Chapter 171
Ren Yi had been sitting there for a day. Since he woke up in the hospital, he didn't say a word, didn't drink a sip of water, and just was in a daze.
Although his brain was always turning. His body and soul seemed to be separated by a brute force, one was rigid and the other was operating, but it was incompatible and even repelled - because his heart did not believe everything his eyes saw.
He was shot. Although the bullet was blocked by the bulletproof vest, the shooting distance was relatively close. The two ribs were cracked and a large area of bruised on the lower ribs, as if they were poisoned and were spreading out from here. Just breathing would make you feel blunt pain.
But these are simply insignificant, compared to everything he has experienced.
Qiu Yan died. He died on the spot after being shot and was unable to even go to the hospital.
When he woke up, the first question he asked was Qiu Yan, and the answer he got was shot in real, hitting him in the forehead, making him feel distracted and in pain.
He could not believe, could not believe what was happening now, could not believe that Gong Yingxian would ignore Qiu Yan and his life and death in order to catch Zi Yan.
He didn't believe that that person was Gong Yingxian, he would never believe it, he would never believe it!
Not long ago, he and Gong Yingxian were still talking about love words, imagining the future. The more dangerous the road ahead is, the more precious the hope is. All their hopes for the future are in each other.
Is he the only one who thinks so? Did he overestimate his weight in Gong Yingxian's mind from beginning to end?
Perhaps Gong Yingxian did not lie, and it was true that he liked it, but it was insignificant. At least compared with his obsession, he could give up at any time.
Is that true? Gong Yingxian, so you don’t care about hurting me, don’t care about giving up on me...
But what about Qiu Yan, isn’t Qiu Yan’s family to you? How can you watch her die?
Gong Yingxian What did you do?!
Ren Yi felt like an apple, with a little color on the outside, and had already been covered with borers inside, just like his pain spreading silently in his body, gnawing on his flesh and blood every minute.
He didn't eat, drink, or sleep, but was just thinking about what happened that night repeatedly, like being insidious, and the struggle between reason and emotion almost teared him apart, and he even began to unable to distinguish between reality and illusion.
He knew that people have been coming to see him all the time these two days. Those who care about him, such as Qu Yangbo, Yan Jue, the brothers in the squadron, those who care about the case, such as Captain Zhao and Zheng Pei, could see their expressions and hear their words, but he could not respond, dared, did not want to, and did not want to respond. What should he say? How should he answer others if he couldn't understand even himself?
Why did Gong Yingxian do this?
Yes, why, why are these people still asking him why, he wants to know why more than anyone in the world!
Why did Gong Yingxian allow the bad guys to shoot at Qiu Yan?
Why did Gong Yingxian ignore their lives in order to catch Zi Yan and to take revenge?
Why can Gong Yingxian be ambiguous and emotional the moment before and be ruthless the next moment?
All the complicated and chaotic plots and scenes gradually weakened, and in the end, what became clearer and clearer in my mind was left, leaving only Gong Yingxian's eyes.
Those eyes were arrogant, shy, affectionate, cruel, cold, and crazy. Gong Yingxian was multifaceted. He thought he loved all the faces of this person, but now he realized that the person who would shoot and kill without hesitation and swing a dagger to cut his throat was actually beyond his understanding of the person he loved and eventually became an unbearable nightmare.
"sorry."
This is the last sentence Gong Yingxian said to herself.
These are the three most harsh words he has ever heard in his life.
It turns out that when pain and fear are so hard that people can't face it, people really just want to escape. Ren Yi "escape" into his body, retreats, and cut off contact with the outside world.
The next day, Zheng Pei finally lost his patience and shouted at him with Ren Yan's collar, trying to "awaken" him.
Qu Yangbo rushed up. If someone else hadn't tried to persuade him, he would have almost fought with Zheng Pei.
Ren Yi's protective shell was shaken out of a crack. He finally looked directly at Zheng Pei, and said extremely tiredly with his confused and turbid eyes: "What do you want to ask."
Zheng Pei tidied up his clothes and said angrily: "I thought you could pretend to be stupid until now."
Ren Yi said in a deep voice: "Is there any news about him..."
"This is exactly what I want to ask you." Zheng Pei-Leng said, "You helped him avoid police raids, helped him exchange hostages, and finally helped him escape again. Don't you know where he is?"
"He is going to find Zi Yan." Ren Yi murmured.
"Tell me clearly what happened that night."
Ren Yi looked at Zheng Pei with his swollen eyes, then looked at Qu Yangbo, who looked worried, and realized that he could not continue like this. He could hide for a while, but he could not hide for the rest of his life. Sooner or later, he needed to confess, either like himself or to the police.
He said hoarsely, "Give me a glass of water."
Qu Yangbo poured a glass of water, fed Ren Yi and drank it, and left the ward on his own initiative.
After Zheng Pei and Ren Yi were left in the room, Zheng Pei stood at the head of the bed and looked down at Ren Yi condescendingly. Even if the chair was right beside him, Zheng Pei had no intention of sitting. Instead, he used his height to put pressure on Ren Yi invisibly: "Tell me, if you don't open your mouth now, you probably won't have a chance in the future."
"What do you want to know?" Ren Yi knew that he would not speak to Zheng Pei now, but this time it was not for Gong Yingxian, but he was also worried that Zheng Pei had other plans. When he didn't know what to say and what not to say, at least hide his trump card.
"All." Zheng Pei emphasized, "All you know."
Ren Yi looked at Zheng Pei with a blank look, "I don't know where to start."
"How did Captain Qiu die?"
"..." Ren Yi didn't expect that Zheng Pei stabbed him the most harshest as soon as he came up. He was at a loss and pain and regret appeared on his face.
Zheng Peileng said: "I feel very guilty, I am very guilty, right? You know in your heart that if you weren't for your cover-up and assisting Gong Yingxian, Captain Qiu would still be alive."
Ren Yi's body began to tremble, and guilt was cut back and forth in his heart like a knife. Yes, it was him. Even if Qiu Yan appeared in that warehouse, he took the initiative to find it.
He was smart, and he only thought about Gong Yingxian, which eventually harmed others and himself.
"If you don't want to repeat the same mistakes, answer all my questions." Zheng Pei spoke sharply, "Let me answer my first question first, Captain Qiu, how did he sacrifice it."
Zheng Pei did not give Ren Yi a chance to breathe, and was aggressive, Ren Yi had to answer with difficulty: "I was shot and killed by Huang Yan..."
"Where are the bullets you got hit? They are also Huang Yan?"
Ren Yi nodded and roughly described what happened that night.
After listening, Zheng Pei was silent for a long time before saying, "You two were shot, Huang Yan, Bai Yan and Gong Yingxian left. If it were you, how would you understand such an ending?"
“…”
"Why did Gong Yingxian leave with them?"
"I said, he went to see Zi Yan."
"Isn't Zi Yan mysterious? Has no one seen his true face? Has Bai Yan really contacted Zi Yan?"
"I don't know, even if that is a fake purple flame, we can't tell."
"How did those six people in the factory die?"
"...six?" Ren Yi was stunned and repeated in surprise.
"Yes, six, don't you know."
Ren Yi recalled that if there were six dead, it would prove that Zi Yan sent at least five people, plus the two who pretended to be hostages and Huang Yan, there were eight in total, and only Huang Yan and the person who were subdued by them were still alive.
Ren Yi said: "What I saw, Gong Yingxian killed two of them and subjugated one. I don't know the other three. Maybe they were killed by Captain Qiu." He was a little confused. Can Qiu Yan deal with so many people with one person's strength?
"Which area of the warehouse were you mainly operating?"
“Southwest.”
"Except for a corpse found in the storage area, several others were scattered in different areas. The criminal captured alive said that there were five people in total. Judging from your range of activities, at least two of them were killed by Captain Qiu." Zheng Pei narrowed his eyes and showed a thoughtful expression.
Ren Yi's heart is mixed with all kinds of flavors.
"But no Captain Qiu's gun was found at the scene. Whose gun was used? Her gun had been handed over when she was suspended."
"One of the criminals, one of them pretended to be a hostage and was the first to be shot dead by Gong Yingxian. Captain Qiu took his gun."
"That's the Smith 9mm pistol, they all use this kind of gun, but why did this gun disappear."
"... Maybe Huang Yan took it away."
"Huang Yan has kidnapped her, and there is no need to take her gun away. The guns of other gangsters at the scene have not been taken away, so obviously he has no need to destroy evidence. Why did the gun that Captain Qiu disappear?"
Zheng Pei kept mentioning Qiu Yan, and Ren Yi should not keep thinking about Qiu Yan's death. He said tiredly: "I don't know, does this matter?"
"Of course it is important. Any unreasonable place on the scene may be the key to the case." Zheng Pei stared at Ren Yi, "Do you have anything to hide from me?"
Ren Yi looked at Zheng Pei expressionlessly, without answering or denying it.
"It's time now, why are you hiding me?" Zheng Pei said in a deep voice, "Do you still believe in Gong Yingxian?"
"Even if I don't believe him, should I believe you?" Ren Yi whispered, "Why do you have to stop them from overturning the case?"
Zheng Pei took a deep breath and said calmly: "You have been brainwashed by Gong Yingxian. I don't have to stop them from overturning the case. I was sent to investigate all their possible malfeasance in the entire case. This is two different things from whether the case nineteen years ago will be overturned. Gong Yingxian has been using you, from beginning to end, over and over again. You have become his best helper and best defense lawyer. Why do you help him like this? Even if he ignores your life and death in order to achieve his goal, you are still protecting him?"
"I didn't!" Ren Yi suddenly roared, "I want to know more than you, what he is thinking and what he is doing!"
Chapter completed!