After midnight

Zhang Dong saw Song Xin sitting on the edge of the flower bed, bored and dazed, not far away.

She waited here for the whole day, until the afterglow of the setting sun had burned out the entire west, and there were few people lingering in Central Park except for passers-by.

Zhang Dong wanted to slap himself in frustration. After calming down his panting due to running too fast, he became more nervous. Song Xin was sitting there, and seemed to realize that someone was watching her. She ran towards him before Zhang Dong ran over.

"Sorry, I……"

"Is Brother Yunqi okay?"

"He... is fine." Zhang Dong said after a moment of shock.

"No, it's mainly because I grew up with him, so..." Song Xin licked her lips.

"I know." Zhang Dong interrupted her, the bitterness in his heart kept surging up, like waves hitting the shore.

"I don't know when you'll be back, and I don't dare leave. You haven't had lunch yet, right? Let's go together?"

Zhang Dong looked at her and couldn't stand her being so cautious. It was obvious that he had left her alone for a whole day and she had done nothing wrong. So he smiled and said, "Okay, let's go eat."

After dinner, Zhang Dong sent Song Xin home as usual. This time, he did not leave after Song Xin returned to the house, but his mood was a little different. He waited quietly.

The moonlight was gorgeous, and the bright crescent moon was condensed in the distant sky. Suddenly, an autumn wind blew at night. The wind was not cold, but it blew away all the clouds, revealing the twinkling stars.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Dong turned his head and his bones creaked. Maybe he was overthinking. That was right. Why would Zhao Yunqi appear here? Besides, there was still a person in charge of the Song Mansion. Why should he worry about it?

Zhang Dong laughed at himself, and then he regretted it almost immediately. He was willing to wait here, and he wanted to do something for Song Xin, but why did he expect a reward right from the start?

Zhang Dong reached out and slapped his face to wake himself up, then left.

The next morning, Song Xin ran out quickly when she knew Zhang Dong was waiting for her outside the door. "I thought you would leave last night."

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you in advance."

"It's okay, then you wait for me?"

Zhang Dong nodded, and soon Song Xin came out. She changed her clothes and dressed herself up simply.

It was September 11th, a whole day had passed since Wang Shan died. In an inn in Beizhong, Song Nan served Song Yu today's breakfast, oatmeal porridge, stir-fried vegetables, flower rolls and boiled eggs.

Song Yuliao took a look at him without any interest. He lay down on the back of the chair, and his fatigue was visibly visible.

"Still thinking?"

Song Nan's four simple words immediately touched the taut string in Song Yu's heart.

"Why was Mr. Li murdered? Why did Wang Shan die in such a strange way? Don't you want to think about it? Although I didn't want to use them, if you don't figure it out, everything that follows will be wrong!"

Song Nan fell silent for a while. He turned his chopsticks around and around. After a while, he said, "I have asked people to collect intelligence, and it is basically ruled out that Lin Changxing was the culprit. On the night Wang Shan died, Lin Changxing was still in the police station worrying about Li Sheng's death. Li Yanyi did not embarrass him. It was their own people who made mistakes when investigating and collecting evidence. Wang Shan's death was very strange, but Li Sheng's death was even more bizarre in my opinion."

"On the night of September 6, after midnight, Mr. Li was attacked and disappeared. On the morning of the 9th, which was the morning we were going to get rid of Lin Changxing, his body suddenly floated on the wild lake. Don't you think this is strange?"

"What do you want to say?"

"I just find it weird."

"It's very strange."

"I remember that on the morning of the 9th, you issued instructions to Zhao Yunqi and others, suggesting that they might come to Beizhong soon."

"Yes, I had a feeling something was wrong when I found Li Sheng's body early in the morning. I didn't expect something unexpected to happen at night. But you also know why I left Zhao Yunqi and the others there. They won't come over for the time being."

"Is there anything unusual with the Son of God?"

"I know what you're thinking. It's impossible that they did it. Their every move is under my control. They must have heard about Li Sheng and Wang Shan's affairs, and asked the 'Guardian' to deliberately find out all the details."

"That's really unbelievable. I'm afraid it's not as the rumors say."

"Oh?" Song Yu raised his eyebrows.

"Rumor has it that Wang Shan was responsible for Li Sheng's death, and Li Yanyi was responsible for Wang Shan's death. There was a conflict between the two families before."

"Impossible." Song Yu lost interest after hearing the latter part. He waved his hand, "They don't dare to tease me. However, you reminded me that our actions still need to return to the goal as soon as possible."

"What goal?"

Song Yu dipped the chopsticks in the water in the teacup, wrote a few words on the table and drew a circle around it.

"I understand." After Song Nan answered in a low voice, Song Yuqu raised his index finger and tapped the table.

Not long after, on the night of the 11th, Li Yanyi received the latest order, but this order made him dumbfounded. "Is Song Yu crazy?"

"Master..." The butler lowered his voice to remind him.

Li Yan waved his hand and took a deep breath, "I know I can't disobey orders. Whether I do it or not, there is no turning back. Well, I'll send Lin Changxing to take the blame for me tomorrow!"

"Yes, sir, you should go and rest early."

However, the next morning, before the sun rose, Mr. Li stumbled into the door of the small western-style building, making this morning's surprise come unexpectedly.

"Dad!" The sharp scream startled Li Yanyi, and his eyes immediately widened as soon as he opened them.

"Son! You're still alive!"

Li Yanyi grinned, but suddenly his face turned horrified. He jumped off the bed, not even bothering to put on his shoes, and pulled Li Sheng away to close the door. "Did anyone see you?"

"Dad!" Li Sheng called him aggrievedly. His face was covered with dirt and his clothes were ragged. It was not easy for him to escape and he had suffered a lot. He was thinking about his own experience and had no idea what happened outside.

"Tell me quickly! Has anyone seen you?" Li Yan shouted at him.

"No, it's still dark outside, I..."

"Where have you been these days?" Li Yan forced himself to calm down. He had just seen his son's body in a wild lake three days ago, and today his son was standing in front of him alive again.

"I don't know where it is. I was locked up in a small shabby house on the mountain."

"Where are your clothes?" Li Yan asked, staring at him.

"Of course it was stolen by those hooligans under Wang Shan. What bastards!"

"Wang Shan? It's Wang Shan?"

"Of course it was him! When I was locked up, it was the people outside who told me that their young master wanted to teach me a lesson!"

"By the way, where is the person who attacked you? Are you injured?" Li Yan said as he pulled Li Sheng's clothes and started to check.

Li Sheng hissed, bent down and covered his abdomen with his hands. Li Yan took a look and quickly lifted up his clothes. The gauze wrapped around his abdomen was dirty, and under the gauze was a hideous wound.

"That's it. Shit, it hurts. Let me catch him and I'll kill him!"

"Do you know who he is?"

"No, I don't know. That guy is pretty powerful. I guess he's a desperate criminal that Wang Shan found somewhere."

"He deserves it! He deserves to die for planning to target my son!"

Mr. Li was shocked by these words, and also by his father's ferocious and vicious expression.

"Son, come here. Sit down and listen to dad carefully." Li Yan said to Li Sheng with a relaxed expression.

Li Sheng was completely stunned after hearing this. He didn't know what to say. He said in horror: "Dad! If Wang Mi and Song Yu knew about this, they would kill us!"

"I know that too. So, son, you can't let anyone know that you're still alive!"

"what?"

"Son, I know this is unfair to you. But you have to do this. You have to hide first."

"Hide? Where should I hide? And for how long?"

"I will arrange where you hide, but you have to hide until Wang Mi and Song Yu are dead, until the day I let you out."

"Dad!" Li Sheng widened his eyes. Is his dad crazy?

"Son, trust me. I won't let you hide for too long. Do you want us to die together today?"

"Of course not...Okay! Dad, I'll hide!"

Li Yan hurriedly called the housekeeper, and after settling everything, he quickly locked himself in the office.

He made a fatal mistake, being easily fooled by a strange man who was the same height as his son, looked similar, and was soaked in water. What's more, the man was wearing his son's clothes. He was impatient and did not wait for the final identification results.

But Li Yanyi knew that he didn't want to wait because the timing was too good. He couldn't stop himself from plotting, and his impulse, misleading, and love for his son all gave him enough excuses. He really had no way back now, and he had to help Lin Changxing to overthrow Wang Mi and even Song Yu. At this moment, there was a constant knock on the door.

"Come in!" Li Yan shouted.

"It was sent by the police."

Li Yanyi was shocked and tore open the envelope. There were two identification reports in the envelope. The stamps of the two identification reports were exactly the same, and both were true and valid. However, the result of one report showed that the deceased was Mr. Li, while the other one was not. Li Yanyi's figure swayed, and a thin layer of sweat soaked his palms. "This..."

Li Yan was shocked. He finally understood that from the moment Song Yu entered Beizhong, they were all trapped together. Who was it? Lin Changxing had no such strategy. It was like the domino effect. He only needed to gently stretch out a finger to push down the first card, and the result would naturally be as he expected. This ability to see into people's hearts was too terrifying. Who was this person who was strategizing behind the scenes?

Li Yan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at the two completely different appraisal reports again, and then slowly tore up the real report.

At 10 a.m. on September 12, Wang Mi invited Lin Changxing to have political discussions. Lin Changxing shook his clothes, tidied his clothes, and happily set off.

At 11 o'clock in the morning on September 12, Song Nan stopped Su Ziling in an alley.

At 01:02 am on September 05, An Yan and Zhou Chen were attacked head-on in different places by Song Yu and people code-named , and .

After the battle plan collapsed twice, Song Yu finally decided to confront the enemy directly. After all, the hanging window was being repaired day by day, and he could no longer wait.

Song Yu appeared in front of An Yan. An Yan looked at him and keenly noticed that the aura of the man in front of him had changed greatly, becoming colder and more explicit than before.

"Son of God, it's been a long time since we last met."

An Yan didn't answer, but casually glanced at the person wrapped in black behind Song Yu.

"It's just as the rumors say. We didn't fight well last time, so I won't be polite this time." As soon as Song Yu finished speaking, the originally solid land broke into pieces in an instant. At this time, an autumn wind blew, and when the wind died down, An Yan was nowhere to be seen.

"Where are they? Why don't you find them quickly?"

There was no need to look for it. A wall separated them, and the water rushed down from the sky with a fierce splash, splashing into huge water. The water splashed like a wave, engulfing the two of them. Song Yu hid under the earth cone and could not move an inch.

At this time, Song Yu waved his hand, and the wall of An Yan's hiding place suddenly cracked. He increased the force, and the surrounding houses and buildings were immediately affected and spread rapidly in a radial shape. More than a dozen families within a radius of several hundred meters were instantly panicked and fled in a hurry.

After Song Yu made his move, the sound of water stopped abruptly, and screams of fear came one after another. He looked up and saw a raging fire in the southeast and smoke in the southwest. This is the most correct way, just destroy it directly. Song Yu thought, his blood boiling.

After the sound of water disappeared, An Yan suddenly appeared in front of Song Yu, his eyes dormant and cold. In his hand, he held a blade made of pure energy, the blade glowed blue and was as thin as a cicada's wing. An Yan lowered his body and rushed forward, cutting through the hard soil thrown by Song Yu like tearing a piece of paper.

An Yan followed closely, and he lightly stepped on the soil that was split in half, used the force to turn over, and then rushed straight towards Song Yu. Song Yu was unable to dodge, but at this moment, Time No. 01 stretched out his hand and pushed Song Yu out.

Code 01 screamed, his arm was bloody. After seeing that it was Code 01, An Yan had withdrawn 01% of his strength, but Code could no longer use his ability from then on.

"I didn't expect the 'Son of God' to be so cruel." Song Yu said.

"What a joke you are."

An Yan's kiss on his lips made Song Yu even more furious, and the battle was about to break out. But suddenly, a letter appeared beside Song Yu like a ghost. Song Yu didn't want to pay attention to it, but the paper kept floating around Song Yu without a landing point.

Song Yu glanced at An Yan and quickly opened the letter. After seeing the contents of the letter, he took a breath and left without looking back. What was going on? An Yan panicked. What could have made Song Yu so frightened and furious? An Yan wanted to chase him, but hesitated for a moment, and then ran to the place where there was fire and smoke.

As An Yan ran, he felt a little uneasy. He felt that things seemed to be out of control. According to his inference, Song Yu would not stop once he started fighting, and he was well prepared this time. Those who were still in North City were proof that he would not leave them a way out and let his brothers rush over from North City to help them.

But An Yan was not afraid, because on the contrary, Song Yu did not know him at all. He had the strength to deal with them all at once, without putting anyone's life in danger. Lin Changxing would be fine, and neither would Su Ziling and Zhou Chen.

But there was another problem with this plan, that is, Song Yu must have someone to focus on, and An Yan had not yet determined who this person was. Although he had some guesses, it was not until just now when Song Yu was observing the battle situation that he was 100% sure.

That person was Su Ziling, and Song Yu took the lead in looking in the direction of Su Ziling. So after Song Yu left, An Yan almost immediately ran there.

An Yan ran quickly, but the uneasiness in his heart gradually grew. He had planned everything for this war in Beizhong, but he didn't expect that Song Yu would escape without any hesitation after receiving a letter, completely ignoring Beizhong.

What could make him give up Beizhong so decisively? An Yan pursed his lips and could only rush to Su Ziling at a faster speed.