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The long-distance bus station in the northern suburbs of Donghai City.

A pungent diesel smell filled the air.

Rotten vegetable leaves and plastic bags were crushed into the mud by the wheels.

Li Haotian tugged at his old jacket.

He got this jacket from a roadside stall; the cuffs were too short.

Su Wan gripped his arm, her face ashen.

Her injured leg was in a cast, and she wore loose-fitting sweatpants over it.

The two of them looked no different from refugees.

"Stay here."

Li Haotian looked around.

The utility poles are covered with posters advertising men offering large sums of money to have children.

In the distance, there are rows of dilapidated bungalows.

Su Wan took a deep breath and pointed to the alley not far away.

"There's a rental house over there; I have a backup plan."

Li Haotian put his arm around her shoulder.

The two of them trudged through the mud, one foot deep and the other shallow.

Three men were standing at the entrance of the alley.

The leader had a striking head of dyed yellow hair.

He was dangling a half-meter-long solid steel pipe in his hand.

The remaining two were wearing tight vests and had crooked dragon tattoos on their arms.

Yellow Hair spat a mouthful of phlegm onto the ground.

"stop."

He pointed a steel pipe at Li Haotian's chest.

"New here?"

Li Haotian remained silent.

He smelled a cheap tobacco and body odor on the man.

"I call the shots in this area."

The blond-haired man squinted at Su Wan.

"This girl is pretty, it's just that her legs are useless."

He chuckled.

"A beggar who fled here dares to bring such a fine-looking person?"

"Put your bag down, leave her here, I'll take her to get her leg treated."

The two thugs behind them joined in the laughter.

Li Haotian lowered his hands.

He stared at the swaying steel pipe.

"Get out of the way."

His voice was very low.

The blond-haired man seemed to have heard a joke.

"Oh my, you've got quite a temper?"

He raised the steel pipe and swung it down at Li Haotian's head.

A strong wind howled.

Li Haotian did not dodge.

His right hand shot out like lightning.

His five fingers gripped the steel pipe tightly like eagle claws.

The blond-haired man's face froze.

He pulled hard backward, but the steel pipe didn't budge.

"Let go!"

He screamed and kicked Li Haotian in the stomach.

Li Haotian snorted coldly.

He held the other end of the steel pipe with his left hand.

Hands crossed.

The piercing sound of twisting metal echoed through the alley.

That hard, solid steel pipe bent like a noodle in his hands.

One turn, one twist.

The steel pipe was twisted into a spiral shape.

Huang Mao looked at the shrunken lump of iron in his hand.

His legs began to tremble.

Li Haotian threw the lump of scrap metal on the ground.

The iron block slammed into the mud, splashing mud half a meter high.

The blond-haired man knelt down with a "plop".

His face was deathly pale, and sweat streamed down his forehead.

"Big brother...big brother, I really agree."

He slapped himself in the face as he moved backward.

"I'm blind! I'm really blind!"

The remaining two thugs had long since disappeared.

Li Haotian ignored him.

He helped Su Wan into the musty-smelling little house.

There was only a wooden bed and a creaking electric fan in the room.

"Did you bring enough medicine?"

Li Haotian placed Su Wan on the bed.

Su Wan pulled a wad of crumpled banknotes out of her bag.

"That's not enough; we need to buy anti-inflammatory drugs and pain pumps on the spot."

"The black market clinic is three blocks away."

Li Haotian accepted the money.

He turned around, pushed open the door, and went out.

This neighborhood is a no-man's-land.

There are several pharmacies along the roadside that are actually selling counterfeit goods under the guise of mutton.

Deep in the alley at the very back, there hangs a red cross.

The lightbox was cracked, and the light bulb was flickering.

Li Haotian pushed open the heavy leather curtain.

A strong smell of alcohol and decay hit me.

A doctor who was as fat as a ball was sitting behind the table.

His white lab coat had long since turned gray.

"What do you want?"

The fat doctor didn't even look up.

"Anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers, and new bandages."

Li Haotian slammed the banknotes on the table.

The doctor rolled his eyes.

He slowly rummaged through the medicine cabinet behind him and pulled out several medicine boxes.

"This amount of money is not enough."

He tapped the table with his greasy fingers.

"They're cracking down hard right now, and I got these drugs at great risk."

"Twice as much."

Li Haotian narrowed his eyes.

He noticed that the expiration date on the medicine box was approaching.

"Are you a doctor?"

The chubby doctor picked his teeth.

"In this place, I have medicine, I am God."

He reached out to grab the banknotes on the table.

Li Haotian made the first move.

He grabbed the doctor by the collar.

Those hundreds of pounds of fat felt as light as cotton in his hands.

He slammed forward violently.

"Bang!"

The doctor's head smashed into the glass medicine cabinet behind him.

The medicine bottle shattered on the floor.

The colorful medicine dripped down his neck.

"You...you dare hit me?"

The doctor struggled to climb out.

Li Haotian pressed down on the back of his head and slammed it against the shards of glass.

Is that enough?

The doctor's scream was stuck in his throat.

"That's enough! That's enough! It's free! You can have it!"

Li Haotian released his grip.

He skillfully rummaged through the cabinet.

Besides the medicine, he also casually took a brand new, unopened mobile phone.

"This is interest."

He coldly tossed out a sentence.

The doctor lay prone amidst the shattered glass, barely daring to breathe.

When Su Wan returned to the cabin, she had already plugged in the terminal.

Sparks occasionally flew from the rudimentary socket.

Li Haotian handed her the medicine.

"Take your medicine first."

He disassembled the phone and tossed it beside Su Wan.

Su Wan tore open the pill packaging and swallowed it with cold water.

Her fingers flew across the screen.

"I'm going in."

Her pupils were reflected on the screen.

Those were countless lines of green code scrolling.

The room was quiet, with only the creaking of the electric fan oscillating.

Ten minutes later.

Su Wan stopped what she was doing.

She turned to look at Li Haotian, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"The arrest warrant has disappeared."

She pointed to the internal system on the screen.

"The official assessment is now... missing."

"The files have been sealed, and even the thermal imaging search has been discontinued."

Li Haotian frowned.

He walked to the window and opened a crack.

The sky outside was still a hazy gray.

"Someone is helping us."

Su Wan said in a low voice.

"Or rather, someone wants us to disappear from sight completely."

Li Haotian sneered.

He looked at his right hand.

The fluid sensation is still vivid.

"What are those coordinates?"

Su Wan pressed the Enter key.

A new satellite map popped up.

The red dot is flashing.

It's in the East China Sea, just a few hundred kilometers away.

"Right there."

She said softly.

Li Haotian clenched his fist.

A mouse scurried out of its hole in the corner.

It sniffed the medicinal scent in the air, then quickly shrank back.

"Pack your things."

Li Haotian looked out the window.

"Those guys won't give us much time."

He felt a slight burning sensation in his blood vessels.