Gu Qingyan waved his hand in front of Shen Wei's face, finally bringing her back to reality.
Gu Qingyan looked at Shen Wei with concern and asked, "What were you thinking about?"
Shen Wei had clearly been lost in thought, her expression somewhat grim.
Shen Wei was at a loss for words.
The situation had suddenly become much more complicated.
She had initially thought it was just a simple case of embezzlement at the welfare home.
She never imagined it would uncover such inhumane activities.
Whether it was children being beaten or involved in special "services", these were things Shen Wei absolutely could not tolerate.
Now that things were getting more and more complex, Shen Wei said, "I need to make a phone call."
The call she made was to the bodyguard of the young master of the Liu Family.
It was the same personal bodyguard who had successfully put on weight while at Starry Sky Kindergarten.
He and Shen Wei had become quite close.
Shen Wei's security team had been chosen with his help.
He was very accommodating and had hired all tall, handsome men over 1.8 meters.
This had inadvertently made the kindergarten and pop-up store go viral again.
They were security personnel, but they also took on some special assignments.
Especially when working for wealthy families, their roles sometimes bordered on that of private investigators.
Shen Wei had never dealt with this aspect before.
When she contacted him now, he was quite confused.
Shen Wei said, "I've run into some trouble while handling business out of town. Could you send me someone who's particularly skilled? I need them to help me with some special matters."
Upon hearing this, the bodyguard immediately became serious.
His professionalism was evident as he didn't ask for details, only inquiring about their location before saying, "Someone will be there to find you in two hours!"
He had always been the core of the security team.
Sending one person wasn't a difficult task.
Shen Wei didn't hide the phone call from Gu Qingyan.
Gu Qingyan was very anxious.
He knew something major must have happened.
But at the moment, he couldn't help.
So, suppressing his nervous feelings, he waited for an hour until they heard a knock on the door, announcing room service.
Shen Wei opened the door, and a young man in a hotel uniform entered, his first words being, "I'm here to carry out the mission. What do you need me to do?"
He had arrived an hour earlier than expected.
The young man was about 1.7 meters tall, with an utterly unremarkable appearance.
He had the kind of face you'd forget immediately after seeing it in a crowd.
But this made him perfect for the job.
He had been on vacation.
But he was urgently assigned a task by his superiors.
Shen Wei instructed him to infiltrate the welfare home on the hillside.
He was to open the safe in the director's office and photograph all the documents inside.
The man nodded quickly after hearing this.
Then he left.
Shen Wei was nervous and directly contacted Professor Liu, hoping to establish some connections with higher-ups through him.
Professor Liu immediately understood that something serious had happened and began searching through his contacts.
People of his national-level status could reach the highest levels of authority.
Although Shen Wei was an internet celebrity, this matter had already exceeded her capabilities.
Being out of town, they couldn't risk alerting anyone, but they still wanted to take action, making it very difficult to maintain the right balance.
After a while, Professor Liu replied with a string of numbers, only saying that the person's surname was Zhong.
He told her to contact this number directly.
Shen Wei didn't waste any time and called. Someone quickly answered: "You must be Shen Wei, what's the matter?" It was a middle-aged man. Shen Wei immediately explained the situation at the welfare home.
The face on the other end of the line gradually became serious.
He hadn't expected this kind of situation either.
Ever since Shen Wei had facilitated the development of the holographic gaming pod, she had become a key talent protected by the higher-ups.
Usually, they just kept a watchful eye on her from afar.
They never expected that Shen Wei's visit to a welfare home would uncover so many dark secrets.
The welfare home was involved in child trafficking, beating children, and even engaging in illicit activities in the office.
There were even some utterly unconscionable things being said.
Gu Qingyan listened from the side, his expression growing increasingly troubled.
If it weren't for Shen Wei being on the phone, he would have started cursing.
How could there be such inhuman beasts?
Shen Wei then added Mr. Zhong on WeChat and sent over two video clips.
One showed the male director viciously beating a child.
The recording was done by the system.
As expected of the most advanced AI, the recording was very clear.
All the sounds were captured.
The second clip showed the typical transaction between the fat woman and the male director.
This was no longer just about embezzlement at the welfare home.
It had escalated to a criminal level.
The most important thing was the chilling implications in his words.
Such as wanting to cut out children's tongues.
Or sending children to wealthy individuals.
Each and every one of these acts broke the moral bottom line of humanity.
The other party finally understood why Shen Wei had insisted on making this call.
If Shen Wei had reported this to the police, she didn't know how much influence the other party had locally.
Once alerted, it would become difficult to handle.
So it was better to go through the trouble.
By contacting the real higher-ups through someone else, the male director would be powerless.
Mr. Zhong, understanding all of this, also admired Shen Wei's courage and wisdom.
With these two pieces of evidence in hand, they could already convict those two.
He said to Shen Wei, "Thank you very much for this evidence. It's very valuable. Don't worry, leave everything to me."
Shen Wei said, "I've also sent someone to photograph the contents of their safe!"
She hoped this matter could be resolved quickly.
She was really worried about the children in the kindergarten.
It was a den of wolves, every extra minute meant more danger.
The other party said, "I understand your concerns. Leave this matter to us now. You've already done more than enough preparation. If you can get the evidence, that's great, but if not, it's okay too."
In just a few sentences, Shen Wei had cleared the path for the covert photography mission.
Then Shen Wei sent over the surveillance camera feeds she had set up there.
The other party received them like a treasure: "On behalf of the children, thank you."
After hanging up the phone.
Gu Qingyan was almost furious: "If we had known they were this kind of people, we should have dealt with them harshly from the beginning. It's so infuriating! What do we do next?"
Shen Wei said one word: "Wait."
...
The male director didn't know why, but ever since he had returned earlier, his right eye had been twitching.
As the old saying goes, left eye twitching means fortune, right eye twitching means disaster.
It felt as if danger was about to descend.
Usually, he didn't live there. It was the fat woman who stayed there, keeping an eye on the children.
But at this moment, he couldn't even focus on driving. It felt like a flame was burning in his heart.
He had a very strong sixth sense.
This sixth sense had helped him avoid many disasters in the past.
Now, wanting to find some protection for himself, he immediately called Mr. Xu from Feng Group, saying he had good merchandise to send over in the next few days.
Upon hearing this, the other party immediately started calling him brother and even transferred 500,000 yuan to his phone.
Only after receiving the money did he feel a bit more at ease.
Just then, suddenly, his phone started blaring an alarm.
The urgent beeping made him even more flustered.
The male director immediately pulled out his phone to check, and found that someone was tampering with his safe.
He had installed an infrared system on the safe.
It would send out an alarm if anyone approached.
As a cunning person, this was a safeguard he had set up for himself.
For years, it had been peaceful.
But today it suddenly went off, making him feel that something was wrong. He cursed, "Damn it!"
He immediately turned the car around and headed back to the welfare home.
