Jiang Ning had not forgotten the barrage of comments from the netizens in her live stream before she had signed off.
After returning home, she slumped onto the couch and took out her phone to take a glance at the announcement published by the police.
The arrest of Li Fu and his wife had happened in the afternoon, and the police had issued the announcement on the same evening, it was evident that they must have been working overtime on this case.
The content of the police announcement was more or less the same as the information the System had provided to Jiang Ning earlier.
Li Fu and Zhong Zhiying had been married for many years, and both deeply desired a child of their own. However, for some unknown reason, despite several pregnancies, Zhong Zhiying ended up miscarrying each time due to various causes. Eventually, she couldn’t even become pregnant.
Zhong Zhiying felt extremely guilty about this.
In earlier years, she had often frequented various renowned hospitals, consulted numerous famous doctors, and tried countless traditional remedies, all to no avail.
During this period, Li Fu had also considered divorcing Zhong Zhiying and finding another woman to bear him children. However, in today’s society with more men than women, the single women were extremely picky and wouldn’t spare a second glance for someone his age, unattractive, and incapable of earning money.
Only Zhong Zhiying was utterly devoted to him.
As for surrogacy or in vitro fertilization, those were mere fantasy for someone like Li Fu, who couldn’t afford it at all.
After much contemplation, Li Fu finally had a deranged thought: kidnap a young woman to bear his children.
He discussed this idea with Zhong Zhiying, and inexplicably, she agreed.
Thus, the two were in accord and decisively quit their jobs in the big city, returning to their rural hometown, pretending to quarrel with the villagers as a cover.
Once their preliminary preparations were nearly complete, Li Fu started to frequently drive his dilapidated van around the city.
Together with Zhong Zhiying, they spent their days searching for suitable young women on the streets, quietly waiting for the right opportunity.
Ni Min, who was about to graduate from college, became their prey.
Ni Min would never have imagined that on her way back to school after a job interview, she’d be kind enough to help an old lady, eagerly giving directions, only to be dragged into a van... and subjected to a horrific ordeal she would never wish to remember for the rest of her life.
That afternoon, two female comrades noticed that Ni Min’s mental state was not within healthy limits. They rescued her from Li Fu’s house and immediately took her to a nearby hospital for a full examination.
The examination results not only indicated problems with her mental state but revealed that she was already five months pregnant.
Ni Min’s identity had also been ascertained by the police, who had contacted her family.
During the more than half a year Ni Min had been missing, her family had posted countless reward notices and had followed search teams all over the country, never imagining that Ni Min was all along just a few dozen kilometers from home.
Before the police issued their announcement, Ni Min had already been reunited with her family, and the three of them wailed and wept together inconsolably.
When the reporters and media went to interview, the Ni Family expressed nothing but utter hate and disgust towards the deeds of Li Fu and his wife, vowing to spare no expense, even if it meant selling their car and house, to prosecute them to the fullest extent.
At the same time, they wouldn’t keep the child in Ni Min’s womb. Once Ni Min’s physical condition improved, they would consult with doctors about how to deal with the pregnancy.
Although the child in her womb was innocent, under these circumstances, they had to be ruthless.
"Disgusting! Those two should die!"
"Dammit, ahhhh, this is so infuriating! Will that couple get the death penalty? They should be dismembered immediately!"
"Some media just dug up the missing person notice posted by Ni Min’s family during the time she disappeared. She used to be so pretty, clean, and bright-eyed, full of life. Now it’s only been nine months... She looks like she aged over twenty years, and to think she was deceived because of her kindness, it was her good nature that led her to help others that got her tricked! They exploited her innocence and goodness!"
"Li Fu and his wife should really be shot!"
"Suddenly remember, when Ni Min disappeared, it actually made the hot search. A lot of police forces were deployed, but because of insufficient surveillance video, they lost her trail and couldn’t find her."
"This is heart-wrenching, she’s only twenty years old this year, a beautiful young girl whose life is now ruined."
"Thank goodness she met Jiang Ning, otherwise who knows how long she would’ve been tortured in that small room, possibly forced to bear a second or third child..."
"Terrifying, I will have to educate my daughter to always assume the worst of anyone who steps forward seeking help because you never know if they’re human or a demon!"
"What this couple did is even more terrifying than ghosts! Ghosts wouldn’t harm people this way!"
"Sigh, it’s heartbreaking. There are so many missing people still unaccounted for on the search websites, both children and adults. I hope they’re alright."
This matter sparked a fierce debate among netizens online.
Jiang Ning read through the netizens’ comments one by one until, upon seeing a certain comment, her continuously scrolling finger hesitated.
In her mind, another idea seemed to be taking shape.