Huai Shi opened his eyes and saw the snow-white ceiling, the steel bars, the IV drip beside him, and the steel tracking ring on his leg.
It was obvious that he was lying in prison.
To be precise, he was in the detention room of the Special Affairs Department. There were no guns or cannons aimed at him, and there was no restriction on his soul ability.
No, Director Fu should be eager for him to secretly escape from prison, right?
That way, he could shoot him to death for five minutes to his heart's content …
He slowly moved his arms and legs, feeling his body's weakness and hunger.
"How long have I slept?"
"Two days." Outside the cage, the girl sitting in a wheelchair and reading a book answered without raising her head.
"Oh."
Huai Shi nodded slowly, yawned, and propped himself up from the bed. After a long sleep, he finally woke up, feeling an indescribable fatigue and sleepiness.
He was drowsy.
Just as he was gradually waking up, he heard a scream coming from the cell next door. "Let me out! Let me out! I'm innocent, I don't know anything! "
He was stunned for a moment, then looked curiously at the wall next to him. "Who's next door?"
"Qi Wen's son, Qi Yuan. A piece of trash who was scared out of his wits after finding out his father was dead. With just a little bit of trickery, he confessed everything. "
Even though Qi Yuan was next to her, Ai Qing's words were not polite at all. She looked deeply at Huai Shi and added, "Thanks to you, although there were some unpleasant episodes in the clean-up of the Qi family, overall, it went very smoothly."
"No need to thank me." Huai Shi smiled honestly. "This is what I should do."
"Can you tell which part of my thank you?"
Ai Qing asked indifferently. "If you really wanted to be grateful, you wouldn't have put down the gun and killed Qi Wen in another way.
Attacking the staff of the Special Affairs Department, looting the armory, attacking in public, seriously endangering public safety. After killing sixteen ordinary people and one Ascender, he tortured and tortured a suspect who had not yet been convicted, and lynched him to death … Even if his crimes were proven through evidence, it was still a serious violation of the law.
Either one of these is enough for you to be locked up in the trench prison until you die.
While you're doing these things, you're still an employee of the Astronomical Association. Now, the Jinling office is in an uproar because of you … Do you know how much trouble you've caused me? "
"Uh …"
Huai Shi was speechless. After a long time, he sighed and lowered his head. "I'm sorry."
"That's the most sincere apology you've ever given me."
Ai Qing 'praised' from the bottom of her heart. She closed the book in her hand and asked mockingly, "Then, tell me, what did you get after taking revenge at all costs?"
Huai Shi was silent for a long time, scratching his face awkwardly.
"I really want to say that I didn't get anything from revenge, but … To be honest, I'm really happy." After that, he couldn't help but put his hands together again. "I'm sorry, I accidentally became perverted."
He felt like he was perverted.
Wouldn't most people feel empty in their hearts after taking their revenge?
Why did he feel happy?
This wasn't right …
"You're not perverted, but shouldn't you be happy about revenge?" Ai Qing glanced at him. "If it were me, I'd probably laugh until tears came down. Maybe I'd be even more ridiculous than you."
Without waiting for Huai Shi to heave a sigh of relief, she continued, "But a fully-equipped mercenary team with a Tier 2 Sublimator … What a shocking feat … No, it's more accurate to say that it's terrifying …
As your unlucky officer, should I be surprised by your skills? "She emphasized the title." Mr. 'Huaihai Road Little Page'. "
"…"
Huai Shi was speechless. He didn't know if he should continue to apologize this time. In the end, he could only shrug.
"I know what you want to say, and you don't have to apologize for such a boring thing. After all, we've always been hiding things from each other, haven't we?"
Ai Qing paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "However, you should really feel that it's a pity."
"Hmm?"
"Qi Wen is just a glove that's thrown away after using it, a dog that can't even decide who to bite."
Ai Qing took a deep breath and said straightforwardly, "The person who really pushed the Huai family into the fire pit back then should be the current head of the Yin family, my great-grandfather, Yin Xing.
In other words, I'm also one of your enemies who destroyed your family. "
Huai Shi was stunned for a moment and looked at her in shock. After a long time, he nodded slightly.
There was no anger or shock on his face.
Instead, it was as if he suddenly realized something.
"So that's how it is?"
He scratched his head and finally understood something. Then, he widened his eyes in shock. "Wait, so your surname isn't Ai?"
"…"
So that's the main point?
"Don't you feel that it's a pity that you didn't kill me?"
"Then, do you regret not eliminating them completely?"
Huai Shi calmly asked, "Although I don't know what happened exactly, you and your great-grandfather are completely different, right?
Moreover, I just killed a boss, and you're telling me that there's still a second round. I don't feel that it's real. Why don't we go back and discuss it? "
"…"
Ai Qing didn't answer, nor did she try to explain anything. After a long silence, she sighed softly.
"There's no point in saying anything now, Huai Shi." She slowly shook her head. "Originally, with the convenience provided by the Astronomy Association, you could have become stronger, strong enough to settle everything … Now, it seems that I might have made a wrong decision from the beginning. I thought that I could control your fate, but in reality, I can't even control my own fate.
Now, it seems that it's time to end this ridiculous delusion. "
She stopped talking about the previous topic and returned to Huai Shi. Like a lawyer, she said, "Although you have the right to take revenge, what you did before is still a crime.
Fortunately, the Jinling branch hasn't determined the nature of this matter yet, and the Social Security Bureau hasn't strictly pursued this matter. I'm afraid that the trial won't begin until the matter of the Purified People is over, right?
During this time, I'll try my best to help you reduce your sentence.
If the situation isn't good, you can transfer to the Social Security Bureau. With your talent and potential, I'm sure they won't care about your mistakes. "
As if he was in a hurry to leave, he finished everything in one breath. "As for Director Fu, although she's furious, she's actually just yelling.
There are many people in the Special Affairs Department who sympathize with you, and most of the time, they'll let you have some freedom during this period of time. I hope you can rest here in peace. "
"Is there anything else you need?" She asked, "If it's not too much, I can bring it for you."
"Okay …"
Huai Shi pondered for a long time and asked embarrassedly, "Is the piano okay? If I don't practice for too long, I'm afraid I'll be out of practice. "
"That's it?"
"That's it."
Ai Qing nodded.
It was time for her to go.
But before she turned the wheelchair around, she suddenly said, "I have one more question."
"Go ahead."
"Why did you choose to stay at the Astronomy Association?" She looked into Huai Shi's eyes and asked solemnly, "You should know in your heart that even without me, you'll be fine, right? Why bother with the troublesome matters of the Astronomy Association? "
"I don't know."
Huai Shi answered straightforwardly, but Ai Qing obviously didn't accept this answer. She still looked at him calmly until he scratched his head and thought for a long time before he finally came to a conclusion.
"If there must be a reason, it should be you."
"Me?" Ai Qing was almost amused by this answer. "You're risking your life because you like a female cripple? Is there something wrong with your sense of beauty? Or do you like to play a special game? "
"No, no, no …"
Huai Shi hurriedly waved his hand. "I'm just … envious of you."
He looked at the girl outside the cage and said seriously, "Because you look very brave."
In the silence, Ai Qing didn't speak, as if she was stunned.
She just looked at her with a complicated expression.
After a long time, she slowly shook her head.
"No, Huai Shi." She turned and left. "I've never had such a luxurious thing."
.
.
When Ai Qing left the detention control room, she saw Director Fu smoking at the door.
It seemed that his road to quitting smoking wasn't easy. There were always bumps in the road.
"Is that little bastard still alive?" he asked.
Ai Qing pointed behind her. "He's locked up here. You can see whatever you want to see at any time."
"Forget it. I don't want to accidentally kill him with a gun."
After writing dozens of reports in the past two days, Director Fu's eyes were red. "The higher-ups said that they're temporarily supervising him. They'll probably start the trial after this is over, right? What's the attitude of the astronomy society? "
"In Xin Hai, I represent the astronomy society."
Ai Qing answered directly. "He's my employee. What's the attitude?"
Director Fu looked at her with shock. "Are you crazy? You want to take the blame with him? "
"Why not?" Ai Qing asked back. "Am I not a crazy woman in your eyes?"
"…"
Director Fu looked at her for a long time. He stepped on the cigarette butt, sighed, and turned to leave.
Only Ai Qing sat quietly in her wheelchair, gazing at the sunlight shining on the ground in the distance.
For some reason, she was reminded of the past.
The happy childhood, the sudden disaster, the dark hospital room, the herself who had lost her legs, and the young man who played games with her.
It was too long ago.
The memory slowly blurred, and it was no longer clear.
She couldn't even tell what was real and what was a lie that she made up to escape … Perhaps from the beginning, they were not from the same world.
She pushed the wheelchair away.
Then, in the bushes, a sneaky Crow popped its head out.
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