In the evening, sitting on a park bench, Xu Xiao quietly lit a cigarette.
The rising white mist blurred the scenery in his sight; the spicy taste lingering in his mouth temporarily relieved him of his burden.
In the park, there are parents playing with their children, and husbands walking with their wives. There are scenes of reunion and warmth everywhere.
Xu Xiao was the only one sitting there alone, looking up at the sky.
After a long time, the text message notification tone on his cell phone interrupted his rare rest.
After opening the phone screen and taking a quick look, Xu Xiao put out the cigarette in his hand, stood up, and left the park without looking back.
The bustling city is full of lights and feasting, and fireworks are brilliant in the dark night sky.
Under the illumination of fireworks and the cheers of people, Xu Xiao walked away from the crowd and slowly walked into an alley.
The social youth with dyed red hair saw Xu Xiao's appearance and hurriedly approached him. He first looked left and right, and after confirming that no one was following him, he carefully led the latter into the back alley.
As soon as they entered the back alley, the social youth said: "Brother Xiao, a big shot has come to South Street."
Xu Xiao: "Who is it?"
Social youth: "I don't know. I heard that person has a big background."
Xu Xiao: "Who told you the news?"
Social youth: "It's Sister Yun from the club. She asked me to contact you after she found out the news."
Xu Xiao: "Ge Yun? Where is she?"
Social youth: "Still in the club."
Xu Xiao: "What is that 'big man' doing here?"
Social youth: "Sister Yun listened to their chat and said that last month, Yongxu's group was arrested, causing the supply of "goods" on the street to be cut off. The big boss came forward today just to negotiate the follow-up supply and supply.
Divide.”
Xu Xiao: "When did he go to the club?"
Social youth: "They have been talking in the underground box for almost an hour."
Xu Xiao nodded and said, "Call Team Feng in the institute and ask him to send reinforcements."
The young man lowered his head, rolled his eyes, and responded.
Seeing that Xu Xiao was about to leave, the young man called out to him: "Brother Xiao, where are you going?"
Xu Xiao tightened his collar: "Before Captain Feng arrives, I will find a way to hold back that 'big shot'."
Looking at Xu Xiao's leaving figure, the young man hesitated to speak, hesitated again and again, and finally remained silent.
Ten minutes later, Xu Xiao arrived at the door of a club called "Karma", bypassed the doorman with ease, climbed up the outer wall, and entered the club through the side window.
Follow the wall and walk into a long corridor. At the end is a door leading to the underground.
As soon as the door was opened, the deafening music and dazzling lights made Xu Xiao stop in his tracks with some discomfort.
Standing firm, Xu Xiao adjusted his breathing slightly, followed the stairs, and walked into the venue below.
In the huge dance hall, well-dressed men and women, accompanied by music and lights, shouted and swayed. It was as if restless souls were looking for a way out in the midst of endless confusion.
Xu Xiao struggled through the crowd and walked towards the entrance at the back of the dance hall.
Walking to the back of the ballroom, Xu Xiao found that the door leading to the attic box in the back was open, and there was no one guarding it. A bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Just as Xu Xiao was about to turn around and leave, he was suddenly restrained by two strong men, one on the left and one on the right.
One of them whispered: "Mr. Ji wants to see you."
As soon as he finished speaking, an electric rod pierced Xu Xiao's ribs directly.
After a strong electric shock, Xu Xiao lost consciousness.
When Xu Xiao woke up again, he found himself hanging in the air by chains, surrounded by an abandoned factory.
A middle-aged man in a white suit sat on a chair, flipping through a police officer's certificate, and said with a smile: "Xu Xiao..."
Xu Xiao stared at the man in front of him without saying a word.
The man in a suit looked up at Xu Xiao: "My surname is Ji, you can call me Mr. Ji."
Xu Xiao asked coldly: "What did you do to her?"
Mr. Ji: "The first thing I did when I came here was to care about the safety of others. You are quite interesting... To be honest, I am a businessman and I never like to fight, but sometimes I make exceptions.
."
After speaking, he clapped his hands, and two of his men brought a woman covered in bruises to Xu Xiao.
The woman was about twenty years old and had a pretty appearance, but her current situation could only be described in four words: horrific.
Her face was covered with hematomas, blood was still dripping from the gash at the corner of her eye, her body was covered with burns, cuts and whiplash, and two fingers on her left hand were missing.
When Xu Xiao saw the woman's miserable state, he clenched his fists tightly, his chest filled with anger, and let out a loud roar.
Mr. Ji said with a smile: "This woman's mouth is so tough that I spent a lot of effort but couldn't pry her mouth open. Later, fortunately, I found her mother, and then I got my
The information you want."
Before Xu Xiao could speak, Mr. Ji continued: "In the past two months, people under my command have had accidents one after another, and I knew that there was a police spy in the place. After a lot of effort, I found out who was informing.
I have been setting it up for a long time, just waiting for you to take the bait."
Xu Xiao shouted: "This matter has nothing to do with her, let her go!"
Mr. Ji ignored Xu Xiao at all and said to himself: "Officer Xu, you know what? You are giving me a headache... The so-called state-owned laws, there are rules and regulations, and there are rules for everything. I finally started to do it.
My business, where everyone was making money in a harmonious manner, was turned upside down by a fool like you, which not only caused heavy losses to me, but also caused many people to lose their money."
When Xu Xiao heard this, he shouted angrily: "That's drug trafficking! You only have money in your eyes! You have never considered the life and death of others!"
A trace of displeasure appeared on Mr. Ji's face, and he said in a deep voice: "Officer Xu, everyone in this world will die sooner or later. Die early, die later, how you die... Does it matter? It's like traveling to a distant place.
, since the destination has been fixed, why bother about the way to get there? Try your best to enjoy the scenery along the way, that is the most important thing, isn't it?"
After speaking, Mr. Ji took out a pistol from his arms, put it on the table, and said to Xu Xiao: "I have never believed that there is so-called selflessness in this world. Everything has its price, and life does not.
exception."
With a gesture, Mr. Ji signaled to his men to push the injured woman in front of him, then pointed at the pistol in front of him and said: "Ge Yun, Miss Ge, I know you came to the club just to give your mother
Raise the money for the surgery. I can contribute the money and cover all the medical expenses for your mother, but there are conditions... Since you helped me find Officer Xu, why don't you help me and give him a ride?"
Ge Yun looked at the pistol in front of her and asked tremblingly: "Can you really pay for my mother's medical expenses?"
Mr. Ji smiled and said: "I am a businessman, and keeping promises is the most basic virtue."
Ge Yun struggled to pick up the pistol and limped to Xu Xiao.
Looking at Xu Xiao who was hanging in the air, Ge Yun was unable to raise the gun despite being injured and weak.
Mr. Ji, who was enjoying watching the show, was a little impatient and shouted to his subordinates: "Put that guy down!"
Soon, Xu Xiao was let go.
Ge Yun grabbed the pistol with both hands, pointed it at Xu Xiao who was sitting on the ground, and put her index finger on the trigger.
Xu Xiao sighed and slowly closed his eyes.
Ge Yun said softly: "Sorry."
As soon as he finished speaking, to everyone's surprise, Ge Yun suddenly turned around, pointed the gun at Mr. Ji, and pulled the trigger hard.
The expected gunshot did not appear.
Unwilling to give up, Ge Yun pulled the trigger several times, but there was still only the sound of an empty chamber.
Mr. Ji's face was very ugly. He took out the magazine of the pistol from his arms, threw it to the ground angrily, and cursed: "Stupid woman!"
After scolding, he waved his hand.
Amidst Xu Xiao's roar, Mr. Ji's man took out his pistol, pointed it at Ge Yun and pulled the trigger.
The gunfire rang out and time passed.
Xu Xiao rushed forward and hugged Ge Yun who fell to the ground.
The latter's eyes were distracted, and the blood on his chest slowly stained his whole body.
Ge Yun used her last strength to look at Xu Xiao, twitched the corners of her mouth, smiled softly, and finally slowly closed her eyes.
Mr. Ji looked irritably at the man and woman not far away. Just when he was about to order Xu Xiao to be executed, the siren of a police car suddenly sounded in the distance.
The frightened Mr. Ji first looked in the direction from which the siren came, and then suddenly remembered something.
He quickly opened Xu Xiao's police officer ID card and tore off the outer cover, only to see a button-sized transmitter placed in the middle of the mezzanine.
"Hold!"
Mr. Ji was furious and threw the documents in his hand to the ground. Just as he was about to curse, he heard two gunshots from behind him.
Looking back in shock, Mr. Ji found that Xu Xiao took advantage of the siren to distract everyone, picked up the empty gun in Ge Yun's hand, ran close, picked up the magazine he threw on the ground, and fired.
Killed two of his own men.
Seeing Xu Xiao pointing a gun at him, Mr. Ji's forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Xu Xiao, with an angry look on his face, stepped forward, his eyes red, and pressed the muzzle of the gun against the forehead of the scum in front of him.
Mr. Ji was forced to retreat continuously, his face full of panic and fear.
However, when he heard the footsteps of the police approaching in the distance, a smile slowly appeared on his face again.
Mr. Ji: "You are a police officer and you should know the law. I have given up resistance. If you shoot, it is intentional murder."
Xu Xiao: "Shut up!"
Seeing the policeman from the corner of his eye, Mr. Ji smiled unscrupulously: "No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you must always follow the rules. This is how the world works... Just like this time, although I fell down, but
I can spend money to hire the best lawyers, and they will have a hundred ways to exonerate me, and there will always be a chance to stand up and fight again..."
Xu Xiao's eyes were cold, and he interrupted Mr. Ji and said word by word: "It's a pity, I have my own rules."
Mr. Ji said in shock: "What...?"
Before he finished speaking, gunfire rang out.
Three months later.
It's still the same room with four white walls.
Lao Feng from the Narcotics Division looked at Xu Xiao sitting in front of him and let out a long sigh.
Xu Xiao: "Captain Feng, I handed over all the guns, documents, supplies list, etc..."
Old Feng folded his arms in front of his chest and said to Xu Xiao: "Director Duan and I have tried our best, and this is the only way... After leaving the Anti-Narcotics Division, you return to the area to work as a police officer. Remember to think twice before doing anything.
Okay, stop acting recklessly."
Xu Xiao said softly: "I'm sorry for causing trouble to you and Director Duan."
Old Feng waved his hand: "Don't say such things again..."
Xu Xiao nodded, stood up, and planned to leave.
When Lao Feng said goodbye, he asked Xu Xiao: "Xiao Xu, if you have another chance and let you make a choice, will you still shoot?"
Xu Xiao did not answer, but looked at Old Feng quietly.
The latter said helplessly: "Oh, you are so stubborn, I shouldn't ask more questions."
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Xu Xiao turned around and left.
Old Feng looked at Xu Xiao's leaving figure and sighed softly again: "I don't know what this child will become in the future..."
