130: Chapter 130 The Power of the Red Mark

The crowd had already gathered. Upon hearing the confirmed answer, they scrambled to pin down Zhao Huadi, who was wailing incoherently on the ground, and Cao Li, who had fainted a few steps away. Zhang Gou was also dragged out of the car and pinned to the ground.

"Fainted? Can't move?"

"Even so, keep them pinned down. What if they're faking it and run away?" During this time, many people took the opportunity to slap, punch, or kick them a few times.

Cao Li and Zhang Gou were beaten awake, screaming, but no one felt the slightest bit of sympathy for them.

Lin Ning had already been pushed out by the crowded mob.

"Damn it, human traffickers!"

"Animals!"

"Beat them to death!"

Lin Ning had been watching the scene, but hearing this, he shuddered in fright. "Don't beat them to death! The police still need to find the other children!"

Only then did the crowd restrain themselves a bit, focusing their strikes on non-lethal areas.

Several older sisters had already carried the children out of the car.

A curly-haired woman directed them, "Put something underneath, let the children lie flat, and watch their mouths and noses!"

"Oh my, this child has a fever!"

Lin Ning also walked over. Hearing this, he pursed his lips and spoke, "I've already called 120; they should be here soon."

The eyes of the women turned red. Who doesn't have children of their own? Looking at these kids, they felt both relieved that they had been saved and pitiful for the suffering they had endured.

The ambulance siren approached from afar and arrived quickly. The four children were taken onto the vehicle, and the curly-haired woman went with them.

She looked back at Lin Ning and said, "You wait for the police; I'll go with them."

Lin Ning nodded with a smile.

The police cars also arrived quickly, three vehicles with sirens wailing as they drove into the service area.

The police, especially those in the northern regions, handled human traffickers who had already been caught by the public completely differently from ordinary criminals.

They would first confirm whether the traffickers were alive, then kindly persuade the crowd to "stop hitting them," and rescue the traffickers like they were protecting important figures.

Because if they weren't careful, they really might be beaten to death.

Lin Ning watched as the police snatched the people out, handcuffed them, and shoved them into the cars. Cao Li screamed repeatedly because his arm was broken and he was being handcuffed, but the police were not even a little bit gentle, shoving him in forcefully.

Zhang Gou kept his head down and cooperated obediently, while Zhao Huadi was still shouting "injustice" and demanding to go to the hospital.

She looked the most miserable, mainly because of that slide after she was kicked to the ground; her hands and face were scraped and bleeding, looking quite serious with all the blood.

The two female police officers ignored her, pressing down on her head to shove her into the police car. If she could still howl, she wasn't going to die.

After the three people were escorted into the police cars, the scene calmed down. A burly police officer in his forties, guided by the crowd, walked toward Lin Ning.

He gave Lin Ning a subtle once-over. "Were you the one who discovered and subdued these people?"

"Yes." Lin Ning nodded, glancing at the top of his head—green.

"Not bad skills." Su He's eyes carried a look of scrutiny.

Two men and one woman, none of whom were weak, and one of them was tall, strong, and carrying a knife. Under these circumstances, Lin Ning had crippled them all by himself in just a few seconds.

Moreover, although the murderous aura on Lin Ning's body and in his eyes had dissipated for the most part after catching the people, it was still captured at a glance by Su He, who was a criminal police officer.

Lin Ning didn't care about his attitude or probing at all. He had dealt with the police and the Ministry of State Security too many times; these people would even be suspicious of a dog passing by.

He admitted it generously, "I've trained for a while, and my coach was even from the special forces."

Su He's expression softened; Lin Ning's attitude won his temporary trust.

He didn't ask any more questions; he could just check when he got back.

"I'll have to trouble you to come to the station with us to make a statement."

"It's my duty."

Lin Ning drove his own car, following behind the police car.

In the front, Su He was sitting in the passenger seat, and the young police officer driving kept glancing at Cao Li in the rearview mirror.

He was still howling, incessantly shouting about the pain and demanding to go to the hospital.

The young officer curled his lip in annoyance and curiously asked Su He, "Boss, that guy is really good at fighting, right? What does he do? He feels very imposing, not like an ordinary person."

Su He ignored him and only reprimanded, "Watch the road!"

Upon arriving at the station, Lin Ning was taken to an interrogation room, and the police even poured him a glass of water.

The police officer responsible for taking his statement was in his early thirties. Lin Ning slightly altered the process: he happened to see the children inside when the human trafficker opened the car door, became suspicious, went to strike up a conversation with the driver to get information, was attacked, and after counter-subduing him, ambushed the other two.

As for the driver's testimony not matching? Do you believe me or the human trafficker?

Why didn't he call the police first? Lin Ning stated that he was afraid the human traffickers would run away.

The first thing Su He did upon returning was to check Lin Ning's file. When he saw the inexplicable red-marked "kinship recognition" section, his pupils constricted.

No matter how ordinary the rest of it was, in the face of that red mark, it all appeared extraordinary.

Su He contacted the deputy bureau chief directly.

Just as Lin Ning was answering the question of why he hit Zhao Huadi even after she posed no threat, the door was knocked.

A middle-aged man wearing a white shirt walked in.

The police officer taking the statement immediately stood up: "Bureau Chief Wang."

Bureau Chief Wang waved his hand, his gaze falling on Lin Ning, and said with a smile, "Lin Ning, you acted with righteous courage and have extraordinary skills!"

Lin Ning stood up, neither humble nor arrogant, "It was my duty, you are too kind."

"Sit, sit." Bureau Chief Wang sat down opposite Lin Ning very politely. "I have already understood the general situation. Fighting crime and protecting the public—your act of righteous courage has saved four families. The criminals caught will even..."

Lin Ning just watched him blabber on with praise, even elevating it to a higher level. He was very confused.

He could be cheeky in front of Chen Zhi and Director Zhang, so naturally, he wouldn't be intimidated by a county bureau chief. What he was more curious about was why this person was being so polite in coming to praise him.

Until, in the end, Bureau Chief Wang asked kindly, "You must pay attention to safety on the road, don't let your elders at home worry!"

The emphasis was on the two characters "elders".

Only then did Lin Ning have a realization. "Elders?"

He remembered his red-marked kinship recognition entry.

He responded to Bureau Chief Wang's concern with an unchanging expression, and after a few more pleasantries, Bureau Chief Wang personally saw Lin Ning off.

The statement was finished, and there was no need to continue asking about those subsequent questions questioning whether Lin Ning used excessive force. Everything seemed to come to an abrupt halt.

At the main entrance, Lin Ning declined the "righteous courage" application mentioned by Bureau Chief Wang, spouted some nonsense, and then took his leave.

Bureau Chief Wang watched as Lin Ning drove away in his Tiggo 9. Although his mindset was to get rid of this "second-generation" as quickly as possible, he couldn't help but sigh, "It's quite rare; he has a sense of justice and is low-key, even his car isn't flashy."

Sitting in the car, Lin Ning had already figured it out and just clicked his tongue. Chen Zhi was truly impressive; how did he come up with this move? It was just a red-marked item section, with a single sentence written inside about when to recognize kinship via DNA in Yanjing. It didn't even say whose family or what kind of relative, yet it was actually this effective!

His Psychic Power perception was sharp. He could feel that Bureau Chief Wang's politeness and kindness didn't have much truth to it; instead, it was more about keeping him at a distance and being wary. But that didn't stop him from having actual benefits.

When acting locally, Lin Ning wasn't trying to bully men or women or commit crimes or anything. As long as they had reservations, that was the most valuable "card" in Lin Ning's hand.