignored him and walked away without looking back.
Until Shen Hang's back completely disappeared from sight, Gu Yan couldn't make up his mind to give the other party a fatal blow. As a police officer, he had just been saved by the damn trafficker. He was weak, shaken, contradictory, tangled. He missed the great opportunity to kill Shen Hang and let go of the devil who endangered society with his own hands.
"After Shen Hang left, I said my final goodbye to Qin Yu's body and soon left the prison." Gu Liao took a breath and continued to recall, "After returning to the ground, I tried to find Dr. Yao, but unfortunately I couldn't find her. I ran all the way to the village to the northeast. By about noon, I was feeling very tired and had a terrible headache. I sat down to rest, and before I knew it, I was leaning against a tree and falling asleep. When I woke up again, the headache was getting worse instead of lessening. Looking at my situation, I was very confused, and for a while my memory became very confused. You'll know what happens after that. ”
After listening to Gu Li's narration, Zhong Xin silently lit a cigarette. After pondering for a moment, he said leisurely: "Unexpectedly, that guy Shen Hang really ran out of prison, he is indeed very courageous." ”
"Damn, I was saved by that bastard, and I feel ashamed to think about it." Gu Yan scolded and slammed his fist on the bed a few times to vent the anger in his heart.
"It's a not-so-glorious memory, no wonder your brain consciously sealed it off."
"Shen Hang is definitely not the only prisoner who escaped in the riot. I really don't know how many troublesome guys have 'returned' to society. ”
"Looks like we're going to have a lot of enemies to deal with!" Zhong Xin said with a wry smile, and then showed a very serious expression, and asked tentatively, "Since you have remembered what happened at that time, do you have any eyebrows about the information that Qin Yu left before he died?" ”
Gu Yan was stunned for a moment, and a string of blood-red numbers flashed in his mind. "It's a set of coordinates." He replied with certainty.
"Why are the coordinates again?"
"Qin Yu said, that's another ......"
"What's the other one?"
He didn't finish. But I guess that set of coordinates should indicate another research base. Maybe after the prison riot, all the people in the organization evacuated to that place. ”
"Can you recall what that set of coordinates was?"
"I'm sorry, my memory of that is still a little vague......" Gu Lian lowered his head, his eyebrows were locked, and his eyes became melancholy and misty. Seeing that Gu Liao was about to fall into the painful and suppressed emotions before, Zhong Xin gently put his hand on his shoulder and comforted him, "It's okay, you just think about it slowly." Neither I nor Captain Joe will embarrass you. ”