Wu Ke asked after hearing what Chu Chen said, "Then what should we do? Should we investigate ourselves?"
Hu Yong cut in, "Three people would be too conspicuous. I'd better go alone."
"Fine..."
Chu Chen thought it over. The human trafficker would certainly be highly vigilant. If they all went, they might alert her, so he agreed to let Hu Yong go alone.
Wu Ke then carefully described the woman's features to Hu Yong. Afterward, Hu Yong left the soft-sleeper compartment.
Chu Chen and Wu Ke waited while chatting, but Hu Yong had been gone for more than twenty minutes without returning. Wu Ke grew worried and said, "Why hasn't Hu Yong come back yet? Could that woman not have boarded this train after all? We should have reported it to the train police."
"Are you sure you saw that woman board our train?"
Wu Ke recalled the scene and said hesitantly, "I think so!"
Chu Chen comforted her, "Don't worry yet. Maybe Hu Yong is still confirming it. If she didn't board, I'll ask Uncle Ning for help. Unless she suddenly decides not to travel by train, we'll find her eventually."
"All right..."
The two waited another five minutes. Just as Wu Ke was becoming unable to wait any longer, Hu Yong walked in.
Wu Ke hurriedly asked, "How did it go?"
Hu Yong replied, "I found that woman in the hard-sleeper compartment."
Wu Ke asked again, "Is she a human trafficker?"
Hu Yong said with a serious expression, "I think there's a high chance. The woman was holding a baby. The child looked only three or four months old. The strange thing was that although the train was already very warm, the baby was wrapped extremely tightly. The child was wearing two layers of clothes, with two thin