Chapter 229: Might as well kill the enemy.
With a clanking sound, a cell door slowly opens.
Chen Man was held incommunicado.
2701 walks in and, with a grimace, enters the code which unlocks the main shackles securing him to his body, and Chen Man drops to the ground, his wrists and feet still restrained by the chains.
"Get up." 2701 tugged at his lapels, dragging him up off the floor, "Someone wants to see you."
Chen Man was dragged and pulled by 2701 to He Yu.
The relationship between He Yu and Xie Qingcheng was well known within the organization, and it was perfectly normal for him to meet or torture his rival without arousing any suspicion.
For the sake of conversation, He Yu found an empty cell with good soundproofing. The only source of light was a small wattage lamp on the top of the cell, and the cold light shone down, forming a dusty beam that slanted in the center of the cell.
Chen Man was pushed in for no apparent reason, and because of his limited mobility and unsteadiness, he stumbled and half-kneeled on the hard, cold stone surface.
"Gosh, Officer Chen, I'm still not used to such a big gift when we meet."
A voice sounded from the depths of the cell, the speaker's accent was very diffuse, elegant with some cold mockery, Chen Man suddenly raised his head, through the messy forehead hair, he saw a man sitting lazily on a chair in the depths of the cell.
The light was dim and he was in the deepest part of the shadow, Chen Man could not see his features for a while, but just by listening to that voice, Chen Man already knew who he was ......
Sure enough, as he waited on full alert, the man rose from his chair, his combat boots thudding on the verdant surface. Then he stepped out from the depths of the cell, the pale beam of light illuminating his handsome face.
Chen Man cut his teeth, "...... He Yu ......!"
With a bellowing voice, almost all emotions were left unsaid.
He Yu stepped forward, raised one foot, the back of the foot against Chen Man's jaw, and locked eyes with him in such an insulting position, then smiled slightly, "Well, goodbye."
After saying that, he suddenly turned his foot to the side and kicked Chen Man to the ground, his boot stepped on Chen Man's cheek, and he stepped on him indifferently in the midst of Chen Man's struggles and angry shouts.
"Did you ever think that there was something familiar about this confrontation?"
The smile between the lips and teeth is getting heavier and heavier, and the snow white teeth are quenched with bestiality: "Only, in the beginning, it was me who was a prisoner, sitting in the cabin ...... and letting you fish and meat ...... Now the wind and water are turning around, to the point where you are kneeling in front of me, and I'm a knife and chopper. "
He spoke languidly, the tips of his boots crushing over Chen Man's face with not too much force, more like he was enjoying the comforting to the point of creepy vengeful pleasure, and he tilted his head back and laughed out loud with a ha-ha grin, a grin as big and crazy as it had been back on the boat when he'd been pushed to his death.
He Yu laughed enough, the curves of his lips suddenly converged, he slightly sidestepped his head, his expression twisted, "Have you ever thought that one day you would fall into my hands like this?"
"I should have shot you ...... in the first place!!!" Chen Man bellowed, his eyes bloodshot, but was trampled by He Yu, unable to get away, "I should have fired that shot in the first place! You crazy ...... Why did you defect to the organization that killed your own mother! Do you have any humanity left in you!"
He Yu looked at him with sidelong glances, "Yes. You should have fired that shot. If that shot had gone down, there wouldn't have been so much shit behind it, but you didn't even dare to shoot, Chen Yan, you coward."
Another kick, to the chest, sends Chen Man crashing into the wall behind him, arching his body in pain.
He just stared at Chen Man, his heart boiling with jealousy.
A moment later, He Yu softly and slowly ordered 2701 standing next to him, "You go out first. Before I lift him for experiments, I want to catch up with him first ...... to see if he still has this life alive."
He said, dropping his eyes, and his black leather boots took one step forward, stopping in front of Chen Man.
As if a beast of prey had driven its prey to extinction.
"After all, we still have the account of the naval battle back then to settle, don't you think so? Officer Chen."
2701 retired.
He Yu leaned down, grabbed Chen Man's collar, lifted him up, and violently flung the man against the wall. He sized Chen Man up close, from the other man's lips, the bridge of his nose, his eyebrows, to Chen Man's uniform epaulettes, above the police badge.
He really hated Chen Man, he thought, Xie Qingcheng clearly responded to himself.
If it is not this person ...... if it is not this thing ...... that took advantage of the situation, Xie Qingcheng should have accepted himself by now. As long as he thought of Chen Man kissing and possessing Xie Qingcheng after his own death, he hated that he could not cut off Chen Man's hand, dig out his heart, and chop it into pieces ......!
Kill him. ......
Kill him, then tell Xie Qingcheng that you did your best to save him.
Kill him, and when the war is over, Xie Qingcheng will have no one left.
Kill him, and there will be no more obstacles on his way back to Xie Qingcheng--
Kill him!
His eyes grew sickly in this confrontation, and he couldn't help raising his hand, his fingertips skimming over Chen Man's eyelids, feeling the fluttering of his eyelashes and the turning of his eyes ......
Chen Man breathed heavily, "What are you doing ...... what are you doing?!"
"Me?" He Yu murmured lowly in his ear, like a smile or a mockery or a real threat, "I want to gouge your eyes out for looking at things it shouldn't."
"......"
"Afraid?" He Yu asked him softly, "If you're afraid, why don't you kneel down and ......"
His lips opened and closed, his voice pressed until even a mosquito could hear him more easily than he could.
"Beg me."
"You wish!!!" Chen Man spat violently at him, "You want me to beg? You might as well just kill me, He Yu! You kill me yourself!!!"
He Yu stared at him for a moment, his eyes so complex that it was difficult to peer into his thoughts.
He really wanted to do it. However, Chen Man himself took the initiative to ask for it, so he lost some of his interest instead.
After a while, He Yu's long fingers loosened Chen Man's lapel, He Yu nodded his head crookedly and looked at him expressionlessly, "You're really naughty. Why bother learning from me."
"......" Chen Man grits his teeth, "Who the fuck learns from you!"
The two men's gazes almost collided with starbursts under that cold white pillar of light.
"Isn't it? You want me to kill you myself so that Xie Qingcheng can mourn for you, what a good plan. Look at you, you've got a position of justice, side-by-side comrades ......," with a sweep of his eyes, brushing over the police rank on Chen Man's shoulder, "and a shiny badge."
"Why do you still want his heart ah ...... Officer Chen?" He Yu sighed and spoke softly and slowly, "Don't you know a word called the heart is not enough to swallow the elephant? How everything is yours."
Chen Man stared intently at He Yu s face, "Why are you saying ...... that you still like him, don t you?"
He Yu paused, as if he had been slapped hard, he suddenly slammed Chen Man's head against the wall, came closer, and whispered, "Like it? Who are you to ask me whether I like it or not! I'll tell you Chen Yan, I even gave my life for him, I love him and hate him, that's between the two of us! The most distinctive marks on his body are all made by me, his first man was me! It's not for you to ask what I've done with him - you - you don't deserve to ask me whether I like him or not! You have no idea what he means to me ...... You have everything you have and you're still insatiable, and you're going to steal the only thing I have from me! MINE!!!"
Chen Man 算是听明白了,他喃喃道:"You really still like him ......You since you like him, and why do you want to pester him after you come back again, want to shut him down, and still treat him like that ......that way? "
"You're heartbroken?" He Yu's smile grew colder as jealousy and resentment twisted into snakes in his heart, entwining humanity, "You're nervous Chen Yan. you asked me why, isn't the answer obvious?"
"......"
Eyes met, starbursts flew.
"Because of you." He Yu said softly.
"I hate you, Chen Yan, the closer you get to him, the deeper my hatred, I'm not a good person, what I can't get I won't let go to the second person even if I burn to ashes. The more upright you are, the more twisted I am, and the more he was tortured by me before, all because of you! You know, if you just look at him, I want to gouge out a knife in his face, and if you look at him a second time, I will gouge out two knives! Keep gouging until our hero dares not look at it anymore ...... or I gouge him until his face is so ugly that you will never like it again!"
Chen Man's face suddenly turned white, "You're simply crazy! He Yu, you can't--"
"Why can't I?" He Yu looked at him with a ghostly coldness, his thin lips opened and closed, "I am indifferent to his looks, he has a face that even if I am cut by a thousand cuts and blood, I like it very much, how good ...... I am the only one who likes it. If he is like that, there is only me left. None of you will ever covet his skin again-he's disfigured, and I'll be the only one who loves him. Wonderful."
As he spoke, some light came out of his eyes, as if he really wanted to do it.
Fear grew from the bottom of his heart, the chains clattered as he struggled with them, and Chen Man collapsed into a fury, "You hate me what are you doing taking it out on him? He doesn't owe you anything ...... He doesn't deserve to be treated like this by you!!!"
He Yu condescended to look down on him coldly.
As he watched Chen Man trying his best to protect Xie Qingcheng, the jealousy twisted and danced and swirled around in his heart again.
Kill him ......
Like a primitive tribe of fire sticks pounding the ground and hooting and shouting.
Kill him!
His pupils reflected the appearance of Chen Man who was in a state of bad luck but was still trying his best to plead for Xie Qingcheng, and he was burning with anger at his end.
On what grounds?
Why do you get to tell me what to do with him?
Kill you ...... Kill you!
The blood is wiped dry and no one knows! Kill you!
The more the stern ghost in his mind howled, the more frantic it became, and finally broke out steeply--
"...... Let's give you a chance. Since you want to protect him so badly."
After a moment of silence, He Yu opened his mouth.
Immediately after that, there was a flash of cold light, and a dagger was thrown in front of Chen Man.
He Yu walked over and untied the chain from one of Chen Man's hands, giving him some freedom, while later saying, "If you cut yourself in front of me immediately, I will promise you to spare him."
"......"
"Do it."
The last bit of blood on Chen Man's face was gone.
He Yu slowly and methodically straightened the leather buckle of the dagger he wore at his waist, notorious malice flashing in his eyes, "Do it."
"......"
"Or are you afraid to?"
The light inside the cell was so dim that the darkness almost materialized over them, and Chen Man sat there on his knees in embarrassment, his face smeared with dirt and blood.
Time moved on minute by minute, the incandescent light shining between the two men, outlining thick shadows.
After an indeterminate amount of time, Chen Man lifts his bloodstained face.
"...... If I do ......" his voice trembled as he asked him this, "will you be sure to keep your word. "
He Yu stops straightening things and stares at him.
He didn't expect this to be Chen Man's answer.
He has always looked down on Chen Man, thinking that Chen Man is just a mommy's boy who is used to relying on the protection of his family, and can't make any decisions in the face of big issues.
Coward.
He threw him the dagger to humiliate him. He wanted Chen Man to see his own inferiority and die in shame. He wanted to show Xie Qingcheng what a loser he is, how he is worthy to be with Xie Qingcheng, not even worthy to like him!
However, Chen Man asked him, "If I really do this, will you definitely keep your word.
"......" He Yu's burning hot mind seemed to be slightly calmed by these words.
He looks down at Chen Man, at the cop.
After a moment, his lips parted and he said, "You have no other choice."
He said nothing more after that, and he watched him.
Chen Man's gaze dropped and landed on the dagger. The snowy dagger reflected his form, and with a shudder in his heart, he saw the uniformed figure on the dagger's blade.
Yes, actually, he had no more options.
He Yu says he has a righteous career, side-by-side comrades, and a shiny badge.
Chen Man suddenly realized that, in fact, to this point, regardless of whether the conditions that He Yu took out in exchange is Xie Qingcheng, whether it is for the people he admires, the people he likes, his big brother, or for an ordinary person ...... he has no choice.
Even if the person who was now being pushed in front of him to give him a life for a life was a stranger he had never met before, with no way back and no chance of turning around, he had to protect that person with his own life.
Because that was the year ...... he chose to wear this uniform in the first place.
There was no way he was going to hide behind someone else's life to beg for a mettle of his own. It had never been something his profession allowed him to do.
Chen Man s line of sight was once again locked on He Yu ...... He Yu This person is too sick, he can t say to He Yu Xie Qingcheng had once guarded He Yu s position in his heart so firmly, and he can t push Xie Qingcheng into the quagmire again.
He swallowed hard and picked up the dagger with the only hand that could move, his hand shaking so ...... hard under He Yu's gaze that it kept trembling. The dagger reversed, the snowy light streaming, Chen Man closed his eyes and put that blade against his heart, hesitating, trembling, but finally slamming down-!
"Dang it!!!"
There was a dull ache in his hand as a cold wind cut through it, and the dagger flew out of his hand and fell onto the far side of the stone surface.
Chen Man raised his eyes in surprise and looked at He Yu, who had given him a kick.
He Yu looked at him with drooping eyelashes, still without much expression, and he lifted Chen Man 搙 the expression on his face could no longer tell whether it was cynicism or sobriety, his face was too distorted by the complexity of his emotions.
After a long time, He Yu icily said, "Really have feelings and awareness. Officer Chen, you are a good test subject."
It was loud enough to be heard by 2701, who was on guard outside.
Chen Man was both shocked and furious, his voice changed tone, "What the hell are you doing? How long are you going to humiliate me?!"
"Oh ...... that's a long, long time to be humiliated. After all, it's so boring on this island, and there aren't even any people my own age, to play with." But immediately afterward, he leaned in close to Chen Man at his angry shout, and whispered, with great speed-
"Look, I'm your informant."
"!!!" Chen Man shuddered, the surprise surpassing anything he'd experienced before, and he nearly slid to a sitting position on the floor.
Him?
The informant who's been providing secret information to the top brass?
I can't believe it's--
"Congratulations on passing my test. Officer Chen." He Yu whispered in Chen Man's ear.
"Exam, test?"
"Since you have the courage to choose death, I will not kill you."
Chen Man was quiet for a few seconds before realizing something: "So ...... if I hadn't just done that ...... then you ...... "
He Yu lowered his eyes and rolled them in a morose light smile, but didn't answer that question of his.
Chen Man looked at the knife on the ground and then at the person in front of him, and suddenly felt shivering.
Crazy ...... This guy is a real nut ......
He Yu said slyly, "Next, please cooperate with me upstairs in my lab, I will tell you the whole story, remember to struggle up and act like it on the way, the attack from HQ is tomorrow, we don't have a chance for anything to go wrong. Be good and do everything you need to do for me, and don't make me regret letting you live today."
He said, untying Chen Man's other hand and giving him one last hard shove as if it was a personal vendetta.
In fact, using Chen Man as Zheng Jingfeng's replacement is the safest thing to do, because everyone knows that He Yu is full of enmity towards Chen Man, and it's only natural for him to torment him, and no one can expect the two of them to be on the same side.
He Yu coldly said, "Let's go."
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Published at: 01/15/2025 11:00