Chapter 78
"Police, police, save me! Ahhh, please save me..." Tang Jiulin broke down and cried, "I know I was wrong, I regretted it a long time ago! I turn myself in, I turn myself in!"
"Shut up!" Yu Lei pointed at him and yelled.
Sure enough, Tong Jiayu's knife immediately stabbed into his shoulder and twisted it gently.
Tang Jiulin immediately let out a heart-wrenching scream, his whole body shaking with pain.
"Zhao Zheng!" Yu Lei was unable to stop her and watched helplessly as she stabbed Tang Jiulin several times because of the word "surrender".
"Go ahead and shoot." Zhao Zheng smiled, his face filled with despair and numbness. "Didn't you come in with a gun? Aren't you going to kill me? Shoot."
"Zhao Lan is outside." Yu Lei had no choice but to say, "Put down the lighter. Do you want to blow her up too?"
As he spoke, he quietly pulled Chen Jingzhou. The stunned Chen Jingzhou finally came to his senses. He slowly backed away, intending to go outside to report the situation and contact the fire department.
"Hey," Zhao Zheng called him and said with a smile, "Please take Tang Ruxin away."
Chen Jingzhou paused and subconsciously glanced at Yu Lei. Without receiving any clear instructions, he had to retreat first.
"Captain Yu is so shameless... I thought you policemen loved the people like your own children, how could you bring innocent people to such a dangerous place." Zhao Zheng kept smiling, the butterfly knife whirring in his hand.
The lid of the lighter in her right hand was open. With just a flick of her thumb, the dilapidated old building would be razed to the ground.
Yu Lei was so angry that his chest hurt. If he had known that Zhao Zheng had so many flammable and explosive things, he would never have brought Tang Ruxin here!
"Tang Jiulin at least raised Zhao Lan," Yu Lei tried to persuade him. "He gave her the best living environment and the best education. Give him a chance to confess his crime and accept punishment, okay?"
Hearing this, Zhao Zheng laughed out loud as if he had heard a fairy tale.
"I'm not smart, but I don't understand the law. It's been twenty-seven years, and even the statute of limitations for the death penalty has long passed. If he pleads guilty, what other law can sentence him? Besides, do you have evidence? I don't have any."
Yu Lei was suddenly speechless. He raised his hand helplessly, and then put it down.
"You have no evidence. How can you be sure that he deliberately started the fire?"
Zhao Zheng lowered his eyes to look at the trembling Tang Jiulin, and patted his shoulder. "Zhang Shaohua told me. His wife, Zhang Shaohua, who died of an inexplicable illness."
When Tang Jiulin heard the name, his face suddenly twisted and hatred almost burst out of his eyes.
Zhao Zheng held the lighter, walked around to Tang Jiulin's side, and looked at him with his head tilted.
"It seems you haven't forgotten her. She's a good person, treating Zhao Lan and me well. I was desperate at the time and came to you for help. I begged you so much, even on my knees... asking you to save Tong Jiayu, but you refused so decisively and completely, leaving no room for negotiation."
Tang Jiulin twitched his head in confusion, "What do you mean by saving Tong Jiayu... that little girl you were carrying at that time was..."
Zhao Zheng sneered, "See, you really didn't even remember her name. I knew you couldn't remember it, so I felt safe and confident using this name."
"She has leukemia! How can we save her? Even the doctors can't save her, and you want me to?!" Tang Jiulin immediately burst into tears, "Her disease is incurable..."
"Yeah, there's no way to save her." Zhao Zheng tapped his face with a lighter. "But at least, it can prevent her from dying so quickly and allow her to live a few more years. It was Zhang Shaohua who helped me, making her last days more comfortable."
Yu Lei's eyes were always fixed on the lighter in her hand, trying to find an opportunity to snatch it away.
Outside, flashing police lights illuminated the walls with a rhythmic rhythm. He could hear the evacuation and firefighting arrangements being made. Yu Lei felt a little relieved. Everyone except him should have retreated to a safe distance.
"But you killed Zhang Shaohua." Zhao Zheng's knife fell and pierced a hole in his back.
It wasn't deep, but it hurt. Tang Jiulin couldn't scream anymore, he just opened his mouth and gasped for air to relieve the pain.
Yu Lei was stunned. Did he kill his wife? The statute of limitations hadn't expired yet.
"You're overthinking it. I have no evidence, it's all guesswork." Zhao Zheng said to Yu Lei with a smile, "Because Zhang Shaohua was always in good health until she met me and helped me from time to time, then she gradually weakened. She knew everything about Liu Lize's past, including the real cause of the fire. Moreover, since I showed up, she has taken extra care of me. It's impossible for her not to die, right?"
She bent down and asked Tang Jiulin, but Tang Jiulin glanced away and didn't look at her.
"The closest couple to each other, yet the most distant. The person beside you wanted to kill you, and you turned into a pile of ashes before you even had the chance to have an autopsy. Hahaha..." Zhao Zheng laughed until tears came out of his eyes. "Liu Lize, why did you pick on me and kill me? You destroyed my family, killed the only person who was kind to me, and even had people smash my house repeatedly to drive me out of Donghe City, forcing me to change my gender and face just to stay where my sister was. Why?"
Hearing this, Yu Lei no longer wanted to save Tang Jiulin. It was better for a man like him to die. The law might not be able to kill him. But he didn't want Zhao Zheng to be buried with him. Tang Jiulin didn't deserve it.
"elder brother……"
A soft call made the three men present change their expressions at the same time.
"What are you doing here?"
"go out!"
"Don't come in!"
Hearing these three sentences in unison, Tang Ruxin smiled brilliantly. She also walked barefoot into the gasoline-filled room without hesitation.
Yu Lei immediately reached out and pulled her back as she was about to walk towards Zhao Zheng, whispering:
"You go out first, it's too dangerous here."
Tang Ruxin patted his arm that was wrapped around her, raised her face and smiled at him, "Only when I'm here will he not start a fire."
The smile on Zhao Zheng's face disappeared, replaced by a chill.
"Don't forget, your last name is Zhao."
"Isn't your surname Zhao too? It's no problem for people with the surname Zhao to stand together." Tang Ruxin smiled.
At this moment, Chen Jingzhou's voice suddenly came from Yu Lei's headphones.
"Captain Yu, snipers are in position. We've replaced the bullets with low-penetration ones, which can effectively reduce the risk of detonation. But the angle is not good. The bullet might hit the gas tank. Find a way to lure Zhao Zheng to the right in front of Tang Jiulin, in line with the gate, so that the bullet can pass through the gate and exit."
Yu Lei's expression froze. He stared blankly at Zhao Zheng, then at Tang Ruxin. His hand at his side gradually clenched into a fist, so tight it was almost trembling.
Tang Jiulin struggled hard, and the blood holes on his body were squeezed out with more blood. He endured the severe pain and shouted at Tang Ruxin:
"Tang Ruxin! Be obedient and leave first, okay? I raised you for all these years, not to have you buried with me! Go... Yulei, Yulei, take her out!"
Zhao Zheng looked coldly at the panicked Tang Jiulin, a sneer on his lips. Unexpectedly, in the end, he actually saw Tang Jiulin's humanity. It turns out that scum also has humanity...
At least, he was really good to Zhao Lan. When Zhao Lan was just born, Zhao Wenyan asked her to acknowledge Liu Lize as her godfather. From then on, Liu Lize would come to see her whenever he had time, playing with her, feeding her, changing her diapers—he was willing to do anything.
"Zhao Lan, sometimes I wonder why fate favors you so much even though you were born of the same parents. Seeing you living so ignorantly and fearlessly in the sun, I almost hate you." Zhao Zheng said to her with a smile, his smile was particularly sad.
Tang Ruxin also smiled, but tears couldn't help but flow out of her eyes.
"Me too. I hate myself so much. How could I be so stupid... We've been together day and night for so many years, and yet I didn't recognize you. So many clues, and it's like I was blind." She raised her hand to wipe her face, then let out a long sigh and said, "So I came to accompany you. Let's go together."
Hearing this, Yu Lei's face changed. He immediately took Tang Ruxin in his arms and led her out the door, wanting to forcibly take her away from here.
Tang Ruxin quickly pulled her hand away from his waist and back, holding the gun he had pinned on his waist, pointing the muzzle at Yu Lei.
Yu Lei's scalp was about to explode. He immediately shouted, "Give me the gun! Stop messing around, give it to me now!"
Tang Ruxin shook her head, slowly moved away from him, and retreated towards Zhao Zheng.
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