A young boy from the 1970s, separated from his family, fled famine and led his younger brother into

"Excellent! As expected of my daughter, Su Weiguo! As expected of my daughter, Lu Zhenguo!"

Upon hearing Su Nianci's resolute answer, Lu Zhenguo's bloodshot eyes flashed with an astonishing light!

He didn't misjudge him!

This child inherited her father's fearless spirit and indomitable courage!

"Don't worry! Dad promises you! This operation will only succeed and will not fail! And you will not be harmed in the slightest!" Lu Zhenguo patted Su Nianci's shoulder heavily and made a solemn promise.

However, just as Lu Zhenguo was about to make a call to redeploy the action plan, Su Nianci shook her head.

"Dad, maybe we...don't need to go back."

What?!

Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Yayun were both stunned.

"What do you mean?"

Su Nianci raised her head, her clear eyes sparkling with a shrewd and strategic wisdom.

"Dad, what do you think someone as stupid and greedy as my uncle would take with him when he flees in the middle of the night?"

Lu Zhenguo frowned, pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "Money, food coupons, and all valuables."

"That's right." Su Nianci nodded. "Then what is the thing he's least likely to bring, and the one he's most likely to overlook?"

Before Lu Zhenguo could answer, Su Nianci answered her own question: "Those old things that he considered 'worthless' and hid in nooks and crannies..."

"I remember my aunt had a habit." A trace of recollection flashed in Su Nianci's eyes, more like a precise recap, "She wrapped all the important documents, including the family land deeds, household registration book, my father's death certificate, and pension receipts, in an oilcloth and hid them under the pickle jar at the very back of the kitchen."

"Because she thought the most dangerous place was the safest place. Nobody would have thought that something so important would be stored with those salty, smelly, rotten vegetable leaves."

"They ran off in such a hurry that, in their eyes, those 'useless' scraps of paper were definitely not worth a ten-yuan note!"

"They probably didn't take it at all!"

Su Nianci's words instantly illuminated Lu Zhenguo's chaotic mind!

Yup!

How could he not have thought of that!

He was so focused on arresting people that he ignored these most original and direct pieces of physical evidence!

"Wang Zhenshan!" Lu Zhenguo didn't hesitate any longer. He grabbed the phone and directly connected to the security department. "I don't care what method you use! Even if you have to turn the whole Sujia Village upside down, you have to find those things!"

"Yes, sir!"

……

Three days later. Sujia Village.

The entire village was shrouded in an unprecedented atmosphere of oppression and panic.

Two military jeeps were parked under the century-old locust tree at the village entrance. Their cold, hard steel bodies and imposing license plates looked like two mountains, making the whole village feel suffocated.

Village chief Su Youcai and commune secretary Li Weimin followed behind a military officer like two lapdogs, sweating profusely and bowing and scraping.

"Chief, look... we've been looking for this for days, maybe... we should just give up? That kid Su Weiqiang, who knows, he's probably already off feeding wolves in some mountain gully..." Village Chief Su Youcai rubbed his hands together, cautiously probing.

The officer in question was Zhao Tiejun, the company commander of the reconnaissance company under Lu Zhenguo.

He glanced coldly at the obsequious village official and let out a disdainful snort.

"Forget it?" Zhao Tiejun's voice was like a cold wind in December. "Let me tell you, Su Youcai! This matter was personally ordered by Political Commissar Lu of the Military Region! Don't even mention Su Weiqiang; even if a fly flew out of your Su Family Village, we would still catch it and find out whether it's male or female!"

"If I find out who dares to pull any tricks behind the scenes and tip off those two bastards..."

Zhao Tiejun paused, then reached out and gently patted Su Youcai's face, which had turned deathly pale with fear.

"I guarantee his fate will be a hundred times worse than Su Weiqiang's!"

"Reporting, Company Commander! We've found it!"

The soldier held a package tightly wrapped in oilcloth, which smelled strongly of pickled vegetables, high in his hand!

Zhao Tiejun's eyes lit up instantly!

He snatched the package and untied it in no time.

Sure enough, inside!

Land deeds, household registration book, Su Weiguo's martyr's death certificate, receipt of 3,000 yuan in pension, and even several letters between Su Weiqiang and the human trafficker "Zhang Mazi"!

The proof is like a mountain!

"Good! Good! Good!" Zhao Tiejun exclaimed three times in excitement as he looked at the evidence that was enough to nail Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang to the pillar of shame.

He turned his head and looked at Su Youcai and Li Weimin, whose faces were ashen, his face as cold as ice.

"Now can you tell us which direction those two beasts ran off in?"

……

at the same time.

The train station in a remote small county town more than 200 kilometers away from Sujia Village.

Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang were like two rats crossing the street, huddled in the most inconspicuous corner of the waiting room.

Both of them had thick headscarves covering their faces in an attempt to conceal them.

"Dad, are we... are we really going to run north? I heard it's really cold up north, and people can freeze to death in winter!" Wang Guixiang said, her voice filled with unease as she carried a heavy cloth bag.

"You know nothing!" Su Weiqiang lowered his voice and cursed viciously, "The situation is so tense right now! The safest place is to run north, to those remote, mountainous areas!"

"It's all that little bitch's fault! If it weren't for her, we'd still be living the high life at home! Once I get over this, I'll find a way to kill her!" Su Weiqiang gritted his teeth with hatred at the thought of his current pathetic state.

"Shh! Keep your voice down!" Wang Guixiang quickly covered his mouth in fright. "Do you want everyone to know we're fugitives?"

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps approached from afar.

Several police officers in uniform with pistols at their waists, and a man in plainclothes but with a distinctly military bearing, strode into the waiting room.

Their eyes scanned the crowd as quickly as hawks would.

Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang's hearts jumped into their throats!

They instinctively lowered their heads even further.

However, it was too late.

The plainclothes soldier had sharp eyes and locked onto them in an instant!

A cold smile appeared on his face, like a hunter eyeing its prey.

He raised his hand and gently pointed in the direction of Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang.

"That's them!"

The next second, several police officers pounced on them like wolves and tigers!

"Don't move! We're from the police!"

The cold handcuffs were tightly fastened to Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang's wrists!

"No! It wasn't me! You've arrested the wrong person! You've arrested the wrong person!" Wang Guixiang screamed and struggled like a madwoman!

Su Weiqiang was also terrified. He struggled desperately to break free, shouting incoherently, "I didn't! I don't know anything! It was that little bitch! It was that little bitch Su Nianci who framed me!"

However, they were met with the cold, emotionless rebukes of the police officers.

"Behave yourself!"

"Su Weiqiang, Wang Guixiang! You are suspected of embezzling martyrs' pensions, abusing martyrs' orphans, and deliberately trafficking children! The evidence is conclusive! Come with us!"

Upon hearing the words "conclusive evidence," all of Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang's struggles and excuses instantly ceased.

Their faces were filled with nothing but deathly despair.

They couldn't understand it.

They've clearly run so far, they've clearly erased all traces!

Why... why were they found again?!

Despite the inescapable trap, they ultimately could not escape!

Under the disdainful and angry gazes of all the passengers in the waiting room, Su Weiqiang and Wang Guixiang were dragged out of the train station like two dead dogs and shoved into a police car.

What awaits them is the harshest trial under the law, and a long rest of their lives spent in endless regret and pain.

At the same time, in the Harbin Military Region compound.

Lu Zhenguo put down the phone, and his face, which had been tense for days and looked like a dark cloud, finally showed a relieved expression.

He turned to look at Su Nianci, who was playing cat's cradle with Xiao Shitou in the living room, his voice gentler than ever before.

"Nianci".

"They've been caught."