Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

Are you kidding me?

The transformation from ecstasy to terror took less than a second, and Sun's pupils contracted sharply.

Fear, like a cold, venomous snake, crawled up my spine, instantly covering my entire skull.

He saw it.

They saw Lin Tian raise his axe.

The axe blade gleamed coldly under the light.

I saw the cold smile on that face.

"Ahhh!! Lin Tian, ​​don't kill me!!! You promised to let me go!!! You promised you'd keep your word!!!"

Foreman Sun roared with all his might, his voice as shrill as a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

But Lin Tian seemed not to hear.

The axe fell.

It's not fast, you could even say it's very slow.

It was so slow that Foreman Sun could see every reflection on the axe blade, the dark red bloodstains on the axe head, and Lin Tian's cold, emotionless eyes.

Slow enough for him to have enough time to recall everything that happened in his life.

Recalling his first time as an apprentice in a steel rolling mill, the master craftsman patted him on the shoulder and said, "Work hard."

He recalled the day he married his wife; she wore a red wedding dress and shyly lowered her head.

Recalling his son's birth, he held the swaddled baby and smiled from ear to ear.

I also recalled that afternoon when I saw Lin's father being murdered...

Recalling the moment Lin Tian said, "I'll let you off this time," she felt an overwhelming sense of relief, as if she had escaped a disaster.

Then--

"Pfft!"

The sound was very soft.

It's like slicing a watermelon, or tearing a piece of cloth.

Foreman Sun felt a chill on the top of his head, and then his vision began to split.

The world he saw changed from a single, complete piece to two halves; what his left eye saw and what his right eye saw no longer overlapped.

He tried to raise his hand to touch his head, but he couldn't lift it.

I tried to shout, but only a whimpering sound came out of my throat.

Seeing Lin Tian's face, that blurry face, so close to him that he could see every detail of it.

Lin Tian was also looking at him, his eyes calm, as if he were looking at something insignificant.

"Foreman Sun," Lin Tian said softly, "I did say I'd let you off this time. But that was just now."

After a pause, the axe fell completely, and Foreman Sun's body slowly parted to both sides.

"Now it's next time."

Blood gushed out, splattering on the walls, the tables and chairs, and Lin Tian's ghostly figure.

Of course, the blood passed through the ghostly figure and fell to the ground.

Foreman Sun's two halves of his body fell to the left and right, his internal organs spilling out onto the ground. His eyes were still open, one looking to the left and the other to the right, his eyes filled with "Why?"

He doesn't understand.

I clearly said I'd let him off this time.

Why...

Lin Tian put away his axe, left a few words, glanced at Foreman Sun's corpse, and then gracefully floated out of the office into the shadows.

Not long after.

He overheard the workers talking about:

"Why hasn't Foreman Sun come out yet?"

"He's probably slacking off again."

"Who cares, let's just do our thing."

No one knew what had just happened in the office.

No one knew that their foreman was dead, and his death was more tragic than anyone else's.

Lin Tian floated out of the steel rolling mill, stood at the factory gate, and looked back once.

This factory where his father had worked for more than ten years, this factory that swallowed his father's life, this factory filled with evil and lies.

Sooner or later, he will burn this place to ashes.

but not now.

The country needs him now; all he needs to do is kill all his enemies.

Now, he has more important things to do.

Bald, fat, bearded, Section Chief Liu, Secretary Wang, Factory Director Yang.

one by one.

Not urgent.

The body of Foreman Sun lay still, blood slowly seeping out, pooling into a crimson lake on the ground.

The clock on the wall ticked away.

Time continues.

But for some people, time has stopped forever.

Just like Lin's father and mother.

Just like Foreman Sun now.

Like...all people who are in debt.

Blood debts must be repaid in blood.

A life for a life!

This is the only truth that Lin Tian believes in.

"Something terrible has happened! Foreman Sun is dead! Quickly, call security!!!"

In the boiler room, a worker who was about to report on his work opened the office door and was so frightened by what he saw that he screamed.

……

Police station.

Qin Ming pushed open the door to the detention cell, which was now crowded with the last survivors of the courtyard: Xu Damao, Li Zhaodi (who had been brought back from the hospital), Yan Jiedi, and Yu Li.

The group huddled in a corner, their faces pale and their eyes bloodshot.

After the other people in the detention cell "mysteriously disappeared," Qin Ming knew that they hadn't disappeared, they had died.

These people are being held in protective detention here.

But they don't feel safe; instead, they live in a deeper fear, wondering if they will be next.

It just disappeared without a trace.

"Xu Damao, I'm asking you, what exactly happened in your compound? Why did the murderer target the people in your compound?"

Xu Damao raised his head, his eyes darting around: "Captain Qin, I...I don't know..."

"have no idea?"

Qin Ming interrupted him, leaning forward slightly, his gaze sharp as a knife. "Let me tell you, Liu Haizhong, Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, He Yuzhu, He Yushui, Wang Cuilan, the deaf old lady, Jia Zhangshi, Jia Banggeng, Jia Xiaodang, Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu, Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, Yang Ruihua, the Wang family of four from the street office, the barefoot doctor Old Man Liu, and the latrine cleaner Uncle San, they are all dead. The identities of the two victims in the oil fryer have not yet been confirmed."

He paused, then said, word by word, "I advise you to confess and be treated leniently. Tell me everything you know, otherwise, you might be next."

The death list exploded like a bomb in the detention cell.

"Aaaaaah—!!"

Li Zhaodi suddenly screamed, clutching her head with both hands, her body trembling violently: "Master, Guangtian, Guangfu, you are so miserable, damned Lin family!"

"They must have returned as evil spirits to seek revenge, hahaha! Karma! Karma! Hahaha..."

She alternated between crying and laughing, clearly indicating that she had lost her mind.

Yan Jiedi also broke down, throwing herself into Yu Li's arms and sobbing, "Daddy, Mommy, Big Brother, Second Brother, Third Brother, why did you leave? Why don't you want me anymore? Waaah..."

Yu Li hugged her tightly, her eyes reddening, but she tried to remain calm: "Don't cry! Jie Di, don't cry!"

"Sister-in-law, you are my only family in this world."

Yan Jiedi cried uncontrollably, "Dad, Mom, my older brother and the others are all gone, boohoo... what am I going to do..."

Xu Damao was so frightened by what he saw that he trembled like a leaf.

He was afraid of death, truly afraid of death.

Over the years, he has done many immoral things, such as catching crickets, giving gifts to leaders, harassing young girls, and sleeping with widows in the countryside.

But he never thought he would die, let alone die so tragically.

"Captain Qin!"

Xu Damao knelt down with a thud, scrambling to Qin Ming's feet and grabbing his trouser leg.

"I'll tell you everything! You have to protect me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

Qin Ming nodded, signaling the recorder to prepare: "Don't worry, the army is about to take over all of this. We will protect you, but you must tell the truth, not a single word can be left out."

Upon hearing this, Xu Damao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, slumped to the ground, and began to narrate.

His voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of being overheard, and it was intermittent and disjointed, but Qin Ming understood it.

……