Shen Hang died, Tian Rui was saved, and Gu Song's wish was finally fulfilled. Although there was still a lot of mess waiting for him to clean up, he felt more relaxed and happy than ever.

Only later did he learn that there was a reason why Xia Shi was able to rush to Shen Hang's hiding place in such a short time and save his life at the last moment.

According to the plan, after Gu Song got the two addresses from Miss M, he and Xia Shi should act separately, one to rescue the hostages, and the other to settle accounts with Shen Hang. However, in fact, as soon as Xia Shi received the information, he rushed to Shen Hang's location as quickly as possible.

Xia Shi explained that Shen Hang was a very dangerous and cunning criminal, and he must not be negligent in dealing with that kind of person. He didn't want to splash Gu Song's cold water, but it was a fact that Gu Song had lost to Shen Hang, and it was also a fact that he was afraid of Shen Hang deep down. He was afraid that those painful experiences would affect Gu Song's judgment ability and lead to some bad things happening, so he made up his mind to deal with Shen Hang with Gu Song.

A few days before he left for western Sichuan, Xia Shi also found an excuse to ask the leader for leave, and secretly began to track and investigate Gu Song. Of course, he knew that Gu Song's taking leave to rest on the grounds of abnormal psychological conditions was just a pretense, and he actually wanted to use this time to ignore the police and act alone to find out Shen Hang's hiding place.

Time is pressing, and every move of Gu Song should be closely related to his plan. Then, the little boy who appeared by Gu Song's side at such a critical moment must also be an important part of the plan.

At the beginning, Xia Shi still didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Gu Song's gourd. However, as the investigation progresses (mainly from clues obtained from Xiao Yun, an assistant at the Muyang Psychological Clinic, and a certain senior in the technical department of the city bureau), Xia Shi discovers a shocking secret - He Weiqi turns out to be the biological son of Shen Hang and Miss M. And so, a terrible but perfect plan was clearly unfolded in his mind.

(Of course, it is not so easy for Xia Shi to find out this result, and I have hit a wall a few times during this period, so I will not explain it in detail here.) ）

Xia Shi guessed that Gu Song was going to take the boy to a certain place to exchange hostages. He could have stopped Gu Song before he set off, but after hesitating, he didn't do that, but followed Gu Song to another city.

He knew that Gu Song's approach was wrong, and he knew that he had to stop this plan as soon as possible, but deep down, he seemed a little unwilling to give up like this. Perhaps it was precisely because of this ambivalence to "persuade him to surrender" that he finally folded himself in.

Just in case, in case of emergencies, Xia Shi brought a right-hand man with him when he set off.

At about 6 o'clock in the evening on June 25, 2016, Xia Shi and Xia Jinyu settled in a resort hotel in Luding County. When checking in at the front desk, Xia Shi took out his police officer card and inquired from the service staff about the room where Gu Song and He Weiqi were staying on the pretext of handling the case.

After a simple tidying up, Xia Shi asked Xia Jinyu to stand by in the room, and he was going to go downstairs to room 313 to spy on the "enemy situation".

After all, Xia Jinyu is a recent high school graduate, not to mention how excited he is to be able to participate in such a thrilling thing in person. Especially when he learned that Gu Song ran so far away to settle accounts with Shen Hang (the man who abducted and sold him back then), he couldn't wait to immediately "defect to the enemy" and help Gu Song arrest Shen Hang together.

It's just that between Gu Song and Xia Shi, he must obey the latter's orders. Even if he supported Gu Song's plan from the bottom of his heart, he couldn't say it in front of Xia Shi, otherwise he wouldn't want to mess around in the Xia family in the future.

"Jin Yu, if I go for a long time and don't come back, don't come to me." Xia Shi stood in front of the door, crossed his arms, and instructed thoughtfully.

"Why?" Xia Jinyu jokingly asked while drinking cold Coke, "Brother, you were captured by the enemy as a prisoner, and you won't let me go over to save you?" So what's the point of you bringing me here? ”

"Didn't I say that I brought you here just to deal with emergencies. Besides, with your two blows, can you save me? ”

"So what should I do? You can't just stay here and wait. ”

"That's ......," Xia Shi thought for a while and said, "Even if I can't persuade you to surrender, I will find a way to contact you." No matter what, I can't watch Gu Song hurt that child. ”

"Do you really think Brother Gu Song will hurt him? I don't believe it anyway. ”

"I don't want to believe it either. So now I have to figure out what the hell that guy is up to, if ......"

"If things aren't what you think." Xia Jinyu took over with a wicked smile, "You might help him, right?" ”

"What did you say?"

"Actually, you already had this idea in mind, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't have chased all the way to this place. In my opinion, your determination to capture Shen Hang may not be as strong as his. Now, with such a rare opportunity in front of you, would you be willing to watch it slip away? ”

"Okay, don't follow the blind analysis, as if you know me better." Xia Shi waved his hand impatiently, but he felt that Xia Jinyu's words made some sense.

The result of Xia Shi's persuasion was that he was dragged into the water by Gu Song. This was actually something that the brothers had expected a long time ago.

When he decided to stand on the same front with Gu Song, Xia Shi had planned it, and he would go to Shen Hang with Gu Song to settle accounts no matter what. One of the reasons was that he was worried that Gu Song might encounter danger when dealing with Shen Hang alone; There is another reason that is a little selfish, he hopes to catch Shen Hang with his own hands and fulfill a wish he has had for many years.

Of course, it was inconvenient for him to explain the above two reasons to Gu Song, so he simply hid it from Gu Song, and the person who rescued Tian Rui instead of him was actually Xia Jinyu.

Thanks to Xia Shi's arrangement, their plan did not fall short. Since Tian Rui came back safe and sound, Gu Song naturally didn't care about the "little tricks" he played with him in the summer.

While they were busy dealing with Shen Hang's affairs, Tian Rui had already settled in the hotel where they were staying, and was accompanied by Xia Jinyu at this time.

Xia Shi thought that Gu Song would definitely rush back to the hotel to visit his beloved girlfriend as soon as possible, but he didn't expect Gu Song to simply inquire about Tian Rui's physical condition and didn't say anything more, as if it was a girl who had nothing to do with him.

Xia Shi felt strange, and hurriedly asked when there was no one around: "Gu Song, haven't you waited for this moment for a long time?" Why are you behaving so indifferently now? ”

"So what should I do?" Gu Song smiled bitterly, there was too much sadness and helplessness in that smile. "All I want is to get her back, and as long as she's safe, I'll be satisfied."

"Listening to Xia Jinyu, Tian Rui really wants to see you now, don't you want to go and see her?"

"Let's talk about it later, don't we still have a bunch of things to deal with now?" Gu Song turned to leave, obviously not wanting to talk about this topic anymore. Xia Shi was not reconciled, grabbed him and asked, "What do you think?" You know that Tian Rui has recovered her memory, don't you want to give yourself a chance? ”

"What chance?" Gu Song smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Is there a chance to continue to harm others?" In the summer, you don't know how Tian Rui became what she is now, right? The people who hurt her are all coming for me, so what good can she do by staying with me? ”

"Don't be too pessimistic, maybe there won't be so many perverts targeting you in the future."

"Do you think it's possible?"

When Gu Song asked like this, Xia Shi didn't know how to answer. He remembered that a few months ago, he received a terrifying courier from Zhao Xiaolin, with the victim's eyeballs and half of his tongue in a glass bottle, Qi Ruonan teased him and Gu Song: "I found that you both seem to have a magical quality, and it seems that you are particularly easy to attract the attention of perverts. It's just a joke, but when you think about it, it makes sense.

Gu Song seemed to have the same thing, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, and they no longer dwelled on this issue.

After being silent for a moment, Gu Song said his thoughts truthfully: "I'll take a step back now, even if no one hurts Tian Rui from now on, with her current physical condition, there must be someone around to take care of her with plenty of time." Her parents are gone, and her brother is dead, so don't you think she should find a more reliable man to accompany her and take care of her?

"I don't deny that I still like her and I still miss her, but what can I give her? What can be done for her? I can't even do the most basic kind of companionship. Caught up with a difficult case, I can't go back home, and I can't eat with her, so how can I take care of her, how can I ensure her health? The last time we had dinner together, didn't you wonder what I was spending all my money on? I can answer you now that all my money is used to treat Tian Rui, and this is probably the only thing I can do for her. Only by doing this can the guilt in my heart be alleviated a little. ”

"But you can't live in self-blame and guilt all your life, and you can't never think about your future, right?"

"At least until Tian Rui finds a good man to marry, I won't think about my own affairs." Gu Song replied resolutely. Not only that, before Tian Rui gets married, he will continue to support Tian Rui financially and continue to be a poor bastard, so that he has no capital to fall in love.

Xia Shi fully understood Gu Song's thoughts. Sometimes, loving someone doesn't have to be owned, only letting go can make the other person truly happy.

He patted Gu Song on the shoulder and said sincerely, "If you need help in the future, just tell me." ”