Because Xin Yanchun had turned against them and cooperated, the relevant departments needed only two days to verify the information on several trafficked women and obtain important leads on several traffickers.
Thus, what had originally been no major case rapidly escalated into a "major case." The city urgently formed a special task force and secretly, tensely began a cross-provincial investigation.
The task force had originally harbored suspicions about Xia Yue's circumstances, but under the dual interference of Jonina's "protection of women" and the rewards for meritorious service, Xia Yue's less-than-rigorous testimony somehow formed a closed loop.
You, a weak woman, had actually dared to venture deep into the tiger's den. Fine, fine—you were a modern-day female Wu Song. All they could do was admire you to the utmost.
Moreover, women's protection organizations stepped forward one after another to show Xia Yue tremendous concern, even arranging for the news media to interview her. They clearly intended to shape her into a representative of brave women in the new era.
"Women hold up Half the Sky. We must shoulder Half the Sky's responsibilities in exchange for Half the Sky's rights. Work can make women independent individuals, no longer dependent on men for survival."
When Grandma Wu Juying saw Xia Yue's interview on the county television station, she angrily cursed Li Ye. "I think you were born to make wedding clothes for others. You bust your back all day, only to lift someone else onto a pedestal!"
Li Ye said helplessly, "Grandma, how could I have expected things to turn out like this? But didn't she say she agreed to go back and visit Siguo? At least you got something out of it."
"This little gain would be better off nonexistent!"
Wu Juying said with a cold face, "Look at Xia Yue. Does