Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

Millions of demons lurk among the people. Give them a little stimulation, and the demons will slowly awaken in your heart!

--An Cheol-ho

At the beginning, An Zhehao's idea was simple: he must have a way to control An Zheran. But how to control him? Taking control of his and Chen Shuifen's child was a good method.

However, this method has a flaw. If An Zheran discovers it, or if he knew about it from the beginning, it may cause An Zheran to harbor rebellious intentions from the start, which will increase the difficulty and risk of control.

So how can we prevent An Zheran from finding out in the short term? The only way is to replace An Zheran's child with our own, which will make it very difficult for An Zheran to find out.

In this way, when the crucial moment arrives, they can use An Zheran and Chen Shuifen's child to threaten An Zheran.

Having made up his mind, An Zhehao began preparations. Given his personality, he certainly wouldn't gamble everything on just one child, so he controlled four women at the same time, ensuring that all four women became pregnant around the same timeframe.

That way he can get four children, and one of those four children will eventually be able to replace An Zheran's child.

However, a new risk has emerged: if the genders of these four children are not the same as those of An Zheran's children, then all the effort will have been in vain.

An Zhehao then sought out Dr. Yu. His purpose in seeking out Dr. Yu was not to have his women examined, nor to learn any obstetrics and gynecology techniques. His main purpose was to determine the sex of the child.

Perhaps there are more than just these four women. An Zhehao couldn't possibly let Doctor Yu know the whole story. He may have prepared other women and children, but Doctor Yu just doesn't know it.

After everything was prepared, An Zhehao suddenly realized that since he had gone to so much trouble and produced so many children, why not make use of them? It would be a waste to just use them to exchange for An Zheran's children.

Thus, an even bolder and more wicked plan was born in his mind.

Whether you change one or several, it's still the same, so you might as well change more!

After having this idea, An Zhehao tried to bribe the obstetricians and gynecologists at Xiaguang Hospital and got in touch with the nurses in the delivery room to prepare for the baby swap.

An Zhehao never chooses his exchange partners randomly; he selects them carefully and with a specific target audience. For example, government officials, police officers, or armed police—exchanging their children is the most valuable option.

Once these children grow up, at the right time, try to sow discord between them and their families. After they develop a rift with their families, tell them the truth. It might have a surprising effect.

This is the most advantageous choice for him. Anyway, he doesn't need to raise these children or worry about them. He just needs to wait for the right time to harvest them. If he can't harvest them, it doesn't matter. He can just consider it a failed investment.

And so Ahn Cheol-ho began his plan. In that nursery, he swapped several children with his own, and then began killing to cover it up.

As for the different delivery dates, it doesn't matter, we can just perform a C-section on them. What to do with the switched babies? That's easy too, either kill them or throw them away.

Stillborn and abandoned infants are not uncommon in any era. If the victim cannot be found, no one will investigate further.

Therefore, those children who were switched may have died or been abandoned. Those who were abandoned may eventually become Jian Long, Gui Liu, or Kun Ji.

An Zhehao only needs to hide in the shadows and keep an eye on these children, these seeds of evil he has sown. As soon as the time is right, he will appear and awaken the demons hidden in the hearts of these children.

How can we awaken the demons hidden in these children's hearts? An Zhehao believes he knows the answer, because the demon within him has been awakened, and he believes he has the key to awakening it.

This method destroys all of a person's hope, making them hate everything.

The way An Zhehao used to awaken the demon in Xu Tianyou's heart was to take away his mother, Lan Caiwei, when he was at his most broken and desperate, making him completely despair and thus begin to hate the world.

Lan Caiwei is a woman with a tragic fate. Her entire life, every drop of her blood, was completely exploited by An Zhehao.

How will An Zhehao awaken the demon within An Xiaohai? It's simple: just take Chen Shuifen away when An Xiaohai is at his most desperate and helpless.

Taking away Chen Shuifen did not necessarily mean taking her life. His original plan was to tell Chen Shuifen that An Xiaohai was not her biological son. He believed that if Chen Shuifen knew the truth, she would likely give up on An Xiaohai, who was in prison and whose future was ruined.

This would actually be the biggest blow to An Xiaohai.

An Xiaohai will be trapped in a dark prison, crying out to heaven and earth in vain, his mother, friends, and lover all abandoning him. Then, An Zhehao will suddenly appear, awakening the demon within him.

An Zhehao may have already done so, but he didn't expect that even after Chen Shuifen learned the truth, she still didn't give up on An Xiaohai.

This happened both times!

An Xiaohai couldn't help but recall Chen Shuifen's absent-minded appearance when she visited him in prison that day. Her emotional fluctuations that day were likely not because Jia Lao Er was dead, but because she knew the truth.

Chen Shuifen simply attributed her emotional turmoil to the death of Jia Lao Er, which is very likely the truth!

An Zhehao's original plan to strike Xu Tianyou was probably similar, but Lan Caiwei's health collapsed prematurely, and she couldn't hold on until Xu Tianyou completely broke down.

As a result, Ahn Cheol-ho was unable to carry out the original plan and had to change his approach.

"Not only Mom, but also Zhuangzhuang and Xuan'er, none of you abandoned me as he wished. You all chose to stay with me without hesitation, to stay with this useless person like me. That's why you must die!"

I understand, I understand everything!

An Xiaohai stopped and looked up at the sky:

"I understand now! I understand why I have a second chance! Rest assured, I will fulfill my mission and completely eliminate him!"

"Xiao Hai... Xiao Hai... What's wrong?... "

Zhou Xun's call woke An Xiaohai from his reverie. Seeing the unease and panic on Zhou Xun's face, An Xiaohai realized that his own tears were streaming down his face.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just thought of my mom and Xuan'er. Suddenly, I really miss them," An Xiaohai smiled slightly and naturally wiped away the tears on his face.

Zhou Xun finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that An Xiaohai had lied to him. An Xiaohai was not thinking about his family at all. Just now, his expression and eyes were as terrifying and ferocious as a demon. How could this be the expression of missing one's mother or lover?

However, Zhou Xun does not intend to expose it.

"Zhou Xun, I need to assign you a separate task," An Xiaohai said, handing Zhou Xun another slip of paper. "The names on this slip of paper are the people I really need to investigate and get to know."

Now I'm giving you this task. You have six days to complete it.

If we don't have enough manpower, we should ask Director Ye directly for more. We shouldn't go through anyone else, and we absolutely cannot use personnel from Haixi Province. You know Director Ye's phone number, right?

"I know, but Xiao Hai, do you suspect Number One and the others?"

"No, I don't doubt them. I don't even doubt the members of the security department in Haixi Province," An Xiaohai shook his head. "Let me tell you a secret: if you want to deceive your enemies, sometimes you have to deceive your own people, and even yourself."

If you can even fool yourself, your enemy will be even more easily fooled.

"Xiao Hai..."

"Stop talking, just tell me, can you complete this task?"

"Yes, I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

"Alright, I'll drive in a bit and find a chance to drop you off. Then you can go and complete your mission. Come find me after you're done, and we shouldn't contact each other again in between."

"Okay, don't worry, leave it to me!"

"Also, don't use your real name during this mission. From now on, I'll call you Chen Xun. Remember that."

"Okay, I've got it."

"Let's go."

An Xiaohai got Zhou Xun into the car, and after driving for a while, he dropped her off in a bridge arch.

An Xiaohai did not go home, but drove towards Haixi University.