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"What?" The man didn't hear him clearly.

He let out a deep breath, closed his eyes, and repeated, "I said, how much longer until they reach Linzhou?"

The man glanced at his watch: "About two hours. Don't worry, you have plenty of time. As long as you release the hostage now, our police and firefighters can quickly clean up the scene and take you away. They absolutely won't see you like this!"

"...No need." Qin Wushuang forced a smile, and a single tear of despair slid down her cheek.

"What do you not need anymore?" the man asked patiently.

Qin Wushuang: "They don't need to come to Linzhou anymore."

"...Huh?" The man was stunned.

Qin Wushuang slowly opened his eyes, his eyes already bloodshot. The arrogance and sinister aura from before were gone; only powerless exhaustion and despair remained in his crimson eyes.

"I said, please don't let my parents come to Linzhou anymore! Please send them back."

"Why?" The man's face instantly turned cold. The SWAT officers and snipers hiding in the grove sensed his change and gripped their guns tightly almost instantly.

“There’s no reason…” Qin Wushuang shook his head with a wry smile, “I just suddenly don’t want them to come anymore.”

"..."

The man pursed his lips and didn't respond, because there was no way he could agree to Qin Wushuang's request.

Qin Feihong and Ding Fenglian are Qin Wushuang's last weakness. If they don't come, the police will have no excuse to persuade Qin Wushuang to surrender.

After waiting a few seconds, Qin Wushuang saw that the man didn't seem to care about what he said, so he simply changed the subject.

"What's your name?" he asked softly.

The man immediately replied, "My name is Tian Yu, and I'm an officer in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Yuncheng City Public Security Bureau! You're young, so you can just call me Uncle Tian."

"Okay." Qin Wushuang nodded and greeted him cooperatively, "Uncle Tian."

"Hey!" Tian Yu responded loudly.

Qin Wushuang: "Uncle Tian, ​​can you do me a favor?"

"Go ahead," Tian Yu said, staring intently at him. "Anything I can do, I'll do my best to help!"

Qin Wushuang released Xie Zhaoyuan's hand, reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a cell phone: "There's a recording on this phone. Could you please send it to my parents for me?"

"Of course!" Tian Yu agreed readily, because the request was not unreasonable at all.

With his permission, Qin Wushuang lightly tossed the phone over.

Tian Yu immediately reached out and caught it.

Qin Wushuang: "The phone isn't locked. You can unlock it by swiping up."

Upon hearing this, Tian Yu immediately turned on his phone and then swiped up to unlock it.

Qin Wushuang: "That recording is right in front of you. Please send it to my parents now."

Tian Yu: "Okay!"

He tapped the function button in the upper right corner of the recording, found the forwarding option, and then forwarded the recording to Qin Feihong and Ding Fenglian's WeChat.

"It's been forwarded!" He held up his phone to show Qin Wushuang the successful forwarding screen.

Qin Wushuang smiled and said gently, "Thank you."

Tian Yu: "If you have any other requests, please let me know. I will do my best to help you if I can."

"...No, thank you." Qin Wushuang said, "I have no more requests."

The words were a bit vague, and Tian Yu couldn't quite figure out what he meant.

Qin Wushuang didn't care whether he could tell the difference or not.

"Sigh..." He sighed heavily, a little helpless and a little regretful.

"Xiao Song," he suddenly called out to Xie Zhaoyuan.

Xie Zhaoyuan disliked the name, but for some reason, she answered it at this moment as if possessed.

"Ok?"

"Hmph..." He smiled gently, then without warning put down the gun in his hand.

The people in the courtyard were all wide-eyed in disbelief, not expecting him to fire so quickly.

Pei Xingzhi's heart tightened, and he almost couldn't help but rush forward.

"Old Tian, ​​don't act rashly."

His companion's words of advice came through the earphone, and Tian Yu gritted his teeth and replied, "I know."

In fact, he not only refrained from making any rash moves, but even carefully took two steps back, afraid that he might get too close and accidentally provoke Qin Wushuang again.

Qin Wushuang grabbed Xie Zhaoyuan's shoulders and made her turn around to face him.

"Xiao Song..."

He gazed at her with lingering affection, his eyes tracing her face deeply, from her delicate eyebrows to her bright eyes, then to her straight nose, and finally settling on her somewhat pale lips.

She seemed terrified; although she had stopped crying, her lips were trembling uncontrollably.

"I'm sorry, I scared you today." He raised his hand and touched Xie Zhaoyuan's face, apologizing to her with heartache.

Her mind was still blank; she couldn't understand what Qin Wushuang was up to now. But from his overly sorrowful eyes, Xie Zhaoyuan inexplicably sensed something was wrong.

She didn't speak, nor did she push his hand away; she just stared at him blankly.

He smiled wryly at her, "Your twenty-sixth birthday is in two months. I'm sorry I can't be with you for it."

"You are still young, and you have many sunny days ahead of you. No matter who you are with, you must be happy, healthy, and safe."

Qin Wushuang spoke with some difficulty, his voice clearly choked with emotion. But he held back.

"Xiao Song, I have done too many things to wrong you, whether it was arbitrarily changing your fate, deliberately being mean to you, or selfishly binding you here when you were at your happiest."

“I’ve always known that what I did was wrong, but I have no chance to repent. I have no way out but to keep making the same mistake.”

"I know I don't have much time left, so I wanted to spend a few more days with you before I left. Even though you've always disliked me, at least you've talked to me a lot and met with me many times."

"Xiao Song, I have now memorized you. Even if I go to the underworld, I will never forget you."

Qin Wushuang spoke as if he were giving his last words, each one incredibly heavy.

“You’re right. A seemingly insignificant action of mine has actually ruined the lives of three people. I can’t make up for it, and I’ll never have the chance to make up for it.”

"But everyone should pay for their mistakes, and now it's my turn to pay the price."

"...Qin Wushuang, what do you want to do?" Xie Zhaoyuan was suddenly overwhelmed by unease and fear.

Qin Wushuang smiled slightly, but did not answer her question.

"Xiao Song, this is the last time I'll call you that."

Xie Zhaoyuan: "What?"

Qin Wushuang: "Happy birthday."

After saying this, he suddenly raised his hand and shoved Xie Zhaoyuan hard.

Xie Zhaoyuan's body fell heavily to the ground, but Pei Xingzhi rushed up in time and caught her steadily in his arms.

Seeing that she was alright, Qin Wushuang turned around decisively and rushed into the villa, which had been engulfed in flames, without hesitation.