Transmigrated into a female-oriented novel, and put an end to the domineering CEOs all over the city

Lin Yutang took Lu Jingxiu's kidnapping extremely seriously.

She returned to her office, and without saying a word, turned on her computer and began checking the latest internal police records, preparing to conduct a needle-in-a-haystack investigation.

Officer Zhao from the police team came over and, noticing the string of filter criteria on her screen, asked curiously, "Captain Lin, what are you checking?"

"Kidnapping case."

Upon hearing those three words, the officers in the office exchanged glances and instantly became respectful.

Kidnapping case! This is a big case! As expected of Captain Lin, he went out for a short while and came back with such a tough job.

Her efficiency was so high that one wondered if she had installed a mission refresh point at the entrance of the branch office.

Just then, an older detective named Liu, who was drinking tea from a thermos, casually remarked:

"Speaking of kidnapping, didn't the An family's daughter go missing overseas a while ago? She disappeared in Southeast Asia, and her family went crazy searching for her. They even posted a reward on foreign websites. I have a feeling she was kidnapped."

"Brother Liu, what's the name of that missing girl?" Lin Yutang asked.

Brother Liu put down his cup and said with a smile, "His name is An Xiaozhao. That girl from the An family used to be quite famous in our Ba Province. She was a pampered young lady."

Lin Yutang's heart stirred, but she didn't ask any questions on the spot. She just wrote down the name An Xiaozhao.

"The An family used to be the richest family in our province, but now..." Another veteran detective chimed in, shaking his head with a sigh. "Southeast Asia is a mess. For a young woman to end up in a place like that..."

Lin Yutang stopped listening to their idle chatter. She tapped a few more times on the keyboard and quickly found An Xiaozhao's home address through the intranet.

Then, she stood up, picked up her coat, and walked straight out of the police station.

She took a taxi to Anjia Villa.

Hearing that Lin Yutang had come about An Xiaozhao's case, An's mother sobbed as she said:

"Xiao Zhao just went abroad to relax, and she promised to text me every day... Suddenly she stopped... She's such a good girl, she wouldn't run off on her own..."

Lin Yutang listened quietly, her mind already racing with analysis.

With all the clues piling up, she immediately came to the conclusion that An Xiaozhao had most likely been kidnapped.

Moreover, she has now vaguely grasped a pattern.

When I'm investigating a case, I always seem to have exceptionally good luck.

Just after receiving Lu Jingxiu's plea for help, the case of An Xiaozhao's disappearance suddenly appeared.

She had a strong premonition that these two cases were definitely not parallel; there must be some connection between them.

Could it be that the people who kidnapped An Xiaozhao also want to get to Lu Jingxiu?

If that's the case, then this line is much more important than we imagine.

"Auntie, has the An family recently... made any enemies?" she asked tentatively.

An's mother paused for a moment, which Lin Yutang immediately noticed.

She knew she had asked the right question.

After hesitating for a long time, An's mother finally stammered, "It's not so much a feud as it is, it's just... it's just that there's been some unpleasantness with the Lu family."

Lin Yutang's heart stirred; she had gained something unexpected.

She remained outwardly calm, then followed up with, "Surname Lu? What's his full name?"

"Lu Jingxiu," Mother An said, then quickly shook her head, "but it can't be him. The Lu family wouldn't do such a thing. Our two families have been competitors, but ultimately..."

Lin Yutang leaned forward slightly and gently guided, "Auntie, why are you so sure?"

An's mother glanced at her, then quickly looked away, as if weighing her options.

Finally, Mother An lowered her voice and said, "Because Lu Jingxiu's father... is a high-ranking official in the city."

Lin Yutang's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

She heard her heart skip a beat.

But there was no flaw on her face. She nodded, as if noting down a routine message, her voice still gentle.

"Okay, Auntie, your information is very useful to me. I will find out the details for you as soon as possible."

Then, she stood up, politely said goodbye to An's mother, and left the An family villa.

Lin Yutang walked slowly along the tree-lined path outside the villa.

A breeze blew by, carrying the chill of late autumn, and ruffled her hair a little. She ignored it, simply keeping her head down and walking step by step.

She was thinking.

It turns out that Lu Jingxiu's father was actually a high-ranking official in the city.

When he got her into the police force, she thought he was humbling himself and begging for favors everywhere, and that he owed her a mountain of debts he could never repay.

Therefore, she would transfer all of her monthly salary to him, keeping only a small amount for living expenses for herself.

He told her he was bankrupt and asked her to repay the money. She believed him and foolishly saved up and tried her best to repay him, afraid that he wouldn't be able to pay her back and that he would be embarrassed.

He said he was scared and came to her for protection. She thought this man was finally willing to show weakness in front of her and finally willing to rely on her.

Now, standing on this quiet road, she suddenly understood everything.

He doesn't need any of these.

He doesn't need her to repay the money, nor does he need her protection; even the bankruptcy claim is fake.

"Then why did he pretend to be pitiful with me? Why did he hide it from me?"

She walked for an unknown amount of time, and slowly she came to her senses...

Yes, Lu Jingxiu wasn't after her money, nor did he really need her protection; he was just afraid she would see him as her benefactor.

Fearing that she would always see herself as someone in debt, Lu Jingxiu deliberately humbled himself, making her feel that she could also repay him with her own hands.

She stopped, leaned against a roadside tree, and went through in her mind everything Lu Jingxiu had done.

He was just passing by when he saw a girl being abducted on the street. They were strangers, and he could have easily ignored it, but he called the police.

He gave her a house to live in, bought her clothes and a cell phone, and gave her a way to stand up on her own.

He arranged for her to work at the branch office and took on all her troubles.

He suddenly did so many rude things in front of her in August...

Looking back now, which one wasn't clumsy yet deliberate?

Even though he was in that position, he was willing to pretend to be an ordinary person who was poor, stingy, and full of flaws in front of her.

All these things combined made her feel like she hadn't done anything right.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Lu Jingxiu was a fool who stood on high ground but insisted on squatting down and talking to her face to face.

The son of a high-ranking official in the city, what can't he have? What kind of girl wouldn't come running to him with just a wave of his hand?

But he insisted on coming back to her, and insisted on acting like an ordinary person who was afraid and needed her, running to the police station entrance to ask for help.

She wondered if he was being too good to her, which left her feeling a little overwhelmed.

And I am so lucky. Someone who is so capable has repeatedly reached out to her, and even made himself look so pathetic just to make her feel better.

She thought, there are so many people in this world, some have given her pain, and some have given her cold looks.

Only he reached out to her time and time again, as if afraid that she would remember his kindness.

Lin Yutang sniffed and quickly wiped the corner of her eye.

Then she took out her phone and sent a message to Lu Jingxiu.

Lin Yutang: Lu Jingxiu, thank you.

After sending it, she looked at the three words "thank you" and felt it was too inadequate.

But she didn't know what else she could do to repay what he had done.

It seems like I've been thanking Lu Jingxiu almost constantly ever since I met him...

She put away her phone, took a deep breath, and slowly suppressed the turbulent emotions churning inside her.

Then, she turned around and walked back towards the branch office.

Upon returning to the branch office, Lin Yutang immediately got to work.

Based on the hotel check-in information and other clues provided by An Xiaozhao's mother, she quickly applied for international assistance. The other party responded quickly and sent a large amount of surveillance and investigation materials.

One of the key surveillance clips clearly shows An Xiaozhao being roughly carried onto a van without license plates.

She mobilized all the resources at her disposal, and with the crucial clues that kept popping up, she quickly found out where the bread truck came from.

Continuing to follow this clue, they soon identified the kidnappers of An Xiaozhao as a human trafficking group based in Southeast Asia.

At this moment, veteran detective Liu suddenly remembered an informant he used to know, who said that the man was doing border trade business overseas and had a very shady background, and had just returned recently.

Lin Yutang contacted that person through Brother Liu.

The other person told her on the phone, "Those human traffickers? They were caught recently! In the XX area, a local military leader's men raided their territory, and not many of them escaped."

"What about the hostages that the human traffickers kidnapped?" Lin Yutang pressed.

"Needless to say? They were all taken by that military leader," the other person said in a low voice. "That military leader has a lot of influence in the area, and no one dares to mess with him."

Everyone calls him Master Kun.

Lin Yutang took out several sheets of A4 paper and quickly drew a topological diagram of the relationships between the characters. She wrote the name "Master Kun" in the center and then connected all the clues she had found that day with lines.

Next, she saved the other clues in separate files, and then quickly registered and updated the clue verification status on the computer.

Finally, I put the case file in the counter for registration, then shut down the computer, put the A4 sheets of paper into a folder and took them with me, then got up and left the office.