Fire to the Abyss

On New Year's Eve, in a cemetery in the outskirts of the city, Xia Yan met Lu Yuan by chance. He said he came to visit his teacher, and there happened to be an extra cigarette in front of Xia Zhaoan's grave.Xia Zhaoan had been working in the district all along, and Lu Yuan was also a district police officer.Because of Xia Yan's relationship, Xia Zhao'an has known Lu Yuan for a long time, and under Xia Yan's continuous influence, Lu Yuan has also known Xia Zhao'an for a long time.The two work in the same building every day. If Xia Zhaoan wants to pick a newcomer with good qualifications, it is entirely possible that he will choose Lu Yuan.

If so, why did Lu Yuan never say it?

Xia Yan suddenly remembered the phrase "Your father was killed by his own dog" that Zhang Chi said after tearing his face apart. So many people came to persuade him not to care. Why did they think they would care? It was because it was the truth ?In fact, the high-level officials in the district knew the truth a long time ago. Is "involving secrets" just an excuse to block him?Because the murderer who killed the hero was a rookie brought out by him and then defected to the puppet master. If this matter were exposed, it would be the most shameful and ironic incident in the history of Chengzhou Public Security.

"Yeah, I should have thought of it a long time ago, hahaha..." Xia Yan twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled desolately.

Xia Yan was like a person struggling alone in the dark quagmire, he desperately wanted to see the world around him clearly, when Lu Yuan stretched out a hand, he held it without hesitation, and he held it for a long time in a daze Only then did he realize that it wasn't a warm hand at all, but a long, slender steel wire that wrapped around his arm while being pulled, drawing out bloodshot threads.

Zhang Chi has been lurking in the Criminal Investigation Detachment for so many years. He does not know how much benefit he has brought to the organization secretly, and he has not been given a code name. However, Lu Yuan, the owner of a chain bar, is in charge of money laundering, but has his own code name.Lu Yuan himself said that those with code names are key members of the upper echelon, and people with different code names have different identities, so what is his identity in the organization?

Xia Yan couldn't help but think that maybe Lu Yuan "accidentally" exposed himself and was "forced" to become an informant. It was his careful design. From the very beginning, he was using his trust in him to throw out some innocuous things at the right time. Clues, in fact, the real purpose is to dig information from their own hands.

"So your identity is a double agent?" Xia Yan thought, "I was really tricked by you—"

No, nor is it.

It's not that Xia Yan has never doubted Lu Yuan. When he first found out that he was involved with the puppet master, when he faced himself and used a mask, when the two of them looked at each other, Xia Yan could feel him. There are other things hidden in his heart, but Xia Yan is always willing to believe him, and believes that he has unspeakable secrets. Xia Yan even thought that Lu Yuan might sneak into the puppet master's undercover agent deliberately in order to investigate something.

He is always willing to believe that Lu Yuan has not changed deep in his heart.

His trust in Lu Yuan has almost become an instinct. When the case was at an impasse, he was the first to seek advice from him, and when Xia Lin was in danger, he entrusted his younger brother to him without hesitation.And this almost unreserved trust, built over the years, was shattered by an old pistol without any lethality.

But even so, what Xia Yan was most angry with was not Lu Yuan's deceit and betrayal, but himself who was still worried about him after revealing the bloody truth.For example, when Lu Yuan staggered just now, Xia Yan felt his heart shrink, and almost subconsciously reached out to help him.

The two faced each other silently across a cold pistol, and the sound of the wind outside the window and the burning of the charcoal fire seemed a bit noisy.Lu Yuan's complexion was unnaturally pale, and one leg began to go numb, causing his figure to sway involuntarily, but he quickly adjusted his standing posture to maintain a good balance, and then slowly closed his eyes, with a look on his face. A calm calm, calmly waiting for death, as if he lived for this moment.

Xia Yan finally couldn't hold back anymore, stretched out his left hand and grabbed Lu Yuan's shoulder tightly, his fingers pressed his shoulder so painfully, "Lu Yuan, talk!"

Why do you refuse to explain a word?As long as you say, I am willing to listen. Is it easier to die than to be honest?

He was randomly stuffed with corrupt truths and outrageous confessions. Thousands of thoughts ran wild in his mind like a wild horse, making his eardrums ache with irritation. Sounds would silence them, but the man would not speak.

"Captain Xia," Lu Yuan finally spoke after Xia Yan managed to get his breathing evenly. There was a tinge of blood in his eyes, showing a look that Xia Yan had never seen before, "I owe you this life." Yes, you have the right to take it away at any time."

I've been waiting for this day, the day I will lay down my life for you.

Lu Yuan's figure shook violently. It could be seen that his unrecovered left leg had reached its limit. He took advantage of the situation and leaned against the piano next to him. He accidentally put his hand on the keys, and the old piano let out a low sound. Another lengthy whine.

"Don't worry, I've already arranged the funeral," Lu Yuan tried to straighten his body, "You don't need to deal with the corpse, someone will erase all traces of your past, don't worry, you won't be charged with murder If I die, I won’t turn into something strange to harass you. If your clothes are stained with blood, you can get a new one from my closet, and I have prepared the size you wear.”

Xia Yan was stunned for a long time without saying a word. He had never enjoyed such a meticulous and considerate "killing service".

Lu Yuan blinked slowly, and when he opened it again, the blood in his eyes deepened again, he suddenly smiled, it was the ugliest and most distorted smile Xia Yan had ever seen, "If you don't want to do it yourself, I will do it myself It's okay to come. Sorry, for some reason, I can't use guns with these hands, can I use this?"

Lu Yuan took out a folding knife from his pocket, and skillfully unfolded the knife. Fearing that blood would splash on Xia Yan's body, he staggered back a few steps with his weak leg, and finally took a deep look at the knife. Xia Yan glanced at it. Although Xia Yan's last expression was not very good, he wanted to burn that image deep in his soul.

Lu Yuan tried his best to pull the corners of his mouth, trying to show Xia Yan a gentle smile at the end, but the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably, and he didn't know if the smile accurately conveyed his thoughts. Then, he He stabbed the sharp knife in his heart.

I'm sorry, I like you, and then, goodbye forever.

Lu Yuan has been waiting for the day when the nightmare will come true. From the day when he personally sent the bullet into Xia Zhaoan's chest, he has been repeating a nightmare. In the dream, he sacrificed his life to Xia Yan countless times. He gradually made this nightmare come true. It became his destiny, and even made it his only pursuit, the meaning of living.He never had any fear of this bloody nightmare. On the contrary, after waking up from the nightmare, he always felt a kind of peace and tranquility.He knew that something must have broken somewhere, but he was powerless to find it.

Lu Yuan originally thought that after countless rehearsals, he could calmly accept the "destiny" he had been pursuing all along, but he didn't know what went wrong, something in his heart could not calm down, which made his movements stagnate for a short time.

With a "bang", a bullet hit the sharp knife in Lu Yuan's hand and galloped past, hitting a glass vase with dried flowers beside him - Xia Yan keenly grasped the moment of his hesitation, and buckled The trigger was pulled.

The huge impact also knocked off the knife in Lu Yuan's hand. The blade fell to the ground together with the shattered vase after a gash in his muzzle. Then, Lu Yuan could no longer maintain his balance and fell down. On a mess of shards of glass.

Broken glass was scattered all over the floor, Xia Yan didn't care, stepped on it with bare feet, straddled Lu Yuan's body, grabbed his collar, and screamed against his forehead: "Lu Yuan, you are crazy! "

"Hahaha... I've been crazy for a long time..." From the day I fell in love with you.

"Can you fucking listen to people? Did I tell you to die?" Xia Yan lifted Lu Yuan up from the ground with both hands.It was only a few days after Xia Yan found out that he was light again, so light that it was like a skeleton, which made people wonder if there were fresh internal organs wrapped in that thin skin.Xia Yan pulled Lu Yuan up without much effort, dragged him all the way to the fireplace, and threw him on the sofa.

Xia Yan resisted the urge to beat this brainless man to death on the spot, and sat aside cursingly pulling out the glass shards embedded in the soles of his feet, "I really don't know how your brain grows, what exactly do you want? Crazy you!"

Lu Yuan: "Just kill me."

"Lu Yuan, are you talking in human language? Have you fed all four years of police school education to dogs? You think my heart is as big as the Pacific Ocean, and I can just watch you splatter blood three feet in front of me? Xia Yan wiped the blood on his feet casually with a tissue, walked up to Lu Yuan, looked down at him, "What you owe me is not a life, but an explanation."

If Lu Yuan had been using him all the time, he wouldn't have begged for death so calmly. Those eyes full of lifelessness couldn't be faked. Xia Yan knew that he was the first time he looked up and met him. I really want to die by my own hands.If he only used and deceived himself, he would not easily promise to protect Xia Lin with his life, nor would he cherish this box full of photos.Moreover, the expression on Lu Yuan's face before stabbing the sharp knife to his heart was clearly full of nostalgia and reluctance.

After such a fuss, Lu Yuan's act of killing successfully made Xia Yan's adrenaline soar by a dimension - if he shot a step slower just now, and the bullet went a little bit off, the only one who could quarrel with him here is There is a dead body.Now that the danger has been lifted, the hormone levels are gradually returning to normal, and the boiling blood is gradually cooling down. Xia Yan’s reason for leaving has gradually returned. After thinking about it calmly, it is almost certain that Xia Zhao’an’s death has other reasons. The purpose of the teacher is indeed not simple.After going through the previous situation, Xia Yan already had a preliminary guess.

"Can't you just let me die like this?"

Lu Yuan's three sentences were inseparable from death, Xia Yan was too lazy to reply, poked in front of him, and looked at him quietly with his arms folded.Lu Yuan is obviously a big one, standing taller than Xia Yan, but at the moment he is completely shrouded in Xia Yan's shadow, his eyes are stained with a layer of water, which is not very obvious, you have to get closer to look carefully. I can see clearly.He propped his upper body up on his elbows, trying to maintain the calm just now, but he didn't dare to look directly at Xia Yan's face in the shadow of the backlight.

Lu Yuan usually looks directly into the other party's eyes when he speaks, this is a habit he left behind when he "corrected" himself, Xia Yan guessed that it was a semi-compulsive gesture, trying to win the other party's trust, Xia Yan Yan tried to find something from his eyes countless times but ended up in vain, but at this moment, it seemed as if he could taste a mixed sincerity from his dodging eyes and awkward body language.Of course, without this search, his clenched fists and trembling voice would have already revealed his sincerity.

"If you don't like it, it's fine." Xia Yan quietly tasted this rare sincerity, savored the aftertaste carefully, stretched out his hand, pulled Lu Yuan over and pressed his back on the sofa.