The old woman's hands began to tremble.
The knife slipped and fell to the ground.
It made a crisp sound.
Chen Feng picked up the knife and walked towards me with bloodshot eyes.
"What are ghosts?"
"Today, I'll show you that living people are more terrifying than ghosts."
The door was slammed open, and a group of people rushed in.
They swiftly subdued Chen Feng.
"Police."
"Don't move."
I weakly opened my eyes. "You finally came."
Chen Feng stared in disbelief, "How could you be here?"
"We've always been here."
"Earlier, we accidentally dozed off."
"So we didn't see the signal in time."
"Sorry for being late."
I shook my head. "It's not too late."
"Just right."
Chen Feng and her mother-in-law were taken away.
The sound of police sirens pierced through the long night.
The quiet village suddenly became lively.
The police car would stop almost every few steps.
Many mothers locked inside their homes were rescued.
I sat in the police car, gently stroking a silver bracelet in my hand.
The bracelet was cold, emitting a faint glow at my fingertips.
Beside me was another identical silver bracelet.
That one belonged to Du Xiaoman.
Du Xiaoman and I grew up together.
Her parents favored boys over girls and treated her poorly.
Du Xiaoman often hid in corners and cried.
I was her only friend.
We once pinky swore to never part ways for life.
Later, Du Xiaoman got into college, and we went our separate ways.
She gave me her bracelet, and through it, we sent our longing for each other.
Even if we are not together, our feelings have not changed.
In her senior year, Du Xiaoman met a handsome man who claimed to be a freelance photographer and had saved her.
They quickly fell in love.
Du Xiaoman shared her joy with me.
She said she was very happy.
"Nana, I finally found my Prince Charming."
"He is handsome, gentle, talented, and being with him makes me especially happy."
Later, Du Xiaoman became pregnant.
She told me that after having the baby, she would discuss marriage with her parents.
She moved to her boyfriend's old home in the countryside to focus on her pregnancy.
"Nana, my mother-in-law is so good to me."
"Better than my own mom."
"I am very happy now."
Not long after, Du Xiaoman suddenly sent a message saying her mother-in-law might want to kill her.
The phone could no longer be reached.
I couldn't contact Du Xiaoman and had to find a way to reach her parents.
"Let it be if I die."
"She embarrassed herself outside; I have long considered her no longer my daughter."
"Let her die out there, don't let her come back."
Du Xiaoman's parents were indifferent towards her.
I reported to the police, but due to insufficient leads, they did not file a case.
On the way back and forth to the police station, I met Yang Mengling.
Her father is the police chief.
Yang Mengling is now also a police officer.
She is investigating a cross-province human trafficking case.
"This case has been sitting on my dad's desk for over ten years."
"It has only recently made some progress."
"Your friend Du Xiaoman is very likely to have been abducted by criminals involved in trafficking women and children."
I made up my mind, "I want to help her take revenge."
"I want those who harmed her to receive the punishment they deserve."
Yang Mengling thought for a moment and said that only if I volunteered to act as bait could we find evidence of Du Xiaoman's victimization.
I began to self-study hypnosis and took courses at university.
When I first had relations with Chen Feng, I hypnotized him.
Pretending to be pregnant was also part of the hypnosis.
Junior brought a team and followed me to the area.
They lurked on the outskirts of the village, waiting for my distress signal.
Meeting Chen Feng was a coincidence.
I successfully obtained the recording device and distress signal transmitter using the method Junior taught me.
Everything that Grandma later saw was a result of my hypnosis.
Both Chen Feng and Grandma admitted it.
They had trafficked and killed dozens of women, and infants were sold off.
Chen Feng was responsible for hunting for prey.
Grandma was in charge of slaughtering cattle and sheep, which actually involved killing people as well.
The entire village was a criminal organization involved in trafficking women and children.
They had a stable supply chain, hidden for many years without being discovered.
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