CHAPTER 32: CHAPTER 32: THE SCARRED MAN’S VISION

The sobbing sound echoed inside the car, and He Qi’an handed a tissue to Lin Xiaoyan, his gaze fixed on the opposite side.

Finally, he saw the man walking out of the coffee shop. He clutched his fists, resisting the urge to go out, his eyes tightly fixed on that man.

Scarface keenly sensed a stare and suddenly turned his head towards the source of that gaze.

However, when he met He Qi’an’s eyes, a trace of surprise and excitement flashed in his eyes. After almost a second, he immediately shifted his gaze.

He cautiously looked around, never glancing in He Qi’an’s direction again, and turned to leave.

If it were a stranger, they wouldn’t notice anything unusual about Scarface.

But for He Qi’an, familiar with Scarface, he could tell something was off just from the way Scarface walked.

Not until Scarface got into a car and left did He Qi’an’s expression turn somber, with a dark gleam in his eyes.

"Can you tell me what you just saw..."

He Qi’an’s somewhat hoarse voice sounded inside the car, "What did you just see?"

Lin Xiaoyan wiped her tears and lifted her head, her eyes and nose now reddened.

She looked at the coffee shop opposite, not seeing Scarface.

"He’s already gone."

Hearing that the man had already left, Lin Xiaoyan suddenly grabbed He Qi’an’s arm, "Can you save him? Don’t let him go back to that place?"

He Qi’an looked at Lin Xiaoyan, with sadness in his expression but a very firm tone, "No."

Lin Xiaoyan trembled as she asked, "Why?"

"First, tell me what you saw."

He Qi’an closed his eyes as he asked.

Lin Xiaoyan took a deep look at He Qi’an, then glanced towards the coffee shop, took a deep breath, and slowly began to speak.

"I saw the man returning to his residence, then a blond man came to find him...

Then he appeared in a warehouse, and there were many people in the warehouse, including an older man wearing a string of Buddha beads on his wrist...

..."

Lin Xiaoyan narrated the scenes she saw.

When she reached the part describing Scarface’s tragic situation, her voice choked up uncontrollably.

"They were interrogating him, trying to get him to reveal the identity of another undercover agent...

They pulled out his fingernails, smashed his fingers one by one...

They tore out his tendons...

They even brought in wolves; they chopped off his arms and legs to feed the wolves, letting him watch it unfold..."

By the end, Lin Xiaoyan was sobbing uncontrollably...

He Qi’an tightly gripped the steering wheel, veins bulging on his hands, his eyes reddened, teeth clenched tightly.

Finally, after Lin Xiaoyan finished speaking, she looked up at He Qi’an, "Is he an undercover cop?"

He Qi’an didn’t speak. After a long pause, he finally said, "Yes."

Hearing the confirmed answer, Lin Xiaoyan couldn’t hold back her tears again.

"Why can’t he be saved? Didn’t you bring me here to find out about his situation?"

Lin Xiaoyan questioned.

He Qi’an remained silent, starting the car and driving away.

"If you can’t save him, can’t the Special Investigation Bureau intervene?

Surely they have a way to rescue him, right?"

Lin Xiaoyan pondered all sorts of methods, hoping to rescue this admirable yet heartbreaking officer.

The whole way, He Qi’an didn’t say a word, and Lin Xiaoyan eventually fell silent as well.

Until the car stopped beneath the apartment Lin Xiaoyan rented, He Qi’an parked the car.

Staring not far into the distance, he opened his mouth and said, "Saving him is a must."

Lin Xiaoyan immediately turned her head, looking at He Qi’an expectantly.

"But there are too many complications involved, it won’t be easy."

He Qi’an only said these two sentences, seriously looking at Lin Xiaoyan, "Thank you for today, about today’s events..."

"I understand, it’s confidential! I absolutely won’t tell anyone." Lin Xiaoyan promised.

He Qi’an looked deeply at Lin Xiaoyan and nodded, "Thank you. I’ll transfer the remaining payment to you now."

He Qi’an took out his phone and directly transferred fifteen thousand to Lin Xiaoyan.

After transferring, his face flushed a little, "Cough, um... I’ll get my salary at the end of the month, after that, I’ll transfer more to you. Just hold onto this for now."

Lin Xiaoyan was taken aback by the fifteen thousand transfer, and even more so when she heard He Qi’an mention transferring more.

"No... it’s not necessary, what you’ve given me is already a lot, twenty thousand in total!!!" Lin Xiaoyan swallowed, twenty thousand, in just one morning!

"You don’t need to transfer more money; really, twenty thousand is already a lot!" Lin Xiaoyan said excitedly.

Seeing Lin Xiaoyan’s excited and joyful demeanor, He Qi’an’s previously suppressed mood slightly eased.

"You know, in Beijing, superpower users like you charge how much for a private gig, right?"

Lin Xiaoyan had just confirmed the receipt, cheerfully eyeing her WeChat balance, which had never been this high before!

Hearing He Qi’an suddenly ask this question, Lin Xiaoyan looked up, curiously asked, "How much?"

"A hundred thousand!"

Lin Xiaoyan: "!!!"

Seeing the stunned Lin Xiaoyan, a smile flickered in He Qi’an’s eyes, "That’s just the appearance fee. After completing the task, there’s another fee, and it surely won’t be less than a hundred thousand, so..."

At this point, He Qi’an’s expression was quite embarrassed, if not for his card being frozen, he wouldn’t have waited till now to transfer only twenty thousand to Lin Xiaoyan.

Lin Xiaoyan was stunned by the high prices in Beijing!

At the same time, seeing He Qi’an’s awkward expression, she quickly returned to her senses.

She hurriedly said, "For me, twenty thousand is already a lot. This superpower... it’s like a gift from above, either way, I’m benefiting!"

Hearing this, He Qi’an looked at Lin Xiaoyan, "You... are different from other superpower users."

Lin Xiaoyan shrugged, "Whatever, maybe others have strong superpowers, I can only do these things."

"If it weren’t for this superpower, I’d still be an ordinary person, struggling all over for next month’s rent and living expenses."

Finally, Lin Xiaoyan firmly refused to let He Qi’an transfer more money, stating that twenty thousand was enough.

He Qi’an had no choice but to agree, deciding that in the future, if the police needed Lin Xiaoyan’s help in any case, he’d definitely apply for a higher bonus for her.

That afternoon, major news media successively reported on El Hospital’s organ trafficking case.

Various news exposures revealed the illegal acts of El Hospital staff, from the head dean down to the nurses.

There were also some clients who had undergone organ transplants; part of the client list was exposed, while another part wasn’t due to strong backgrounds.

The entire El Hospital, from the dean soliciting clients, surgeons performing organ removal, to nurses selling babies...

Many photos and videos surfaced, along with some victim lists...