Chapter 805: Goodbye, Police

Outside the elevator doors, the Triad members led by Dilu greeted Huang Zhicheng, who was inside the elevator.

After the greeting, they pulled out their weapons and swarmed into the elevator like a hive of bees.

In this instant, all the audience members were shocked.

The moment the elevator doors were about to close, a large hand suddenly reached in and pressed against the doors, which was already enough to make one's hair stand on end.

That these gang members dared to directly take action against a police officer of significant rank made the audience even more alarmed: "How could he dare to do that!"

In everyone's conventional way of thinking, the protagonist group is always blessed with good fortune.

For Huang Zhicheng to walk into the elevator while pretending to be on the phone with his wife was already considered clever; it was not fooling the audience.

In many domestic film and television works, the protagonist group only needs to play a few small tricks, or act in a very idiotic way, to escape danger, as if the villains are either blind or brain-dead, rubbing the audience's intelligence into the ground.

For example, a group of people is chasing you, and you just change direction and turn your back to them to get out of danger.

Or you pull someone over to chat, or squat down in a place that doesn't hide your body at all...

But then again, as time went on, everyone just... got used to it.

So much so that some people even think that *Infernal Affairs* does not follow the usual tropes.

This is actually a tragedy.

On the other side, Chen Yongren, played by Luo Mo, had already escaped.

He hailed a taxi and asked the driver to circle around before returning to the main entrance of the building.

He needed to pretend that he had just arrived there, rather than having just come down from the rooftop.

This kind of behavior actually requires very strong psychological fortitude.

Inside the car, Chen Yongren raised his hand and wiped his face.

There was the feeling of surviving a disaster here, as well as worry for Huang Zhicheng.

The car drove to the main entrance of the building, and just as Chen Yongren got out and walked inside, the next moment... high energy ahead!

A figure actually fell from high above and smashed hard onto that taxi!

The sudden, massive sound made Chen Yongren jump violently.

He turned his head with a look of confusion.

Sitting in another car, Da B and the other police officers responsible for surveillance there also turned their heads in astonishment.

A god-tier piece of background music, *Goodbye Police*, began to play at this moment.

This is a piece of music that, if you listen to it, you will find very familiar.

For so many years, it has been repeatedly used by a vast number of film and television works.

The atmosphere it creates is absolutely top-tier.

A good piece of music can allow the audience, who are immersed in watching the film, to have more of their emotions stirred.

The camera first gave a close-up of Huang Zhicheng, who had fallen onto the car.

The faint gasps in the cinema never stopped.

Everyone was still in a state of being shocked.

But when the camera returned to Chen Yongren's face, the female vocals in *Goodbye Police* began at this moment.

The female vocals here were all sung by Xu Chujing.

The chanting here gives one a sense of holiness, sorrow, compassion... all sorts of complex emotional feelings.

And Chen Yongren's expression and gaze in this scene were textbook-level acting.

He walked outward step by step.

The emotions revealed in his eyes and expression were constantly changing.

At first, there was shock and disbelief.

Later, there was endless grief and sadness.

The film began to recall the scenes of their previous interactions in a flashback mode.

However, for Chen Yongren, Huang Zhicheng had always been a very special existence.

He was not only his superior but also a friend, and even a relative or elder; they were both teacher and friend.

What was involved here was affection.

Besides that, Huang Zhicheng was also the only person who knew his true identity.

Only he could prove that Chen Yongren was a policeman, an undercover sent by the Police.

Therefore, when Luo Mo acted out this scene, shock and grief alone were not enough.

There also had to be confusion and the unknown of the future.

With all these emotions superimposed, Chen Yongren nearly collapsed, or rather, he had actually already collapsed.

When he walked to the taxi and looked at Huang Zhicheng on the car, he couldn't help but raise his hand and press it against his forehead.

Perhaps at this moment, his headache had flared up again.

As a mature undercover, he had disguised himself exceptionally well during many previous critical moments.

It was precisely because of this that this moment of true emotion, this moment of collapse, could form the greatest possible contrast.

The warmth in the first rooftop scene now turned directly into a knife stabbing at the audience.

"The 25th is your birthday, you snitch."

He had said he never wore a watch, but he had been wearing the watch Huang Zhicheng gave him ever since.

This kind of acting, this kind of "memory kill," combined with that song *Goodbye Police*, could be said to have maxed out the sorrow of this moment!

Many audience members at the scene had already started to feel the pain.

Qian Qingyun once again marveled at Luo Mo's brilliance.

"He is too all-around."

"Just the look in his eyes and his expression in this one turn alone are enough to be called a Best Actor-level performance."

"At the same time, the score he composed for this piece of Drama has also reached the top tier!"

"If I were the one directing this movie and he made such a piece of music for me, I might be excited for an entire night."

"At the same time, when the two parted ways at the elevator, Huang Zhicheng suddenly called out to Chen Yongren, Chen Yongren turned back in confusion, and Huang Zhicheng said it was nothing... Looking back at this scene now, it was truly filmed brilliantly!"

"It can be called a stroke of genius!"

Qian Zhengyi is now completely convinced.

He is now incredibly curious about the development of the subsequent Drama, feeling as restless as if he were scratching his ears and cheeks.

"What to do? There is no one left who can prove he is a Police officer!"

"Will Chen Yongren make such a choice?"

"Continue to carry out the dangerous Undercover mission?"

"But what else can he do? The Police have no one left for him; he can't even mobilize the forces of the Police, not to mention there is still an Undercover, Liu Jianming."

"Right now, it is almost a dead end!"

"What on earth should he do, and what on earth should he choose?"

On screen, Da B and the other Police officers sitting in the car are now all starting to mobilize.

Chen Yongren hadn't been standing by the taxi for long when Sha Qiang suddenly rushed out and pulled him toward the car.

"Brother Ren, hurry and go! Police! Hurry and go!"

Chen Yongren, who was already like a walking corpse, was pulled into the car by him.

Sha Qiang started driving, taking Chen Yongren to flee the scene.

Da B and the other Police, along with Dilu and the others who ran out of the building, began a gunfight, and the scene was in complete chaos.

Many viewers couldn't help but complain: "It's a fucking gunfight now? Damn!"

"A group of Triad members rushed in, and you all just sat down below, not worried about Huang Sir's safety at all, right?"

"A bunch of losers!"

"I feel like this part was handled poorly and filmed with problems; it makes no sense that a group of Police knew the Triad members had rushed in, yet only made a phone call to Liu Jianming and then did nothing and managed nothing."

"Isn't this just a forced plot-driven death?"

In the chaotic battle, Dilu, who had killed Huang Zhicheng, was also shot.

At this moment, Da B hurriedly called Liu Jianming: "Boss! We're in trouble! Huang Sir has had an accident!"

He walked past with his gun drawn, aiming at one Triad member after another lying on the ground to ensure whether he needed to fire a follow-up shot.

Then, there is a detail here.

As a mature Police officer, it is correct for him to walk along with his gun aimed at the people lying on the ground.

But when he walked to the taxi, he still held his gun with both hands, aimed at Huang Zhicheng, and looked at him with a solemn gaze.

After a long while, he slowly lowered his gun.

However, many viewers wouldn't even notice such a detail at this moment.

On the other side, Sha Qiang drove while taking Chen Yongren to flee all the way.

"Hey, you don't know how dangerous it was just now; as soon as you said you were going for a massage, not even ten minutes later, Brother Chen said it was time to do the job," Sha Qiang said while driving.

"Wow, I was really scared; you know I always hide in the back when things get real, and I have a gun, too."

"I really wanted to tell everyone, 'Wow, I have something to do, I'm leaving.'"

While driving, his face was slightly flushed and sweat was pouring down, as if this timid person was still feeling lingering fear even now.

Chen Yongren, sitting on the side, kept looking out the window; he was still immersed in the death of Huang Zhicheng.

Such a scene is actually quite suspicious; he already has a bit of a self-abandoning, "let it rot" appearance.

On a certain level, he indeed looks like he has reached a dead end.

Sweat dripped from the tip of Sha Qiang's nose, a flash of pain appeared in his eyes, and he began to sniff forcefully; his face became increasingly flushed, and veins even popped out on his forehead.

Seeing that Chen Yongren ignored him, he didn't mind and continued to drive away quickly while talking to himself: "Two days ago, Brother Chen called me into his room and asked me: 'Ah Qiang, how long have you been with me?'"

"How would I remember?"

"Then he said: 'Ah Qiang, you've been with me for five years.'"

"'In these few years, you've been very capable.'"

"'But there's a question I want to ask you: if a brother is a mole, would you dare to kill him?'"

From time to time, he would turn his head to glance at Chen Yongren, who was looking out the window.

As he spoke, he kept sniffing forcefully.

"'He asked me face-to-face like that; of course I said I would dare!'"

"'Do you think I'm really a fool?'"

Chen Yongren turned a deaf ear.

After Sha Qiang let out a sound of enduring pain, his tone of voice became a bit hoarse: "And what was the result? Of course, we couldn't find that Undercover."

Sha Qiang couldn't help but cough, and sweat began to drip from the side of his face.

"Wow, that Police officer was a tough nut to crack; they dragged him up, dragged him up, and beat him for a full ten minutes, ten minutes!"

"Ten minutes!" When he said this, he looked at Chen Yongren several times; at this moment, fine beads of sweat had broken out all over his face: "He didn't say a single word."

He was revealing the truth to Chen Yongren.

Telling him that Huang Zhicheng didn't say anything.

After saying this, he swallowed his saliva, and the car suddenly crashed downward, driving into a dirt slope and getting stuck there.

From the various reactions earlier, the audience could already guess that Sha Qiang was likely shot.

At this moment, he could no longer support his body and slumped onto the steering wheel, emitting a harsh car horn sound: "Beep——!"

The violent impact finally pulled Chen Yongren out of his own world, and he hurriedly went to check on Sha Qiang's condition.

"Brother Han Chen said... Brother Han Chen said that the policeman is very good at covering his tracks. Whoever didn't show up for today's operation is the Undercover," Sha Qiang continued while gasping violently.

Chen Yongren hurriedly pressed down on his bleeding wound.

Sha Qiang turned his head to look at Brother Ren and said, "I didn't... I didn't say you went for a massage."

"If Brother Han Chen finds out you went for a massage, you're dead for sure..." He was panting more and more heavily, as if he could no longer catch his breath.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yongren looked up at him in disbelief while trying his best to stop the bleeding.

At this moment, he had completely understood what Sha Qiang meant.

Many in the audience couldn't help but gasp.

Some felt that Sha Qiang truly treated Chen Yongren like a brother.

Others wondered, was he really that stupid, so he was still helping Chen Yongren cover it up even now?

Yet, various details were actually conveying a different meaning.

From the beginning of the movie until now, Sha Qiang had been a comic relief character, providing quite a few laughs.

But don't forget, every time he was with Dilu before, he could spot the police watching them in secret.

For example, when they were pretending to be a couple on the side of the road, or when they were making a phone call.

He had even told Dilu that those who looked like they were doing something but weren't doing it seriously, and were still watching you, were the police.

Dilu didn't care and didn't take it to heart at all.

The audience also just felt that a fool has his own way of thinking, and perhaps he just stumbled upon the truth by accident.

Seeing this, the movie actually sublimated once again.

A supporting character like Sha Qiang became fully fleshed out at this moment.

He really did treat Brother Ren as a brother.

At a time like this, Sha Qiang was still cracking jokes, asking Chen Yongren: "Brother Ren, I really want to ask you, was that massage girl today pretty... *cough cough*... *cough*."

"Because you should know, if the massage girl isn't pretty, *ugh*... *cough*... then it's no fun."

Chen Yongren didn't speak the whole time, just trying his best to plug the wound.

His words left many in the audience unable to tell for a moment whether he already knew Chen Yongren was an Undercover, or if he really thought Chen Yongren had gone for a massage and was just providing cover because he was afraid Han Chen wouldn't believe him?

After all, for a villainous boss, it was always better to kill the wrong person than to let one go.

In fact, even if Chen Yongren had really gone for a massage, he likely would have been killed anyway.

"Go quickly, the car crash... will soon alert many police," Sha Qiang said to Chen Yongren.

He took a few deep breaths and continued to Chen Yongren, who still hadn't left: "Anyway, you remember."

"If that person is not focused on what he's doing and keeps looking at you... he is the police."

Just like that, Sha Qiang told Chen Yongren the exact words he had said to Dilu.

At this moment, the camera gave a close-up of the car's rearview mirror.

In the rearview mirror, Chen Yongren's eyes were reflected.

The emotions in his eyes underwent various changes at this moment.

More of the audience began to be certain that Sha Qiang must have guessed that Chen Yongren was an Undercover.

Because the whole way, he had been talking, and Chen Yongren had been ignoring him.

His own condition was very bad; if one were even slightly attentive, one would notice he had been shot and that something was wrong with him.

But Chen Yongren didn't; he kept looking out the window, distracted.

—He was not focused!

This made many in the audience suddenly feel as if their hearts were being pierced by a knife.

Many had previously thought: "Sha Qiang is a real fucking idiot; Chen Yongren was standing in front of the taxi in a daze, looking at Huang Zhicheng's corpse with a broken expression."

"It was so obvious, yet he still fucking pulled him into the car and took him to escape."

Now, they only felt—it turns out I am the fool.

Sha Qiang was dead.

Qian Qingyun had his own personal interpretation.

He felt that in the preceding shots, Sha Qiang kept looking at Chen Yongren while he was talking.

In his words, he was constantly hinting at Chen Yongren.

But Brother Ren never said anything; Brother Ren was still lost in thought.

As for him asking later if the massage girl was pretty, it actually reflected his inner struggle.

He knew Brother Ren was the Undercover, but he was still asking, still lying to himself that he had just gone for a massage, still unwilling to accept that the best brother in his gang was actually a mole.

It was just like saying "Stop teasing me," or "You must be lying to me."

When these words are spoken, the answer is already in one's heart, isn't it?

It's just that until the very end, Chen Yongren never admitted it.

It doesn't matter; if my brother won't say it, then I won't ask in the end.

Then, I will give Brother Ren one last reminder: be focused when doing things; if you keep acting like this, Brother Han Chen will definitely continue to suspect you.

Brother Ren, I can only cover for you up to here; you must be careful on the road ahead by yourself.

Of course, this was merely Qian Qingyun's own personal interpretation.

Chen Yongren turned his head to the side, still not saying a word, and the camera still only gave a close-up of his eyes.

He slowly loosened his hand that was pressing on the wound.

Sha Qiang's body hit the car's steering wheel once again.

The horn on the steering wheel, pressed by him, let out a harsh sound once more.

"Beep—."

It was as if a whistle were blowing in silent mourning.

Goodbye, Sha Qiang.

(End of chapter)