After executing Shi Wu, the undercover agent, by slitting his throat, Ding Qing, his face covered in blood, walked towards Li Zicheng. When he reached him, he even smiled.
"Damn it! No wonder the company has been so unlucky these years. It's because this guy leaked company secrets to the police!"
Ding Qing said with a ferocious expression, seemingly oblivious to Li Zicheng's slightly terrified and sweat-drenched appearance.
Li Zicheng felt a little relieved. Perhaps he hadn't been exposed yet.
Only Johnny stood to the side, arms crossed, secretly sneering in his heart. How could a formidable figure like Ding Qing not know?
It was simply out of consideration for their brotherhood.
"This should be the best response to Chief Jiang, wouldn't you say?"
Then, Ding Qing waved his hand and turned to look at the Yanbian F4. "Hey! Yanbian!"
"Yes!"
"Deal with this girl and that kid together!"
The Yanbian F4 immediately nodded in affirmation. Ding Qing's actions just now had terrified them; they hadn't expected his ruthless methods to far exceed their own.
Then, Ding Qing threw the knife in his hand directly to Kim Byung-ok, patted Li Zicheng's face, and said, "Let's go!"
After speaking, he turned and walked out of the warehouse.
After hearing him, the four men nodded. Kim Byung-ok picked up the knife, reinserted it into the sheath at his waist, and then led his three brothers directly towards Yin Xinyu and Shi Wu's bodies.
As the four men passed Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng had already begun to react.
Ding Qing's handling was definitely not a simple killing. Li Zicheng was caught in a huge dilemma: should he turn and leave, or should he save Xin Yu?
In fact, Li Zicheng had only one choice.
Yin Xinyu, to protect him, had not exposed him even until her death. Now that she was in the hands of the Yanbian F4, he could imagine the torture and humiliation she would endure even with his toes.
Li Zicheng immediately turned, took two steps to catch up with the second brother, Yi Bigalan, and directly pulled out the Pistol tucked into his lower back.
Before he could react, Li Zicheng moved past the four men, came to the green oil drum, raised the Pistol, and pointed it at Yin Xinyu.
At this moment, Yin Xinyu was already on her last breath. Looking at Li Zicheng with the Pistol, she not only showed no fear but even blinked at him, signaling him to immediately shoot and end her life.
Because Yin Xinyu understood Li Zicheng's predicament, she preferred a quick death from her colleague rather than being humiliated.
She did not want to endure inhuman torture and humiliation in her final moments. Li Zicheng naturally understood his colleague's meaning, so he pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Bang bang bang bang!
Click!
Several shots in a row, until the Pistol's slide locked back on an empty magazine, only then did Li Zicheng stop.
It was only then that Johnny stood up and walked towards Ding Qing. Ding Qing, who was walking in front, had a smirk on his face; what he wanted was for Li Zicheng to pull the trigger himself!
Hearing the gunshots, Ding Qing's heart finally settled.
He had put on such a show in front of Li Zicheng, eliminating these two undercover agents, all for this moment.
No one knew what he was thinking, but Johnny could vaguely guess. As Li Zicheng was Ding Qing's right-hand man, a partner with whom they had ventured into the underworld together, Ding Qing had long regarded him as a blood brother.
So when Ding Qing told Johnny to capture Yin Xinyu, he knew that Ding Qing already knew who the undercover agent was. The reason he hadn't exposed Li Zicheng was precisely because of this brotherhood.
It was also for this reason that Johnny found Ding Qing to be unfathomable.
He never revealed his thoughts to anyone, but only when dealing with Li Zicheng would he show the kind of warmth that only exists between brothers.
Making Li Zicheng do it was also because he didn't want Li Zicheng to be further entangled with the police. He wanted to drag Li Zicheng completely into the darkness; wavering between black and white would only cause him more pain.
The two undercover agents were eventually put into cement barrels by the Yanbian F4 and sunk into the sea. Watching the two iron barrels disappear into the depths, without a trace, Li Zicheng, standing on the shore, felt a myriad of emotions.
At this moment, Li Zicheng's resolve as a police officer completely collapsed. He knew very well that Chief Jiang would not empathize with his feelings, but would only see that he had killed Xin Yu.
Ding Qing's move directly pushed him to the edge of a cliff. No matter how he explained it, he could not escape the stain of having personally killed his colleague.
Even if he had only done it to spare his colleague from humiliation before death, the fact remained that he had killed her.
No matter which side Li Zicheng's heart leaned towards, he could no longer clear his name. From now on, he could only stand closely with Ding Qing, becoming a full-fledged member of the underworld.
The sea breeze still blew in his ears, ruffling Li Zicheng's hair and unsettling his heart.
He stood on the shore, still looking at the spot where the iron barrels had sunk, lost in thought, while the Yanbian F4 had already left.
"Are you regretting it or still confused?"
Johnny's voice suddenly rang out behind him. Li Zicheng's body stiffened, and he turned to look at Johnny, a forced smile playing on his lips.
"What are you talking about? How could I regret it or be confused?"
Johnny shrugged, then walked over to Li Zicheng and looked at the spot where the two iron barrels had just sunk.
"Sometimes, a person's choices cannot be determined by their own will, no matter which side they stand on. But once they make a choice, the other side cannot accept their betrayal."
Johnny stood in the sea breeze, looking into the distance.
"Sometimes, wavering will only become a fatal catalyst. A person should understand where their heart lies so as not to be lost."
After saying this, Johnny looked at Li Zicheng meaningfully. Li Zicheng felt uneasy under Johnny's gaze, but he repeatedly said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
But did he really not know?
From the moment he pulled the trigger, he had already thought it through very clearly, yet his heart still held a faint glimmer of hope and expectation for a return to the light.
Johnny shook his head, extended his index finger, and tapped Li Zicheng's chest. "Then, you should ask your heart, which side do you truly belong to?"
After speaking, Johnny turned and walked away.
"My words, you'd best think about them carefully."
Watching Johnny walk away, Li Zicheng looked at Johnny's retreating figure, somewhat puzzled. "Why did he say all this to me? Did he discover something too?"
Too much had happened tonight; his mind was almost unable to process it all. The emotional shifts were too tumultuous, leaving him somewhat numb.
However, under the sea breeze, he gradually regained his calm and rationality. He began to sort through the events of the day.
After reviewing all the details, Li Zicheng came to a conclusion: perhaps he hadn't been exposed. His heart still longed for the light, but could he truly return to it?
Li Zicheng didn't know the answer, but he was very clear that ever since he pulled the trigger, many things had become irreversible.
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