After Qin Jianguo's death, Cao Zhixiong got his wish and became the workshop team leader.

Unfortunately, their glory didn't last long. Not long after, Huaren launched a restructuring of its old factory, which was followed by a shocking wave of layoffs.

Due to various reasons, including its own mismanagement, the sugar factory failed in its restructuring and was forced into bankruptcy.

From the factory manager to the ordinary employee, everyone packed their bags and went home to start all over again!

To become the team leader, Cao Zhixiong had resorted to all sorts of crooked schemes and wasted a lot of money. He thought he could use his position to line his own pocket, but unfortunately, he woke up from his dream and ended up with nothing.

Unlike Cao Zhixiong, Liu Damao, relying on his own knowledge, bought a huge insurance policy for his unreliable father in advance, and ultimately received a huge compensation in this newly emerging era of the insurance industry.

With this compensation money, Liu Damao and several old comrades-in-arms started an investment business, which unexpectedly became quite successful, growing bigger and bigger, and making a fortune!

They exchanged murders, harboring similar intentions, yet reaping different fates.

Years later, Cao Zhixiong, who was desperate and had nowhere else to turn, happened to hear about the story of how his fellow villager had made his fortune, and he realized that he had been deceived.

This soldier kid is so dishonest! He actually kept it from me and did such an unethical thing!

In Cao Zhixiong's morbid understanding, half of Liu Damao's money should belong to him.

So Cao Zhixiong approached Liu Damao, threatening him with the fact that he had leverage over Liu to commit murder, demanding hush money from him.

Cao Zhixiong wasn't stupid; he knew that words alone wouldn't convince Liu Damao.

So he produced evidence!

A blood-stained steel pipe!

Liu Damao was terrified. After the murder, he hadn't properly disposed of the pipe; he had simply tossed it into a pool outside the factory, assuming no one would find it.

Afterwards, the patrol guard's explanation of an accidental fall matched Liu Damao's expectations, and he knew everything was alright.

However, faced with the blood-stained steel pipe that Cao Zhixiong had taken out, he hesitated; he was afraid!

Although he doubted the authenticity of the steel pipe, he dared not gamble!

Whether it's true or false, the impact on him will be devastating!

Finally, Liu Damao had no choice but to give Cao Zhixiong 100,000 yuan as hush money to get the steel pipe back.

In the late 1990s, 100,000 yuan was already an enormous sum!

Liu Damao thought the nightmare was over.

Unexpectedly, in 2017, more than 20 years later, Cao Zhixiong found Liu Damao again and brought out another section of the same bloodstained steel pipe!

"The one I gave you back then was fake, this one is real. Do you want to get it verified?"

Liu Damao had served in the army and was also a multi-millionaire, so he naturally knew about the statute of limitations for cases. The statute of limitations for the murder exchange back then had long expired, so he wasn't worried at all.

"Don't worry, this time, I won't give it to the An Ding Si, I'll give it to your children! And your grandchildren, I'll tell them your past stories!"

Cao Zhixiong then handed Liu Damao an envelope containing a photo of his child picking up his grandson from school!

Liu Xiangdong understood that Cao Zhixiong wasn't asking for hush money this time, but was openly extorting money!

“I’m not greedy. One million for each child, plus my grandchildren, it’s only three million! I want cash!”

"Okay, I promise you!"

An extreme plan of mutual destruction quickly took shape in Liu Damao's mind!

Li Nan's story ended abruptly there. Gao Siming realized that there was no sound from the other side, and that Li Nan, who had performed exceptionally well today, had still succumbed to the ravages of alcohol and collapsed on the table.

Li Nan didn't finish telling the rest of the story, but Gao Siming could guess a thing or two.

How could Liu Damao tolerate Cao Zhixiong's repeated extortion? So, he went all out and killed Cao Zhixiong by running him over.

Gao Siming just couldn't understand why Liu Damao would choose such an extreme method when surrendering himself, and why he would confess to his past crime of exchanging murders after killing Cao Zhixiong.

But none of that matters anymore. It was because of solving this case that Li Nan had a sudden awakening, changed his ways, and began his journey to become a rising star in the police force.

It was through this lucky "traffic accident" that he solved the mystery of Qin Wen's father's death, married the icy beauty, and reached the pinnacle of his life.

"You can't hold your liquor at all. We haven't even discussed tomorrow's plans, and you're already passed out?"

Gao Siming was helpless. He helped Li Nan to lie down on the sofa in the living room. To prevent him from leaving without saying goodbye the next morning, Gao Siming thoughtfully stuck a sticky note on Li Nan's forehead.

[Get up, don't leave yet, we need to discuss something important!]

...

Gao Siming was clearly overthinking things. The next day, when he finished washing up and went downstairs to prepare breakfast, Li Nan was still quietly lying on the sofa, having a long dream.

November 17th, 4224 of the Cangli calendar, a Sunday, the day the Blood Rose came to an end.

At nine o'clock in the morning, when Gao Zimin had already returned from the hospital, Li Nan had been woken up by Gao Siming, who then told her his plans.

After listening to Gao Siming's explanation, Li Nan thought the plan was good. If Blood Rose wanted to make a move against Gao Siming, then the only chance was today, before Gao Siming left the city and returned to Sakura Capital.

Don't doubt whether Blood Rose knows Gao Siming's itinerary, just like Li Nan and the others can never guess the truth behind Blood Rose's story!

"Li Nan, this is just my immature idea. You'd better not report it to your superiors first. If I'm wrong, it might have a bad impact on you!"

"Brother Gao, what are you saying? Compared to your safety, my future is nothing!"

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