Dai Xiaoman was still recalling the scene when he first arrived in Nancheng. It was winter, the weather was very cold, and the feet in the shoes were always cold, as if they had been soaked in ice.

With the help of people in the village, they helped grandma with white affairs, bought bus tickets, and set foot on the road south.

The two underage children went away for the first time. She and her younger brother got out of the car, only to find that their money had been stolen. There were only two hundred dollars in their pockets, and only three steel shovels were left.

She cried for a while by the side of the road, and bought a piece of bread for her brother to eat. It was the last piece of bread. She watched her brother eat and licked her lips. The sensible brother broke a piece for her and let her eat it together. She took a bite, and then told her brother that she was not hungry, but tears rolled down again.

There were so many people on the street in a hurry, so many high-rise buildings, they were dazzled, she felt that the city was so big, but it was so unfamiliar.

She was a little regretful, but after hearing a neighbor's statement that someone had seen her mother in Nancheng, she took her brother on this journey rashly, and then she paid the price for her rashness.

But if they continue to stay in the country, the grandma they can rely on is no longer there, and they may not be better off than they are now.

The city is so big that there is no place for them to live.

They stayed all night in the lobby of the bus station, and soon they came to a dead end. Their stomachs were rumbling with hunger. They went to some restaurants and picked up the leftover food from the guests. She went around and asked her mother's name, those people Some said they didn't know, and some rolled their eyes at her, seeing her as a lunatic or a liar.

She went to some places where she applied for jobs. heard that she was only fourteen years old and only had a primary school education. All the people waved their hands.

She had encountered an old man who came to ask where their adults were, but his eyes were turned to her, so frightened that she had to run away.

She not only has to support herself, but also take care of her younger brother.

Dai Xiaoman learned to beg along the road, but was chased away several times. The bench in the park was particularly disturbed when she fell asleep. In the end, she had no choice. She took her brother to the underside of the bridge. There are some homeless people like them out there.

When she was at the end of the road, she was taken to a house and opened the door. The man turned around and said, "From now on, this place will be your new home."

Dai Xiaoman thought about those experiences as if it happened yesterday: "...We came here not long ago, the money ran out quickly, and we lived under the bridge. Later, I met an aunt who asked us if we were willing or not. There is a home. Some people specially take in poor homeless children like us, provide us with food and clothing, and will give us jobs in the future.”

"This news is a great thing for us, so my brother and I followed the woman. There are indeed many adopted children. Boys and girls don't live together, and my brother and I are separated. "

"I was taken to a private house, and the aunt who found us before was in charge of me. There were several girls living in that house, most of whom were younger than me. The aunt gave me a bath, and then praised me, "Look! I'm pretty good-looking even if I don't come out. In the next few years, she taught me makeup, cooking, and how to..." Having said that, Dai Xiaofei raised her eyes and looked at Song Wen, winking like silk, "Why? Seduce, please men..."

Song Wen thought, where in the world is there a free lunch, that's probably the way Yu Niangniang domesticates these children, he continued to ask: "When you lived in this kind of place, were you abused? Did you want to run away? ?"

Dai Xiaoman shook his head, and talking about these experiences felt like a lifetime: "Escape? Why escape? Someone will give you food, someone will help you with various affairs, and someone will give you money. You are portrayed very well. In the future, according to your situation, I will give you a choice of a destination. You have a certain freedom, it is like staying in a huge home, you can feel the warmth... It was almost the best thing that homeless children like us could find at that time Home."

She paused, "But it seems that there have been disobedient children. At the beginning, someone gave them severe punishment, and other children would alienate them. If they were very disobedient... I never saw them again. "

Lu Siyu recorded it. At that time, Dai Xiaoman sounded like a raised rice bug, and he had also been brainwashed.

Those children who have dissent are likely to have been warned or eliminated in the early stage. The grades and division of labor of the children are very clear, and there should be a relatively strict reward and punishment system to make them obedient.

Children don't feel like they're being held captive and used, and the police are probably the people they fear most. Calling the police is the last thing they will do.

Habits are a horrible thing. If you spend too much time in this kind of place, you will gradually become lazy and loyal.

Asked all the way here, Song Wen frowned frequently, a city with a population of several million, you never know, what kind of form will be used, what kind of evil will be nurtured, he asked again: "Do you know that other children are born from Where did it come from?"

Dai Xiaoman recalled: "I was picked up. Others, some ran away from home, there was a child who escaped from an internet addiction school, and some..." She paused, I also feel that it is inevitable to talk about this topic, "Most of the children, I think they were abducted or sold by their parents."

"Auntie will go out regularly, and will bring the child back after going out. Some homeless people will call her when they see a good-looking child, so as to get a bonus. She will also go to the human trafficker to pick up the child, because of long-term cooperation, it is better than selling There are few variables for ordinary people, so you can choose the most beautiful and outstanding children."

The composition of these children is also similar to what Lu Siyu had speculated before, including children who were abducted, children who ran away from home, and children whose parents were deceased and whose relatives were unwilling to raise them.

There are many such children in the city itself, and they do not realize their own value. It is Yu Niangniang who gathered these children.

"How old are those children?"

"I was the biggest in that room at that time. Most of the children were not adults, they were just ignorant years. I met very young, only two or three years old, and my aunt was too lazy to take care of them. She, give it to our older children, and no one will change the diaper when it is wet. When she is sick, she will sit next to her."

"I took care of a seven-year-old child who was kidnapped on the way from school in the first grade. She was very innocent and good-looking. At first, she was very uncomfortable and would cry. After half a month, she was very happy to live with us. Together, I will teach her some simple words, but unfortunately, she is not too smart, and was taken away by two men soon. Auntie said, some people just like little girls, I think she is probably taken as a It was given as a gift, and I haven't seen her since..."

Dai Xiaoman was talking, fiddling with her earlobes with her hands, and she also had beautiful earrings on her ears, and she felt like a world away.

Song Wen continued to ask her, "What kind of life did you live in those years? How did you get together with Cheng Mo later?"

Dai Xiaoman recalled: "We lived in an older community, and our aunt would take care of our lives. Someone would send us clothes and daily necessities. Every afternoon, we had a certain amount of free time to report to our aunt. , you can go downstairs, bask in the sun, skip rope in the yard, and go shopping nearby. If an adult asks, it is said that he is here to visit relatives. No one wants to leave, and that kind of life is quite comfortable. "

"Only when we chatted, I found out that my aunt turned out to be a mother, Sang. She told me that some children would be sold as prostitutes, and they were managed by special pimps. But I am smart and excellent, and I will find them in the future. Nice family."

"At that time, each of us girls had their own suitcases, and we often needed to move. After a while, we would bring our suitcases from one community to another. There was a special car to come. Move us, and our roommates change frequently."

If Song Wen didn't investigate these, it would be hard for Song Wen to imagine that such a group of children still existed in this city.

They seem to be in a system completely different from the existing social system, and the children are huddled together for warmth.

They are like a school of fish, swimming in the same direction, and then being differentiated, screened, and used in different ways.

They don't even think that they will go down the road of breaking the law, and they are grateful to the adults who raised them.

"The last remaining girls are required to be smart, have high emotional intelligence, know how to please men, be beautiful and have a good figure, and some girls are even taken to small clinics for cosmetic surgery. They will give us Ratings, the more beautiful girls are, the more valuable they are."

Lu Siyu recorded that it seemed that those stupid, ugly, stubborn, or disobedient children were gradually eliminated.

Only a few, as beautiful and excellent as Dai Xiaoman, have the opportunity to work for them.

"I was raised to the age of eighteen, that is, after four years of this life, a man came to talk to me once, showed me a photo of Cheng Mo, and then he told me everything about Cheng Mo, Then he told me what I needed to do. He gave me a full set of documents, a mobile phone card, and a bank card. I learned to write the three words Dai Xiaoman for a day. Get down the ID number, and I will be called Dai Xiaoman from then on..."

"I was trained for half a month, and I kept a set of my resume in silence. My past was made up. I was told how to answer questions, how to deal with other people, and especially need to know what habits Cheng Mo has. , what preferences. Even tell me how to approach his children, what their birthdays are, and let his children accept me."

"They gave me a table showing the hobbies of the ladies, whose wife likes gold jewelry, whose wife likes to play mahjong, whose wife likes flowers, and whose wife likes spicy food, you must all Back it down so that you can do whatever you want in the future.”

"They also mentioned Deputy Director Zhang to me. Cheng Mo's position is obviously not high enough, but he is a good guy and an entry point. Although Deputy Director Zhang is lustful, there is a tigress at home, so there is no way to start directly. Cheng Mo is a good springboard for me to approach him. With the identity of Mrs. Cheng Mo, I can approach those people."

"Then I was arranged to live in the community opposite Cheng Mo's house. At first, it was a coincidence. The first time I remembered that the milk tea in my hand was spilled on him. I left his WeChat account on the pretext. Later I bought it I will give him a shirt, and I will gradually become familiar with it."

"I showed weakness to him, pretended to be entangled by a scumbag, went to his place to eat, and was saved by his hero. Then I invited him to thank him, pretended to be drunk, I complained to him, I didn't want to find a boyfriend, and I didn't want to have children. , it's better to marry a married man who will take care of his wife."

"His daughter's birthday, I sold cakes and toys to his daughter. He quickly confessed to me. Then we got married, he was a second marriage, police officers were not allowed to hold weddings, I said my father died , my mother married someone else and lived abroad, so I just had a meal with his parents and asked them to make a video with my mother, in fact, my mother was just dressed up by an aunt."

Dai Xiaoman put it lightly, it seemed that he successfully married Cheng Mo without much effort. All he needed was time and management.

Song Wen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Has Cheng Mo doubted you?"

"Cheng Mo is very busy. He has to take care of the children when he gets home, and he seldom cares about me. His relationship with his family is also very weak, and he basically has his own way. He asked me why I married him, and I replied that I especially like the police. , The first time I saw him, I felt that he was responsible and manly, not to mention that he had saved me."

"I said I don't like handsome men, and I don't care about the age difference. I've been cheated and hurt by handsome guys before, so it's better to find someone who can live a steady life." Dai Xiaoman suddenly smiled with tears in his eyes, "That The old man actually believed it..."

"However, I still revealed flaws. My resume was a secretarial graduate. Once I needed to write a note, but I didn't write it down. When he asked me, I lied that I typed too much on my phone, and I forgot how to write it for a while. Prevarication, in fact, I was very scared at that time..."

"Once his son was ill, and I took him to the hospital with him. I didn't know how to register or pay. Fortunately, Cheng Mo thought I was panicking and didn't pay too much attention."

"There are still some things like this."

"I will ask Cheng Mo about some cases and things about the police station. He was reluctant to tell me at first, but then slowly, he started talking..."

"Afterwards, everything went smoothly. I entered the circle of wives, and I also met Deputy Director Zhang..."

Dai Xiaoman said this, her eyes gradually became cold. She is now twenty-three years old, and she married Cheng Mo when she was eighteen. She was by Cheng Mo's side for five years.

Be wary of this thing, there will be for a while, but it will slowly pass over time. Cheng Mo must have never imagined that even in a peaceful age, there are dangers all around him.

He would never have imagined that in order to break into the Nancheng Bureau, the other party even counted his little captain into it.

"I am by Cheng Mo's side and I am very free. As long as I ask for that information, I will get all kinds of rewards. I can buy all kinds of cosmetics and bags. If it wasn't for this time, I would have thought that I would be with that old man. Men live a lifetime."

Song Wen asked, "What kind of information have you given them?"

Dai Xiaoman recalled: "Basically, it was all about the details. The man I contacted told me that I didn't need to filter the information I collected. Sometimes a small piece of information might be very useful to them. Who is in the police station, what happened, what case is being handled recently, as long as I know, I will report it to them."

"Once, Cheng Mo said casually that the anti-drug side had recently been tasked with strictly investigating new types of drugs. I told them about it, and I got a reward later."

"When the police station updated the equipment, there was also a reward."

"Last year, there was a period of anti-pornography. I reported the news, and the reward was very generous."

"Also, on the day Xu Changying arrived, Cheng Mo talked to me, and I told that there too."

Song Wen looked at Dai Xiaoman, he was still wary of this woman: "Why did you choose to surrender?"

If Dai Xiaoman is really like what she said, she has been kept in captivity and is loyal to the other party, no matter how she looks like, it doesn't look like someone who will come to the police to surrender.

Dai Xiaoman's eyes changed slightly, she whispered: "Before I was discovered, I didn't feel the danger. But after it happened, I suddenly found that I was no longer young and beautiful, and I might be useless to the other party. ...I'm not an optimistic person, growing up with some hunch about impending danger."

"Although I don't know who is behind the scenes, I know that people who monitor and understand the police's news must not be good people. I know so much... I think if they find me first, I may be ignorant. The earth will disappear from this world." After saying these words, she picked up the cold water in front of her and took a sip, her fingers were shaking uncontrollably.

"I was abandoned and had nowhere to go."

Lu Siyu sorted out the information in the book. The story told by Dai Xiaoman was like a fantasy, but it was feasible after careful consideration.

Such an organization has a strict management system.

Each room is like a small orphanage.

Yu Niangniang is deliberately collecting these children, providing them with shelter, money, and inducement.

When the children grow up, they can kill, cheat, commit crimes, snoop on news for her, and even buy powerful people as gifts.

These children who are innocent, have no history, and have not yet formed the Three Views, who can be manipulated by them, are much more precious than the terminally ill patients like Chen Yanqiu who can be used and discarded at will.

Song Wen looked at Lu Siyu, and the two exchanged eyes for a moment, then continued to turn around and ask her, "Do you know who else is in the same situation as you and came out of Niangniang?"

Dai Xiaoman discovered that Song Wen was like an insulator, no matter how pitiful she was, he was doing business on business, but looked at Lu Siyu with very gentle eyes.

Seeing this, she finally gave up and said at a faster rate: "We are all in single-line contact, maybe I see some girls and I can remember them, but I haven't seen them for a few years, no It must be recognized that those girls should also have new identities."

Lu Siyu asked a key question: "Where do the other underage children live now, do you know?"

Dai Xiaoman shook his head and looked at him: "I don't know where it is. It's probably like I used to live in a rabbit hole."

"Rabbit hole?" Song Wen repeated, sounding like the place where Alice in Wonderland appeared.

Dai Xiaoman continued: "We used to call it this way, each hole has a number, there are countless such caves in the city, hidden in various communities, they often change locations, change places, and move quickly once suspicion is raised. ."

Lu Siyu bit his nails and frowned slightly, sly rabbit three caves.

These caves are scattered throughout the city, and it seems difficult for these children to find these people.

Song Wen asked: "You mentioned Yu Niangniang just now, do you know her identity?"

Dai Xiaoman said in a trembling voice, "I only saw it once from a distance, many years ago, a middle-aged woman. All I know is that she hired those people and raised us."

The children do not have identities, but this woman and the aunts who take care of them cannot be without identities. They need to rent those houses, take care of the children's daily life, decide whether the children will go or stay, and make arrangements.

Dai Xiaoman's feelings for the three words Yu Niangniang were mixed, both grateful and scared. He could feel it in her tone.

"Who is the other person who has been in contact with you?"

"Yes... a man, his voice is quite nice." Dai Xiaoman silently gave out a number, "When I dial this number, the other party will be prompted to shut down, but then he will call me."

"What does that man look like?"

"I don't remember exactly. The last time I saw him was a few years ago, and I just remember a tall man."

Lu Siyu wrote the two words "Beluga whale", and then wrote three words "Yu Niangniang".

Now he still doesn't know whether Beluga is the person behind Niang Niang, or a parallel relationship, a cooperative relationship, or an employment relationship.

Through these children, Yu Niangniang can reach out to every direction in the city, from high to low, from all walks of life.

The only thing that is certain now is that the news that Dai Xiaoman detected will be passed on to the Beluga.

Dai Xiaoman said this, bit his lip, looked at Song Wen, and reminded: "My brother is still with them."

Song Wen asked her, "Where is your brother now, do you know?"

Dai Xiaoman shook his head: "I don't know. I haven't seen him for two years. The last time I saw him was in the subway. I only know that he works on the No. 2 subway."

"Part-time work? What are they doing in the subway?" Song Wen immediately thought of Chen Yanqiu's "part-time work" before.

"Everything that can make money, they take those things as training." Dai Xiaoman whispered, "stealing, begging, or other things, maybe in the future, they will kill people."

Then she explained: "Girls are different from boys. Auntie said that girls need to be rich and boys need to be poor. Girls can be raised, but boys need to go out to work, they have other A set of life style, believe in the law of the weak. The last time I saw my brother, he happily told me that they would watch movies at night, and they were all violent movies. He stole three mobile phones that day and put them at their Being the first among the group of children, what kind of rewards and praises he can get, he...the tone at that time was very proud."

Sounds like those boys were brainwashed even more.

They have no identity and cannot see the sun, like maggots and mice in the ground.

Dai Xiaoman's eyes rolled: "I have already explained everything I should say. Can you find my brother? I think... Once they find out that I surrendered, my brother will become dangerous."

Song Wendao: "Tell me your brother's name, age, and all the characteristics."

This is the line they can grab at the moment, and they must hold the line firmly before the opponent can react.

Dai Xiaoman is now out of the organization and outside, and her younger brother is still with those people, his identity is more and more critical.

They need to associate people with identities.