The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

The morning light always brings a bit of coolness, slowly shining on the ancient streets and gray tiles and white walls.

However, in an abandoned vegetable cellar near the suburbs of East City, something unusual was happening and smoke was quietly rising.

"So hungry, so thirsty, so sleepy~!"

Qin Huairu, like Huang's father, was unaware of the time outside. Her arms, which were tied behind her back, had lost feeling after the soreness and swelling subsided.

But she still didn't dare to move, nor did she dare to express any opinion. She just hoped that the day would dawn soon so that these people would release her.

Qin Huairu, whose mouth was stuffed with cloth strips and strangled, unable to speak, could clearly feel the sound of another breath lingering around her.

The guy codenamed Ghost Hand is also a ruthless person. This woman's hands and feet were handcuffed, and she couldn't run away at all, but he was still staring at her with wide eyes. No wonder Brother Hong, who led the team on the mission, could trust her so much.

He had not slept all night and sat aside with a gloomy face. His eyes were bloodshot just like Qin Huairu's who were blindfolded.

He stared at the woman in front of him, playing with a sharp dagger in his hand from time to time. Even in the gloomy vegetable cellar, the blade was flashing with a clear cold light.
Fortunately, Qin Huairu was blindfolded at this time. If she saw the ghost hand playing with the dagger skillfully and glancing at her neck from time to time, as if she were a pig on a chopping board, she would probably be scared to death.

There was a faint rustling sound coming from outside the vegetable cellar.

Is that the sound of wind blowing debris, or the sound of people's footsteps?

Guishou was startled and stood up suddenly. His sinister eyes left Qin Huairu's neck and he silently pulled out the pistol from his waist. After tightening the gun in his hand, he looked at the cellar door vigilantly and walked over quietly.

The morning light has broken through the boundaries of the earth, and the faint rustling sound still continues, and it is getting closer and closer to the vegetable cellar.

Ghost Hand's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Years of lurking life had made him acutely aware of danger.

However, he didn't know that at this time Ma San, with investigators from the special department, had already surrounded the place tightly.

"Ghost Hand, it's me, Ma San, open the door."

Outside the vegetable cellar door, Ma San's somewhat flattering voice was heard. This voice seemed particularly abrupt in the quiet morning, and made Guishou subconsciously lower the muzzle of his gun slightly.

Guishou frowned, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart. Why did Ma San come here? You know, not only Brother Hong, but even he looked down on this person and thought he was unreliable in doing things.

The person in the cellar did not respond immediately. Instead, Ghost Hand slowly approached the cellar door, his footsteps so light that they made almost no sound.

He looked out through the gap in the cellar door and saw Ma San's figure a little blurry in the dim light, and there seemed to be no one else around.

"Ma San, why did you come back alone? Where's Brother Hong?"

Ghost Hand asked in a low voice, his tone full of doubt. He suspected that Ma San, who ran back halfway, might still be thinking about the woman in the vegetable cellar.

"Brother Ghost Hand, Brother Hong has finished his work and got the stuff. He asked me to come back here because he was worried that something might happen to you~!"

Ma San pretended to be anxious outside the door, he pinched his palms unconsciously, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he looked at the people who brought him here with a slightly panicked expression.

He knew that the Ghost Hand was very vigilant. If there was any mistake and he failed to deal with him, he would be the first to die.

At the door of the vegetable cellar, Guishou hesitated for a moment. He knew very well that Ma San was always shirking his responsibilities. At this critical moment, his sudden appearance alone was indeed a bit suspicious. At worst, Brother Hong would at least send a knife or a water snake, which was safer than Ma San.

"Don't play tricks on me, kid. If you dare to betray me, you know the consequences!"

Ghost Hand threatened viciously, gripping the gun even tighter. It seemed as if his sixth sense had informed the old hyena that he could not escape.

"Hey, are you going to open the door or not? Hurry up. Liangzi is dead, Daozi is injured, and I am also injured. My injury is only minor, so Brother Hong sent me here. How dare you play any tricks? Hurry up and deal with the woman inside. We brothers will go back and wait for the money~!"

Ma San continued to lie in a servile manner, and his words sounded very convincing, but he was standing outside the door of the vegetable cellar and secretly gave a wink to the people who were ambushing nearby. Guishou was very skilled, and he didn't want to survive with great difficulty, only to die here.

"Uh, uh~!"

Qin Huairu in the vegetable cellar was struck by lightning.

She heard the entire conversation at the door. Qin Huairu, who was always smart, finally reacted. After all, the man was tied up and blindfolded, which didn't seem like something a good person would do.

When she heard that she was going to be killed, her mentality collapsed. She didn't know who these people were. She only knew that she had three children at home and she, as a mother, couldn't die, at least not now.

Unfortunately, his mouth was stuffed with cloth strips and he couldn't say anything. He could only try to struggle in order to buy a chance of survival.

"You're making a lot of noise, huh? Then I'll deal with you first~!" The ghost hand at the door was very annoyed for a moment. There was something wrong with Ma San outside the door, as if he was deliberately reminding this woman.

"No, no, this woman is so delicate, brother, ghost hand, can I call you brother, let me have a taste first, I haven't touched a woman for so many years, I will take care of it later, so as not to dirty your hands~!"

Ma San, who was outside the door, heard that Ghost Hand was about to deal with Qin Huairu, so he came out and knocked on the door again.

Is this the Ma San that Guishou knew? He is incapable of doing anything good and always causes trouble. After this test, his vigilance was lowered a little and he opened the door of the vegetable cellar with a sneer.

The evil hand that opened the bolt of the vegetable cellar originally wanted to teach Ma San a lesson and take away his courage, but he didn't expect that a group of men in black Zhongshan suits were already waiting for him outside.

"Brother Hong is not here, I will teach you how... Damn it, Ma San, you son of a bitch, you really betrayed me~!"

Guishou's face suddenly changed, and he realized that something was wrong. He cursed and retreated into the vegetable cellar, with the dagger against Qin Huairu's neck and the muzzle of the gun against her forehead.

It seems that Ghost Hand, sensing that something bad was happening, immediately chose to take Qin Huairu as a hostage.

The door was tricked open and Ma San's mission was completed. He quickly rolled and crawled to the side, holding his head with both hands, and was very obedient. He promptly handed over the location of the entrance to the vegetable cellar to the personnel of these special departments.

"You have been surrounded by us. Don't resist fearlessly. Surrender now!"

"MLGB's Ma San, don't come in, or I'll kill her~!"

Guishou's heart was filled with despair. He had no idea how many people were outside, but he saw four or five of them the moment he opened the door. Qin Huairu knew that even one had to struggle before death, let alone him, a desperado.

He was trapped in the vegetable cellar with no way to retreat, but there was only one explanation as to why the people outside didn't just break down the door and come in to arrest people: they also knew that there were civilians inside and they were afraid of them.

Qin Huairu was almost frightened to death at this time. The tender flesh on her neck was stimulated by the cold breath of the dagger, and goose bumps appeared on her skin.

"Uh, uh~!"

As if to prove the ghost hand's words, and as if to prove that she did not want to die, Qin Huairu shouted desperately towards the outside.

"Ghost Hand, look at where you are hiding now. Can you run away? None of your accomplices have a good ending. Don't be stubborn anymore. Lay down your weapons and surrender. Your only way out is!"

"I'm the director of the Second Operations Division of the Investigation Department. You should know what department we are in. You've been exposed. As long as you cooperate obediently, put down your weapons, and cooperate with the investigation, you may be able to survive~!"

Shen Xinnian's voice was steady and powerful. While exerting psychological pressure on Ghost Hand, he was also looking for the best time to rescue him.

Unfortunately, the vegetable cellar is an "L" shape, making it difficult for the arrestees to enter, so they can only try to achieve their goal through persuasion.

There was a hint of hesitation in Ghost Hand's eyes. He knew that the situation was hopeless and unfavorable to him, but he was unwilling to be caught like this. No matter what, the fate of these people would not be any better.

At this stalemate, Ma San outside suddenly shouted.

"Ghost Hand, it's useless, they're all dead, Brother Hong, Daozi, Liangzi, Shuishe, all damn dead. We are not the same people as before, we are all old, I think it's better to live a miserable life than to die a good death, even if you dare to kill this woman, what's the point, are you trying to avenge them, have you considered your family?"

"Come out, I've been living in fear for so many years. I'm tired of this life where I'm neither human nor ghost. The old dust doesn't treat us as human at all. We are just ass-wiping paper. Use it when you need it, and throw it away when you don't need it~!"

In comparison, Ma San's words of persuasion were much more heartbreaking than Shen Xinnian's. This was mainly because these were Ma San's true feelings. Over the years, he had never asked or helped them. When he found these people, he still used threats.

"It's not worth it to sell my life to those corrupt officials~!"

There was silence in the vegetable cellar, and Ghost Hand was silent too. He no longer had the determination to resist to the end as he did at the beginning, and was actually somewhat shaken by what Ma San said.

“Suck, suck, woooo ...

The pain on her neck made Qin Huairu realize how close she was to death. She didn't want to die and cried loudly. She didn't understand how she got involved in such a thing?
Drops of warm tears flowed down the cheeks and fell on the back of the ghost hand holding the dagger. The ghost hand hesitated and looked down at Qin Huairu who was crying and gasping for breath. He didn't know who he was thinking of.

"I can surrender and cooperate with you, but please don't target my wife and children~!"

With the gun muzzle against her head and the dagger on her neck leaving her body one after another, Qin Huairu, who was in despair, finally realized what it meant to escape death.

"Click~!"

The pistol and the knife were thrown on the ground. Ghost Hand held his head with both hands and walked out of the vegetable cellar in a daze.

It was already dawn outside, and he didn't want to hide anymore... (End of this chapter)