Ding.
Ding ding...
Wu Xian and the other four, who had been full of confidence just moments ago, stood frozen in the elevator, exchanging bewildered looks.
Jin Mo frantically pressed the button for the first floor, but the elevator didn't budge. After several tries, he asked in confusion,
"This doesn't make sense. Is the elevator broken?"
Wu Xian looked at the reflections on the smooth steel plate inside the elevator. His expression finally cracked. After a two-second silence, he said, "Maybe... the elevator's overloaded."
Jin Mo shook his head. "Impossible. This elevator can hold eight people, and there are only five of us. How could it be overloaded?"
He was unhappy with the Broken Car the Investigation Bureau had assigned them. If it hadn't been so slow, they could have checked out more suspicious locations.
The clouds overhead were stained orange by the setting sun.
The agents, all looking forward to clocking off, immediately turned crestfallen.
"I've put on some weight lately. I'll take the stairs. Wait for me downstairs."
"Switch seats. I'll drive. I know where he's hiding!"
They moved with astonishing agility. Each leap carried them several meters, in a way not even a wuxia movie could capture. They soon caught up with the fleeing criminal, each grabbing an arm or a leg and hoisting him into the air.
Xu Xiaoyan stood at the intersection, letting cars run over her as she slowly pointed in one direction.
"This way..."
With one person gone, the elevator started working again, and the floor numbers began to descend.
Wu Xian didn't want to kill someone in front of these brawny men. So how was he supposed to avenge his family?
All he could do was watch as the four men hog-tied the criminal and bundled him into the car. He didn't