On the way to becoming the strongest, I first became a popular person.

After Shichu left, the sheriff opened the door and walked in, shouting to Shen Xiuyin, who was slumped on the ground with lifeless eyes, "Prisoner Z8072, it's time for you to go back to your cell."

He looked at the person on the ground who had not come back to his senses for a long time, frowned, raised his voice, and said with a hint of impatience: "Did you hear that?! Prisoner Z8072!"

Shen Xiuyin slumped on the cold ground, her body slightly curled up like a lifeless leaf. At the sheriff's words, her eyes, which were as empty and dead as a dried-up well, trembled slightly, and her originally numb and dull eyeballs began to move.

She remembered the words Shi Chu left before he left, "Goodbye, Shen Xiuyin."

"Prisoner Z8072, what are you daydreaming about? Get up and come back to the cell with me." The sheriff urged her in a cold tone when he saw her sitting on the ground without moving.

Shen Xiuyin suddenly lowered her head and laughed abruptly.

She is Shen Xiuyin, not the criminal Z8072.

She didn't want to be a criminal with only a number. She didn't want to live like that, not even worthy of her own name. In the dark night, those past memories would turn into a poisonous whip, lashing her soul, paralyzing her mind, and then she would spend day after day like a walking corpse, slowly sinking into the bottomless abyss until the end of her life.

It would be better to die now than to live like that.

As Shen Xiuyin, as a federal citizen, not as a prisoner numbered Z8072.

At least she is still Shen Xiuyin now. She still knows clearly who she is. She is not a numb puppet. She is still herself.

Shen Xiuyin stood up shakily from the ground. She held onto the edge of the long table. Her finger joints turned white from the force and her nails left several tiny scratches on the table.

She closed her eyes and thought back to the past.

When I was little, I learned to speak with my mother and acted like a spoiled child in her warm arms. When I was a child, I leaned against my mother's tombstone late at night, thinking about the past and licking my wounds alone. When I was a teenager, I relied on my own step-by-step planning and used everyone to get to where I am now.

One wrong step and everything will be in vain.

Shi Chu, since you are so smart, you must have known from the beginning that I was approaching you on purpose. It was so ridiculous that you were so complacent at the time.

Just like you said, I don’t think I’m wrong, but I know that my life... really has no future.

But if I had to do it again, I would still make that choice.

People cannot see what will happen in the future, so they can only make the choice they think is best at the moment.

There was nothing wrong with my choice, what was wrong was that I never understood you.

I just want to move up, I'm not wrong, you just want to get rid of someone who once planned to kill you, you're not wrong either.

We are not wrong. It is this world and this cruel society that are wrong.

Then, goodbye.

She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, her body trembling slightly, making a final struggle against the fear in her heart.

"What are you dawdling about? Hurry..." The sheriff's words got stuck in his throat before he could finish them.

He only heard a muffled "bang" and blood dyed his eyes red.

Shen Xiuyin's body slowly slid down like a withered flower, fell to the ground, motionless.

The scarlet blood flowing on the ground was the only color in the cold, gray meeting room. It seemed like her final struggle against fate and a desperate farewell to the world.

"Report, prisoner number Z8072, name Shen Xiuyin, committed suicide..." After the initial shock, the sheriff walked forward to confirm her condition and reported to his superiors.

"Anything unusual before she died?"

"She had a meeting with the other party... you can see the other party's identity from the previous surveillance."

"..."

"Okay, I understand the order from above. This matter ends here. You are not allowed to disclose anything that happened today."

"Yes."

……

On the other side, Shi Chu walked slowly from the other end of the corridor.

She looked at the busy crowd in the meeting room, and before she could walk over, the sheriff who had accompanied her to the meeting walked up to her respectfully.

"Ms. Shichu, she committed suicide."

"Okay, I understand." Shi Chu responded indifferently.

Shen Xiuyin's death did not make her happy.

She looked at the blood-stained floor in the meeting room and lowered her eyes slightly, with an obscure and deep light in her eyes.

If she hadn't been carrying a secret and hadn't had a game panel that made her much stronger than an ordinary beta, she might have died that day.

Shen Xiuyin, you are not stupid, you should understand what I mean.

People have to pay the price for their choices, this is your choice.

I cannot tolerate an enemy who once took actual action to kill me still being alive. I am not a kind person.

The enemy who covets my life can only end up dead. There is no other choice.

Shen Xiuyin, I won't be at peace until you die.

Shi Chu slowly withdrew his gaze, and became more determined to become stronger.

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, the only truth is to be strong. Strength is the source of power.

The power of the Dongfang family can only protect her temporarily. Only when you are strong can you be truly strong. In the Federation, being weak is the original sin.

"Are you okay?" Luo Yanchuan looked at her face and asked tentatively. He felt that she seemed to be in a bad mood. Was it because that person died?

Shi Chu glanced at him and said calmly: "It's okay, if you have something to do, just stay. I'm leaving."

After she finished speaking, she turned and walked outside. The Public Security Court was so good at judging the situation that it would surely handle the matter cleanly and would not have anything to do with her.

As for the teacher, she would ask about it first. People could come up with solutions. Moreover, the other party suddenly accepted her as a disciple and gave her such an important token. She didn't believe that there was no problem at all.

It was just that the other party's every move was indeed for her own good, so she suppressed the seed of doubt. No matter what the other party's purpose was, as long as it did not harm her, she would pretend not to know.

It’s great that the teacher is kind and the students are filial.

In this world, people with simple minds can't go far. Oh, not necessarily. For example, the fool behind her, reincarnation is indeed the most important technical job.

"Wait, you, you haven't added my Star Network account yet." Luo Yanchuan took a few big steps, caught up with her, and told her what had been worrying him for the past few days.

"Got it. I'll add it."

"Would you like to have a couple of drinks? I'd like to say that happy sparkling water. I heard that drinking it will make you feel very happy."

"Do you still have money?"

"No...no."

Luo Yanchuan suddenly stuttered and stopped where he was.

"What are you standing there for? Come on, I'll treat you."

Anyway, it's money I asked for from you, just a drink, some water, I'm very rich now.

It’s almost time for lunch.

I just finished another thing, so I can reward myself. You are the one who benefited from it, so don't thank me too much. Shi Chu quickened his pace and walked outside.

Luo Yanchuan's cheeks instantly turned red, like the morning glow that had just appeared in the sky. He followed behind Shi Chu a little awkwardly.

His eyes were full of her image, and he could hear his heart pounding because of those words, as if spring flowers were blooming on it, covering his entire heart.