Clues and Reactions

Su Han slowly walked out of the building.

He was covered in blood, but all of it belonged to other people.

His clothes were stained red, and a few drops had splashed onto his face.

The corridor behind him was deathly silent.

"You..." Wang Hai's throat tightened as he looked at Su Han, who resembled a fearsome god.

"Do you know what you've done?!"

"You killed patrol officers. You've made an enemy of the entire patrol system, of the whole government."

Su Han looked at him without speaking.

His eyes were icy, filled with a fierce glint.

Wang Hai's heart quailed under that gaze, but he forced himself to continue.

"If you surrender now, you can still receive lenien-"

Before Wang Hai could finish, Su Han blasted out a punch.

A punch without a word of nonsense!

Wang Hai had no time to react before his vision went black.

"Bang!"

The headless corpse fell to the ground, never to stir again.

Su Han had no desire to say much to these people, nor had he held back in the fight.

If he didn't kill them, they wouldn't spare him either.

As for explaining himself?

What good would an explanation do?

Didn't Zhang Qu know he had been falsely accused? Of course he did!

But Zhang Qu still wanted him dead.

Explanations and swallowing insults were useless. Only with his fists, his strength, his martial arts,

could he fight for the right to speak.

Su Han shook the blood from his hand and left the residential complex.

People were watching from the street, but no one dared approach.

Everyone kept their distance, staring in terror at the blood-soaked young man.

He walked to the roadside and hailed a taxi.

The driver was a middle-aged man. His face went pale when he saw Su Han.

"B-brother, you..."

"Jinghai University." Su Han opened the door and got in.

"You've got blood on you..."

"Drive." Su Han's voice was quiet, but carried a fierce edge.

The driver shuddered and didn't dare say another word. He stepped on the gas.

Jinghai University.

Su Han got out of the taxi and looked at everything familiar on campus.

Five days ago, he had still been a student here.

Going to class, getting out of class, fooling around with his classmates, going on dates with Xu Li.

Now he was a criminal.

He stood outside the dormitory building for a while, looking up at a third-floor window.

That was his dorm room. Zhao Kai should be inside.

But he didn't go up.

He couldn't drag Zhao Kai into this.

Su Han turned and headed toward the women's dormitory area.

He was still worried about Xu Li. Now there was no word of her either, and she might have come to harm, just like his older sister.

As soon as he reached the intersection, Su Han saw a familiar figure walk out of a dormitory building.

It was Li Sisi, Xu Li's best friend.

She wore a pink jacket and carried a small bag. At the moment, she was looking down at her phone.

Su Han walked over and called out.

"Li Sisi."

Li Sisi was looking down at her phone. When she heard his voice, she looked up and froze for a moment.

"Su Han?" She looked surprised.

"Didn't you go traveling with Xu Li?"

Li Sisi's words made Su Han's heart tighten.

Su Han couldn't help asking.

"Traveling?"

"Yeah." Li Sisi put her phone away, looking puzzled.

"Neither of you has been around these past few days. Even the counselor came asking."

"I thought you two had gone on a trip together."

"Didn't Xu Li post on Moments? I saw it."

Moments?

Su Han took out his phone.

Xu Li had deleted him as a friend, so he couldn't see her Moments.

"Let me see." Su Han looked at Li Sisi.

Li Sisi hesitated, but seeing Su Han's serious expression, she handed him her phone.

On the screen was Xu Li's Moments feed.

The latest post was from three days ago.

It was a nine-photo grid, with a beach, the sea, blue skies and white clouds in the background.

Xu Li wore a pink bikini and lay on a beach chair with a glass of juice in her hand, smiling happily.

The caption read, "Taking a break."

Location: Golden Beach Resort, Nanhai City.

Su Han stared at the photos for a long time.

In them, Xu Li's smile was radiant and her eyes were bright, without the slightest trace of reluctance or guilt.

She was having a wonderful time.

After she had identified Su Han as the killer, after his parents had died terrible deaths, after his older sister had disappeared.

She had deleted Su Han as a friend and gone off to Nanhai City,

to lie on the beach in the sun, drink juice, take photos and post them on Moments.

She was having such a wonderful time.

Su Han's fingers trembled slightly.

He closed the photos, opened a chat window, and sent Xu Li a message: "Where are you?"

The message went through, but there was no reply.

After waiting a minute, he sent another: "Xu Li, answer me."

This time, a system notification popped up on the screen:

[Message failed to send. The other user has deleted you as a friend.]

The red exclamation mark was painfully conspicuous.

Su Han's fingers went stiff for a moment, then slowly relaxed.

He returned the phone to Li Sisi.

Seeing that something was wrong with his expression, Li Sisi asked,

"What's wrong?"

"Did you two... have a fight?"

Su Han didn't answer. He already had his answer.

He turned and walked toward the university gates.

"Hey, Su Han!" Li Sisi called after him. "Are you all right?"

Su Han didn't look back.

He walked out of the gates and stood by the roadside.

The answer was already clear.

Nothing had happened to Xu Li.

She had taken the money, given false testimony, then deleted him as a friend and gone traveling.

The beach, sunshine, a bikini.

Ha ha, she was having such a wonderful time.

Su Han laughed.

His laugh was so cold that even he found it unfamiliar.

Downtown Jinghai City.

The top-floor office of the Sturgeon Group's branch building.

Wang Yanfang knocked and entered, then placed a document on Mo Tong's desk.

"Mr. Mo, the operation at the residential complex failed."

Mo Tong was looking over a report.

Hearing this, he raised his head and frowned.

"Failed?"

Wang Yanfang's tone was calm, but there was a hint of gravity in her eyes.

"More than forty people from the patrol station went too. They're all dead. Wang Hai, the head of the Luofu District main station, is dead as well."

Mo Tong put down the report and leaned back in his chair.

His hand tapped the desk unconsciously as he pondered.

With so many patrol officers dead, this was no longer just the Sturgeon Group's business.

The government was involved too.

After this, the Earth Condemnation Bureau might intervene.

Although the authorities knew something about certain Sturgeon businesses, those businesses couldn't be brought into the open.

If this blew up too much, it would be hard to handle.

Wang Yanfang suggested,

"Mr. Mo, I believe we should deal with this privately and promptly. It would be best not to let it escalate."

Mo Tong nodded slightly. After pondering for a moment, he asked another question.

"How strong were the two people we sent last time?"

"Secret Martial Arts practitioners at the ming jin level, with a combat power of around eight hundred," Wang Yanfang replied.

"Well-trained and skilled at fighting together. Against a university student, they should have been as good as certain to win."

"But they disappeared. They're probably dead."

"Ming jin isn't enough." Mo Tong thought for a moment. "Send two hua jin practitioners this time."

"The group also has a few hua jin experts affiliated with us. Settle on a price and hand the job to them."

Affiliated martial artists were those who registered with major powers to take on jobs and earn extra money.

Many martial arts schools and Secret Martial Arts sects had people like this, and it was already an open secret.

"There are two reliable ones. Deal with him as soon as possible. Don't let the incident escalate."

"Understood."

Wang Yanfang nodded respectfully, then quickly withdrew and began making arrangements.