Chapter 67: Striking at the Root

The smell of medicine in the room was even stronger than outside.

It was almost enough to make you vomit.

Jiang An’an tried to peek through the crack in the door to see what was hidden inside.

Dayi’s grandmother didn’t hesitate to slam the door shut.

She tried again, but it wouldn’t close.

Looking down, she saw that Jiang An’an was blocking the door with her foot, and she was smiling brightly, “Grandma, come out, don’t be shy.”

“…”

Shy my ass!

Dayi’s grandmother was furious, “I’m fine, I don’t need your help, go away.”

Jiang An’an said righteously, “Serving the people is my duty, Grandma, don’t be afraid of medical treatment, if you delay it until you’re seriously ill and there’s no cure, you’ll only regret it.”

The little girl was cursing her to death!

“Who’s your grandma? Don’t call me your relative.”

Dayi’s grandmother’s already aching head buzzed. She couldn’t get anything out of Jiang An’an, so she turned her anger on her granddaughter, “Hurry up and get this crazy girl out of here, or when your stepmother comes back, she’ll skin you alive.”

Dayi cowered even more at her words.

“So the reports about your family abusing children are true, I heard that the Women’s Federation is cracking down on typical cases recently, will you get a reward for reporting you?” Jiang An’an stared with her beautiful almond eyes, pretending to turn around to claim her reward.

Dayi’s grandmother had heard Jiang Dezhu mention that the Women’s Federation official was his niece, a very strange person, her hobby was to lock people up.

“Don’t go.” She pushed the door open and rushed out, trying to grab Jiang An’an’s arm.

The door slammed against the wall behind her.

Dayi’s grandmother instantly froze in place.

Oh no!

Jiang An’an and Dayi had already seen the scene inside the room.

No wonder the room smelled so strongly of medicine, it was full of various kinds of medicinal herbs, rare ones like pangolin scales and geckos.

Medicine peddler!

Medicine peddlers were a major target of the state in any era, they would be severely punished.

How could Dayi’s grandmother, an inconspicuous old woman, have so many medicines in her possession?

What is the old woman’s background?

A word vaguely surfaced in Jiang An’an’s mind.

At the same time, the old woman across from her had a gloomy expression, her eyes cold as if she were looking at a dead person.

“Heaven has a way, but you don’t take it, hell has no door, but you come in. You little girl, blame yourself for meddling, I told you to leave, but you wouldn’t. Sometimes, people should just turn a blind eye, don’t be so serious, it’s good for everyone! Now you want to leave, but you can’t… ah!”

Before the old woman could finish her rambling, she was kicked in the stomach, she immediately clutched her stomach and rolled on the ground, tears and snot streaming down her face.

Who would have thought that Jiang An’an wouldn’t show any respect for the elderly, she found a rope from the corner of the wall and tied her up like a pig, even tying a pretty bow.

She even stuffed a cloth in her mouth because she was groaning too loudly.

Dayi’s grandmother looked up at the sky in despair, questioning her own existence.

Who is the villain?

Jiang An’an, like a kind old mother, lovingly encouraged Dayi to go to the police station and expose her grandmother: “Your grandma is a bad person, now you go find the police officers.”

Perhaps because Dayi was reporting the crime and was young, she wouldn’t be implicated in her grandmother’s serious crime and be forced to go to the northwest to drink the northwest wind with the rest of the family.

Dayi was dumbfounded, she felt like her brain wasn’t working.

But she was a good girl, and she didn’t have any feelings for her bad grandmother, her two legs spun like wheels.

Dayi’s grandmother: “…” She was being filial to her granddaughter.

“You reap what you sow, if you had been nicer to Dayi, she wouldn’t be so helpless.” Jiang An’an smiled mockingly, “What kind of grandmother would be so cruel as to starve her granddaughter, maybe Dayi isn’t your real granddaughter.”

Dayi’s grandmother made a muffled sound, her face full of disbelief. Finally, she gnashed her teeth, her eyes seemed to want to eat Jiang An’an alive.

Jiang An’an: ???

She was just talking nonsense, but it seemed like it was true!

–

The police received the report and quickly arrested Dayi’s grandmother. They searched the room and found boxes of medicinal herbs, as well as a notebook recording the delivery times to various cities.

Dayi’s grandmother was old and sometimes forgetful, so she thought of using a notebook to record things, but it became ironclad evidence of her crime.

The most recent entry was to A-Port, the time was 1:30 pm, at the Binjiang fork in the road, contactless delivery, leave the package in the trash can.

But only the recent and earlier transactions were recorded, the street code would be updated each time, and it would only be given to the person making the delivery close to the time of the mission, to avoid exposure.

A-Port…

The largest import and export port, this batch of medicinal herbs was going to be smuggled abroad!

Jiang An’an’s heart sank, Chinese medicine originated in China, but it was being sold to the whole world by a certain island nation.

They imported Chinese herbs from China at low prices, processed them into internationally standardized medicines, and then sold them as their own “traditional Chinese medicine,” it was simply despicable.

And Dayi’s grandmother and the others were accomplices!

She had kicked her lightly, she should have punched her a few more times.

“An’an, put on your police uniform and disguise yourself, come out with us.” Wu Jianguo handed her a police uniform, fearing that the crowd watching outside might have the eyes of bad guys, and they would be retaliated against.

Jiang An’an went into the room to change, she also rubbed some dirt on her face in the kitchen, and used a piece of unburnt charcoal to draw freckles on both sides of her cheeks.

After she finished her disguise, she also carried a box of things, she lowered her head and hunched her back, her temperament changed drastically, even Wu Jianguo couldn’t recognize her.

The police who were hiding in the alley and closely monitoring Dayi’s grandmother were stunned, especially when they saw their colleague carrying boxes of things out like he was raiding a house, they didn’t know what had happened.

How could their base disappear in the blink of an eye while he went to the bathroom?

They had to report to Captain Zhou immediately!

–

At the police station, Dayi’s grandmother confessed to her crimes.

This spy organization had been active for over a decade, she was a low-level member of the organization, she had initially been lured into this path for money, but later she couldn’t leave, she could only continue to serve them.

Thanks to her unremarkable and ordinary appearance, no one would suspect her, she was mainly responsible for delivering goods. Every time there was a new mission, someone would send the information to her home.

Zhou Yinghuai suddenly asked, “Do you know Shen Weiming?”

Dayi’s grandmother’s face suddenly turned ugly, she said with disgust, “Shen Weiming and his wife cracked down on bad elements back then, they took a batch of yellow croaker from us, a total of fifty gold bars.

Therefore, the couple was hunted down, it is said that they escaped into the deep mountains, and there has been no news of them since.

The members have different opinions, some say they died, others say they escaped abroad with the yellow croaker and are living a carefree life.”

Zhou Yinghuai continued to ask, “Where is the high-end equipment from M-country hidden?”

“What equipment?” Dayi’s grandmother shook her head, “I’m just a small fry, I don’t know much. If you find that box of yellow croaker someday, can you tell me?”

It was a full fifty yellow croaker, she had been thinking about it for a lifetime, she would wake up in the middle of the night and pound the bed when she thought about it.

“Burn some paper and tell you?” Another policeman sarcastically said.

Dayi’s grandmother instantly wilted.