Old Mo, eating fish in a courtyard house, reigning supreme in Hong Kong.

Chapter 75: Wang Haixia Arrives

Sure enough.

Old Mo was immediately excited.

"Quickly, tell me, where is Ma Wu?"

The short guy quickly said, "Boss, I don't know where he is right now, but if he's outside, I can take you to find him. Well, I can't guarantee it 100%, but we should be able to find him."

Old Mo's eyes narrowed instantly as he scrutinized the man in front of him.

"Kid, are you trying to play tricks on me? You want me to do the legwork and get you out of here?"

The guy quickly shook his head and said, "Boss, I'm not lying to you, I'm not lying. My name is Gu Shan, and I got in here for that job."

Oh!

Old Mo suddenly realized that this guy was in that line of work, so it was possible that his claim of finding Ma Wu was true.

Old Mo looked him up and down, and said with suspicion, "Someone like you, a human trafficker?"

With such a short stature, about the same size as those Japanese soldiers, Lao Mo really doubted whether this kid could catch those women.

Gu Shan quickly said, "Boss, I'm not in charge of arresting people. I'm in charge of scouting. It's about figuring out the situation before sending someone to make the arrest. We have a division of labor."

Old Mo asked, "Can't you just tell me the location and let me find it myself?"

Gu Shan quickly said, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but it's useless anyway. Without someone to guide you, they won't believe you. If I don't go, you probably won't even recognize Ma Wu when you see him. They change their names all the time."

Old Mo frowned immediately.

It seems this guy is telling the truth. Unfortunately, it's incredibly difficult to get him out of here on my own!

Old Mo couldn't help but ask, "Was what you did serious?"

Gu Shan shook his head and said, "I don't know yet. I'm just scouting. I haven't arrested anyone, so I don't know how they'll sentence me."

They said I could leave as long as I paid the fine. But I have no family left, and no one can help me pay the fine.

Old Mo's eyes lit up immediately: "How much is the fine?"

Gu Shan said dejectedly, "A lot. They want three hundred yuan from me. I couldn't come up with that much money even if I sold myself!"

Three hundred yuan is a huge sum of money for ordinary people. An average family would have to sell everything they own and be heavily in debt to afford it.

For someone like Gu Shan, he probably has never held three hundred yuan in his hands in his entire life.

However, this was a piece of cake for Lao Mo.

"You just said you have no family, are you an orphan?"

Gu Shan nodded: "I really don't know if they still have any family members, as they fled famine in Sichuan in their early years."

Old Mo patted him on the shoulder and said, "If I pay your fine, can you please quit being a human trafficker? I hate this profession."

Gu Shan nodded frantically, "Boss, if you can get me out of here, my life is yours. I'll follow you from now on, and I'll do whatever you tell me to do!"

"Okay. Let's wait a couple of days, then we'll go out together."

Old Mo patted his shoulder, leaned against the wall, and dozed off.

He doesn't even know if he can get out now. If Old Xu doesn't come, he really doesn't know how long that bastard Li Zaihua will keep him locked up.

He opened his eyes and banged on the iron fence.

"I need to make a phone call and ask Li Zaihua to come see me. I need to make a phone call..."

Old Mo frantically pounded and shouted.

There was nothing he could do; he was really anxious.

"Old Mo, don't waste your energy. Whether you can get out or not is no longer up to our director. You'd better just stay put!"

The policeman guarding the cell shouted at Old Mo.

Old Mo was immediately discouraged.

"Damn it, Li Zaihua, you think you can lock me up and I won't be able to kill anyone? I'll make you take off this skin first."

Old Mo thought to himself, his consciousness already released.

The place where they are detained is actually a converted warehouse.

The female prisoner's cell was just a wall away from theirs.

There were fewer people in the female prisoners' cell, and Lao Mo's senses quickly locked onto the second aunt next door.

The straight-line distance between them was less than thirty meters, and the second aunt was also locked up with four female prisoners.

Old Mo could cause a commotion in their cell at any time, leading them to fight amongst themselves and potentially resulting in an accidental killing.

However, Lao Mo didn't intend to do that. Doing so would make it seem like a female criminal committed murder, and Li Zaihua would be too scapegoated.

Yes, he also wanted to poison her.

Another person has died of poisoning in your prison. Let's see if you, Li Zaihua, can still hold on.

Chen Qingshan's poisoning incident was already giving him a huge headache. If another one comes along, even with powerful backing, he wouldn't be able to withstand it, right?

However, at this moment, Aunt Erda was leaning against the wall like a walking corpse, with no chance to eat anything.

It's already dark, so they've stopped delivering food. We'll just have to wait until tomorrow morning.

Old Mo's consciousness continued to search within the Red Star Institute.

Soon, he saw Li Zaihua. It was already dark, and he hadn't finished get off work yet.

At that moment, he paced back and forth in his office, feeling extremely agitated.

Just then, Old Mo's eyes lit up.

Yes, he saw a familiar face. It was none other than Wang Haixia, the director of the neighborhood committee.

At that moment, Wang Haixia arrived at the Hongxing Institute on her bicycle.

After making inquiries, she quickly arrived at Li Zaihua's office.

As soon as Li Zaihua saw her, he immediately invited her to sit down and personally brought her an enamel mug and poured her a glass of water.

Wang Haixia's expression was as if she had lost her parents; there wasn't a trace of a smile on her face. However, after a few days of adjustment, she finally recovered.

Upon hearing that Lao Mo had been arrested, she immediately sprang into action, spending two days, a considerable amount of money, and numerous people.

This time, she's determined to crush Old Mo.

As soon as she sat down, she asked impatiently, "Chief Li, um, did you arrest Lao Mo?"

Li Zaihua nodded: "Yes, I know what you're here for, but we have no evidence at all."

I'm only locking him up temporarily because of pressure; I'll probably release him in a few days.

Wang Haixia said angrily, "You're going to let a murderer like him go?"

Li Zaihua said speechlessly, "What can we do? There's no evidence, isn't there? Although he's very arrogant and said he was the one who killed the person, it's useless. He can change his story at any time."

It was only through that statement that I was able to arrest him and lock him up for a few days. It's not enough to completely destroy him. His backer is Old Xu, and I know Old Xu well—he's upright and incorruptible.

If we convict him without evidence, and he makes a scene, we'll all be in deep trouble.

Li Zaihua patiently explained it to her.

Wang Haixia frowned: "Old Xu? How did he get in touch with Old Xu? That shouldn't be possible!"