The pale golden morning sun shone through the glass window, onto the white floor tiles, casting a golden halo over the entire ward.

The sick lady in the middle of the room, the ninth seat, trembled his eyelashes and slowly opened his eyes.

He stared at the ceiling above his head for a few seconds, then moved his head to the side. He saw a figure beside the glass window staring silently out of the window, with a long shadow dragging on the ground.

The ninth seat sighed.

"Why are you still here?"

By the window, Shen Qingzhu turned around and thought:

"Oh, I'll come back and ask you to reimburse the medical expenses."

“…”

The ninth seat glanced at the exquisite fruit basket on the bedside table and said, "Do you need to bring a gift to reimburse the medical expenses?"

"The supermarket downstairs was having a sale, so I bought some."

"How much discount?"

"99% off."

The corner of the Ninth Seat's mouth twitched slightly.

"Yaying is dead, [Believer] is gone, and you have regained your freedom. Why are you standing here with me instead of going to spend time with your brothers to reminisce about the past?" The Ninth Seat said helplessly.

Shen Qingzhu glanced at him and said, "I'm afraid you'll die."

"..." The Ninth Seat couldn't help but said, "If I can't move now, I will definitely go down and beat you up."

"I'm serious." Shen Qingzhu turned to look at the sunlight outside the window and said calmly, "What I hate to see most is the sacrifice of important people..."

He seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes dimmed.

The ninth seat was stunned, "So, I am an important person in your heart?"

Shen Qingzhu's mouth twitched, and he turned his back silently, "I didn't say that."

The ninth seat stared at him for a moment, the corner of his mouth raised, "You, on the surface, are a tough guy, but in your heart you are softer than anyone else... When you came back from the nightclub that night, you hesitated for a long time and still didn't kill me. I saw it at the time...

You can’t be a bad guy.”

Shen Qingzhu looked at him in surprise, "Were you not drunk at that time?"

"As an undercover agent, how could I lose consciousness so easily?"

"..." Shen Qingzhu turned his head and said, "Tsk."

"Brother!!!!"

A familiar voice shouted downstairs in the hospital.

Shen Qingzhu was stunned and looked down.

I saw five people carrying a coffin downstairs in the inpatient department, standing in the pale golden morning sun, looking up at this place with a smile.

Baili Pangpang took a deep breath, stretched out his voice, and shouted again: "Let's go!!!"

Shen Qingzhu stood there in a daze.

The Ninth Seat smiled and said, "Your brothers are here to see you."

Shen Qingzhu turned around and looked at the ninth seat. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

"Why are you looking at me? They're not calling me." The ninth seat said helplessly.

"Brother!!!!"

Baili Pangpang's voice sounded again.

Soon, the noise downstairs became noisy.

"No... Comrade security guard, we really didn't mean to disrupt the hospital environment... Five hundred, is five hundred enough? One thousand! I'll give you one thousand each!" Baili Pangpang spoke weakly.

"Yes, security comrade, let's call someone down..." This is Cao Yuan.

"We won't shout anymore, we really won't shout anymore, can we just wait here... No, don't do anything!" This is Lin Qiye.

“?!! Let’s see who dares to touch him!” Galan began to roll up his sleeves.

"Please don't touch this coffin. We are really not here to cause trouble." An Qingyu's voice was very serious.

“…”

Shen Qingzhu looked at Lin Qiye and others who were being driven out by a group of security guards downstairs, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"Your mission has been completed. Now, it's time to return to the sun..." The Ninth Seat smiled and said, "See you again in the future."

Shen Qingzhu looked into his eyes for a long time before slowly speaking:

"……Take care of yourself."

He opened the door and walked out quickly.

"Hey!" The ninth seat seemed to remember something, "I haven't paid you yet!"

"I forgot to bring my list this time. Maybe next time."

Shen Qingzhu smiled.

…

Lin Qiye and others stood outside the hospital gate depressed and checked the time.

Eventually, they were driven out by hospital security.

"Qiye, Brother Zha won't not come, right?" Baili Pangpang asked with some concern.

“Probably not.” Lin Qiye seemed to be thinking, “The [believers] have all been destroyed, there is no reason for him not to come and see us.”

"What if he doesn't want to be a night watchman anymore?" Cao Yuan frowned slightly.

Hearing these words, Lin Qiye and others fell silent.

Formally speaking, Shen Qingzhu had died two years ago. Not only in the files of the Night Watchmen, but also in the memories of other people in the world, they would forever remain in the cave under the Jinnan Mountain.

If his goal was just revenge, after killing all the [believers], his goal would have been achieved...

It seemed that he had no reason to return to the Night's Watch and go through life and death together.

Find a quiet small city, get married, have children, spend the rest of your life in peace, and from now on, no longer have to live in fear... This is the ending that many night watchmen dream of.

"Wait another ten minutes." Lin Qiye checked the time. "If he hasn't come down in ten minutes, we should leave."

The atmosphere suddenly became silent.

Time passed minute by minute, Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan kept looking at the time, looking through the dense crowd queuing in front of the hospital entrance, trying to find that figure among them.

However, that figure still did not appear.

When the second hand passed a certain mark, Lin Qiye sighed and shook his head.

"He won't come... Let's go."

Cao Yuan and Baili Pangpang looked at each other and saw frustration in each other's eyes. After stopping for a moment, they took a step forward and followed Lin Qiye towards the road ahead.

Everyone has their own choice. Since Shen Qingzhu has chosen this path, they can only instruct him...

However, after taking just two steps, Lin Qiye, who was in the front, suddenly stopped.

Baili Pangpang looked up in confusion and was about to say something, but when he saw the figure on the street, he suddenly froze in place.

Outside the store, a young man was leaning against the wall, holding a cigarette in his hand and exhaling a puff of smoke...

He caught a glimpse of a few people not far away and raised his eyebrows.

"Why so slow?"

"Brother, Brother..." Baili Pangpang opened his mouth wide, "Why are you here?"

"Didn't you ask me to come down?"

"But...what's going on at the door..."

"Oh, the front door was too crowded, so I went through the side door." Shen Qingzhu pointed to the small shop behind him, "And I was afraid that I would have nowhere to buy cigarettes later, so I came here to buy a pack first."

“…”

Lin Qiye couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Shen Qingzhu flicked his fingers, extinguished the burning cigarette butt, threw it into the trash can beside him, and then walked slowly to Lin Qiye.

"Lin Qiye... No, I should call you Captain Lin now."

Shen Qingzhu smiled and said,

"Night Watchman Shen Qingzhu, apply to return to the team."