Film and Television World Life Record

"They raised their daughter for over twenty years, and she ended her life in this way, leaving them to bury their child. They will never know why you did it. How are they supposed to live the rest of their lives? Girl, if you are determined to die, no one can stop you, but you must tell your loved ones the reason, so they won't be forever immersed in pain."

Wu Yu seemed moved by his words and sat there quietly.

Chapter 406 Unraveling the Knot

Chen Xincheng winked at Li Dawei, and the two nodded in tacit agreement, slowly approaching Wu Yu's direction.

Wu Yu smiled wryly, "But I've already lost my phone, so I can't explain it to them."

Li Dawei quickly pulled out his phone: "I have one. Do you want to call your parents?"

Wu Yu thought for a moment and said, "No, I can't say it, I don't want to explain."

Chen Xincheng comforted her, "Girl, you're not explaining to others, you're giving your parents an explanation. They've raised you for over twenty years, shouldn't you say goodbye to them?"

"Yes, yes! We must say goodbye to our parents no matter what!" Li Dawei said, tossing his phone over, deliberately with less force, so that the phone landed a step away from Wu Yu.

Chen Xincheng smiled at Wu Yu and said, "We won't go over there. Pick up your phone and call your parents to say goodbye. Don't let them live the rest of their lives in speculation and self-blame."

Wu Yu hesitated, looking at her phone, before finally leaning over to reach for it. Chen Xincheng and Li Dawei exchanged a glance and then pounced on it together!

One of them grabbed Wu Yu's arm and pulled him backward.

Wu Yu screamed and struggled desperately, her body sliding down the edge of the building. The two men struggled to hold her back, but Wu Yu was quite heavy, and with no support, they were being pulled forward by her, a very dangerous situation.

Wu Yu screamed, "Let me go! Let me die! Let me die!"

Suddenly, in Chen Xincheng's eyes, Wu Yu before him transformed into the girl from years ago. Back then, she had called him that too. Chen Xincheng's face, veins bulging, was distorted, yet his resolve remained unwavering.

This time, no matter what, even if it costs him an arm, he will pull the person up.

Wu Yu cried loudly and struggled desperately downwards, dragging the two of them forward little by little.

Li Dawei, his face flushed, said, "Master, I can't take it anymore, I can't hold on any longer!"

Chen Xincheng shouted, "Hold on! Dawei, hold on! Someone will definitely come to help!"

The two held onto Wu Yu tightly, refusing to let go even for a moment.

Suddenly, Li Mu and several men kicked open the door and rushed over. They surged forward, some grabbing Chen Xincheng and Li Dawei, others helping to pull Wu Yu away. Wu Yu cried and screamed, but they were eventually pulled up.

Chen Xincheng and Li Dawei collapsed on the rooftop, exhausted, back to back, panting heavily.

Li Dawei asked, "Master, what if she drags us down?"

Chen Xincheng looked at the blue sky, white clouds, and sun, closed his eyes, and enjoyed it all: "No way."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and enjoyed it, a satisfied smile on his face.

He finally rescued the girl, and the knot in his heart from years ago was untied.

……

Wu Yu was rescued, but after learning the reason for his suicide attempt, everyone fell silent again.

At this moment, in the small meeting room of the police station, Li Mu, as the leader of the station's special task force on telecommunications fraud, was presiding over a case analysis meeting, which was attended by Wang Shouyi, Cheng Hao, and Gao Chao.

The projection screen showed a picture of Wu Yu. In the picture, she was a chubby girl who looked innocent and a little silly.

Li Mu explained, "Wu Yu encountered a typical scam called 'pig butchering scam.' Criminals set up a trap, and the victims are referred to as 'pigs.' Once the pigs are fattened up, they are slaughtered, and the perpetrators run away. That's what's called a 'pig butchering scam.'"

"Wu Yu is of average appearance and has a rather insecure personality, so she has never been able to find an ideal boyfriend. However, her father left her an inheritance of more than one million yuan and two properties, and she has a good job, so she can be said to be well-off."

"A year ago, she started dating a boyfriend and thought she had found true love, giving him everything she had. When her inheritance was almost gone, the man disappeared. Wu Yu was devastated and felt emotionally empty. So she registered on a dating website, hoping to find another boyfriend. She quickly received a response,"

A photo of an honest and kind young man was projected onto the projector.

Li Mu continued, "According to the clues provided by Wu Yu, this person is named Tian Gaoping. He is from Haiming County, Fujian Province, and runs a mobile phone repair shop in the county. He is gentle, considerate, and understanding. Of course, according to past practice, the information on these dating websites is all fabricated, or rather, fake, but it just happens to match Wu Yu's expectations."

"This man said he was very poor and couldn't provide her with a good life, and he also refused Wu Yu's offer to help him. So, the two never met, saying they wanted to maintain the mystery of their relationship. Later, this man told Wu Yu that he had inside information about the lottery and could help her win a big prize."

"After tasting the benefits several times, Wu Yu became completely convinced and not only lost all her savings but also sold her house! Then the man said he was going to Macau to help his uncle repair a website, and before leaving, he asked Wu Yu to be his guarantor so that he could borrow a large sum of money at high interest rates!"

Wang Shouyi asked, puzzled, "Sell the house? Just because she's told to sell it doesn't mean she can. Even an ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her in-laws eventually, right? Doesn't she want to see them?"

Li Mu said, "I don't know. Maybe she's insecure and afraid of meeting again and breaking up. Or maybe she's just creating a dream for herself and wants to stay in that dream as long as possible."

"But the truth will eventually come out: she must have lost faith in the world, which led to her suicide."

Cheng Hao said angrily, "It's outrageous! Do those people have any humanity left? They've already swindled Wu Yu out of everything, and now they're even forcing her to borrow a huge sum of money at exorbitant interest rates before they leave. They're driving her to her death! Don't they have any humanity at all?"

Li Mu sighed: "This is online fraud. Many suspects may not realize they are committing a crime. It's like when the Nazis killed people, in order to make the killers feel no guilt. Besides brainwashing, the most important thing was to turn killing into a normal job and to humanize the victims."

"The same applies to 'pig butchering scams.' The internet separates them from their victims. For them, deceiving people is their normal job, and the victims have been objectified as pigs. The more they deceive, the better they have met their KPIs, and they feel no moral guilt whatsoever."

Wang Shouyi said solemnly, "Therefore, we must find them, bring them before Wu Yu, and make them repent and apologize in front of the victim! Let them know how serious the consequences of their actions are and what severe price they will have to pay!"

He then looked at Li Mu and said, "Director Li, I don't care how many of the previous thirty-two telecom fraud cases have been solved, or even if none of them have been solved. I also don't care how much of the money Wu Yu was swindled out of can be recovered. I demand that you find this person or these people, bring them back, and make them face Wu Yu! To be put on trial."

Li Mu solemnly replied, "Okay!"

After the meeting, Li Mu immediately returned to the task force office and assigned tasks to the team members.

Li Dawei tried the website provided by Wu Yu several times: "So, this website is fake?"

Zhao Jiwei said, "That's right. In other words, when Wu Yu scanned the QR code, she actually entered a website that the scammers had specifically set up for her. All the lottery information online was fake; it was fabricated just for her. Now this QR code is useless."

Li Dawei said, "Let's ignore this website for now and focus on the cash flow! Let's see where Wu Yu's cash flow went."

The two went to a bank, showed their identification, and provided Wu Yu's account information.

After checking, the staff said, "This is an overseas account. There's only 2.5 yuan left. That means as soon as money comes in, they immediately transfer it to a larger cash pool. It's very likely that it will be transferred again from that cash pool. After a few transfers like this, the money will disappear without a trace."

The two returned to Li Mu with heavy hearts to report.

Li Mu said, "Don't be discouraged. This is a common tactic. Scams these days are different from before. In the past, if the criminals were caught, the money that had been squandered could be returned to the victims, and the scammers could be brought to justice. Now, it's much harder to find both people and money."

Li Dawei asked, "Is the victim alright now?"

Li Mu said, "I went to see her this morning. Apart from having some suicidal tendencies, she seems quite calm. She eats very little and speaks very little. Her mother is with her now."

Li Dawei said angrily, "Even if we can't get the money back, we will definitely catch the swindlers and make them pay the price."

Li Mu nodded: "Yes, we must catch them. Since the cash flow route is not feasible, we'll go for the information flow. Anyone who has been online will leave a trace. They've already left their information online through online fraud. I'll give you the next steps."

The next day, the leaders and the task force all came to the conference room, and the projector displayed a map of Haiming County on the big screen.

Li Mu pointed to the map: "Based on the information left over from the investigation, we confirmed that the scammers are located here, in Haiming County. This place is close to the Southeast Asian border, making it easy for them to escape abroad if anything happens. In addition, we suspect that these scammers are colluding with foreign countries."

"But the investigation couldn't proceed further. Haiming County has a population of over two million, with over one million permanent residents in the county seat, and it's also quite large. Yesterday, I inquired with the Haiming County Public Security Bureau, and they replied that if we couldn't provide more accurate information, they wouldn't be able to pinpoint the exact location."

Wang Shouyi said, "Don't we have the scammer's identity information?"

Li Mu said, "That's fake. The person pretending to be Tian Gaoping passed away two years ago. The scammer just stole his QQ account. That QQ account is no longer in use, so you can't locate him using it."

Wang Shouyi shook his head: "That won't do. The victim is still lying in the hospital. We must catch the murderer and bring him to the victim."

Li Mu said, "Alright, as long as you support us, there's always a way to overcome difficulties. We must bring him back."

After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Jiwei, Li Dawei, Yang Shu…

"Seeing that you guys are hesitant to speak, do you have any ideas? Please share them."

Li Dawei stood up and said, "Director Li, Zhao Jiwei and I discussed it, and perhaps there is another way we can try."

Li Mu asked with great interest, "What method?"

Li Dawei said, "The victim, Wu Yu, met this scammer on a dating website. We also learned about other methods used in 'pig butchering' scams. We discovered that finding victims through dating websites is a common tactic in this type of fraud. So we followed the trail and found another person who had been scammed on the Qianli Yinyuan website."

Li Dawei said, "This man is named Fan Wenxiu. He is 54 years old and has been widowed for many years. He raised his daughter alone. His daughter has a boyfriend and they are preparing to get married."

"Sister Fan met the suspect through a matchmaking website to plan for her later years."

Li Dawei said, "This person's registered information is Tong Lei, and he is a network maintenance engineer. If this person and the swindler who defrauded Wu Yu are not the same person, they are at least from the same group. Because several of the short videos they posted are the same, and the method they used to defraud Sister Fan is exactly the same as the method they used to defraud Wu Yu."

"The only difference is that after swindling Sister Fan out of more than 100 million yuan, someone claiming to be Tong Lei's sister suddenly contacted Sister Fan through Tong Lei's QQ account, saying that Tong Lei had died suddenly from an illness."

Cheng Hao was taken aback: "Oh! There's such a thing? What illness does he have?"

Li Dawei said, "It is said that he inhaled toxic gas while repairing that lottery website."

The group looked at each other in disbelief, wondering if this was how it was done.

Li Dawei said, "Sister Fan started to believe it and even sent a message to express her condolences. Mr. Tong's sister also sent a message to express her gratitude. Because of this, Zhao Jiwei and I had an idea."

Wang Shouyi: "What are your thoughts?"

Zhao Jiwei laughed and said, "Since this swindler pretending to be the younger sister is still in contact with Sister Fan, let's play along and let her fall into our trap. As long as we pretend to be rich, I don't believe the swindler won't take the bait."

(This instance will end soon.)

Chapter 407 revealed

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Li Dawei explained, "This is how we reasoned. Ms. Fan had told Mr. Tong that her house might be demolished, and Mr. Tong was very interested in it. However, due to changes in urban planning, Ms. Fan's house could not be demolished for the time being. At that time, Mr. Tong had already swindled more than one million yuan from Ms. Fan."

“He was probably afraid that the cooked duck would fly away, so he told Sister Fan he was dead before the demolition was completed and just disappeared.”

"We're thinking, could we casually mention to him that the house is going to be demolished and we'll get over six million yuan in compensation? Let's try to bait him and see if he'll take the bait."

Wang Shou nodded: "It's a good idea, we can give it a try!"

The following afternoon, Li Dawei took out his phone, looked at it, and then put it down with a look of disappointment.

Zhao Jiwei asked, "You haven't gone back yet?"