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Given the current manpower situation, it is impossible to investigate both cases simultaneously. Moreover, with provincial leaders coming, we must allocate some personnel to ensure their safety. Right now, Tianlan City is busier than ever. Almost all police officers, including traffic police and armed police, have no days off and not even an hour of rest.
Take Yuzelin for example; he hasn’t been home for over a week. Aside from reporting his situation every day at eight o'clock sharp, he hasn’t had time to contact his wife. I made several phone calls to arrange the direction of the investigations.
At this moment, everyone was out on assignments. I looked at the mountain of documents piled on my desk and felt a headache coming on, unable to resist rubbing my temples. Just then, Juan Juan pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing me with my eyes closed, she approached from behind and placed her hands on my head, giving me a massage.
Juan Juan didn’t say a word, but I felt a wave of calm wash over me. I had a vague premonition that everything would come to light after this case was resolved; all of it would end with this investigation. I slowly took Juan Juan ’s hand and said, “In just a few days, it will be New Year’s Day. A new year is about to begin.”
“Yeah, I’m thirty-two now,” Juan Juan replied.
“Once this case is over, I’ll marry you.” I stood up and gently tucked a few strands of her hair behind her ear. It had been seven years—exactly seven years. Geng Shaofei once said something true: it’s hard to have a stable life in our line of work. I couldn’t offer Juan Juan that stability, but I still hoped to walk into the halls of marriage with her.
Juan Juan smiled shyly, reminiscent of how she looked when I first met her seven years ago.
Two days later, leaders from both the province and the city had nearly all arrived. To ensure their safety, Yuzelin had been working tirelessly for two days without closing his eyes. Aside from those investigating outside, the remaining officers gathered outside the city government building to monitor the surroundings.
At that moment, Yuzelin and I were speaking at a meeting. Yuzelin said, “In light of the recent incidents in Tianlan City, as the Captain of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Tianlan City Public Security Bureau, I feel responsible…”
Such a significant event was practically akin to a terrorist attack; it would be strange if city and provincial leaders didn’t take it seriously. The atmosphere was tense and oppressive—merely applying pressure on us. The meeting unanimously decided to give us three days to solve this bank robbery case.
As for the Guo Guoqing case, it would be handled by others; after all, these robbers could easily kill hundreds with explosives, while Guo Guoqing, despite being armed, posed far less danger.
Just as I was about to make some guarantees, my phone suddenly rang. I glanced at it—it was an unfamiliar number. Upon answering, I heard a familiar voice: Guo Guoqing’s voice. “Officer, good morning! I saw some news while killing someone today; it’s quite interesting.”
“The bank robbery case? A major incident that has shocked the entire nation,” Guo Guoqing chuckled. “It seems like you’re all captivated by this case and have shifted your focus away from me? Have you forgotten about me? The new year is approaching; do you remember our agreement? I said that as the new year draws near, I would share my thoughts with you.”
While Guo Guoqing was talking, I quickly waved my hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then turned on the speakerphone so that everyone could listen to what Guo Guoqing was saying. I said to him: "What do you want to do?" Guo Guoqing smiled, and then said: "Tell me your QQ, I will show you something good." I sent a QQ number, and after a while , I saw that Guo Guoqing had sent me a video call. I immediately clicked on it, and Mary immediately started to check the location of this QQ. I turned on the camera and Guo Guoqing could see the person sitting opposite me. Juan Juan is connected to the big screen in the conference room through the computer. This way, everyone can see it. "There are a lot of people, haha!" Guo Guoqing said with a smile: "You are all lucky, let me show you something!" As he said, Guo Guoqing turned the phone camera to the back, and immediately, we After seeing the situation clearly, we looked over and saw a woman being tied to a piece of wood by Guo Guoqing, but at the woman's feet were some charcoal and other flammable materials scattered around. I saw a little sparks coming from it. At this time, Guo Guoqing smiled and said to us: "Have you seen it? I have done an experiment with charcoal to ignite this piece of wood. It will take about an hour. By then, this woman will become a barbecue , I don’t care.” This woman is none other than the Boss Lady of Prison Island Cafe who has been missing for almost seven days. I didn't expect that after being missing for so long, he would appear here now. Before I could speak, I heard Yuzelin slap the table and say: "Fei Fei?" I frowned, it seemed that Yuzelin actually knew this woman. But at this time, I had no way to ask who this woman was. At this time, I heard Guo Guoqing continue to say: "Okay, I will tell you this first. Fei Fei, come and see the camera, Guess, the person you love most will come to save you, haha!" As he said this, the video stopped. "Do you know this Boss Lady?" I asked Yuzelin. "How could I not recognize her!" Yuzelin said: "Do you remember the story I told you before? The reason why I came to Tianlan City is for her!"
"Is she the girlfriend you had in college?" I asked.
Yuzelin's face showed a look of anxiety as she replied, "That's right, it's her."
Just as I was about to ask more questions, my phone suddenly received a video call request. I clicked to open it and realized that the person on the other end was a woman. It was someone we both recognized—Angel. We had no idea where Angel had gone or what mission she was on for Guo Guoqing, but here she was.
Angel pointed the camera at a woman in the distance, who, like Fei Fei, was also tied up and surrounded by charcoal. At that moment, Angel said, "Hello! I heard Guo Guoqing has been saying you all are looking for me. It's nice to finally meet."
"Guo Guoqing asked me to say a few words to you," Angel continued. "He wants me to tell you that being human is really not that meaningful. Ordinary people live for eighty years and are considered fortunate, regarded as long-lived. But longevity is the most terrifying thing in this world; it is the loneliest and most meaningless existence."
Angel's voice was soft and gentle, yet the words she spoke were chilling. No, it was Guo Guoqing's heart that was truly cold. How dark must the mind of a boy not yet sixteen be to utter such sentiments about life?
Angel went on, "So, there are two girls here. Yuzelin, which one will you choose to save? These two are in different locations, and only you know where they are. So, it's time to act. However, you only have one hour; saving one person may mean losing the other."
"Well then, goodbye!"
Mary shook her head; there wasn't enough time to pinpoint their locations. From the video, both backgrounds were black curtains, suggesting they were intentionally set up this way. This implied that the location was likely outdoors. Moreover, there were no people around, indicating it wasn't in the city—if it was in the city at all, it would be in a very remote area.
But the most crucial point was that Guo Guoqing had targeted Yuzelin specifically. This meant both individuals were likely known to her. Having spent three years in Tianlan City, Guo Guoqing clearly found it easier to deal with Yuzelin than with me or Dezi; he had a better grasp of her situation.
I turned to Yuzelin and asked, "Do you know this woman?"
Before I could finish my sentence, I noticed Yuzelin's face turn pale as if it were a blank sheet of paper. She stared blankly at the now-broken screen in the conference room. I called her name several times before she finally snapped back to reality; at that moment, dozens of eyes in the room were fixed on her.
Yuzelin then muttered in disbelief, "She... she's my wife!"
"What?" I was equally shocked; this woman was Yuzelin's current wife.
This meant that Guo Guoqing had given Yuzelin a choice: to save his first love, the person he felt most indebted to in his life, or to save his wife, the woman he was currently married to. Such a choice would leave anyone at a loss.
But now was not the time to be dazed. The hour that Guo Guoqing mentioned could very well be only half an hour, as evidenced by Dr. Sun's situation. I called out to Yuzelin twice, but she did not respond. I shook her directly and said, "Calm down and think carefully. Is this really the time to be lost in thought? These two people are your closest ones. Tell me, where are they most likely to be right now?"
Yuzelin took several deep breaths and sat down. At this moment, facing two lives that could vanish at any moment, everyone dared not make a sound to disturb Yuzelin's contemplation.
"There’s only one place I know of, only one place I know of," Yuzelin muttered repeatedly.
"If it’s a place only I know about, it must be somewhere we went when we were in love, a place only the two of us knew about... such a place..." As she murmured, Yuzelin suddenly slapped the table and exclaimed, "I got it! I know where those two places are!"
After hearing Yuzelin describe the two locations, Dezi said, "Isn't this the abandoned park? It's right across from Guo Guoqing's first apartment; there's an unusable Ferris wheel there!"
"We know that place!" I replied. "We’ll go rescue Fei Fei, and you take a team to save your wife!"
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