sincerity of lies

Going straight into the water from the deck, Ji Xun didn't know where he was for a moment due to the huge impact.

No sight, no hearing.

The body was dragged down by iron chains and machines without support.

Even the consciousness that should exist independently and higher than the body seems to be sucked into the vortex of the sea, making it a paste.

But in this turmoil, the perception is extra sharp, even replacing the eyes and ears.

Ji Xun could feel it, even seemed to see it.

Seeing a person jumping off the shuttle boat, Huo Ranyin, he was like a swift fish swimming against the wind and waves, with a vigorous swing of his body, he quickly swam towards the place where he fell.

Nearly.

closer.

His falling body swayed suddenly, Huo Ranyin grabbed him and wrapped something around him.

Then, the oxygen necessary for the human body was poured into his mouth.

His pitch-black eyes and buzzing ears finally began to recover, and the darkness covering his eyes flickered, and light penetrated through it.

The more the silk is drawn, the brighter the light becomes.

Ji Xun's eyes became more and more clear, and he saw Huo Ranyin's appearance clearly.

Huo Ranyin didn't look at him.

All his energy was focused on wrapping the rope in his hand tightly around Ji Xun's body.

From Ji Xun's angle of view, he could only see half of that half-hanging face. He could see his plump forehead, his nose as tall as a mountain, and his lips straightened as if holding a blade.

When the rope was tied, Huo Ranyin immediately dragged him, pulling the rope that bound him and himself, and tried his best to go all the way to the connecting boat—the end of the rope was fixed on the connecting boat. On the barge!

Ji Xun also raised his hands with difficulty to join in the action.

Although Huo Ranyin didn't look at him.

Although his mouth and nose were covered with an oxygen mask, Huo Ranyin couldn't hear him even when he spoke.

Ji Xun still opened his mouth and said softly:

"Hi."

It seems that I want to say everything.

It seems that I don't want to say anything.

Say hi.

I'm here.

You are here too.

Then, "Boom"——

There is also a layer of water.

But Huo Ranyin and Ji Xun raised their heads at the same time.

Through the thin surface of the water, I saw two stars lit up above the dark sky and amidst the majestic heavy rain.

The brilliance of this star pierced the night, pierced the rain, pierced their eyes looking up.

The sound is getting closer, the light is getting bigger and bigger, and the body hidden in the dark part of the sky is also beginning to be exposed to the wind and rain.

Helicopter.

Helicopter flying straight here in the heavy rain.

The police helicopter finally arrived.

A thick bolt of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky.

The silver-blue lightning split the sky and ground in an instant, illuminating the deck and illuminating Mr. Liu's terrified, dead-like face.

Mr. Liu looked at the sky and then at Zhongtang.

That's where the raiders hid.

The attackers shot coldly, and in the ensuing riots, they threw the machine down, allowing the hostages to completely escape their control.

dark.cabin.dogfight.

Policemen.

And, the sea, the feeder boat.

Mr. Liu's gaze finally fell on the docking boat that was still moored below and not moving.

His lips moved, and he said to the remaining bodyguards: "...jump down."

"Sir?" Abang said, thinking he had heard wrong.

However, in a short time, Mr. Liu seemed to have calmed down.

He tapped the shuttle boat below with his chin: "There is a police helicopter above. Jumping down and driving away the shuttle boat is the only chance to escape now."

Opportunities are there, and anyone can see them.

Abang said eagerly, "Sir, I will recite it."

However, Mr. Liu shook his head: "I'm old, I can't move, and the wind and waves on the sea are rough enough, I'll stay here, you guys run away."

"Sir, if you don't go..." Abang said without hesitation, "I will stay with you."

However, loyal bodyguards like Abang are rare after all.

The rest of the bodyguards looked at each other, and quickly gave up on Meng Lingshan who was hiding in the nave. They raised their guns all the way to guard against Meng Lingshan's cold guns, and slowly retreated all the way, until they reached the side of the boat, and then quickly turned over and jumped off.

At the last moment, the only way out, they were extremely vigilant.

Meng Lingshan never found a chance to do it again.

But after they went down, there were only two people on the deck.

One Mr. Liu, one Abang.

No more hiding.

Meng Lingshan came out slowly from the middle hall, from the darkness.

Mr. Liu looked at him and laughed, "You have really thought hard and sacrificed a lot to get on the boat. But you have to know that there is no good end to being with the police. Now you are taking the risk to save them and turn around and let them escape." Ascension to Heaven, I will send you back a pair of silver handcuffs."

Meng Lingshan remained silent.

Mr. Liu looked at him coldly for a moment, and then said: "The police hostage I caught was full of nonsense, but an excellent lie was based on the truth. There may be a sentence in his mouth that is true, because The organ trafficking incident caused the death of his relatives and ruined his family."

"However," a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Mr. Liu's mouth, "although I am the source of this evil, I am not the most evil individual in this chain of evil. The most evil individual is probably because of greed for life, And the person who snatched other people's lives. So, it's a pity...you have tried every means to get on the boat, have you really found the right person to take revenge?"

Meng Lingshan's hand didn't tremble at all.

He said coldly, "You talk a lot."

Immediately, regardless of Mr. Liu's livid face for a moment, Meng Lingshan was on guard against Abang all the way, walked to the side of the boat, and took a quick glance down.

He catches a glimpse of the jumping bodyguard, occupying the feeder.

... Where about Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin?

Meng Lingshan's heart sank, Mr. Liu could no longer attract his attention.

The sound of the helicopter flying fast meant that support and rescue would arrive soon, and both Huo Ranyin and Ji Xun felt a burst of excitement.

But the excitement was not over yet, only a few loud thuds were heard, and the bodyguards on the deck jumped down wearing life jackets one after another.

The two realized at the same time that the target of these people was, without a doubt, the barge!

"Untie the rope first, you go up!" Ji Xun shouted, "Hold the boat!"

Huo Ran didn't listen to Ji Xun's words, he dragged Ji Xun, one step away from the boat, he struggled to turn upside down, as long as he dragged Ji Xun up again——

But before Huo Ranyin could hold his gun, the bodyguards who jumped into the sea also managed to swim to the edge of the ship. The barge was shaking violently, and the crew members tried to push them off tremblingly, but it was useless.

They rushed onto the boat, and in the violent shaking, their bodies were more useful than guns. The two bodyguards flanked each other and rushed forward to fight Huo Ranyin. As for the two who were still in the water, they threatened Huo Ranyin with their guns first. .

Huo Ranyin was clumsy in the pinch of two bodyguards, connected to Ji Xun's rope, expending too much physical strength, and the cold sea water had brought too many negative effects on his physical fitness and skills.

At this time, the shaking boat gradually stabilized, and the bodyguards standing on the boat also began to adapt. The two bodyguards behind fired a shot—but not at Huo Ranyin, but at the people who were with them on the water. Ji Xun!

Ji Xun suddenly lowered his head, and the bullet flew past his head, dangerously close.

The bodyguard pulled the trigger again and was about to shoot a second shot.

The second shot was aimed steadily.

In a blink of an eye, Huo Ranyin got rid of the two bodyguards who were fighting with him. He abandoned the boat and turned back into the water. The bodyguards on the boat immediately cut the ropes connecting them to the barge with their knives, and put the bodyguards who were still in the water. The two companions pulled up.

Then, in the final frenzy of the bodyguards pouring bullets into the water, the barge roared and sped off into the distance of the choppy black sea.

Huo Ranyin and Ji Xun sank in the water.

The rope tied to the boat was cut, and the two of them no longer had an anchor point on the sea surface. Ji Xun could only carry the heavy objects wrapped around him all the way down. The buoyancy of the life jacket Huo Ranyin was wearing was not enough at all. Resistance to falling forces.

Huo Ranyin cursed vaguely, and immediately turned around and untied the chains wrapped around Ji Xun's body.

Deep regret flashed across his heart:

If it was unlocked from the beginning, instead of just thinking about dragging Ji Xun onto the boat first...

But no one can predict the future. At that time, it was the best choice to drag Ji Xun onto the boat as quickly as possible.

Ji Xun was also unlocking the lock, which was easy to unlock on weekdays, but when his hands were injured and immersed in the sea at the same time, it was as difficult to climb as a mountain.

And there are still six or seven mountains that need to be climbed.

They are still sinking.

Weights fringed them all the way down.

The sea is deeper and the light is darker.

The pressure is gradually exerted on the body. Without any protection, the highest safe diving depth for the human body is ten meters.

The iron chains and machines tied to his body will drag him and Huo Ranyin to a depth that the human body cannot bear.

Then, death.

Ji Xun stopped suddenly, he raised his face, and took a careful look at Huo Ranyin.

It's a pity that the light is not enough, so I can only see the perfect outline of the other party looming in the depths of the sea.

He let go of the lock, and used his left hand, which was still strong, to reach forward.

He touched Huo Ranyin's dagger hidden in his sleeve.

Holding the cold dagger with four fingers, Ji Xun's palm trembled from the cold.

But he held the dagger firmly, fearing the knife, at this moment, seemed to shrink into the corner of his body, and his dagger slashed towards the rope that bound the two.

Did not expect Ji Xun to hold a dagger.

Did not expect Ji Xun to be able to hold a dagger.

In astonishment, Huo Ran directly grabbed the section of rope that Ji Xun was about to cut off to protect it, and the dagger that was too late to retract left a scratch on the back of his hand.

The blood was shining brightly in the deep blue sea.

At this moment, Ji Xun visibly flinched, the dagger in his hand was almost unsteady.

But in the end, the dagger flashed like a butterfly's wings, and it was firmly held at his fingertips. Huo Ranyin's hand protected this piece, and he went to cut the rope in other places. There is a position that can be partitioned.

I can't stop it.

The rope is too long.

Snatching the dagger in the sea will also consume the most precious physical strength and the most precious time at this time.

Many thoughts flashed through Huo Ranyin's mind.

"...Ji Xun!" He opened his mouth suddenly, but there was no sound, but as long as Ji Xun was willing to look at his face, Ji Xun could understand his mouth shape.And Ji Xun would look at his face, determined to cut the rope and give him life with death, Ji Xun would never let go of the last chance to see him.

"I see, what happened that night, you wanted to subdue Ji Yu, but during the fight, you accidentally injured Ji Yu—"

Huo Ranyin did understand.

When they scrambled for the rope, when Ji Xun cut his hand, the momentary trembling, the doubts that had been faintly premonitioned since listening to Ben's story, finally all explained.

He understood the truth about Ji Yu. That night, Ji Xun faced his biological sister who killed his parents. They were in a room with no monitoring and no second person, and all the truth was swallowed up by the night and the sea of ​​blood.

Ji Xun looked at Huo Ranyin firmly.

His eyes didn't blink for a moment, and he saw all the words that Huo Ranyin mouthed.

accidental injury.

blood.

In the quiet and cold deep sea, Huo Ranyin remembered the autopsy report written on a few thin papers that he had read.

There was only one fatal wound on Ji Yu's body.

The traces of blood at the crime scene have been destroyed.

... That night, when they were fighting, Ji Xun took the knife from Ji Yu's hand, but he accidentally injured Ji Yu, and Ji Xun who accidentally injured Ji Yu was completely stunned.

why?

Totally shouldn't.

As a policeman, as a well-trained man with far superior physical strength than women.Ji Xun has fought so many vicious criminals without making any mistakes. Why did he make a mistake when it was his own sister's turn?

Mistakes are not fatal.

What is fatal is Ji Xun's sluggishness after making a mistake.

Mistakes can be forgiven.

But in the panic after making a mistake, Ji Yu snatched back the knife in Ji Xun's hand, and the younger sister resolutely cut in along the wound made by her brother... and then she fell into a pool of blood.

Therefore, Ji Yu only had one fatal wound.

Ji Yu used the later wound to cover up the previous wound.

Falling in a pool of blood, she wiped away Ji Xun's stain with her life.

But this cannot explain why there is no record of Ji Xun accidentally injuring his sister in the file.

Whether as a relative or as a policeman, Ji Xun, who he knew, could not hide this matter.

There is only one possibility. Ji Yu, who was on the verge of death, begged Ji Xun to never tell what happened tonight... Because of this, the bloodstains on the scene were properly destroyed, so that the police did not find any doubts. Ji Xun can do it.

So, the innocent Ji Xun was left behind.

But for Ji Xun, as an elder brother, he failed to keep his sister; as a policeman, he gave perjury.

He couldn't face himself.

He broke down.

I am afraid that no matter how many times Ji Xun pushes back and starts over, he will never be able to find any reason to forgive himself.

this moment.

The most important moment of his life.

He is neither a qualified brother nor a qualified policeman.

He did everything wrong, every choice.

The younger sister used death to cover him, pleaded with him with death, but did his sin disappear because of this?

He's completely devastated.

From then on, both the younger sister and the knife became gangrene, following Ji Xun like a shadow.

Ji Xun narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"……fool."

He seemed to be talking to Huo Ranyin, but why wasn't he talking to himself?

Then he mouthed Huo Ranyin and sighed softly:

"I picked up the knife again for you, and you still want to use this incident to disturb my heart and take away my knife?"

The knife was in Ji Xun's hand, moving lightly, dancing lightly, and before Huo Ranyin could react, he cut the rope that bound the two of them.

Three years of psychological barriers made Ji Xun unable to move when he saw a knife.

But three years ago, earlier.

Dao is also Ji Xun's good friend, like an arm and a finger, caring and close to the lungs, a very good friend.

The rope was cut, but the two did not separate.

Huo Ranyin firmly grasped Ji Xun's iron chain with bloody hands.

Even if the rope is cut, as long as he doesn't let go, the bond between them cannot be broken.

The two looked at each other.

Huo Ran opened his mouth, but there was still no sound, but the pleading from his eyes and limbs had mixed into the sea water, making the sea water dark and sad.

"Ji Xun, you said you would be obedient, you promised me. I will never let go!"

"..."

Ji Xun closed his eyes and opened them again.

He looked at Huo Ranyin's face, his expression became softer and softer.

The cold water made his jaw chatter.

He could feel that the little power left in his body was about to run out.

His eyelids were as heavy as a thousand catties, clamoring to fall and close every second.

Their whereabouts did not stop.

But Huo Ranyin's efforts did not stop at all.

He was still wearing a lifejacket and had a certain degree of buoyancy. At the same time, he was pedaling hard on the water and sliding up, even if it was just to slow down the falling speed a little.

They had slipped across the underwater bottom of the cruise ship and were about to go deeper into the sea.

Ji Xun's silence was not long, but in the sea of ​​precious seconds, it seemed to be very, very long. Suddenly, his shaking eyes were fixed on Huo Ranyin's face.

The smile is like a gentle wave, floating on Ji Xun's lips, swaying gently with the sea water.

He opened his mouth to Huo Ranyin, and silently described the words that had been hidden in his heart at some point:

"I ran towards you without hesitation, how could I abandon you again?"

Ji Xun raised his hand, firmly grasped Huo Ranyin's hand, held the iron chain in their hands, and looked at the slowly rotating huge propeller.

chain.

propeller.

When the two things were combined, Huo Ranyin immediately understood what Ji Xun wanted to say.

The draft of this kind of cruise ship is generally between 3 and 4 meters. They have oxygen cylinders, so there is no danger of suffocation in the sea for the time being. The police have arrived. As long as the ship is under control, rescue will begin immediately.

The most immediate danger now is that of falling with the machine, a fall which, once it reaches a depth beyond which the human body can bear, is fatal.

And if they wind the machine around the propeller and find an anchor point in the sea that is enough to fix them, although they may be pulled in by the slowly rotating propeller, they can untie their bodies in the short time of deep safety they have won. chains, and swim up—

Ji Xun did not lie.

He hadn't cut the rope to drop him.

He figured out a way.

A way to save them both.

All the grievances and sorrows in the past dissipated between Ji Xun's words and actions, scattered into light spots, floating in the sea, illuminating the way forward for his actions, and poured back into his body, turning into his new strength.

Without any hesitation, Huo Ran let go of Ji Xun, and went to grab the machine along the chain. He pressed the button of the machine, and in the water, the machine let go of the chains with a bang. Amidst the rumbling sound that stopped after entering the water, Huo Ranyin pulled the chains and swam towards the propeller with all his might——

The boat has no power, but in the waves, the propeller is still slowly rotating due to the erosion of the water. The suction brought by the huge propeller is still dangerous to people without any protection.

Huo Ranyin tried his best to control his body, fighting all the way until now, no matter how abundant his physical strength was, he had already lost in the sea water and fighting. He tried his best to throw the machine up, and was caught in the huge propeller along with the machine. middle.

In the deep sea, Huo Ran was sweating profusely.

The hot sweat turned cold instantly, becoming colder than ice.

He took a few breaths, and swam back in the direction of Ji Xun, and saw Ji Xun's body sticking to the hull of the boat, trying hard to open the lock on his body with the wire.

The iron chain around the propeller is shortened inch by inch.

Ji Xun's fingers holding the wire were trembling all the time, and he couldn't align the keyhole accurately for many times.

However, one lock, two locks, these locks gradually fell off Ji Xun's body while Ji Xun was being pulled by the propeller all the way.

Nearly.

Ji Xun is getting closer and closer to the huge propeller.

Huo Ranyin was so close that he could feel the water flow from the propeller.

It was so close that Huo Ranyin could smell the rust on the huge sickle-like paddle.

If Ji Xun is involved...if the lock is not unlocked at the end...

The wire he stabbed at the keyhole of the lock on Ji Xun's feet trembled and slipped through the keyhole several times in a row without piercing.

At this time, a pair of scarred hands held Huo Ranyin.

Concentrating on holding Huo Ranyin's hand, Ji Xun steadily opened the lock with the wire, and threw the last chain wrapped around his body into the sea.

After a while, the sea water gushed out pieces of white foam.

The chain was like a sea snake, whizzing past Ji Xun's face, and was caught by the propeller!

Ji Xun finally smiled at Huo Ranyin, the smile was determined and relaxed.

It seems that this is the result he had envisioned long ago.

Then his eyes began to loosen, and the light disappeared from his vision... He was completely plunged into darkness.

"Ji Xun!"

Huo Ranyin tried his best to scream, but there was no sound, only foam.

Using only air, it turns into friable foam and gushes out from the mouth.

Huo Ranyin hugged the person from behind, kicked the boat vigorously, and carried the person to swim towards the sea——

Very close.

Only a few meters.

Only the last few meters leading to the way of life!

On the deck, after confronting Abang for a while, Meng Lingshan suddenly threw something at Mr. Liu.

Abang was startled, and couldn't help looking at Mr. Liu distractedly: "Be careful!"

At this moment, Meng Lingshan turned over the side of the boat.

There was only a loud sound of falling into the water, and there was no sign of Meng Lingshan on the deck.

The thing that fell to the ground was not a hidden weapon, but just a few pens distributed on the ship.

Mr. Liu kicked these away in disgust, walked to the side of the boat, and looked down: "The shuttle boat has already left, it seems that the bodyguard who jumped off just now succeeded in snatching the boat, so the one who jumped off is going to rescue the first two." a..."

The helicopter has already faced the wind and rain and flew near the ship. It only takes another one or two minutes to reach directly above the ship.

Mr. Liu said to himself: "I am not a Chinese citizen, and I did not commit the murder on the ship. When the police come, we must pay attention to evidence in handling the case. We must find out all the chains, all kinds of chains, and may not be able to solve it immediately. What am I..."

He spoke very firmly, but his heart was far less certain than his face. He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, looked at the sea, and made a light gesture to Abang.

"Before the helicopter lands, if they come up..."

Abang nodded without hesitation, and simply leaned on the side of the boat.

And Mr. Liu, holding an umbrella, took a few steps back and retreated to the gap in the middle hall.

It was still raining.

Mr. Liu took a deep breath, suppressing all the uneasiness in his heart, then he raised his chin, still well-dressed, and stared at the rain curtain.

It's all over now.

But I'm afraid the curtain down doesn't mean the end for him.

That's just a new battlefield.

40 years ago, he was poor and white, on a ship without any support and a sea of ​​corpses and blood. He also relied on himself to get out. Now he has countless wealth, countless friends, and countless channels.

For him, the current difficulty might just be a small setback.

...must have been a minor setback.

He put away the umbrella and brushed off the water droplets from the corner of his clothes. Once he had finished wearing the cloth, he only flicked the cloth lightly, and the water droplets attached to it were swayed by Mr. Liu into the rainwater under his feet.

These young people who are messing around on the boat...

Whether it was the ghost they caught before, or the murderer who rushed out to help the ghost escape——

Now, it's like this drop of water, which troubles him for a while, but will eventually be swung down by his feet and fall into the mud.

In the end, it will be buried in the bottom of the sea.

Mr. Liu has regressed to the gap in the nave.

There was no wind and rain, and the dry and comfortable air surrounded him, and his heart eased, but only for a moment, a wet person hugged him tightly from behind!

Who?

who is it?

On this ship where there are only stupid crew members and a cowardly boss left, how can there be people active outside!

Mr. Liu was so stunned that he twisted his neck back with all his strength, but he could only see half of the face of the person behind him.

The half of the face that was only exposed was swallowed up by the darkness, and the sporadic and visible facial features were distorted with excitement, joy, and relief, and they were distorted so that they did not look human.

In his sight, the other party raised his hand, which was a lighter.

"Crack."

The flames are lit.

The surface of the water is getting closer.

Huo Ranyin, who was supporting Ji Xun, could even see the scene on the sea through a thin layer of water.

The way of life is separated from them only by a thin film.

But the body and will that he used to be so proud of became an empty hourglass at this time. Huo Ranyin desperately shook it, hoping to shake one or two more grains of sand that would allow him to persist.

Coming soon!

almost there……

He is, a little tired...

When they were approaching the surface of the sea, they slid down... At this moment, a pair of hands supported them from behind, took them, and swam to the surface of the sea together.

When the three of them struggled together from the sea to the surface of the water, Meng Lingshan's eyes penetrated the distance between the water and the deck, saw Abang on the side of the boat, and also saw the pistol that Abang was holding steadily.

It seems that I also saw it, and Abang gently clasped his fingers.

In an instant, Meng Lingshan made a decision.

He leaned over and used his body as a shield to block Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin. His back seemed to have been punched hard, and the bullet pierced through it. He didn't stop, and he didn't even seem to feel any pain. .

He still didn't change his face, like a mountain, quickly sent Ji Xun and Huo Ranyin to the ropes thrown down by the women in the cabin.

It was also at this time that the hot flames reflected half of the sky red.

They looked at the direction of the flames together, as if they saw two tightly hugged human bodies on the deck burning, like two grand human torches, using all the blood, flesh and oil to completely ignite and burn the sins on the ship ——

And Abang, who was guarding the side of the deck, finally fled from the side of the deck in a panic.

Huo Ranyin finally grabbed the rope.

It wasn't until this time that Meng Lingshan's hands began to lose strength.

Huo Ranyin immediately turned around and grabbed him. His palm did grab Meng Lingshan's arm.

But Meng Lingshan didn't use any force, in the sea, Meng Lingshan looked at him silently.

"Meng negative mountain!" Huo Ranyin shouted, "Catch it!"

But no response.

Meng Lingshan didn't say a word.

The waves surged up, while Meng Lingshan slid down.

Alone, slipping into the dark, lonely, abyssal sea.

Huo Ranyin jumped forward, trying to catch Meng Lingshan who fell into the sea again, but he was in vain, and Ji Xun, who was unconscious, was also pulled and slipped by him, and the oxygen cylinder on his body slipped into the seawater .

The sea swallowed another man.

Only the remaining blood, the blood that is almost the same color as the sea water at night, is rippling in the sea water.

And when another wave came over, the blood in the sea disappeared without a trace, just like Meng Lingshan.

They were dragged into the cabin by the women together.

After Huo Ranyin put Ji Xun away, he immediately rushed to the window, wanting to go down to find Meng Lingshan.

But at this time, the helicopter's drooping ladder floated in front of the cabin window.

Yuan Yue grabbed the ladder and looked over with a serious and concerned expression.

"What's the situation now?"

Huo Ranyin closed his eyes: "Hurry up and arrange rescue, two are seriously injured, one is in the cabin and the other is in the sea..."

Someone in the cabin exclaimed.

Huo Ranyin was half a beat behind. Looking over, he saw that the cruise ship that had originally stayed in the distance and dispatched a pick-up boat had already sailed very close to them.

It seems that there is a person standing on the opposite deck, looking over.

This ship lights up.

Huo Ranyin recognized it:

"Do you need medical attention?"

"I have professional medical equipment and licensed nurses on board."