Since Jiezai and Liangzai couldn’t handle him even with over twenty followers, he must not be easy to deal with. So let’s find the person first, then plan accordingly!
"Understood, boss. I’ll send soone to investigate right away!" Jiezai nodded.
After hanging up the phone, Jiezai imdiately gathered a few underlings and instructed them to secretly investigate Lin Mu’s whereabouts at nearby hotels.
Lin Mu and the other two rested in the hotel for an afternoon. In the evening, they went downstairs together intending to get sothing to eat. Led by Tingting, Lin Mu and his companions arrived at a nearby street food market.
The evening sea breeze was gentle and pleasant, and as night fell, the street food market was bustling with people. Eating and drinking beer here was undoubtedly an ideal way to beat the sumr heat!
Arriving at the food street, the three of them sat down at a barbecue place. It was a hot sumr, and enjoying barbecue with so beer was perfect. So the three found a table on the roadside and sat down.
"Tingting, what do you want to eat?" Lin Mu asked.
"Anything’s fine." Tingting smiled, looking sowhat nervous and uneasy.
Lin Mu might not know the power behind the Grand Hotel, but Tingting had so idea. She wasn’t entirely sure, but she knew that on Zhujiang Island, no one dared to ss with the Grand Hotel.
Tingting worried that Lin Mu and Qi Manlin would be found by people from the Grand Hotel. After all, Zhujiang Island wasn’t big, so finding soone wasn’t hard.
Lin Mu glanced at Tingting, smiled, and ordered so lamb skewers, pork belly, chicken hearts... and various spicy skewers. Lin Mu also ordered two lamb penises for himself, which earned a disapproving look from Qi Manlin, though Lin Mu chose to ignore it.
Soon, the ordered spicy skewers were served, and Lin Mu began drinking beer and eating the skewers heartily.
"Tingting, when were you forced into this line of work?" Lin Mu asked while eating.
"I was brought here a year ago. At that ti, a few girlfriends and I ca here to work, but we were tricked into the hotel. Initially, we thought we were just working as waitresses, but later we discovered they forced us into doing those kinds of things. If we refused, they would beat us, took our phones, and didn’t allow us to contact the outside world. Ultimately, they forcibly had relations with us, and we had no choice but to go along with it." Tingting spoke blandly. Perhaps she was used to it, so her emotions weren’t overly intense.
Lin Mu glanced at Tingting, feeling genuinely sorry for these girls from the Mainland. There were countless cases of migrant girls being deceived like this. The world had too many injustices, and Huaxia was so vast that even if he was a superpower Spider-Man, he couldn’t manage everything!
"Didn’t you think of escaping or calling the police?" Qi Manlin asked from the side.
"We tried running away several tis but got caught each ti. When caught, they would beat us severely, and there was even sexual abuse. After several failed escape attempts, we gave up hope."
"Didn’t you call the police?" Qi Manlin asked.
"Call the police? Haha, we initially considered it too, but we were too naive. They had confiscated our phones. We sohow managed to find a phone and called the police, but instead of the police, they ca. Of course, it ended with another beating, and they only hit the legs and places people couldn’t see. Such pain is unbearable for most people. Later, I learned that their influence was vast, having people both underground and aboveground!" Tingting sighed, her eyes filled with hatred.
Now Qi Manlin felt a bit embarrassed. As a police officer, she seed to have believed all police officers were overly righteous!
"Didn’t your parents look for you when you didn’t return ho during the holidays? Or, if they couldn’t find you, they could report it. At least the Mainland police wouldn’t be so unreliable." Lin Mu said.
"Our phones were controlled, and during the holidays, they used our phones to send a standardized ssage to our families, saying we couldn’t co ho for the holidays, along with so greetings, making our families think we were doing well outside. They also sent money to our families, so they had no idea." Tingting said and downed a glass of beer.
A year ago, Tingting was a girl who couldn’t drink, but over the year, she could drink five or six bottles alone, indicating how quickly a fallen girl’s tolerance for alcohol could increase!
Lin Mu glanced at Tingting and said, "Don’t worry, stick with us, and we’ll take you away from here. You won’t have to live like this anymore."
"Brother Lin, Sister Manlin, I don’t want to just leave like this. So of my good friends are still inside; I can’t abandon them. I can’t think of anyone who could rescue them now; we can’t rely on the police, and there’s no one around. It’s only you two." Tingting looked at Lin Mu and Qi Manlin with pleading eyes.
"Don’t worry; we’ll find a way to get them out too," Lin Mu assured.
"Really?" Tingting asked with a look of surprise, almost not daring to believe it.
"Yes, of course, but we’ll need your help," Lin Mu said.
Tingting nodded, "Don’t worry, Brother Lin, if there’s anything you need help with, just say the word. I’ll assist in any way I can!"
"I want to know about the distribution of power in this Zhujiang Island area, particularly the underground forces!" Lin Mu asked.
Lin Mu realized that the organization that sabotaged the cargo ship must be more than just a small faction. To investigate, they must start from the local power distribution, making it relatively easier to pinpoint their target!
And since Tingting had been in the circle for a year, especially in the relatively influential Grand Hotel, she would no doubt know sothing about the situation in Zhujiang Island. Asking her was undoubtedly better than asking a random passerby!
"Speaking of the power on Zhujiang Island, there are actually only two families. Ultimately, it’s one family; the others are just small gangs and minor factions!" Tingting explained.
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Lin Mu questioned.
"On Zhujiang Island, the most powerful are Shen Yijin and Shen Yiyin. They control the entire underground forces on the island. They’re one unified force because they’re brothers, half-brothers. Shen Yijin is the older one, and his mother passed away when he was very young, so his father remarried and had Shen Yiyin." Tingting explained.
"Tell more about the relationship between the two of them," Lin Mu asked.
Tingting nodded and said, "I only know the general idea, not the specifics, as I’m just a lower-level person with limited knowledge. It’s said that Shen Yijin and Shen Yiyin have never gotten along. Shen Yijin has already severed ties with the family, gaining a good reputation outside, while Shen Yiyin, pampered from an early age, relies on the family’s power. But on Zhujiang Island, he’s still a notable figure!"
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