Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Xia Qing didn't know where she got the strength, but she sprang up from the folding bed, put on her coat, carefully put her phone in her pocket, took a few breaths, and then walked towards the detention area.

When Xia Jing arrived at the detention cell where An Xiaohai was being held, she found that the door was locked. She looked out the window at An Xiaohai, who was still sitting in the restraint chair, quietly lost in thought.

But now, An Xiaohai is in handcuffs.

With no other option, Xia Qing had to go back to the duty room at the entrance of the detention area to get the key.

"Please give me the key to detention cell number 12," Xia Qing said expressionlessly.

The officer on duty in the duty room was Liu Cong. After hearing Xia Qing's words, Liu Cong was slightly taken aback, but he quickly reached out his hand, which was holding the key to detention cell number 12.

Xia Qing was also taken aback, and frowned after taking the key.

The key was still warm, clearly indicating that Liu Cong had been holding it for some time.

Xia Jing glanced at Liu Cong, but said nothing more, and turned to walk towards the detention room.

Xia Jing opened the door to the detention cell and glanced back. The corridor was quiet and deserted. She entered the cell, closed the door, and looked out the window again, but saw nothing unusual.

An Xiaohai saw Xia Qing, of course, but he didn't say anything. He just quietly watched Xia Qing do everything.

After confirming that no one was in the corridor, Xia Qing walked over to An Xiaohai and took out her phone, only to realize that An Xiaohai's hands were handcuffed to the chair, so she couldn't hold the phone herself and had to hold it to his ear.

"Go ahead and say it, I'm listening," An Xiaohai said, seemingly already knowing who was on the other end of the phone.

"Xiao Hai, it's me. Two things just happened: First, Hu Haikong's villa in the Binhai Villa District exploded, killing his wife and two children. Hu Haikong himself is missing."

The second thing is that someone distributed obscene videos of certain city leaders throughout the city.

"What do you think?" came the voice of 027 on the other end of the phone.

"What do I think..." An Xiaohai frowned and thought for a while: "I suggest you immediately launch an in-depth investigation into Zhou Jianhong in secret!"

What I mean is, we should focus on investigating what job he's currently doing, or what projects he's leading, and which companies and individuals are involved in those projects. If we investigate thoroughly, I think we might be able to catch him red-handed!

"You think this series of events is actually aimed at Zhou Jianhong? Is this... also the conclusion you reached through your conversations with him?"

"Yes!" An Xiaohai pursed his lips: "Today, I talked with him for so long, and I found that no matter what he does, he deliberately pursues the maximization of profits."

He rarely does something for a single reason; he usually has several expectations in mind when he does something.

He did three things today, involving Chen Huizhu, Hu Haikong, and Liu Ming.

These three people have in common that they are all government officials and have close ties with Zhou Jianhong. Therefore, I believe that his real target, or rather his focus, is Zhou Jianhong.

So why would he target Zhou Jianhong? There's only one reason: he and Zhou Jianhong must have some kind of connection. Zhou Jianhong is the vice governor, and the most likely point of contact between them would be related to Zhou Jianhong's work.

Therefore, investigating Zhou Jianhong might lead to finding out what's going on with him.

As for me, I was just doing it incidentally.

If something happens to these three people, and the police turn their attention to me, escalating the conflict between me and the police, it would be like pushing me into an abyss.

If it doesn't escalate the conflict between the police and me, it's like he's doing me a favor, and he wants me to remember his kindness.

If he truly wanted to help me get revenge and repair our relationship, then he shouldn't have chosen to target these three people; instead, he should have wiped out all the Sea Hawks outside of Deepsea City.

After all, the hatred between me and Haiyaozi is the greatest and irreconcilable.

Although the sea hawks may not know what I have done yet, as long as I have done it, I will definitely leave traces, and they will find these traces sooner or later.

The sea hawk is my biggest threat, and the one I'm most eager to get rid of.

If he had been secretly observing me, he would have seen these things, but the reality is that he turned a blind eye to them.

The difference is quite obvious when compared like this.

We can wait and see. If the events of today end here, I'm sure his primary target will be Zhou Jianhong.

"Understood, that's very clear and comprehensive, thank you!"

"You're welcome."

"Be careful, but don't worry too much, Little Tiger is nearby."

"Thanks!"

"Ha! You're welcome. We won't be so polite from now on, okay?"

"Okay, goodbye."

"goodbye."

After hanging up the phone at 027, An Xiaohai smiled at Xia Qing, who smiled back and put her phone away.

"Thank you. I might need your help again later."

"You're welcome, it's what I should do," Xia Qing nodded gently, turned around and looked out the door. The corridor was still quiet and deserted.

"An Xiaohai, may I... chat with you here?"

"Of course, that's perfect. I've already thought about everything I needed to think about, so chatting is a good idea. If I just sit here daydreaming, I might fall asleep."

Xia Qing smiled slightly again and leaned against the wall of the detention cell. She was a little afraid to look An Xiaohai in the eye, and her gaze fell on her leather shoes.

"Weren't we supposed to be chatting? Why aren't you saying anything?"

"I'm a bit slow. I have a lot of questions I want to ask you, but I also know that there are many questions I can't ask. I don't know which questions I can ask..." Xia Qing said, sounding slightly flustered.

"I think you can try asking me any questions that are only related to me. If I can answer them, I will tell you. If not, please understand."

"Okay...you were referring to Vice Governor Zhou when you mentioned Zhou Jianhong? Can we talk about that?"

Yes, it's him.

"He's that... I mean..."

"Yes, it was him. He was the one who instructed Hu Haikong and our Deputy Mayor Liu Ming to try to harm me at the First Prison."

"How did you find out all this? Did Captain Wang help you find out?"

"No, actually, finding him is too easy."

"How did you find out about him? Can you tell me?"

"Of course!" An Xiaohai smiled easily. "Zhou Tie is an illegitimate child. Captain Wang found out for me. With this premise, everything is easy to deduce."

I killed Zhou Tie and then suffered retaliation, which shows that Zhou Tie's biological parents wielded considerable power and had been watching him for many years.

In particular, Zhou Tie's biological mother, Chen Huizhu, behaved very erratically, which shows that she loved Zhou Tie very much;

Since she loves Zhou Tie so much, why doesn't she keep him by her side instead of handing him over to Zhou Weiguang to raise?

"Yes, why is that?... "

"They must have had their own unavoidable difficulties."

I could never understand why Zhou Tie's biological parents had such difficulties that they could abandon their own flesh and blood.

Later, before my grandfather died, he told me his story with my grandmother, and I gradually understood:

In this world, not every parent deeply loves their child, and not every parent is willing to sacrifice everything for their children.

Their era was a special one; many educated youth went to the countryside, and it was extremely difficult for them to return to the city.

Zhou Tie and I were born in the same year, and his biological parents should be from that group of people;

If that's the case, it's easy to explain why Zhou Tie's biological parents entrusted him to Zhou Weiguang's care. It's highly likely that they were going to return to the city.

However, it is possible to return to the city with children. The only reason not to bring children is that the presence of children would affect their return to the city.

This child's identity is something that cannot be made public.

So I asked my mother about things from that era. She told me that if young people wanted to return to the city, they had to go through a very complicated approval process and obtain permission from the local government and the production brigade.

At that time, many young people would bribe local officials in order to obtain permission, and some young women even risked their bodies, just to be able to go back.

That's probably how Zhou Tie came to be.

If this inference is true, then Zhou Tie's biological father must have been an official in our area. He must have been an official in our area and then rose through the ranks to become a high-ranking official in the province. There aren't many people like that.

That makes it easy to find; I just did a quick search and found it.

Zhou Jianhong was a staff member of the Baoshan County Government at the time. My neighborhood was his main area of ​​responsibility. He was transferred to the Provincial Party Committee around 1973. Chen Huizhu was admitted to university in 1974.

The actual situation at the time was that after Zhou Jianhong approved Chen Huizhu's return to the city, he was transferred to the provincial capital. However, Chen Huizhu discovered that she was pregnant. She chose to give birth to the child and entrusted it to Zhou Weiguang to raise. The following year, she was admitted to university and returned to the city.

Zhou Jianhong couldn't keep the child for the sake of his career; Chen Huizhu couldn't keep the child for the sake of going to university. So, Zhou Tie was handed over to others to be raised.

The main reason for choosing Zhou Weiguang was probably because Zhou Jianhong or Chen Huizhu had a certain relationship with him, and a small part of the reason was because Zhou Weiguang's surname was Zhou.

Although Zhou Jianhong abandoned his son, he was unwilling to let his son change his surname.

These two are a perfect match, yet they are hypocritical and possessive. They abandoned their own flesh and blood for their own future, which indirectly led to their child growing up to be a scoundrel.

When this scoundrel was accidentally killed by me for harassing my girlfriend, they vented all their anger and the guilt they had suppressed for years on me.

They wanted me to suffer a living hell, a death sentence, in order to comfort the spirit of the child they abandoned and to fill the void of their own guilt.

Sigh, thinking about it carefully, Zhou Tie is actually quite pitiful.

"I see... You're amazing!"

"Am I that good?" An Xiaohai asked with a wry smile. "If I were really that good, things wouldn't have turned out like this."

"I don't think so. I think you're already amazing, incredibly amazing! If it were anyone else, they would have been defeated long ago, but you weren't. I think you're very powerful and strong right now."

"How do you know I haven't been defeated? I... I've just lived a longer time. If it were the old me, I would have collapsed, been played to death without even knowing why, haha!..."

"Don't talk nonsense. You're younger than me, but you talk like you're seventy or eighty years old..." Xia Qing wrinkled her nose and pouted slightly as she spoke.