He Shenming's body had been dealt with, and other possible causes of death had been ruled out. It was finally determined that he had committed suicide with a pistol.

The body was cremated two days after the incident. The director of the city's public security bureau originally wanted to hold a funeral for He Shenming, and the members of the Public Security Department, the city bureau, and the task force also supported it.

However, Deputy Director He's wife strongly opposed it. It turned out that He Shenming had already made a will before his death. He said that after his death, he just wanted to return to the yellow soil of his hometown quietly, without any grand memorial service.

Just like that, He Shenming's wife hugged the urn and cried bitterly. She was carried to the police car of the bureau and drove to the hometown where he was raised.

Xu Yao originally wanted to go with them, but Aunt Li did not forgive Xu Yao. His eyes were fierce and firm.

"Captain Xu, please forgive me for not letting you get on this car, because I can't forgive you now.

But don't worry, I won't hate you, because... because if I do this, the old man will be sad. After all, he always treated you as his son before he died."

Xu Yao watched the police car carrying his master's ashes drive out of the city bureau building, and he chose to lock himself in his warehouse-like house and not come out.

He lived in his room there in a daze like a zombie, never leaving the house.

Every day, he drank, smoked, and slept.

Xu Yao hardly ate anything. Although he sleeps in bed every day, he wakes up from nightmares every time.

Maybe it's because he drinks too much or for other reasons, but Xu Yao's head hurts like it exploded recently.

In his sleep, he always hears the same voice calling him, "Brother, don't abandon my brother, you promised me that you wouldn't abandon me."

In his dream, Xu Yao felt a sense of guilt like a flood and beast attacking him, making him breathless and as if he was suffocating.

However, in real life, he knows that he doesn't have a younger brother at all.

Since he doesn't have a younger brother, how can he abandon him?

All this may be a fragment of his memory of childhood amnesia.

But in his childhood, his parents gave him a clear answer: he had an older brother, and they had a happy family since childhood, but when he was eight years old, he had a car accident and his brother died to save him.

Xu Yao tried to slowly analyze these fragments of memory and piece them together. He knew that there must be a truth hidden in it, but no matter what, he could not solve the mystery of the truth.

He Shenming's death was a big blow to Xu Yao, so the bureau decided to give him a long vacation and called him every day to ask about it. Every time the leader called, no matter how he asked, Xu Yao's answer was just a simple response like "um" or "ah", which made the bureau feel relieved.

At least he is just staying at home now, and he is lucky that he has not killed anyone or been killed.

The director of the Public Security Bureau temporarily replaced Deputy Director He's work and sent a team of elites to silently monitor Xu Yao and protect him 24 hours a day.

Because it is very likely that the next target of the mastermind is Xu Yao.

Since the death of He Shenming, the atmosphere in the criminal police team has become very different. In addition, Xu Yao was hit and absent from work, and the criminal police building seemed very quiet.

Everyone was worried about Xu Yao's condition, and Mo Xiaoqing was also worried.

She knew that she couldn't sit and wait for death now. Two days had passed, and she had to do something.

Mo Xiaoqing would go to Xu Yao's house every day. Every time she went to see Xu Yao, he looked the same. He would either be sitting on the sofa in a daze or pacing slowly in the room with a cigarette that was almost burnt out.

Every time Mo Xiaoqing would go there with some food that she had made herself. She knew that if she didn't send food, Xu Yao wouldn't be able to find food on his own in his current condition. He would starve to death.

Three days passed quickly. According to what Li Tianfeng had said, her necklace contained a time bomb designed to last for seven days.

If that was the case, Mo Xiaoqing would only have four days left to live.

In the past few days, whenever Mo Xiaoqing opened her mouth to discuss the case or talk about something about work, Xu Yao would always interrupt her and tell her to shut up.

Xu Yao could afford to waste this time, but for Mo Xiaoqing, it was almost too late.

Although Mo Xiaoqing knew that she could use this short seven days to travel and go abroad to see the sea.

And now Mo Xiaoqing has figured it out. She would still die if she had a few more days. And she didn't believe that Li Tianfeng would not be so kind as to give her seven more days to truly fulfill her unfulfilled wish.

Li Tianfeng sent Mo Xiaoqing back intact, and he definitely had his plan. Mo Xiaoqing guessed that during these seven days, Li Tianfeng must have been planning the biggest conspiracy.

Therefore, the most important thing for her to do now is to tell the truth she knows.

And the only consequence of her telling the truth is that her life will end.

And what's worse is that everything she knows will not serve as evidence, but only a guess by the police.

Even if the police know that the man behind the scenes is Li Tianfeng, there is not enough evidence to prosecute him, and he can still get away with it.

Li Tianfeng was able to boldly confess everything because he knew that Mo Xiaoqing did not bring any tools to record or take pictures.

At the scenes of these cases, there was very little evidence on Li Tianfeng, almost zero.

Li Tianfeng also warned her not to let anyone know that she was wearing a collar around her neck.

He listed more than ten warnings, of course, some of them were very likely to be threatening, but according to Li Tianfeng's style of doing things, he could do anything.

If Mo Xiaoqing really didn't follow his decision, it was very likely that she would lose her life.

So in these three days, Mo Xiaoqing never slept well, she was always weighing the pros and cons of things.

Of course, she wanted to come up with a foolproof plan to keep herself alive. But how should she do it?

Should she take a gamble and tell the chief of the criminal police team or Xu Yao that she had a bomb on her?

Mo Xiaoqing hesitated.

After two or three days of thinking, Mo Xiaoqing finally decided that she only trusted Xu Yao.

In fact, people say they are not afraid of death, but if they really have to face it calmly, they will be afraid.

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