The Anarchic Consort c1-1376

by Warring Young Seven

  Helian Wei Wei listened to the woman but her gaze was fixed behind the woman's back. Then, she asked with a faint grin on her face, "Besides your son, did you and your husband have another child in the past?"

  The woman was glued to the spot. "How… how do you know?"

  "I've read your fortune." Helian Wei Wei stared at the tiny shadow that was standing behind the woman's back. "Did he die in a car crash?"

  Upon hearing this, gut-wrenching sobs tore through her c.h.e.s.t as she nodded violently.

  Helian Wei Wei was not supposed to speak of ghosts and spirits to the commoners. Yet, she tactfully delivered the truth to the woman. "Your son did meet a young boy, but the boy had no intention to hurt your son. Instead, they shared a special bond that only exists between siblings. Your firstborn sensed the danger that was approaching your son and wanted to protect him. Unfortunately, he had limited power and could not fight against the talisman. Therefore, he was forced to leave, when he could actually have guarded your son. If I'm not mistaken, your son disappeared right after your firstborn's departure."

  The woman was drenched with tears after she understood the chain of events. "I always thought that he was holding grudges against his father and I, for we have given all our love to Xiao Xiang. We thought that was why he wouldn't leave Xiao Xiang alone. I..."

  "Children are always pure-hearted. They will always repay the kindness they have received. Even if their parents are biased toward another child, the family bond they share will always remain." Helian Wei Wei rose to her feet. She deepened her gaze as she looked at the setting sun. Then, she turned around to look at the chavs before she flashed a wicked grin. "Someone's causing trouble in our area. Is he trying to trifle with me?"

  Kim, who had a cigarette in his mouth, did not speak. He silently grabbed his leather jacket.

  Meanwhile, the bear-like Old A put on a broad grin before he brandished the metal rod in his hand. "Let's go and get him!"

  Chapter 891 - Wei Wei’s Forces Had Reawakened

  "We'd definitely get him. But, before that, let's go to the ghost market. Since it's a mission assigned by Young Master Tang, things shouldn't be this simple." Helian Wei Wei said while she mounted her BMW Tomahawk. As she fastened her helmet with her long and slender fingers, she gazed at the woman and asked, "You lost your son at the school gate, right?"

  The woman wiped away her tears. "That's what the school teacher said."

  "Understood. You should return home for now. I will update you when we make any progress." After she cleared all her doubts, Helian Wei Wei tightened her grip around the handles. She started the engine of her charismatic BMW Tomahawk and swooshed out of the alley, heading for the ghost market.

  The ghost market made its earliest appearance in the old Beijing City, in the form of an antique trading market that operated from dusk till dawn. Goods sold there were usually forbidden items such as the heirloom of a fallen noble family, artifacts stolen by the eunuchs from the palace and funerary objects brought by the tomb raiders.

  Sellers often set up their own stalls in the open air of the barren plains where interested buyers would negotiate with the sellers obscurely under their sleeves. Words were rarely spoken, so the entire market was hushed. The dim environment of the market was another reason behind the ghost market's name.

  Following the establishment of modern China, the country underwent a cultural revolution. Consequently, there was an increasing number of antiques being found amongst common folks. This subsequently encouraged the blossoming of ghost markets. The Pan Garden of Beijing and the Badang Lane in Tianjin were two of the very well-known examples.

  However, the opening hours of the ghost market had changed from midnight to Saturday dawn. Sellers would begin to prepare their stalls right after the sunrise.

  That was how these antique markets were formed. There were merely a handful of youngsters who knew of such a place that existed in Beijing.

  Only old city dwellers in Beijing knew about this.

  Out of them all, however, Helian Wei Wei was probably the only one who would go to an antique market on a Tomahawk.

  Everyone else presented themselves as though they were experts. They were either waving their hand fan or toying with the walnuts in their hands.

  It was already late afternoon and the sun was soon going to set. Besides, it was Monday. Therefore, there were only a few idling people in the Pan Garden. Otherwise, the crowd would all be gaping at Helian Wei Wei.

  A piece of joss money was to be used as door money.

  Soon, a shabby and ordinary wooden door in the old alley swung open. A teenage boy exited the room with a tortoise in his hand. Upon seeing Helian Wei Wei, he arched his eyebrow. "Who are you?"

  "When the King of Hell summons a man in the middle of the night, the man shall not be left until dawn." Helian Wei Wei stepped in as she uttered the password. "I'm here for investigation."

  The teenage boy heard the password and saw the joss paper in her hand. Then, he held his tortoise forward, allowing the tortoise to bite on the joss paper.

  Each profession had its own regulations. The cooperation was only official after the tortoise accepted the joss money.

  It had been very long since the teenage boy last heard the password. Initially, he thought that his master was fooling around with him, and it was inevitable for him to eye Helian Wei Wei warily.

  All the while, Helian Wei Wei kept a smile on her face. Once she entered the house, she saw the man who was sitting at the center of the hall and landed a friendly blow on the back of the man's head. "Stop acting, Monkey. Take off those shades! Unless you are starting to believe that you're truly blind."

  Recognizing the voice, Monkey yelped, "Boss! Oh, good Lord! What brings you here?"

  "I'm here for investigation, obviously." Helian Wei Wei took his sunglasses and studied it. "These shades are of expensive brand. You sure are earning a good living."

  Monkey chuckled. "Everyone believes a blind fortune-teller. So, I am just acting along!"

  The teenage boy had never seen his master behave in such a manner before. He was glued to the ground, shocked and dumbfounded.

  Monkey called the boy, "Why are you standing there? Go get us some drinks! Open the bottle of Lafite I collected. Boss loves red wine!"

  "It's fine, I will not be drinking today." Helian Wei Wei put down the pair of sunglasses. "Little Qing Chen just started school recently. Do you know that?"

  Monkey said with a sombre face. "Of course I'm always aware of our Little Boss' welfare! Boss, I'm telling you, I was going to send Little Boss to school, but Old A and the rest disallowed me to do so. They're so wicked! They said that if I was to drop Little Boss off at school, the kids at school will surely see him as a swindler too! But, do I look like a swindler?"

  "You don't look like one. You are one." Helian Wei Wei gave a sarcastic smile as she made the remark.

  Monkey was rendered speechless. After a while, he replied, "Even if I am a swindler, I'm a superior one! Hmph!"

  "If I remember correctly, you share a closer relationship with the principal of the kindergarten which Little Qingchen is attending," Helian Wei Wei curled her thin lips.

  Upon hearing this, Monkey's eyes lit up. "Boss! Has Little Boss encountered any trouble at school? I'll get someone to deal with it right away! I'll go and get him!"

  What can I say about this gang of buddies… They even speak with a similar tone. Helian Wei Wei thought to herself.

  Receiving no reply from Helian Wei Wei, Monkey muttered under his breath, "What did I say? This is why I'm the best candidate to send Little Boss to school! Their principal treats me as if I'm Guanyin. If so, Little Boss wouldn't have been bullied in school."

  "It was Little Qingchen's idea for you to not give a heads up to the principal." Helian Wei Wei raised her eyebrow. "However, I wouldn't stop you if you insisted on going with him."

  This time, Monkey became completely silent. "I will just stay here if that's the Little Boss' ide
a." He would not do anything that would displease Little Boss. He was determined to visit the Little Boss more frequently to gain his favor!

  "Good boy." Helian Wei Wei tried to suppress her laughter as she patted his head. "Since you are a good friend of their principal, things can be done in a much easier way. The kindergarten has been rather eventful recently. Do me a favor by hacking into their system. I need to take a look at the footage of the security camera at the school gate."

  "Eventful?" Monkey furrowed his brows. Then, he pulled open the bookshelves nearby. There were four computers connected to the back of the shelves. They were all Alienware, a high-end computer brand.

  Not only were the four computers connected to a virtual IP address, but there were also multiple routers in the room that were used to shake off the trackers.

  The more skillful the hacker was, the more swiftly he worked. Meanwhile, he did not require much cover-up as he would have erased all his trails during the hacking processes. This was also how Young Master Tang did his job.

  Monkey was once a member of the Tang Sect, and he was specifically placed in charge of jobs like this. Once the main computer was turned on, all four computers began to run simultaneously.

  He sat before the computers as his fingers flew speedily over the keyboard. No one knew what he was doing. However, all of a sudden, the screen turned black as various English codes flashed by. Eventually, the screen settled on the picture of a teacher who was working.

  "I found it!" Monkey's eyes were fixed on the screen. "This should be more efficient. I hacked into a chatroom before I trespassed into the school's portal, and voila!"

  Chapter 892 - The Little One Was Targeted

  Clickety-clack!

  The sound of typing resonated across the hall.

  The moment Monkey finished his sentence, the footages of the kindergarten gates were shown on the screens of all the four monitors.

  "This is today's footage," Monkey said as he continued tapping away. To make it easier for Helian Wei Wei to analyze the footage, he had cut the scene into four separate sections.

  Helian Wei Wei was about to tell him to find out the footage of the day the child went missing. However, she paused after she noticed something amiss on the screen. "Wait a minute. Where is the footage of 9 a.m.?"

  "The footage of 9 a.m.?" Monkey furrowed his brows as he replayed the video. Then, he widened his eyes. "It's not here. Five minutes of the video footage is missing."

  Helian Wei Wei narrowed her eyes. 9 a.m. was when she dropped off her son at the school.

  Recalling this, she got a hold of the mouse and fixed the cursor on a Lamborghini sports car that appeared on the screen. She stared at the car coldly. "The footage was cut right after this car came into sight. Find out the owner of the car."

  "Got it," Monkey was very efficient.

  Helian Wei Wei was engrossed in her own thoughts. "Now move the time backward and show me the footage between 5.30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. yesterday, when the school just finished."

  Monkey followed Helian Wei Wei's instruction and continued to type on his keyboard.

  Something strange happened again.

  This time, the timeline was continuous. However, the entire video footage was blanked out and was accompanied by a crackling noise, as though the monitor was malfunctioning.

  "What's happening? There's something shady here!" Monkey said, frowning.

  Helian Wei Wei deepened her gaze. "The kindergarten is targeted."

  It was not the work of a ghost since she did not sense any malicious aura.

  In fact, the missing footage of today's morning was more mystifying.

  If it was the work of a ghost, it must be a human.

  From Helian Wei Wei's experience, it was more difficult to deal with humans than the ghosts.

  Nevertheless, no one could explain how the targets were chosen as kidnappers would usually target children from rich families.

  The kindergarten in the area was an elite kindergarten. Many of the pupils were from wealthy and noble families.

  However, she could easily tell that the client who came to her today was not from a well-off family.

  Then, why did anyone want to kidnap a child from a family of modest means?

  Unless… he isn't going after the ransom!

  It seemed like their opponent was very clever. Beijing was unlike any other counties. To kidnap and blackmail someone in a city like this, the criminal was basically digging an early grave for himself.

  If he was not doing this for the ransom, there was only one other possible reason.

  He was involved in the trafficking of children!

  According to crime statistics, the total number of cases of child trafficking in China was currently at its peak.

  Under normal circ.u.mstances, the missing children were usually between the age of 18 months to four and half years old. The memories of children of this age had yet to fully develop. Besides, the kidnapper could easily carry them because of their light weights. They could barely attract any attention even if they were crying. Most people would presume that the children were merely throwing a fit, rather than suspecting an abduction.

  "Monkey, continue attacking their network. Check the school's records to see if the missing children are between the age of 18 months and four and half years old." Helian Wei Wei went straight to the point.

  Monkey took this seriously as his fingers danced across the keyboard. "You're right. The eldest was a four-year-old, while the majority were only three."

  "Indeed," This was a large-scale and well-plotted abduction and trafficking case, an uncommon one too.

  Helian Wei Wei was very certain of this because they were swift in action and applied advanced hacking technology to remove criminal evidence. Moreover, they had also grasped the police's operating procedures.

  After all, children at this age were allowed to board the high-speed rail without identification doc.u.ments.

  Beijing was a transit hub, making it all too easy to transport a child to another city.

  Helian Wei Wei immediately realized just how tricky the case was. Since it was a case referred to her by Young Master Tang, other kindergartens must have encountered similar issues as well.

  The Tang Sect had pledged their loyalty to China, and each of their generations would join the country's military force.

  Most of the time, hidden perils unrealized by the public would be taken care of inconspicuously by the Tang Sect. It was probably a similar case again this time.

  Following this theory, Helian Wei Wei instructed Monkey to hack into other kindergartens' systems. Sure enough, similar cases had also occurred in other areas. The crime had yet to expand significantly. Therefore, no one noticed the link between the cases.

  Their targets were all children from impoverished families. Such children may slip out of their parents' attention once in a while. For instance, when the parents were late to pick them up. In addition, kidnap cases like this will not be handled immediately by the authorities. Meanwhile, the parents also did not have sufficient power and influence to pressurize the authorities.

  However, in such a short period of them, who are they going to sell these many children to?

  While Helian Wei Wei was lost in her thoughts, the children at the kindergarten had been dismissed.

  Meanwhile, Little Qingchen was still holding the remaining half of his chocolate cake in his hand, while his backpack slung over his shoulders. He was planning to eat it as he walked home. Normally, the majestic magical dog would have materialized next to him.

  However, Blackie did not appear today. Instead, a non-human was at his heels.

  Little Qingchen turned and glanced at Baili Shangxie.

  Baili Shangxie raised his eyebrow, appearing wicked and bloodthirsty.

  Little Qingchen instantly decided to let him trail him. He would capture him at the workshop. Then, he would bring him to pretty Wei Wei to show her that there were still decent-looking demons in this world.r />
  If possible, he would really like to keep one as a pet too.

  Considering this, Little Qingchen turned to look at the boy behind him with a sombre expression. He seems like a good candidate. Let's take him in since he can right. He can be Blackie's peer.

  In the meantime, the condescending elder one was still unaware of his opponent's intentions. He was determined to defeat him, make him his subordinate before he seized the chocolate cake!

  The two little boys strolled forward, one at the front while the other one followed closely behind. Both had their own plots, though it was still uncertain who would make the first move.

  At that instant, a man clad in a dark blue shirt was studying his surroundings before he inched toward Little Qingchen, who had his head turned...

  Chapter 893 - The Two Brothers’ Thoughts

  He had no idea how exceptional little Qingchen was when it came to speed of reaction and vigilance. Neither did he know that little Qingchen had been aware of his presence ever since they left the school gates. However, he was not a threat to little Qingchen. In comparison to that man, little Qingchen was more concerned about his chocolate cake being snatched away by that inhuman creature!

  Since they were in front of the school gates, the man did not make his intentions too obvious. He was not working alone either. There was a woman following behind him, carrying a child that was around the same age as little Qingchen.

  The child was 'cargo' that they had just managed to abduct.

  Although it was a little cruel to describe a child as mere 'cargo', children were addressed as 'cargo' in this infamous trade business.

  For those who made a living through trafficking women and children, they had lost their humanity a long time ago.

  Children abducted by them were often slightly older and less popular compared to infants. Some of the cleverer and brighter 'cargos' were quickly disposed of. In certain cases, they might even be purposely handicapped before being sent off to beg, merely for the purpose of attracting sympathy.