Chen Tinghan stared at the black muzzle of the gun, his body tensed but his face calm. The confrontation between the two lasted for a long time. Finally, Chen Tinghan waved his hand, not to Ji Yanghai, but to Zhou Jinwei, Officer Zhou, who had been hiding on the balcony at some point in time.

He walked out slowly with a gun in his hand and shouted sternly: "Put down the gun!"

Ji Yanghai laughed dumbly and said, "You see, this police officer is not as smart as you."

Despite the provocation, he still put down the gun obediently and placed it on the table.

When he called just now, he conveyed a contradictory message to Zhou Jinwei. He was not asking him not to come, but to come quickly. It was a code word agreed upon long ago. Although from Ji Yanghai's unexpected reaction, it seemed that Chen Tinghan failed to deceive him, he was very confident.

Chen Tinghan sighed and said, "No need to cuff him. We can't catch him today."

Zhou Jinwei felt confused, so Chen Tinghan picked up the gun and pulled the trigger under his shocked gaze.

Then a long, thin, half-dead line of water spurted out from the muzzle of the gun and splashed onto Ji Yanghai's face.

"..." Zhou Jinwei's temples throbbed with pain, and he squinted his eyes to relax. Then he said, "The toy gun...was that a trick?"

Chen Tinghan shook his head and said, “He has a gun. It’s possible that he has always had it. It’s possible that he bought it from that black market dealer. Although he is as timid as a mouse and offered a high price, it’s not impossible that he sold it for a spare part.

It's just that he was being pursued, and the building below was like a solid wall, impenetrable to swords and guns, so he gave up temporarily. But no matter what, we don't have enough evidence to arrest him now."

"And in the final analysis, he was instructed by someone, and there were people behind him."

Zhou Jinwei couldn't help but ask, "Who gave the instructions? Do you have any idea?"

Chen Tinghan lowered his eyelashes and shook his head.

Ji Yanghai on the side remained silent, smiling without saying a word. He did not deny it, and of course he would not admit it. He lowered his head to look at his phone, then threw it on the ground and stomped it to pieces.

He smiled and said, "What you said just now makes a lot of sense. With my eloquence, I really can't refute it. However, the person behind me wants me to convey something."

Chen Tinghan said, "Speak."

Ji Yanghai coughed twice, then changed his tone to a serious one. "The reason I asked Ji Yanghai to wait here is actually very simple. I want to lure out the people who are following him, but not to deal with you. On the contrary, I want you to join me."

"Not everyone can practice their ideals as vigorously as you do, especially Ji Yanghai. When his parents died, he had few choices."

"He once tried to believe that there was truth in the world of fairness. Deng Shi was the one who gave truth its last chance to maintain its dignity."

"Unfortunately, the truth doesn't care about you or me or anyone else."

"In the final analysis, there are no irreconcilable contradictions between us. We share the same goal, merely choosing different means. I have no intention of refuting your ideas. Why not share our resources and ensure that our common enemy dies without a burial place?"

Chen Tinghan remained indifferent and didn't respond, but Zhou Jinwei couldn't stand it any longer: "You'd better get out of here before my patience wears out and I hit you."

Ji Yanghai ignored Zhou Jinwei, looked at Chen Tinghan, bowed slightly and said, "Can I go now?"

No one answered, Ji Yanghai left safely with a smile.

After he left, Zhou Jinwei sighed heavily and said with both helplessness and anger: "Let the tiger go back to the mountain."

"Just give me a little more time." Chen Tinghan tugged at his tie, his expression unusually calm. "Give me a little more time. Even if we can't convict him, we can find an excuse to lock him up for a while. He won't be able to find a place to hide. Keeping him under our noses will make things much easier."

Speaking of which, this was the first time the two met, but somehow, Zhou Jinwei felt that they had a kind of tacit understanding that only old acquaintances could have. He inexplicably saw the storm hidden under Chen Tinghan's calmness.

He patted Chen Tinghan's shoulder, not knowing what words of comfort to say. In the end, he could only say, "I still have to clean up my mess today. I'll be leaving first."

"Let's go together." Chen Tinghan looked at the time. Although he was very tired, he still had an important banquet to attend.

They walked down the stairs and when they passed the second floor, they tacitly avoided looking at the banquet hall where people were drinking and drinking and the lights were on.

Unexpectedly, when he reached the first floor and had not yet walked down the last two steps, the people over there had already "chased" him out. It turned out that the party upstairs had already ended. Chen Tinghan looked back and saw that their faces were beaming. He thought that both the host and the guests must be having a great time. A group of people surrounded Wang Kai, the protagonist of today's family dinner. This was the best portrayal of the glory.

Apart from him, if we ignore the blessing of status and identity, the most captivating and eye-catching person will always be Wang Jinling, who is regarded by this upper class circle as the jewel in the crown of the Wang family and even the entire Wanghai, and is beautiful, charming, and unique.

At the same time, she glanced at Chen Tinghan and smiled almost subconsciously and naturally.

That smile was so bright, but it was like an ice pick, breaking his fantasy and revealing the past that he least wanted to face beneath the ice.

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Previous life.

Evening of July 10, 2014.

This year's college entrance examination ended as early as early June, and the students of Haiyi Middle School were relieved from three years of pain. Regardless of their grades, most people will enjoy this longest summer vacation in their lives.

The students in the first and second year of high school were not so lucky. Without the seniors in the third year of high school, the campus was a little quieter. However, the quietness did not help their heavy schoolwork at all. On the contrary, some of them had already escaped from the suffering, while some of them could not help but feel a lump in their throats when they thought about how they were still suffering, and the papers in front of them became even harder to look at.

After more than a month of depression, today, as the holidays are approaching, is a day of celebration for the whole school.

Not only because the whole school will be on holiday starting tomorrow, but also because today is the graduation dance of Haiyi Middle School. It is the last time for this class of senior high school students to return to campus as students of Haiyi Middle School.

The venue for the dance is set in the school auditorium. You need to register in advance to participate in the dance, but you don’t need to register to watch. Everyone can participate. The auditorium of Haiyi Middle School is very large, enough to accommodate thousands of people. The conditions are in stark contrast to the tragic dormitory.

The auditorium was decorated with golden and soft lights, and light and catchy jazz music lingered in the air, creating an atmosphere that was deliberately lingering.

Perhaps the school also knows that for many people, this is the last time they will see each other for several years, more than ten years, or even their entire lives. If a relationship is formed at the last moment of high school life, it can also be considered a good story.

Not everyone likes this kind of occasion, but even if you don’t like it or are not used to it, the activities are not mandatory, so just don’t come.

But there was a person who was not a graduate, had no one to confide in, and even looked down on such occasions, but he still came with a gloomy and indignant face.

"Shitty place, shitty people."

Chen Tinghan leaned on the railing with both hands, making himself look arrogant, but the annoyance in his eyes could not be hidden.