Return to before death

Clearly, he had witnessed everything that had just happened.

Yan Ran raised her head slightly, leaving only a proud back view, but her heart inexplicably ached.

However, she also had her pride. After one blow after another, she couldn't just shamelessly stay by his side.

She looked up at the sky, where the scorching sun radiated its heat, and soon her head was covered in a fine layer of sweat.

This weather is really hot.

But her heart was like the coldest day in October, impossible to warm up no matter what.

On a rooftop not far away, a man was lying on it, watching Yan Ran through binoculars.

His hand reached for the sniper rifle beside him, and he slowly moved over.

Ha, he finally got his chance.

This time, he won't let her off so easily.

He will make her pay the price.

This person was none other than the kidnapper from back then; the death of his brother was still vivid in his mind!

He pointed the gun at Yan Ran, who was still in a daze, and gently tapped it with his fingers. Just as he was about to press the button, a pair of hands silently patted his shoulder.

"Don't you think it's too boring to just take out your prey with one shot?"

A deep voice came from beside him, and he turned to look at the man who was completely shrouded in darkness.

He suddenly chuckled, a flash of coldness in his eyes, "You have the leisure to meddle in my affairs, but where is your prey, Su Yan?"

"My prey?" Su Yan looked meaningfully at Yan Ran, who was still below.

This woman tried to ruin his plans time and time again, though in the end she only served to harass him.

But as a perfectionist, what annoys him most isn't the police, but people who suddenly appear and disrupt his plans.

Su Yan frowned in displeasure. A woman should stay at home and not go out and hang out with a bunch of men, even trying to learn how to solve cases.

He hadn't originally intended to compete with the man for the prey, but now...

We had no choice but to fight, since Yan Ran was in our way.

The two men locked eyes, and a current seemed to surge from their gazes, colliding in the air.

The man calmly put away his sniper rifle, stood up, and touched the pistol at his waist.

As soon as Su Yan makes a move, he will be the first to act.

“We’re working for the same person, why keep fighting? We’re brothers, Su Ze.”

Su Yan stood lazily in place, taking in all of Su Ze's actions, and slowly uttered these words.

Unexpectedly, the two people who were at odds with each other turned out to be brothers.

"She's my prey, don't even think about competing with me for her." Su Ze ignored his gaze, threw out a sentence, and slowly walked past him.

From the moment Yan Ran killed his brother, he had set her as his prey.

As for Su Yan, Su Ze narrowed his eyes slightly.

Brothers? Apart from sharing the same father and mother, he felt no brotherly affection.

To be honest, Su Yan, his older brother, was not as important to him as his group of comrades who had gone through thick and thin with him.

Suddenly.

A dagger was quietly placed against Su Yan's neck. Su Ze stopped beside him, bringing the dagger a little closer. "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you with one blow? You know how much I hate you. You still dare to show your face in front of me. Aren't you afraid of death?"

"You won't." Su Yan remained nonchalant.

He reached out and pulled Su Ze's slightly trembling hand down. "The depth of your hatred for me is the same as the depth of your feelings. I watched you grow up, don't I know you well?"

Su Ze withdrew his hand and put away the dagger.

"Next time, I won't back down easily. You'd better pray you don't run into me, because I don't want to run into you either."

His eyes flickered slightly, as if he had remembered something, but were instantly replaced by sadness.

Just as Su Yan said, the depth of feelings determines the depth of hatred.

These years have been nothing short of torment for him.

Several times he had the opportunity to take action, but he was always stopped by the soft spot in his heart.

He hoped this would be the last time.

Yan Ran withdrew her hand from the sun, unaware that in those few short minutes, she was miraculously pulled back from a certain death.

If Su Yan hadn't suddenly appeared, she would already be a corpse.

On the other hand, Qin Zhiyuan didn't say a word since he entered the ward.

Sheng Xuanling glanced at him but didn't rush to speak, and the two of them remained frozen in place for a moment.

After a long while, Qin Zhiyuan finally spoke, saying in a relieved tone, "I just saw Mrs. Zong and her husband embracing in the corridor."

Upon hearing his words, Sheng Xuanling, who was lying in the hospital bed, gradually turned cold.

"You said she was hugging her husband? That means they're still entangled." For some reason, Sheng Xuanling felt a tightness in her chest.

He originally thought she had seen through him, but unexpectedly, their old feelings rekindled in the blink of an eye.

He shouldn't have trusted women.

"Hmm," Qin Zhiyuan replied, but his mind was elsewhere.

The prime suspect in Zhang Xinyi's case is Zong Zhengqing, and Yan Ran has been using her status as Mrs. Zong to inquire about the case from time to time, and now she's even getting involved.

He thought she just wanted to clear her husband's name.

But after spending so much time together, he felt it wasn't that simple.

Yan Ran's relationship with her husband didn't seem to be that good. He had let his guard down a bit and felt guilty as he revealed some details about the case.

But I never expected to see them embracing each other today. Is their relationship really on the verge of breaking down?

He couldn't help but wonder if Yan Ran had been arranged by Zong Zhengqing to mislead them.

If that's the case, he has to be wary of Yan Ran.

He had witnessed her reasoning and observation skills. Who knew if he might say something that she would catch him saying and reveal the key to the case? If she interfered, the case he had been investigating for so long would be ruined.

Qin Zhiyuan's gaze shifted to Sheng Xuanling beside him. Although this person was his brother who grew up with him, the case was still within the scope of the police, especially since it was a murder case.

Since they are outsiders, it's best not to get involved.

Moreover, his injuries were quite severe.

He needed to investigate the case as soon as possible, thinking this as he stood up and looked at Sheng Xuanling beside him.

"I've got some leads now, I'll go check it out first. You get some rest, I'll come see you again when I have time."

They often talked about cases when they were together, but it was mostly Qin Zhiyuan's personal experience, which was resolved in a single sentence and there was no harm in talking about it.

As for those top-secret cases, he still adhered to his bottom line and did not reveal anything.

Even if the object is Sheng Xuanling.