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Chapter 11

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:46:52 +0000

Chapter 11#

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Without being told, Ah Hai rotated the image. Taken from the upper rear, the photo was slightly tilted, but one could still make out a roughly half-length portrait drawn in ballpoint pen.

Right in front of Zhang Mingsheng, Li Yi had silently sketched my general appearance.

Why draw a strange woman?

Could he have recognized me?

We had known each other for nearly ten years; we truly understood one another. But remembering a person often depends on their face, their voice, and the occasional chance to see them again.

Chapter 12

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:46:52 +0000

Chapter 12#

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At that age, it was hard to honestly say one had never been in a relationship.

My first love was three years older than me, he was a doctor; gentle, proper, and perhaps a little too courteous. We first met in a bar washed in deep blue light. In the past, whenever I frequented such places, it was almost always for a case.

I had virtually no private leisure activities and rarely explored my own preferences. Having received so little as a child, I grew up lacking the imagination for happiness.

Chapter 13

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 13#

Climbing into that beat-up black Santana, I looked up and saw that Li Yi in the driver’s seat was actually wearing a suit. A brownish-gray jacket, and he’d even put on a chestnut-colored tie.

“Not bad, Detective Li, looking sharp,” I teased deliberately, reaching over to pull the seatbelt and buckle up.

But Li Yi didn’t start the car right away. He kept staring at me, frowning as he looked me up and down.

Chapter 14

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 14#

With that coat, tie, and the watch on my wrist, no one gave me trouble anymore.

Thinking back now, Zhang Mingsheng giving me his clothes was probably already known to half the banquet hall in secret.

They always looked down on low-level cops like us, and many of the guests at this banquet were involved in the smuggling case.

But Zhang Mingsheng gave me a hand. His words were always half-truths, but his wish for everyone in the hall to die was probably genuine.

Chapter 15

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 15#

Now, that watch, along with the jewelry Zhang Mingsheng gave me back then, has been tossed into the storage layer of my wardrobe.

The newspaper clipping has long since disappeared.

I’m an ordinary person. I can be weak, and I can regret. Whenever I think about how I misjudged him, I feel both angry and remorseful. I think, if I hadn’t saved Zhang Mingsheng on the day of his car accident, maybe none of what came later would have happened. Or, if I had left the banquet a little earlier, Zhang Mingsheng wouldn’t have had the chance to speed in my jacket.

Chapter 16

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 16#

He clearly went downstairs, but then ran back up. Did he see something? Did he hear something?

I sat at the table, facing Zhang Mingsheng’s meaningful scrutiny.

I guessed Zhang Mingsheng also had a premonition. The child he had taken in as his own was the most like him—they shared no blood, but both had eyes that silently observed everything.

Just now, A Shan had gone to the living room to answer the phone. After a few brief replies, he returned the same way and whispered something in Zhang Mingsheng’s ear. Zhang Mingsheng nodded, his expression unchanged, his eyes still fixed on me. He pulled out a napkin, slowly wiped his palms, and said, “A Hai, take the breakfast upstairs.”

Chapter 17

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 17#

I didn’t trust this child.

In the past, it was an unconscious distrust—adults instinctively overlook a child’s sense of responsibility and capability. Later, I didn’t trust him because I understood that some children are born like snakes that can never be warmed. No matter how clever he is, once he loses the warmth he craves, he’ll coil back and strike.

The past chilled my heart and froze the relationship between us. Thinking about it now, if I met a child on the street who needed help tying his shoelaces, the connection between us would be more natural than the one I have with Zhang Xiaoyuan.

Chapter 18

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 18#

I hid behind the door. In the pitch darkness, the only thing I could see was the doorknob right in front of me. Someone outside was trying to open the door. Because it was locked, the doorknob could only turn within a limited range. It twisted left and right like a mechanical insect on the verge of death, kicking its legs.

I gripped the baseball bat, my fingers trembling uncontrollably. One minute felt like ten thousand years.

Chapter 19

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:18:26 +0000

Chapter 19#

It wasn’t until we moved into the new house that I still hadn’t learned much more about the twin death-row inmates.

A long-closed case that seemed long settled, whose instigator should have long been dead by gunfire, had instead had his life extended behind the scenes by an indescribable force.

I couldn’t help but think: if I had never met Zhang Mingsheng, and had never become Yu Huaiqing, from what turning point would I have uncovered the truth? In the vast sea of people, even if I brushed past those two brothers, catching them from the corner of my eye, would I have suspected and recognized them as criminals who should have had two bullets pierce their skulls?