After getting off the plane, I transferred to a bus and went all the way to the dark cave Liu Bo mentioned.
Because the police from the two countries worked together to crack the case this time, the case was quite sensational. These girls had been trafficked many times.
The last time they were sold to this black hole, they worked as bartenders in underground casinos. Although they have been rescued now, several of them are seriously ill and their lives are in danger.
Since country J is relatively backward, there are no decent hospitals near illegal entertainment venues like casinos.
After Yu Ruoruan accompanied Huo Xu here, she was taken to the local health center by a police officer.
The seven or eight girls who were found were all on intravenous drips in the health center. Their long-term dark life had tortured them into human form.
After some people contracted the virus, their bodies began to fester and swell, and the entire health center was filled with a disgusting smell.
Yu Ruanruan felt a pang in her heart when she looked at the appearance of these girls.
In the past, she was very close to falling into the same fate as them. Whenever she thought about her experiences in the Canglang organization when she was young, Yu Ruanruan's face turned pale and she had difficulty breathing.
"Huo Xu, they are all located on different floors. Let's look for them separately. This will make it faster."
At this time, Huo Xu was in a daze.
Because the tragic situation of these victims before our eyes is too irritating to people's eyes.
Is Tangtang really among this group of people?
Or maybe she is indeed alive, but not among these people, but continues to suffer pain in a place he doesn't know?
The more he thought about it, the paler Huo Xu's face became, so much so that he couldn't even hear his soft words.
It wasn't until Yu Ruanruan called him three times that he came back to his senses. Suddenly he grabbed the girl with some fear, turned around and walked back.
Yu Ruanruan was stunned, "What's wrong? You're not looking for it anymore?"
Huo Xu's pale face had begun to turn gray. He pulled her out of the health center quickly, but before she had gone a few steps, her feet trembled and she suddenly vomited while holding on to the wall.
Yu Ruoruan quickly stepped forward and patted his back, "Are you okay?"
Seeing Huo Xu's pale face, she understood that Huo Xu must be afraid to go in and see those poor girls, and even more afraid to actually find Tangtang among these girls.
He was afraid that the girl he once regarded as his life would be worse than death in these years, and that his faith would collapse and his will would collapse.
Yu Ruanruan felt sorry for him so much.
She reached out and hugged Huo Xu, took out a tissue, wiped the corners of his mouth, and comforted him softly, "Is it hard? If you don't want to go in, don't force yourself, but Huo Xu, no matter if Tangtang is inside or not, whether
After going through ups and downs, I think you should face it, and this knot in your heart must be opened."
"What if there isn't her inside? What if she managed to escape like me? Huo Xu, if you don't go in today, when you think of Tangtang in the future, you will only think of the rancid smell in this health center, and
There is the image of a prostitute covered in pus.”
The fragility in Huo Xu's eyes was defeated by her words. He stood up with difficulty, took Yu's soft hand, "I'm sorry, I lost my temper just now."
The girl pinched his fingertips, conveying warmth and strength to him, "Why are you being polite to me? I have seen you in your most embarrassed state, and I have also seen you in your most handsome state."
Huo Xu's heart felt warm and he felt motivated.
"Then let's look for them separately."
"good."
The men they brought with them were divided into two groups.
Yu Ruanruan went upstairs, while Huo Xu was downstairs.
The health center was crowded with rescued victims. Because there were not enough beds, many people could only sleep on the floor in the corridor. In short, there were people everywhere.
When Huo Xu walked by, these unkempt girls raised their heads one after another, looking at this well-dressed and luxurious man like stray dogs.
It's like praying for charity from a noble person.
Huo Xu passed the girls and followed the police officer leading the way to a ward.
In the ward.
Three girls were lying down.
A girl had a broken leg, was wearing a plaster, and had black eye circles. She had obviously been beaten for a long time before being rescued. She looked ahead with dull eyes, motionless.
Huo Xu walked up to her and asked some simple questions. Because of the language barrier, the local translator gave a poor translation.
Huo Xu asked her about her place of origin and her childhood experiences. The girl seemed to remember how she was abducted. After hearing her experience, Huo Xu felt heavy.
Not Tangtang.
His eyes turned to the girl in the middle bed. After asking some questions, the information was still not correct.
Finally, he looked at the girl in the corner.
The girl's body was covered with thick sores and she was lying on the bed dying. There was a needle prick on the back of her hand and she was getting an intravenous drip. However, the doctor beside her said that she would not survive the night.
Huo Xu asked her some questions, but the girl was already unconscious and couldn't say a word at all.
He was a little disappointed. At this moment, he suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon. The girl's left hand had a needle stuck in it, but her right hand was tightly clenched into a fist.
"Why does she keep holding her right fist?"
The doctor present also noticed it and said, "When this patient was brought in, she kept holding her right hand. Because she held it too tightly, we inserted a needle into the vein of her left hand. We don't know why she was holding it."
Right hand."
At this time, a police officer next to him asked, "Is there something in your hand?"
The doctor put on gloves and tried to open her hand, but she didn't expect that she held it very tightly.
Finally, he pressed the acupuncture point on her wrist and she let go of her right hand.
"Crack-"
A hairpin fell to the ground.
The doctor picked it up and looked at it doubtfully, "What is this?"
Huo Xu looked stunned. When his eyes fell on the hairpin, his whole body stiffened. At this moment, his breathing began to tremble.
impossible!
This...this is impossible!
The plastic hairpin has been ravaged by time, and the strawberries on it have faded, but it is not difficult to see that this is the same hairpin that Tangtang left in his pocket.
Before Tangtang died in the flames, she was wearing a strawberry hairpin on her head.
She...she is Tangtang?
Huo Xu snatched the hairpin from the doctor's hand, his eyes widened with disbelief, and he slowly and stiffly turned his head to look at the girl in front of him.
The thick sores on the girl's body have completely changed her beyond recognition. Not only her face was disfigured, but her mouth was also badly mangled.
She couldn't say a word at all.
Huo Xu clutched the hairpin, like a zombie, and walked step by step to the bed. With a "pop", he fell to his knees on the floor.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and he couldn't cry. It felt like a big stone was stuck in his heart, causing him depression, pain, and despair.
"Mr. Huo! Is it...is she?"
The young police officer next to him asked without a long look.
Huo Xu opened his lips slightly and took a deep breath to adjust his trembling facial expression, but tears rolled down uncontrollably, "Tangtang... is that you?"