Chapter 627

That hand fell limply.

Xu Si's expression was wooden, frozen in place; he had watched with his own eyes as that hand fell limply.

Ren Xiaoping.

This time.

He really is dead!

Reality is not like a TV drama, where one can say many, many words to important people before dying.

Reality is so cruel.

Ren Xiaoping is dead.

Xu Si could not accept this fact.

He could not accept it at all.

He began to hold Ren Xiaoping's body and weep bitterly.

In this lifetime.

His best brother, whom he had played with since childhood, had died just like that.

Scenes of their past laughter and roughhousing appeared before his eyes.

Like a revolving lantern.

The final image.

Was stopped not long ago.

In that small alley.

"Then you say it," Xu Si hid in a corner, hugging his knees, and said grievously, "I already told you: if we are on the street, do not draw attention."

"Alright, alright, alright!" Ren Xiaoping said with a smile, "I know!"

"Fine, I will trust you one more time," Xu Si nodded and said, "If I am once again in that type of dangerous situation, you must help me."

"How to help? You say it, so I can operate then!" Ren Xiaoping laughed.

Xu Si thought for a moment and said, "Then, if you are surrounded by a crowd, cover my eyes."

Xu Si thought for a moment and said, "Then if you're surrounded by a crowd, cover my eyes."

Ren Xiaoping, until his death.

Actually remembered this sentence!

469. A Desperate Chase

Xu Si felt Ren Xiaoping's corpse grow colder bit by bit, until there was no human warmth left on his body.

Xu Si had always believed that men do not shed tears lightly; for these years he had strictly held to this rule, and having been a policeman for so long, he had seen no few partings of life and death.

But precisely this time, he could not stop his tears.

Hot tears fell drop by drop onto Ren Xiaoping; Xu Si went from near collapse at the start to being able to wipe his tears, stand up with a blank face, and lift Ren Xiaoping's corpse.

Xu Si walked step by step out of the encirclement of people.

Those people watched them from behind, watching this pair who had once been the best comrades, the best brothers.

Xu Si remembered having once asked Ren Xiaoping where he wanted to be buried after death.

At that time, Ren Xiaoping had laughed and said this question was truly inauspicious, but in the end he told Xu Si seriously.

"People like us, it is enough to live gloriously while alive; if we really die one day, bury me in a small earthen mound. If next spring you have time, help me plant a wild flower on my earthen mound; that is my last wish."

"All we need is to have lived honorably in life; if we truly die one day, bury me in a small hill. If you have time next spring, place a wildflower on my grave—that's my final wish."

Xu Si, following Ren Xiaoping's wish, carried the already cold Ren Xiaoping to a small thicket.

This thicket grew lush and green, with flowers and grass inside, the scenery quite fine.

Xu Si walked to a place with fertile soil, placed Ren Xiaoping beside it, and began to dig up the slightly damp earth with his bare hands.

His fingers were cut by stones, but he paid no attention at all, still scooping up the earth handful by handful and piling it to the side.

After digging the pit, Xu Si dragged Ren Xiaoping over and placed him inside the earthen pit.

Then he put the earth down bit by bit.

The feeling of burying one's own friend with one's own hands.

Was truly extremely painful.

But this time Xu Si only had moist eyes; he tamped the earth down firmly, then took several more handfuls of earth from the side and piled them into a small earthen mound.

Xu Si found a flower and planted it on the earthen mound.

This was Ren Xiaoping's desolate yet glorious tombstone.

Xu Si stared at the mound, standing for a long time.

Until his legs had gone somewhat numb, he wiped his tears heavily.

He turned and strode away, walking out of the thicket, only to see a group of comrades gathered in front of the thicket's edge.

These were a squad of policemen sent by Hearing Hua Ping to support them; this squad had taken a long route, so only now, after Ren Xiaoping's sacrifice, had they arrived.

Xu Si did not blame anyone; he looked at the comrades before him and said.

"Ren Xiaoping has sacrificed himself."

After speaking, he quickened his pace and passed through these policemen.

And all those policemen took off their hats and stood solemnly facing the thicket for a long time.

Xu Si's heart was filled with an immense sense of sorrow; he snatched up the gun lying on the ground, his movements becoming rougher.

Xu Si was filled with a great sorrow; he snatched up the gun lying on the ground, his movements far more brutal than before.

Go take revenge on Zuo He! Go take revenge on Zuo He! Go take revenge on Zuo He!

Go seek revenge against Zuo He! Go seek revenge against Zuo He! Go seek revenge against Zuo He!

The next second, Xu Si got into his car, ready to set off in pursuit of Zuo He.

After all, Zuo He was part of the Gulf Family; this family was a nest of roaches and rats, an organization the police had long wanted to deal with but found extremely tricky.

During his clash with Xu Si and Ren Xiaoping, Zuo He had actually been injured, but his skill level was high enough that even with just that minor wound, he could heal it quickly.

So Xu Si's current goal was to track down Zuo He as soon as possible while ensuring his comrades arrived swiftly.

Meanwhile, on Ning Chen's side.

After he had wiped out the entire mercenary band, his originally set next target was to kill Luo Wen.

But at this moment, he did not know Luo Wen's exact location; even the Gulf Family had been beyond his control for these past few days.

So Ning Chen initially guessed that the people of the Gulf Family must have heard some wind of things and retreated early.

However, Luo Wen had always been eyeing Ning Chen hungrily; the two had each gone to great lengths trying to kill the other.

Ning Chen had not spent much time before locating the Gulf Family's current whereabouts; traveling from this place to the Gulf Family headquarters would likely take some time.

And naturally, the route would pass through the location where Zuo He, Xu Si, and others had fought.

That place was nothing short of a mess; after Zuo He arrived, he killed many people in this town, and even though Zuo He had already left, the townsfolk had not cleaned up the bloodstains or the traces of the battle.

So when Ning Chen drove his RV into the town, he spotted the abnormal traces in the town at a single glance.

Ning Chen was not a person with much curiosity, but his intuition told him there must be clues in this town, so he found a spot to park the car, got out, and went to ask the townsfolk.

"Hello, may I ask what just happened here?"

Ning Chen asked the middle-aged woman opposite him politely.

The middle-aged woman glanced at Ning Chen; perhaps she felt the young man's demeanor was very gentle, or perhaps she saw that Ning Chen held no malice toward the townsfolk, so she shook her head and spoke in an extremely hateful tone.

"Just now, a maniac killer came here; he killed dozens of people in our town. If not for those police, everyone in our small town would have been wiped out!"

Hearing this, Ning Chen frowned and asked.

"The police? You mean those police came to this place too? Then can you tell me, have those police left?"

Right now, Ning Chen could not run headlong into those police, or it would be throwing himself into a trap.

The woman sized Ning Chen up and down a few times; there was some confusion in her eyes, but she still spoke.

"They just left. What's wrong? We actually hope they can stay and continue protecting us."

Ning Chen shook his head and asked.

"Sister, did you get a clear look at that maniac killer's face, or did you hear any conversation between the maniac killer and those police, catching any identity information from it?"

The woman had just entered middle age; hearing this handsome young man call her "Sister," she immediately beamed with joy and blurted everything out.

"Oh my, it's so embarrassing to be called Sister. Anyway, I heard from those police that this maniac killer must be from that so-called Gulf Family; I've never even heard of it."