Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Shenhai City Public Security Bureau

This is a home theater. The space is very small and the furnishings are extremely simple. Apart from a table, a television, a VCR, and a few chairs, there is nothing else.

Since the large-scale wiretapping incident, Zhou Zhengguo led all the police officers to thoroughly search the entire police station inside and out several times. Many functional areas have also undergone large-scale adjustments. This audio-visual room was recently set up.

The television was showing footage of Lu Guoliang's interrogation. An Xiaohai sat in a chair in front of the television, arms crossed, his expression cold and stern; Zhou Zhengguo sat next to An Xiaohai, his brows furrowed with worry.

There were only the two of them in the room.

"I am Sea Hawk, the second-generation Sea Hawk of Deep Sea City," Lu Guoliang said in a deep voice on the television screen.

"Explain yourself clearly, from beginning to end, in detail!" the interrogator said.

The television footage did not show the interrogators; it only featured close-ups of Lu Guoliang. However, judging from the voices, it was Wang Tiejun who was asking the questions.

"Explain it more clearly..." Lu Guoliang took a deep breath: "That was more than ten years ago... no, more than twenty years ago..."

In 1970, I was transferred from the Public Security Bureau of Datian Town, Dongguan City to Shenhai City. At that time, Shenhai City was not called Shenhai City, but Baoshan County.

I feel very disappointed. I didn't want to come here; I wanted to go to Haizhou City. I worked hard and tried my best to perform so that one day I could be transferred to work in Haizhou City.

However, my superiors completely ignored my request and still transferred me here.

Yes! I'm like a brick; I'll be moved wherever I'm needed!

It was a desolate place back then, with nothing but mountains and the sea. The area I was in charge of was very large. A day would pass by in a day if I rode my bicycle around the mountains and rivers.

I was in utter despair, and all I could think about every day was how to escape from here, until one day, I met Amei.

That day, I received a notice from my superiors that a group of people would board a ship in my jurisdiction and smuggle themselves to Honggang. So I took two colleagues with me and we went to ambush them at the boarding location.

The operation went smoothly, and we captured the group: two boatmen and seven illegal immigrants. However, during the arrest, two of the illegal immigrants managed to escape in the chaos.

I had one colleague keep an eye on the criminals, while I and another colleague split up to chase after the two people who had escaped in the chaos.

Amei was one of the stowaways who escaped. She was truly as beautiful as her name suggested!

I dragged her out of a clump of grass. She crouched there, looking at me with her big, frightened eyes, like a startled, beautiful little bird.

I was immediately swayed. I secretly let her go, and then, together with my colleagues, escorted the others back to the station.

I was completely lost and disoriented the whole way, my mind filled with Ah Mei's beautiful big eyes.

I thought my story with Amei was over, but little did I know that it was just the beginning.

That day, it was already past midnight when I finished interrogating those illegal immigrants. On my way home, I ran into Amei again. She was squatting by the roadside, hugging her bundle and crying. She looked so frail and helpless.

I asked her why she didn't go back. Amei told me that her family treated her very badly, that she had borrowed money to run away, and that she had no money to pay back. She said that if she went back, she would be beaten to death.

She had no money to go home; she had given all her money to the boatman.

Looking into her helpless eyes, my heart softened instantly. I took Amei home, cooked her some food, and arranged a place for her to sleep.

I didn't know what to do next, but I was secretly hoping that something would happen between me and Amei.

And so, Amei stayed at my place for two months without any intention of leaving.

Of course I couldn't be happier! This is exactly the result I wanted!

In the third month, I finally got what I wanted and got Amei, but at the same time I learned something that made my heart ache.

Ah Mei was actually already married. Her family sold her to a thug in a neighboring village for money. She ran away because she couldn't stand the thug's humiliation. She wanted to smuggle herself to Hong Kong and start a new life.

I was disappointed for a long time, but in the end I still chose to be with Amei.

I love Amei so much, and I can't live without her. She is the most beautiful, gentlest, and most understanding woman I have ever met.

I can tell that Amei truly loves me; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so honest with me.

We returned to our initial bliss, but soon a new problem arose.

Amei is pregnant with my child and his.

I'm very anxious. Amei hasn't divorced that man yet, so I can't marry her openly. If that happens, it will be difficult to register the child's birth.

Amei, however, was not in a hurry at all. She was immersed in the happiness of becoming a mother and had not thought about the future at all.

It's not her fault; that's just how their place is—closed-off and ignorant.

When a child is born, the parents never think about registering the child's birth. It is usually the local police who take the initiative to come to their door to handle the registration. She had no idea about this at all.

I was very anxious and didn't know what to do, but I never thought of letting Amei abort the child. I also hoped to become a father as soon as possible.

But misfortune never comes singly. At this critical juncture, Amei's man came looking for her.

After the group of illegal immigrants were released, someone told her man that Amei had run away and was likely still nearby because she had no money and couldn't have gone far.

So the man came all the way from his hometown to wait here. He waited for more than a month and he actually caught up with her. He saw Amei in the market, but he didn't show up immediately. Instead, he waited until Amei finished buying groceries and went home before following her.

The man followed Amei into her home, hurling insults and punches at her. Amei was knocked to the ground, but she didn't care about anything else; she just desperately protected the baby in her womb.

Luckily, I had just gotten off work and was on my way home. I got into a fight with that man, and he was no match for me. I beat him to the ground and he couldn't get up for a while.

I don't know what came over me at the time, but a wicked thought rose up from the bottom of my heart, and I killed him.

One hundred!

At that time, my workplace didn't have dormitories, so I rented a room in a farmer's house. It was a very remote place, and there was no one around. Nobody knew that I had killed that damned man in his house.

Although Amei was terrified, she wasn't afraid; on the contrary, she was quite happy. Together with me, she carried the man's body to the woods behind the house.

We found a secluded spot, dug a hole, and buried him.

Only after I finished doing all that did I start to feel scared.

So I began to use my identity to quietly erase the man's traces. I even secretly went to Amei's hometown to find out what was going on.

I soon realized that I didn't need to worry at all.

That man was a notorious troublemaker. His disappearance was met with cheers from everyone, even his parents were secretly relieved.

No one wanted to see him again, much less return. Of course, no one cared whether he lived or died; everyone wished he would disappear forever.

And just like that, a living, breathing person truly vanished forever.

I was overjoyed. In just one or two years, I could send Amei back to her hometown and get her divorce from that man sorted out. Then Amei would be completely mine.

As for children, we'll talk about them after they're born. We can go through the formalities after Amei and I are officially married.

I am a police officer, so it couldn't be simpler for me to complete these procedures.

Life seemed to be getting better day by day. Amei gave birth to a baby boy. I had a son! In order not to cause me any trouble, Amei refused to go to the hospital to give birth, so I found her an experienced midwife in the local area.

Amei practically risked her life to give birth to this child, and I am very grateful!

The only drawback is that I can't openly marry Amei, nor can I register my son's birth.

To give them a bright future, I worked tirelessly and strived for excellence. Within two years, I single-handedly broke through...

The number of people arrested in this case is equivalent to half the police station.

But despite all the merits I've made and the blood I've shed, I've never had a chance for promotion. Instead...

She also faced subtle exclusion from her colleagues.

This world is just so unfair; solid achievements can't compare to solid relationships! If that's the case, why bother working so hard?

Just when I was feeling disheartened, someone approached me. He said he was Sea Hawk from the Flying Bird Gang and wanted to talk to me about a collaboration.

I know about the Flying Bird Gang. They are a criminal gang that has recently risen rapidly in Baoshan County. I have even led a team to raid many of their hideouts.

I never expected that their sea hawks would come knocking on my door so openly.

I wasn't afraid of him. I had a gun on me, and he came alone. I didn't think he could do anything to me.

However, I had no intention of arresting him at the time, and for some inexplicable reason, I actually invited him in.