Serial crimes
No one knew when the sound of gunfire stopped. All they knew was that within half a day, the main city of Luoluo was occupied by gangs. They divided up the territory like they were dividing up food, and Luoluo's former owner had to temporarily withdraw and flee to the secondary city of Baicheng.
The group was so worried that their hair was pulled out. The Qu family stepped forward to take the lead. They planned to recapture the main city within three days and then immediately establish the regime. The presidential candidate finally fell on Li Yuwen, and the Qu family's only daughter, Qu Tinghui, married Li Yuwen as the president's wife.
Qu Ting, who was standing by, frowned slightly after hearing this, but did not refute.
Qu Ting hasn't seen Chen Ji since she returned to China. She knows that they are just temporary partners. Chen Ji has a more dangerous mission to perform, and she has returned with the research results of Ke Tong. It is almost her mission to continue to contribute to the Qu family. With this in mind, it doesn't matter to her who she marries.
The meeting ended in the late night. After the elders had gone back to their rooms to rest, Mrs. Winsery found her in the dim corridor.
Qu Ting remembered this woman, this politician with an unsteady stance.
Since she was a child, she heard her father say that Lady Winsery depended on General Winsery for survival. When Winsery died, her father had asserted that she would never survive. However, not only did she survive, she also cunningly kept herself out of the matter. Her position was always vague, making it difficult to tell which faction she belonged to.
For example, when Shen Shiyu started a riot to seize power, she chose to oppose the riot. For another example, when Shen Shiyu killed Qian Shiyao and allowed the Chinese police to cut off the Qian family's main artery, she jumped out to support Shen Shiyu. She seemed to never interfere in politics, but it seemed as if she was always interfering in politics.
But no matter whether she respected her in her heart or not, she had to address her respectfully, "Mrs. Winsery, good evening."
"Good evening."
She didn't seem tired, and wasn't surprised by what happened today.
"Are you unhappy?" she asked Qu Ting.
Qu Ting shook her head to deny it, but the sadness on her face was so clear.
"White City is a prosperous place."
There were no lights outside the window, and the road was bumpy and uneven. Qu Ting really thought she had lost her mind, but she continued, "The roads here are very similar to those in my hometown. They are winding and twisting like those in a small town. Although not highly urbanized, every household feels safe along the way. Prosperity belongs in peaceful, habitable places, not in extravagant council halls."
The Qu Ting she described was unimaginable. She grew up in a family and was accustomed to the paved stone roads in the garden and the overt and covert struggles between people. She could not understand what true peace was. In her opinion, she was standing here peacefully, but true peace could not be anchored by the safety of politicians, but should be based on every person standing under the high-rise building.
The only thing that could move Mrs. Winsery's heart in everything that happened today was the ordinary people who were displaced and innocently injured by the shells. She knew what kind of disaster they would bring to the people if Qu Ting married Li Yuwen. This was the fundamental reason why she came to see Qu Ting tonight.
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I just hope you don't give the copper-killing formula to Li Yuwen."
Qu Ting narrowed her eyes and understood the other party's purpose in an instant. Her eyes revealed vigilance and disgust. After all, this person approached her with a purpose.
"Li Yuwen is my fiancé, and there's nothing wrong with me helping my future husband."
Mrs. Winsery wasn't angry, but smiled instead. "I remember you were very talented and strong-willed, always striving to be the best at everything. You've come this far with so much hardship, cultivating yourself to be so outstanding, is it just to marry a man... a man who brutally murdered a little girl's father right in front of her?"
At the Public Security Bureau, Chris's daughter spoke for her father at the top of her lungs. She said that she had seen with her own eyes that Li Yuwen picked up a vase and smashed it on her father's head while hiding in the closet. Chris fell down, and Li Yuwen took out a dagger and cruelly tried to cut open his stomach. A little girl used the simplest language to describe her father's struggle and the murderer's brutality.
Chris's wife revealed the truth about Li Yuwen's threats to them. Her many desperate cries were suppressed by the powerful force. In the end, no one cared about the mother and daughter. When the gang attacked the main city, they were busy evacuating. The mother and daughter might have disappeared from the world along with the artillery fire when they bombed the Public Security Bureau.
Qu Ting hesitated, the woman was still tempting her.
"You are the only daughter of the Qu family, but you are not the apple of their eye. They regard you as a tool, but you regard them as an honor..."
"Enough!" Qu Ting interrupted her, her eyes fierce. "Madam Wensery, we have different positions. I advise you not to say anything nonsense here. After all, White City is our territory now."
Mrs. Winsery watched her leave.
*
Chen Shiyu was woken up by the heat. The two of them had been lying in the ruins chatting all night, and only fell into a light sleep at daybreak. They heard a few explosions during the night, and the light that came through this morning seemed to have buried them deeper.
"We won't die here."
Last night, Shen Shiyu stared at the huge rock in front of him that seemed to be about to fall down and said.
"No, I have a location on me so Team Luo will find us."
The communication equipment seemed so weak in the pile of ruins. Shen Shiyu threw his dead phone aside. He knew that Chen An's eyes were always on him, and he also knew that their topic would always turn to the one he was most reluctant to talk about.
Mrs. Winsery's secret conversation was beyond his expectations. He originally thought that she had just come back to observe everything, but they unexpectedly reached a consensus. What she said was that many people and many things could not be judged by the law. For Mianfei, sin would not disappear because of the judgment. Instead, the way to end everything was to end that person's life. Only when a person dies can he no longer use cunning means to do evil things.
The Chinese police could not do anything about Myanmar Fei's case, nor could Myanmar Fei's laws, and in the end the blame fell on the two accomplices.
"What I'm going to do..."
"What happened to you before..."
The two spoke at the same time but were talking about different things.
Shen Shiyu looked at him and said, "Do you still remember Hengyun Technology?"
Hengyun Technology? How could he not remember? Isn't that the technology monitoring he advocates?
Chen Shiyu didn't answer, and they didn't continue the conversation.
After Hengyun Technology was exposed, Chen An figured out a lot of things. This deliberately revealed flaw allowed him to see another side of Chen Shiyu: a compassionate, soft-hearted, extreme, and naive boy who advocated absolute justice.
After a long pause, Chen Shiyu said in a very bad tone, "That's right, I created it. I agree with everything that happens on the dark web. I just do whatever I want without regard for the law. What I say is right is right, what I say is wrong is wrong. Anyone who I disagree with must go to hell!"
Chen An thought: He's sick again.
"Yes, that's right. You want to force me to admit that you do everything out of evil intentions. You have no mercy or conscience left. You are an unforgivable criminal who deserves to be shot, right?"
Chen Shiyu felt uncomfortable. He couldn't refute or admit it. He felt uncomfortable listening to the reply even though he had spoken freely.
"Then why did you send Liu Hanxiao back?"
He just raised one of the many questions and Shen Shiyu couldn't answer it.
“Is your heart really all black?”
If he was really that bad, he would not have spared the police when they were chasing him. If he was really that bad, he would not have left Li Ziyang with a chance to escape when he was kidnapped.
Shen Shiyu was speechless when asked.
"Growing up here was tough for you, wasn't it?"
Shen Shiyu lowered his head and blinked.
It was difficult, more than just difficult. It was not bad if he didn't get his bones stripped off and eaten, not to mention that he had become a leader. But who had ever thought about his difficulties? Who had ever thought about whether he was willing? Only the person in front of him had thought about it.
Before departure, the task force analyzed him the most, speculating from a criminological perspective on what he would do, what actions and plans he would take. Only Chen An jumped out to refute them when they were about to label him a born criminal. If there really were born bad people, that person would not be called Chen Shiyu.
"Why are you arguing with them? I finally cleared you from me, and now you're jumping out to defend me like you know me so well. Now they're definitely going to doubt you in the future, no matter if you get promoted or demoted!"
Shen Shiyu didn't care about their discussion at all, but was furious that he was destroying his own future.
Chen An found it funny. He didn't care about the position. He cared about someone else. "Don't I understand you?"
Shen Shiyu couldn't say that he didn't understand, because he could really see through his heart at a glance. He even suspected that Chen An had the ability to read minds like in some comics, otherwise how could he guess so accurately.
He seemed to be saying, I know what you want to do, so I won't ask you any questions you don't want to answer.
Thinking about these things, Shi Yu dug faster. Chen An had a fever, and the wound must be infected. If he didn't go out for one day and one night, something really would happen.
He used a dagger to pry open the hard stones and used his ten fingers to dig through the rubble. He dug this pile and that pile, but there was still no new light at the entrance of the cave. The harder he tried, the more anxious he became. There was a loud noise outside, and the hole he had just dug was buried again. Chen Shiyu was so angry that he wanted to curse.
When Chen An was awakened by the shock, he saw him kneeling on the ground. His temperature kept rising. He knew better than anyone what would happen if he was injured outdoors.
"come over."
My throat is dry and all the moisture has been burned away.
Shen Shiyu leaned over and hugged him, unable to help but say sorry.
"It's okay, it's okay." Chen An rested his forehead on his neck, as if comforting him and sighing.
"I'll give you the gun back, please don't die..."
His voice was trembling as he spoke. The person in his arms shook his head slightly. Then, explosions continued outside, and two heads popped out from the blasted hole. "Boss!"
The two men were just discussing outside whether the explosion would kill the boss, but not only did he not die, he was blown out alive.
They had equipment and people digging the hole, which went much more smoothly. After they rescued Shen Shiyu from the rubble, He Dou reminded him that the Chinese police were arriving soon and advised him to evacuate first.
Seeing his boss looking back every few steps, he really wanted to say, why not take the person with him, but then he thought again and knew it was impossible.
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