The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (Part 2)

  Nie Jing wasn't very lucky with her name. Her original name was Nie Qianqian, but after growing up a bit and starting elementary school, she felt that the name didn't suit her, especially since her classmates would always laugh at her.

  Finally, one day, she plucked up the courage to ask her parents to change her name. Her parents said, "Okay, let's change it to Nie Xiaoqian." They really took her to the police station, and on the way, she cried and promised that from then on, she would not eat sweets at night and would always score above 90 points in school. Only then did her parents agree not to change her name to "Nie Xiaoqian". Her parents were also quite mean.

  But we all know that no matter what name she is called, being a woman with the surname Nie is enough, let alone having a former name "Nie Qianqian" which will soon be known to everyone wherever she goes.

  I apologized: "Sorry, don't be angry... Besides, you should just accept your fate. What's wrong with Nian Xiaoxiang? Look at me, I've even accepted being called 'the little loli who rushed into the crime scene'."

  Xiao Nie pouted: "Are you going to listen or not? Why Wu Hongyu wants to kill you?"

  "Listen!" I hastily said, "Who the hell is he?! You'd better tell me or I'll kill his whole family!"

  Xiao Nianbai gave me a glance: "You can't remember his father Wu Jianguo, but you remember the head of the Development Department Wu, right?"

  I furrowed my brow, "Hmmm... it seems a bit familiar, but I can only think of Wu Dalang..." I grasped her hand and pleaded, "Xiao Nie~~~~"

  "Alright, alright, I'll tell you since you're so pitiful. The deputy provincial governor of the Provincial Department is surnamed Wu, now you know?"

  "Are you talking about Vice Governor Wu?"

  "Yes, otherwise you would have offended several Vice Governors with the surname Wu?"

  Deputy Governor Wu? Now I know, but also confused.

  Wu, the vice governor, is actually the largest protective umbrella of the Feng Group. He was originally the director of development and held real power. Later, it was confirmed that he provided convenience to the Feng Group but there was no evidence. He was promoted to vice governor in a way that made him lose his actual power. At that time, among the "truly existing" ID cards found in the system, his "existing yet non-existent" close friend had assets worth hundreds of millions under their name.

  As soon as the case was solved, he was the first one to be caught.

  But I really don't understand, "I didn't provoke him or offend him, why did his son go crazy and want to beat me into a hornet's nest?"

  "Isn't this case something you tore open yourself? If it weren't for you, this corruption case would never have been cracked."

  "I'm being wrongly accused! What does this have to do with me? I did deceive them into getting me an ID card, but that's all! The ID card wasn't even warm in my hands before those anti-corruption guys took it away! They're the ones who investigated, they're the ones who made the arrest, and they didn't even tell me a thing when they did it - I didn't even see it happen! With so many people involved, how does this all get pinned on me?"

  "I'm afraid it's because Mr. Feng of the Feng Group has spoken out and said that they were defeated by a little loli."

  "I... I... just... know..."

  I knew this old fox wouldn't let me off! I'm like an arch-nemesis to him, a blood feud! I knew he'd definitely try to screw me over!

  He didn't mention his son at all when he was talking to me, not a single word! I knew something was off right then!

  This anti-corruption case involves so many people, it seems like they're all going to take revenge on me! I'm so frustrated that I want to cry but can't!

  ………

  I'll just wait for them to come one by one, and the first one who came was indeed the first one. How straightforward - he took out a gun and wanted to shoot! That's not a water gun! That's a real gun!

  Wu Hongxi was sent abroad at a very young age, only returning home during holidays to visit his father. His childhood test results showed an IQ of over 180, but the accuracy of these tests is questionable, as Wu Hongxi was simply a madman.

  "You want to talk to me? I'm here, go ahead."

  Wu Hongxi sat across from me, his hands cuffed to the table and his feet shackled to the floor. What a pity that his originally handsome and sunny face was completely ruined by his numb, almost inhuman expression.

  "Do you know my dad?" Wu Hongxi asked me.

  I really can't put on a good face for him, and I sarcastically said: "How is it that after going out for a few years you've forgotten how to speak your native language? Have you also forgotten who your father is? Is this what happens when you're sent to the Taliban in Afghanistan or Iraq instead of being sent to America? You come back and all you can do is rob and kill people, if you hadn't been stopped by the police, wouldn't you have made an atomic bomb to blow us up?! Do you still have any humanity left?!"

  Wu Hongxi didn't open his mouth again, and the answer to me was his attitude of thinking he was superior to others. His chin was habitually slightly raised, and his expression was already somewhat disdainful. At this moment, he looked at me with contempt, as if he were a higher being above humanity, and the one in front of him was just a primitive protozoan like Giardia.

  Bang!

  I slapped the table with a loud bang, grabbed the water cup beside me and splashed it on his face. I poured a glass of cold water, cool and refreshing, just waiting to splash him. If modern times didn't prohibit torture and forced confessions, I would have drowned him in water long ago!

  Next to me, Little Nie hurriedly persuaded me, "Don't be like this! Don't be like this!" She took out a tissue for Wu Hongyu to wipe away her tears and said with a smile, "Sorry about that, she's just easily agitated. But I think you can understand, if she were to take an assault rifle and rush to your home to shoot at you, wouldn't you also be this agitated?"

  "Good cop, bad cop, so boring." (One plays the good guy and one plays the bad guy, how tedious.)

  Xiao Nian remained calm and pushed a stack of case files in front of him, "Your dad is a good official, he has done many practical things since taking office, but he indeed accepted bribes, and the amount was huge. You are an excellent student who can 3D print and manufacture firearms by yourself, take a look for yourself, we didn't wrong your dad."

  "I said, 'Don't you think the money you're squandering outside comes from somewhere? Let me tell you, the money you used to buy that 3D printer is all dirty money. You think you're so high and mighty, but in reality, you're not even as good as a Giardia parasite. At least they're cleaner than you!'"

  Xiao Nian patted my arm comfortingly, "Don't be like this, calm down." She said to Wu Hongxu, "Based on the current evidence, even without your testimony, we can still prosecute you. Whether or not you speak up, the result is the same. However, since you've done something so shocking and earth-shattering, don't you want to talk about it? Let us record it in the files? The criminal records will be kept permanently."

  Wu Hongxi still didn't say a word.

  "I asked: 'A personal question, I've always wondered, you accompanied me all the way, why didn't you take action at the provincial hall? If you had taken action at the provincial hall, you could have killed a few more of the police who caught your dad and locked up your dad. On the road, there were many opportunities to take action, and the crowd was very dense. With one shot, you could have brought down a whole group, which would have also helped with our escape.'"

  "You don't seem like someone who doesn't want to indiscriminately kill innocent people... Based on your personality analysis, you should want to kill more people and have a greater impact..."

  Wu Hongxi crooked his head and slanted his eyes at me, with a sly smile playing on the corners of his mouth.

  My heart beats inexplicably faster, I take a deep breath to calm down and continue speaking, "Fortunately, this was stopped, if you hadn't been unable (to make the gun) self-destruct, you would have killed my whole family! Wait... you didn't really want to kill my whole family, did you?!"

  It's actually a very easy conclusion to draw, almost right in front of me, but this conclusion is too painful, my subconscious mind stops me from thinking about it, stops me from looking at it.

  He could have followed me all the way home, why didn't he make a move at the provincial hall? Why didn't he take advantage of so many opportunities on the road? Why did he choose to make his move right in front of my house? He really wanted to kill my whole family!

  I dragged a ruthless killer all the way back home, thinking of him shooting my dad and mom, I had goosebumps all over my body, I don't know where I got the strength from, I jumped up and tightly grasped his neck, "I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!……"

  Others used all their might to pull me apart.

  "Lock him up for life! Absolutely cannot let him out! If he comes out, I'll kill him! You wait and see!"

  Everyone has an untouchable bottom line.

  I'm a person with very low bottom line, things like rape or killing kids won't make me angry at all, unlike Wang Yong who is hot-blooded and would rush to beat someone up after hearing about something like prostitution.

  But don't touch my parents.

  This is my bottom line.

  We police really can't beat people, although he understood my mood, Director Wang still educated me for a while and completely transferred me away from this case.

  But the good thing is that Wu Hongyu was so scared that he would answer whatever you asked him, and he could even speak Chinese, although a bit stiffly.

  Typical self-proclaimed genius personality, the more arrogant the more timid, poor kid, and he says his IQ is 180, I really want to apply for him to test his EQ, it must be unqualified.

  Wang Yong sighed: "The son of the group's boss killed the woman who was pregnant with his child and disguised it as being choked to death by a diamond; The son of the corrupt official is even more outrageous, printing out an MAC-10 submachine gun, how can there be so many ruthless people in this world?"

  "It's just that birds of a feather flock together, otherwise all these anti-social personalities wouldn't be able to get together, a bunch of losers with damaged frontal lobes!"

  ……

  My mom insisted on inviting Wang Yong to dinner at home, a great kindness that should be repaid for life. The key is "at home", I said it would be enough to invite him to a restaurant outside, no need to bother at home. But my parents still worked hard for two days to prepare a table of dishes and even bought three bottles of good Wuliangye, over 50 degrees, sweet and easy to get drunk. They asked me to bring Wang Yong over.

  I'm going crazy, something feels off, this atmosphere is too weird...