breaking Dawn
Zhou Min pushed open the heavy door, and a hot stream of noise mixed with the smell of cigarettes and alcohol rushed towards her, swallowing her up in an instant.
The environment of this nightclub was so noisy that she could never get used to it no matter how many times she came.
But there was no way, this was one of the places where she currently "worked", and she had to come here occasionally to endure physical and mental torture.
In the deliberately created dim environment, the colorful light from the spotlights is like greasy syrup, leaving a sticky decadence as it passes over every twisting body.
She was holding a glass of gin and tonic, leaning against the wall, her whole body almost immersed in the shadows, her unobtrusive eyes scanning the crowd again and again, observing whether anyone was doing anything illegal, while also identifying everyone's face.
The hot air in the room collided with the cold wall of the cup, and the condensed water droplets slid down through the fingers and splashed onto the floor.
Perhaps to cover up the fatigue left over from a day's work, or perhaps to please themselves, some people on the dance floor wore makeup that was not too light, or even heavy. Zhou Min checked one by one and ruled out all suspicions.
Suddenly, a familiar face came into her sight. She began to focus most of her attention on the person's location, alert for the possibility that he might suddenly escape.
When a more exciting piece of music started, Zhou Min moved accordingly. With the flow of the crowd, she was like a drop of water merging into the sea, approaching without leaving a trace while maintaining an appropriate distance.
Time passed quickly with the deafening drumbeats, and the originally dense crowd gradually dispersed. This place seemed to have lost its soul, leaving only a messy shell.
The target Zhou Min was watching seemed to be about to leave, so she followed him closely while secretly sending an anonymous text message to the local investigation agency using her mobile phone, reporting the wanted criminal she had just discovered.
After Chen Shu escaped from prison, Zhou Min waited for a long time in prison but did not receive any news of her being arrested again. Instead, he received a message from Chen Shu that he bribed the prison guards to pass on:
She said that when Zhou Min was executed, she would bury him with his most beloved things.
No matter what Chen Shu was referring to, Zhou Min could not accept it and did not want her to succeed.
Zhou Min could not accept that the FBI was so corrupt. Not only did it allow Chen Shu to bribe the accident investigators and change the cause of the orphanage fire from arson to accidental fire, but now it has allowed Chen Shu, who has already been imprisoned, to go unpunished again.
Zhou Min guessed that since Chen Shu was able to bribe the prison guard to pass the message, he could probably also bribe the prison guard to help her escape from prison.
Can she still wait for the law to punish Chen Shu?
After the Investigation Bureau's series of ridiculous "mistakes", Zhou Min no longer hoped that the Investigation Bureau could be effective, and he did not expect the illusory "evil will be punished" to come true in Chen Shu.
Not only for the dozens of lives lost, but also for the children whose lives were severely affected by severe burns, Zhou Min urgently wanted Chen Shu to receive the punishment he deserved.
Zhou Min knew that Chen Shu asked the prison guard to pass a message to him, announcing that she was still upset that he did not kill her personally.
Chen Shu should also be aware that someone must have secretly protected Zhou Min, which is why the execution was delayed for so long.
The seemingly threatening message was just her way of provoking Zhou Min to come out of prison on his own initiative.
In this case, Zhou Min fulfilled her wish and accepted Zhou Xihe's proposal to release him from prison, throwing himself into the cat-and-mouse game of hunting down Chen Shu.
Even if he couldn't kill Chen Shu, Zhou Min wanted to make her live in constant fear and terror.
She has been paying close attention to the wanted notices issued by the Investigation Bureau. She is very familiar with the fugitives listed on them and searches for them from time to time.
Generally speaking, these fugitives who brazenly show themselves in public are more or less closely connected with the local investigation bureau. Zhou Min's actions will definitely offend the local black and white forces.
But Zhou Min discovered very early on that not only did he not get into big trouble, but he would also reshuffle the power structure of the local investigation agency.
This means that no matter where she goes, there is always someone with great power protecting her openly or secretly.
It seems that only Zhou Xihe has such great power.
Although she was very unhappy about being followed all the time, why not do some good things while chasing Chen Shu?
So Zhou Min acquiesced to her surveillance of him as long as she did not cross the line.
Back to the present.
Under the dim street lights, Zhou Min followed the man closely, sending his location to the local investigation agency in real time.
She didn't have to wait long before she saw the plainclothes officers from the Investigation Bureau who were lying in ambush at the scene had surrounded the man. While he was still shouting in confusion, they mercilessly took him into the car.
Even though they knew that the person who revealed the wanted criminal's whereabouts was likely nearby, these officials did not dare to look around too much during the entire arrest process.
It is laughable to yield to the powerful.
Zhou Min left without looking back, so as to avoid being unable to dodge in time and breathing the same air with those people.
This small city in central Taiwan has a small population, and without demand there is no market. Unlike other big cities, there is no public transportation operating in the early morning. However, since there are many famous night entertainment venues in the city nearby, there are many taxis waiting for passengers here.
The residence Zhou Min temporarily rented was not far from this place, but she still chose to walk back slowly.
It's equally deserted everywhere anyway. Instead of squeezing back into that cramped basement early and feeling the dead silence compressed by the four walls, it's better to just wander on the empty streets, focus on the surroundings, and disperse the congested mood again and again.
As he paced, Zhou Min pulled out a pink-wrapped lollipop from his pocket, opened it, put it in his mouth, and scanned every dark spot outside the streetlight with his dim eyes.
In the early morning, most of the lights in the street-facing buildings are off, and every window is closed with darkness that is ready to pour out at the slightest opportunity.
Where in this city will Chen Shu hide?
In a recent confrontation, Zhou Min kicked Chen Shu, broke her ribs, scratched her arm, and almost caught her again, but she managed to escape by relying on the opponent.
The chill of late autumn slowed down the healing of the wound, and Chen Shu's identity as a wanted criminal prevented her from getting treatment in a regular hospital, so it was naturally inconvenient for her to leave the city in the short term.
This means that Chen Shu is likely to stay in this place for a while.
The candy melted slowly on his tongue, and the familiar sweetness numbed his taste buds. Zhou Min relaxed his tense nerves, and then he noticed the lingering odor on his body.
She lowered her head slightly, lifted her collar with her right hand and sniffed. The fragrance that had permeated the quilt before she went out had dissipated, replaced by the smell of alcohol and cigarettes that she had just picked up in the nightclub.
She wrinkled her nose, unzipped her coat, and let the cold wind blow into her arms, washing away the smell that didn't belong to her.
The autumn here is much colder than in G City.
I wonder… I wonder when the weather will warm up? His cool fingertips touched the side of his neck, and Zhou Min wistfully traced the lines that had once been there.
Lonely footsteps walked slowly through the sleeping streets, welcoming the gradual change of gray-blue in the inky night.
When the blue faded to pale white, Zhou Min returned to the familiar neighborhood. After turning the last alley, her footsteps paused.
The dazzling light hidden below the horizon finally gathered enough strength at this moment, gushing out from the sky with a little warmth and spreading across the dark and cold streets.
At dawn, at the dividing line between morning and dusk, the person Zhou Min had not dared to think of in the past three years was now standing in front of her, looking at her quietly.
The heartbeat revives, the blood warms up, and endless heat flows through the body.
However, she struggled to resist her instinct to move towards the light, took a half step back into the shadow behind her, and expressed her cold avoidance with stiff body language.
Zhou Yiting did not approach her, but just stood there without saying a word, with his eyelashes drooping, an unconcealable look of loss on his face, and his shoulders trembling slightly.
Only then did Zhou Min notice that she was only wearing a black turtleneck shirt under her windbreaker, and she was so thin that she could hardly resist the overwhelming cold.
How long had she been waiting here? Was she alone? Why was she still so careless about her body?
Zhou Min's brows unconsciously furrowed, and without much hesitation, he walked quickly towards the residence with a stern face and indifference, almost leaning against the wall, intending to pass by her without even looking at her.
Unexpectedly, when she was about to pass by him, cold fingertips hooked around Zhou Min's hand hanging by his side, and the blunt words that followed made her steps freeze.
"Zhou Min...I miss you so much."
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