Justice is dead

  "What's that? I've seen you fiddling with it for a long time." Lily put down the chopsticks in her hand and asked.

  She saw Yi Xiaodao touching a pendant on his neck, stroking it absent-mindedly. It was a silver-white pendant with an ordinary design - an arrow piercing two hearts, probably made of platinum, she thought.

  Yi Xiaodao discovered that Lily had noticed him, and he let go of the pendant, saying: "This is a pair of pendants I specially made, different from other pendants, because no one would want this kind of pendant, right?"

  She took a closer look and only then did she discover the pendant's unusual feature - the arrow didn't have a triangular arrowhead, nor did it have fletching, making it look more like a javelin. Could this pendant be related to the javelin that Yi Xiaodao mentioned?

  "And you gave one to your girlfriend too, right?" she asked.

  Yi Xiaodao slightly stunned, smiled and said: "You are very clever."

  This pendant was made especially for her after they fell in love, to commemorate the incident that brought them together. When he gave one of them to Ajiao, she was overjoyed and said that their hearts would be connected forever, never to be separated.

  It was then that he made a decision, to guard Ah Jiao for this life and from now on be an ordinary person. He still remembers the loving gaze of his master when he made this decision. His master said: "Xiao Dao, you will regret it. But if you don't experience the calamity personally, how can you be willing? You go, after the calamity you can come back."

  After hearing his master's heart-wrenching words, he thought of his master's upbringing and teachings over the years, and he almost took back his own words. But for Ah Jiao, he still resolutely cut off contact with his master.

  But he must be regretful now, because his master had already guessed the outcome of today and didn't stop him, letting him choose his own life, even if it's a calamity, his master will still respect him.

  In fact, not long after he made that decision, he discovered Ah Jiao's abnormality. At that time, they both lived in the school, each living in their own dormitory. She was often mysterious, and on weekends, she couldn't be found anywhere, and when asked where she went, she wouldn't say. Her mobile phone, QQ, EMAIL, were never allowed to be seen by him. There were several times when he met Ah Jiao talking to a woman outside the school, seemingly arguing about something, and when they saw him approaching, Ah Jiao would chase that woman away, then tell him it was a relative who always wanted to introduce her to a boyfriend, but she didn't want to.

  He didn't mind too much because he believed that two people in love couldn't be separated by others.

  Later, Ah Jiao's temper became worse and worse, and she was completely different from the kind-hearted girl who understood people at the beginning of their relationship. She often disappeared for a week without a word, and when he went to look for her at Suan Cai Yu, Suan Cai Yu said she had taken leave to go traveling, but even Suan Cai Yu didn't know where she was going. He began to suspect Ah Jiao's whereabouts, so he used Suan Cai Yu's hot pot restaurant as a bribe to get her to spy on Ah Jiao and gather intelligence about her.

  According to the information from Suāncài Yú, there was a young master who invited ā Jiāo to travel with him. The young master was the older brother of one of ā Jiāo's good friends, and her good friend had also been around all along. So ā Jiāo couldn't resist their persistent persuasion and went along. Fortunately, the young master didn't do anything to ā Jiāo.

  After Ah Jiao returned, she had a big temper and threatened to break up with him. However, graduation was approaching, and due to the busy job search, the breakup was put on hold. They left school, rented a house, and started living together as an unmarried couple. But Ah Jiao didn't change because of this. For a period of time, Ah Jiao often had nightmares at night, waking up from her sleep with a start, and crying in his arms.

  He was very worried and secretly followed Ah Jiao, but Ah Jiao shook him off every time.

  After two years of struggling, his career had not made much progress. At this time, many other classmates had started buying houses and preparing for marriage, while they didn't even have a penny in savings. Ah Jiao finally couldn't take it anymore and proposed breaking up.

  A poor man has a short ambition. Without money, he had ten thousand unwillingnesses, but could only watch as Ah Jiao packed her bags and moved away.

  At that time, he began to regret. If he had followed his master all the way, he wouldn't have to worry about money, and Ah Jiao would not leave him either. But then, could he still be with Ah Jiao?

  "Do you hate her?" Yuriko asked.

  Yi Xiaodao smiled wryly and said, "What's there to hate? People with different goals can't work together. Everyone has their own pursuits, you can't ask someone to give up their own pursuits for your sake, can you?"

  Lily followed with a gloomy expression, saying, "It's obvious that you're very rational." For some reason, this person who had nothing to do with her and this matter that had nothing to do with her made her feel so sorrowful.

  Yi Xiaodao was indeed very rational, he didn't want to reveal too much emotion in front of a stranger. He stuffed the pendant into his collar, stood up and said: "Your injury is not light, let's rest for now, I'll go buy some things."

  Lily lifted her head and said, "Where's my gun?"

  Yi Xiao Dao said: "Are you leaving?"

  Lily said: "I can't just sit and wait for death."

  Yi Xiaodao said: "The police are waiting for you downstairs."

  Lily stood up and looked at Yixiaodao, saying: "Have you seen Hong Kong movies? The person who says this line in the movie will make a call to the police station downstairs next."

  Yi Xiaodao was taken aback and said, "Are you afraid I'll call the police?"

  Lily said: "I'd rather believe you won't. But as a hitman, I have to be on my guard at all times. Being a hitman isn't a profession protected by law."

  Yi Xiaodao smiled wryly and sat down, saying: "You're injured now and can't restrict my actions at all. If I call the police, what can you do to me?"

  Lily said, "A killer being caught by the police is the most humiliating ending - how one dies doesn't matter, but a lifetime of honor will be ruined in an instant. If you call the police, the outcome will either be me killing you or you killing me; both are outcomes I can accept."

  Yi Xiaodao lowered his head and remained silent for a long time before looking up and saying, "Actually, I had planned to hand you over to the police."

  Lily's face changed slightly, she slowly backed away, preparing to reach for the gun on the bed, and said: "You saved me, why do you still want to call the police?"

  Yi Xiaodao said seriously: "I saved you out of righteousness because you were injured. I reported to the police out of justice because you killed someone."

  "Lily suddenly shouted: "Alright! Stop pretending to be righteous! There is no justice in this world, only interests! Corrupt officials and evil officials, who are not harming the people for their own benefit? The underworld and the officialdom, who are not fighting and killing for their own benefit? If you betray me for the police's reward, I won't blame you; but if you talk about justice, you're a hypocrite! I won't let you succeed!"

  Yi Xiao Dao stood up and said: "Bai He, I——"

  Taking advantage of Yi Xiaodao's momentary distraction, Baihe suddenly fell backwards. She had calculated the distance and fell just short of the bed, her body not yet touching the bedside, her right hand already reaching for the quilt, and with a quick grab, the pistol was already in her hand.

  "Don't come over!" Lily shouted, her right hand holding the gun aimed at Yixiaodao. To slow down the force of her body falling, she used her left elbow to support the bed frame, the wound twitching, a piercing pain.

  Yi Xiaodao raised his hands and said, "Whether you believe it or not, I do. This world must have justice." He thought of what his master had told him: "I have devoted my life to upholding the two words 'justice', and I also hope that you will always remember them in your heart, and never go against heaven's principles."

  Lily, with a gun in her hand, turned icy and said: "Do you think handing me over to the police is an act of justice? Don't you know about all the corrupt and lawless things Jia Anbang has done? I killed him, ridding the people of a scourge, upholding justice on heaven's behalf - isn't that an even greater justice?"

  Yi Xiaodao said, "Jia Anbang is not a good person, but his crime does not deserve death. Even if he deserves to die, that's a matter for the law. If everyone can kill whoever they think deserves to die, will there be any justice in this world?"

  Lily shook her head and said, "Don't talk to me about grand principles. I'm a hitman. As long as there's money involved, I'll kill anyone. If it happens that the person I kill is a bad guy, then I'll feel proud of myself because not only did I get paid for taking out my target, but I also got rid of some trash for God for free. If you think I deserve to die more than Jia Anbang, then go ahead and call the cops. As for the outcome, if you end up dead, it's justifiable homicide; if I end up dead at the hands of a champion of justice like you, then I'll have no regrets."

  Lily's eyes were icy, but mixed with a hint of sorrow. Yi Xiaodao looked at her, his heart undulating. Although he had thought about calling the police, he never intended to do so, otherwise, Lily wouldn't be pointing a gun at him now.

  He just couldn't convince himself to let go of a murderer, wasn't that going against the will of heaven? He knew Jia Anbang wasn't a clean official, but by letting go of the murderer who killed the corrupt official, did that make him a good person?

  He turned his head and looked at Lily, falling into deep thought.

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