HCB Chapter 428 You have a criminal record
Chapter 428 You have a criminal record
As he spoke, he secretly observed Qi Tongwei's expression, trying to find a sign that Qi Tongwei believed him on his face.
"Moreover, we have been working hard to improve this situation. As soon as the government funding arrives, we will let these children and disabled people live a good life." The lame man spoke very logically, as if he was really a good man who devoted himself to public welfare.
Qi Tongwei was burning with anger.
But he remained calm on the surface and looked around silently.
Those human traffickers who had originally beaten and kicked the children cruelly, seemed to be under a spell and instantly became friendly.
Take the human trafficker who just beat the tall boy to the ground. The ferocious expression on his face disappeared without a trace, replaced by a face full of concern.
He strode towards the little boy who was beaten black and blue. The little boy was cowering in the corner, fear and hatred still in his eyes.
The trafficker bent down and stretched out his hands. The hands that had just been wielding sticks now seemed like the most gentle tools of care.
He gently helped the little boy up, saying, "Oh, little darling, I'm so sorry. Uncle didn't mean it. I was just so angry that I lost my mind."
While supporting the little boy, he asked him with a worried look on his face: "Does it hurt? Should I take you to see a doctor?"
The voice was as gentle as a trickle of water, but to the little boy, it sounded like the whisper of a devil.
The little boy looked at him in horror, his body shrinking back involuntarily. He couldn't believe that the man in front of him who had just been so ferocious could now be so "kind".
There was also a human trafficker who walked towards the lame boy begging.
The boy's leg was broken by the kick he had received before, and at this moment his face was filled with a fake smile.
He squatted down and looked the lame boy in the eye, with a gleam of "sincerity" in his eyes.
He carefully touched the injured leg of the lame boy and said hypocritically: "My child, uncle is wrong. Uncle will take you to see a doctor right away, okay?"
The other children looked at them in horror.
These children clearly remember the evil deeds committed by these human traffickers in their daily lives. Their beatings, torture and abuse haunt the children like nightmares.
Now seeing them suddenly become like this, the children felt a chill.
Qi Tongwei watched all this coldly from the side.
Their acting skills are so high that if they were on the right track, they might become famous actors.
But they used this acting to cover up their crimes, which made Qi Tongwei even more angry.
He knew that these human traffickers thought they could deceive him in this way, but they didn't know that he had already seen through their ugly faces.
Qi Tongwei sneered, his laughter full of ridicule and disdain. Suddenly, like a flash of lightning, he stretched out a hand towards the lame man.
This sudden action frightened the lame man, and his first reaction was that Qi Tongwei was going to attack him.
The lame man's eyes widened in terror. He quickly raised his arms to shield his face, his body unconsciously shrinking back as he said frantically, "Let's talk it over. Don't use force. I'm a qualified person here."
His voice trembled slightly, like a frightened mouse.
However, the result was beyond his expectation. Qi Tongwei did not attack him, but pulled out a necklace from his collar at an extremely fast speed.
The necklace dangled in Qi Tongwei's hand, flickering faintly in the dim light.
Qi Tongwei looked at the lame man, his eyes as cold as a lake in winter, and said, "Your welfare home is so poor that you can't even afford to eat, and yet your necklace is worth over a million."
His voice was not loud, but it hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.
The lame man was like an actor, his expression was frozen for a moment, as if the pause button was pressed.
At that moment, his face was filled with astonishment and guilt.
But he was indeed an old hand at disguise, and after just a moment, he immediately returned to normal.
His face was filled with an innocent expression again, and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes, as if he really didn't know the value of the necklace.
He said, "Really? I don't know about that. Someone gave it to me. If I had known it was so expensive, I would have sold it to buy food for the children."
As he spoke, he shook his head helplessly, as if he was a poor man who was kept in the dark.
He continued to make up lies: "As you know, our welfare home often receives donations from kind-hearted people. Sometimes they also give our staff small gifts to express their gratitude for our work. I thought it was just an ordinary necklace, nothing special to look at, but I didn't know it was so valuable. If I had known earlier, I would have sold it long ago to improve the lives of the children."
He even squeezed out a few crocodile tears in his eyes, trying to make Qi Tongwei believe his words.
But how could Qi Tongwei be deceived by his poor acting skills?
He became even more certain that these people were lying, and that the necklace was part of the evidence that they were trafficking in people and making huge profits.
The corners of Qi Tongwei's mouth twitched twice, and that subtle movement was full of contempt for the person in front of him.
Suddenly, like a judge revealing the answer to a mystery, he loudly declared, "Li Cong, born in 1964, was sentenced to eleven years in prison in 1982 for a home invasion that resulted in two injuries."
"In that dark prison, you should have reflected on your crimes, but your evil roots are hard to change. After being released from prison, you committed heinous crimes such as burglary and rape, and were sentenced to prison again. You were released four years ago. With such a shabby criminal record, how did you open an orphanage?"
Li Cong felt as if he was struck by lightning.
His body seemed to have lost all its strength, and he involuntarily took a few steps back, almost stumbling and falling to the ground.
His face turned pale and bloodless, like a piece of white paper.
His eyes were wide open, full of disbelief, as if he had seen the most horrifying thing in the world.
His lips began to tremble, and he asked tremblingly: "You, how did you know?"
The voice was as weak as a candle in the wind and could go out at any time.
After a brief pause, he seemed to have grasped the last straw and said hurriedly: "I, I, I am not the Li Cong you mentioned. You have the wrong person."
As he spoke, he shook his head desperately, trying to make his words more convincing.
Qi Tongwei looked at him in such a panic and felt only endless disgust.