Chapter 54: Prelude of Despair (Three)

  Kai Tak Cruise Terminal

  At six o'clock this season, the sunset is in the west, and the last afterglow.

  Zou Mianyuan still couldn't get in touch with Lin Yuanli, and could only lead the team to escort Xi Biao, step by step approaching the A3 factory building.

  This time the team configuration is very complete. The first to arrive are the bomb disposal police, who quietly approach the perimeter and check for a while before waving their hands: "No problem."

  "Go." Zou Mianyuan was not polite to Xi Bao.

  Xie Mo smiled helplessly: "If I'm not mistaken, at this point, I should be a good citizen cooperating with the police to solve the case."

  "I recall I've already told you that you're a suspect with major suspicions." Zou Mianyuan furrowed his brow and said.

  Xī Bǎo shook his head, neither confirming nor denying.

  For a moment, Xi Zuo blinked in confusion: "Yu Mei hasn't arrived yet?"

  Zou Muyuan looked at Xi Zuo, and just then Xi Zuo suddenly laughed: "Do you know? I've already contacted Yuan Li earlier. You say... why Yuan Li hasn't found you yet?"

  Sheng Yuan interrupted him from beside: "It has nothing to do with you, it's an internal affair of the police."

  Xī Bǎo's eyes drooped and he smiled, his smile somewhat breathless: "Yes, yes, internal affairs."

  He finished speaking and didn't say another word, only stretching out his hand to point inside and say: "Your Xia Zhu is inside. If you don't go, perhaps Xi Zong will die."

  The sentence was strange and everyone present looked at each other in confusion. In the end, Zou Mianyuan coldly signaled to open the door.

  Everyone had made sufficient mental preparations, with the attitude of a desperate gambler, and it was likely that something would be left at the door, but inside, everything was empty.

  Zou Mianyuan furrowed his brow and led the way in with a gun.

  Sheng Yuan stretched out his hand and blocked him: "Let the bomb disposal officer go in first."

  "One minute late, one minute more danger." Zou Mianyuan said solemnly.

  Sheng Yuan didn't care and still stretched out his hand to block people: "No."

  Zou Muyuan sighed and closed his eyes wearily: "Alright."

  That A3 warehouse was unexpectedly huge, and it was clear that no one had moved in a long time. It looked messy and dizzying.

  Xī Bó just let others push him along, a faint smile occasionally appearing on his face.

  Xī Bó's smile became even more astonishing, and Zōu Mèi looked at Xī Bó for a moment before suddenly asking: "Can you get in touch with Yuǎn Lì?"

  Xī Bǎo finally looked up at him: "Can."

  Zou Yunyuan didn't ask him for a reason and just said lightly: "You contact him, I'll help you get bail in the future."

  He raised an eyebrow: "You want to make a deal with me?"

  Zou Muyuan didn't make a sound.

  Xie Baoyu smiled: "But so far, the police have no evidence of my guilt, it's not a good deal, PASS."

  Shengyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and signaled them to be quiet: "There's a sound."

  The faint cry of Xia Zhu came from deep within the warehouse.

  "It could be bait." The bomb disposal officer warned.

  Zou Mianyuan's eyebrows furrowed even tighter: "Go take a look first, rule out the explosion."

  Turning around a bend, suddenly becoming bright and clear.

  That was just a staircase stretching down into the ground.

  "It's all ready." Xi Bao suddenly spoke up, his voice filled with a smile.

  He stood on the stairs, raised his eyes slightly provocatively and looked at Zou Muyuan: "Why don't we play a game."

  Zou Mianyuan was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and just as he waved his hand to signal the person to leave, Xi Bao said: "I'll get in touch with Ah Er for you."

  Shengyuan coldly said: "Conditions."

  "No conditions, I'm just curious..." Xi Bao smiled faintly: "Curious about what kind of choice Ah Qi will make."

  All human nature is unreliable playthings.

  However, fragile humans often rely on it as an emotional prop.

  Xī Bǎi thought like this, and involuntarily closed his eyes slightly: "Give me the phone number, I will call ā Kè."

  Zou Mianyuan stared at Xi Bao for a long time before nodding slightly: "Give it to him."

  Shengyuan didn't say a word, handed over a phone, Xi Bao answered and dialed a string of numbers, putting the phone close to his ear.

  Zou Mianyuan said coldly: "Let him go."

  He said, meanwhile gesturing for another team to sneak up from the side and surround him, preventing Xi Zao from escaping from elsewhere.

  Xie Ba didn't mind and directly picked up the hands-free phone.

  Before long, Lin Yuanxi's voice came from the other end, and due to either the signal or his fatigue over the past few days, his voice sounded even hoarser than usual: "What?"

  Xī Bó didn't say a word, and then someone on the other side asked: "Are you together with Mù Yuǎn?"

  "What's going on?" Zou Muyuan suddenly shouted.

  "Don't come over, things are a bit complicated here..." Lin Yuanxi had not finished speaking when the phone hung up.

  Xie Bai innocently spread out his hands, indicating it wasn't him who did it.

  Zou Muyuan didn't have time to bother with him and directly flew past, already outside the signal range.

  Xie Ba covered his mouth and chuckled: "Now it's getting interesting... Do you want to go, Captain Zou?"

  Zou Muyuan was silent for a long time and had to admit that Xi Zhe gave him a difficult problem.

  He had no way of judging whether that person was Lin Yuan or not. Between words and phrases, it's too easy to fake the truth.

  Zou Muyuan stared at Xi Bao for a long time, then threw away his phone and said coldly, "Take him down."

  Xī Bǎo raised an eyebrow.

  "Go down." Zou Mianyuan repeated, his tone firm and resolute.

  Xie Bei didn't mind, he just followed the stairs down, his footsteps heavy and slow, his expression calm.

  Shengyuan asked: "I think Xiaozhu is not down there."

  "......I know." Zou Muyuan sighed, his voice somewhat tired.

  "So......" Shengyuan's face couldn't hide his worry.

  Zou Mianyuan nodded and said: "But this is the only hope, and if Xue Zhuo's goal is really Xue Biao, then we have no other choice."

  The only choice is to follow the map and track down the horse.

  Although there is no map now, we can only take it one step at a time.

  Below was a secret room. The inside of the secret room was pitch black, and Zou Mingyuan gestured for the person in front to turn on the police flashlight, only then could they see the entire layout below.

  The dark and crowded space was not very large, even the SWAT team members standing were a bit cramped.

  Zou Muyuan looked around and suddenly asked: "Has Xia Zhu been locked up here all along?"

  "It's probably because of my brother's habits." Xi Ba kicked something on the ground and replied somewhat uninterestingly.

  "So now, if they don't plan to make a deal, the only reason we're here is..." Zou Mianyuan thought of this and suddenly took a step forward, shouting: "Come up! Come up quickly!"

  At the end of the stairs, a smiling face appeared: "Farewell, Detective..."

  He had barely finished speaking when he suddenly felt a severe pain in his back. He involuntarily loosened his grip and turned to look behind him.

  Lin Yuanlei suddenly appeared behind him, gun in hand, aiming at his head: "Roll over."

  Xie Zhuo looked at Lin Yuan's aiming position with some confusion, then looked at his own shoulder injury and chuckled: "I heard before that Officer Lin's marksmanship was not good, I didn't believe it, now..."

  "Then let's make a deal," Xī Zhuó said with a faint smile, ignoring the injury on his shoulder, the knife in his hand pressed against the neck of the unconscious Xià Zhú: "I'll give you Xià Zhú, and you let me go."

  The cover on the stairs was tightly covered at some point, and the air inside was thin. So many people must not be able to hold out for much longer.

  "Now, without conditions," Lin Yuanji held the muzzle of the gun in his hand extremely steady, with an indifferent expression: "Do you want to kill Xi Bao?"

  "I didn't want to..." For some reason, Xi Zuo's eyes revealed a hint of desperation: "You forced me."

  "If you don't let go now, I'll kill you."

  "My swordsmanship is very fast, Officer Lin can try it out," Xī Zhuó suddenly smiled: "Of course, if Officer Lin doesn't mind, I can also bring Xia Officer along, then you can go rescue your friend."

  This time there is no end, so... Lin Yuanxi, which one will you choose?

  Inside the dungeon.

  Although it was isolated so well, Zou Mianyuan could still imagine the situation above.

  He looked at Xi Bei who was leaning against the wall with a faint smile and furrowed his brow: "You don't seem to be afraid of death."

  "Me?" Xi Bao looked at Zou Mu Yuan with a glance, raised his lips and smiled: "I'm very happy."

  "Because of Lin Yuan's situation." Zou Mu asked in a cold voice.

  "Not..." Xi Yue shook his head, a carefree smile spreading across his face as he said, "Because I was thinking, if it were me, what kind of choice would I make? Humans are indeed an interesting species."

  So never try to test human nature, because the result is terrifying and terrible.

  Lin Yuan's face was expressionless, and Xi Zhuo couldn't guess what he was thinking.

  In fact, the torture of so many days had almost made Lin Yuan's legs unstable, but he didn't move at all, holding the gun tightly in his hand, staring coldly at Xi Zhuo: "I've investigated you and Xi Biao."

  Xī Zhuó didn't change his expression, but raised an eyebrow slightly.

  Lin Yuan said calmly, "You've always been envious of your brother. This envy evolved into an extremely pessimistic emotion, and you started to take revenge on society. Of course, you chose the most useless path, because killing the weak gave you a distorted sense of satisfaction, which made you unable to stop." Looking at Xi Zhuo's increasingly wide eyes, Lin Yuan coldly curved his lips into a smile: "That's right, you're getting more and more inferior to your brother. You've always been a waste."

  Xī Zhuó's breathing became more rapid, his hand on the knife tightened: "If I kill her, I'll kill her..."

  "Even if it's a woman, you need to use poison to kill her. Do you think you've surpassed Xi Bao?" Lin Yuanxi said coldly, his words piercing the heart and biting the bone: "No, you'll never be able to surpass him."

  His expression even carried a hint of sadness, Xi Zhuo stared at Lin Yuan tightly, suddenly smiled: "You are provoking me, you are provoking me, provoking me..."

  Xia Zhu's neck already had faint bloodstains.

  Time is passing more slowly.

  Author's note: This chapter is not cruel at all!!! QAQ Don't abandon me and cover your face...

  A lot of people...

  This week will work hard to update more o(￣ヘ￣o＃) fist!