Chapter 326 Dawn
When Deputy Captain Zhong personally escorted the fugitive Lu Wanqi, whom he had been tracking for thirteen years, out of the dilapidated fishing village step by step.
Everyone at the scene involuntarily stopped what they were doing.
He looked solemnly at the old detective with gray hair on his temples.
Deputy Captain Zhong's eyes were red and filled with tears of excitement, but he clenched his teeth tightly to prevent the tears from falling. Only his slightly trembling hands revealed his surging emotions.
Lü Wanqi's face was ashen, but he still forced himself to remain calm. He growled in disbelief, "This place is so remote... How on earth did you get here?!"
Upon hearing this, Deputy Captain Zhong turned his head sharply, his gaze fixed on his face. His voice was hoarse with excitement, but every word was weighty: "Lü Wanqi, you have committed many evil deeds. The law of nature will never tolerate any chance of success!"
He took a deep breath, and each word seemed to be quenched by fire, searing into the air: "It's been thirteen years. Even if you turned to ash, I would still recognize you!"
Thirteen years of obsession and unwillingness finally came to an end here and now.
Although Deputy Captain Zhong's right leg hit the stone steps hard during the arrest, he took Lu Wanqi into the car and sat aside to wipe the safflower oil.
But there was an unprecedented happy smile on his face, and all the pain and regrets were smoothed out by the heat in his heart at this moment.
The police officers tacitly began to count the stolen goods and various homemade weapons seized at the scene and withdrew in an orderly manner.
Some people escorted the suspect to Jiangcheng Police Station for follow-up work.
Xia Lili and Li Qihan looked at each other and boarded the helicopter back to the emergency command center side by side.
The morning light completely illuminated the earth, and also illuminated the road to catching the murderer that had been dark for thirteen years.
They arrived precisely at 3:30 a.m., and the raid began promptly at 4:36 a.m., and the entire operation was closed by 8 a.m.
All time scales mesh like precision gears, without any error.
At this moment, the returning helicopter roared and flew through the clouds, and the sound of the huge propeller continued to shake the entire cabin.
The light in the cabin was dim, with only the dashboard emitting a cold blue light, illuminating every face that was filled with fatigue but could not hide the traces of victory.
Most of the team members had collapsed against the cabin wall, some were fast asleep with their eyes closed, and some were still unconsciously stroking the equipment in their hands, as if they had not yet completely recovered from their highly tense state.
Li Qihan sat by the window, staring out the window with his head tilted to the side.
The outline of Yunjiawan fishing village is gradually disappearing into the distance, turning into a hazy gray shadow on the horizon.
The morning light seeped in through the porthole, softly outlining his cold yet tired profile. His jawline was still clear, but there was a rare sense of relaxation in the interweaving of light and dark.
Xia Lili and Li Qihan were sitting side by side. Xia Lili was dozing off, her head nodding forward.
The fatigue from the high-intensity and continuous combat surged over her like a tide. Her eyelids kept drooping, and her consciousness was constantly torn between clarity and chaos.
The helicopter suddenly shook slightly, and she woke up suddenly. She subconsciously shook her head, trying to get rid of the sleepiness.
However, fatigue overwhelmed her, and after another unconscious nod, her head tilted slightly.
Finally, with the continuous low-frequency vibration of the fuselage, it naturally and defenselessly leaned towards Li Qihan's uninjured right shoulder.
A warm, soft, and itchy touch came from the side of my neck.
The girl's hairy head hit him defenselessly.
Li Qihan's back stiffened slightly, almost imperceptibly.
He turned his head very slowly, lowered his eyes, and his gaze fell on the sleeping head on his shoulder.
Xia Lili's breathing was even and she had obviously fallen into a deep sleep.
There was still dust and a faint smell of gunpowder in her hair, but it still couldn't hide the sweet and clean scent of her.
Li Qihan did not push her away.
Instead of pushing her away, he deliberately made his movements gentler and adjusted his sitting position very slowly, lowering his right shoulder and making it more stable so that she could rest her head on it more comfortably.
Every movement was extremely gentle.
Perhaps it was because his shoulder line was reliable enough, or perhaps it was because this sudden closeness made her feel inexplicably reassuring. Xia Lili, who was sleeping, unconsciously rubbed him gently, like a small animal that had found a nest, burying herself deeper between his shoulders and neck, her sleeping face becoming more and more peaceful.
Li Qihan's already stiff limbs became even stiffer, as if they had been pricked.
The girl's warm breath gently brushed against his sensitive neck, and the subtle touch was like an electric current that instantly ran through his limbs and bones.
He clearly felt his ears getting hot quickly, and a heat surged uncontrollably to his cheeks.
Fortunately, the cabin was dimly lit, concealing his suddenly red face.
He subconsciously held his breath, fearing that he would disturb the person on his shoulder.
My nerves, which had been tense all night, relaxed unconsciously as I leaned on her.
The clouds flowing outside the window gradually blurred, and a heavy feeling of fatigue came over me like a tide.
Xia Lili's even breathing was right next to his ear, but this slight sound inexplicably made his heart beat irregularly.
Li Qihan lowered his jaw slightly, almost falling into a light sleep, and a look of complete relaxation finally appeared between his stern brows.
Those eyes that were always as sharp as an eagle were now slightly lowered, and his gaze unconsciously lingered on her peaceful sleeping face. Deep in his eyes was a tenderness that he himself had not noticed.
Only the slightest curve at the corner of her lips softened quietly in the morning light.
Even he himself had not noticed that the heartbeat caused by her had already nowhere to hide.
Not long after.
The fuselage suddenly shook slightly, and Xia Lili woke up a little from her chaotic sleep.
The moment she regained consciousness, the first thing she felt was a warm touch and the cold and clean breath that belonged only to Li Qihan lingering on her nose.
She suddenly realized that she was resting her head on Li Qihan's shoulder.
The sleepiness was instantly frightened away, and Xia Lili wanted to stand up and jump away as if she had been electrocuted, and her cheeks suddenly turned red.
Just as she was about to move, a warm hand pressed on her shoulder very gently. The force was not strong, but it brought an unquestionable sense of stability.
It was Li Qihan's uninjured hand.
Then, Li Qihan's deep voice, mixed in with the huge noise of the propeller, brushed against her ear, with a barely perceptible hoarseness: "Don't move, go to sleep."
These four simple words completely froze Xia Lili.
She felt like she was nailed to the spot, her heartbeat was like a drum, pounding in her chest, making her eardrums hot, as if even the roar of the machine could not cover it.
She dared not move, even holding her breath carefully, for fear that Li Qihan would notice her panic at the moment.
The sleepiness she had just felt had long since vanished without a trace, but she leaned on his shoulder more honestly than ever before, pretending to be still asleep. Only her slightly trembling eyelashes and red ears revealed that she had already woken up.
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