From the top floor, Ji Bochang watched his hate-filled, resentful, and utterly confident fatal blow only graze Lu Cheng's shoulder, failing to kill him with a single shot!
He was slightly stunned at first, then plunged into an even more frenzied, hysterical rage!
"Damn it! F*ck! It actually missed?"
As he cursed wildly, he skillfully pulled the bolt, preparing to fire a second and third shot!
He wanted to completely riddle Lu Cheng with bullets!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
However, as he continued to shoot, Lu Cheng began to move, dodging and weaving.
Before, he was a stationary target, but now he was a moving target, making it even harder for him to hit.
He watched helplessly as Lu Cheng and Song Zhiyi hid indoors... Meanwhile, downstairs, the Head of the Ji Family, hearing the several heart-stopping gunshots and recalling Lu Cheng's resolute, lone figure charging in, felt his legs go weak and almost fainted on the spot, collapsing to the ground!
"Holy crap! If even a tiny accident happened to Lu Cheng in there..."
"Let alone that rebellious son, even the Ji Family will be buried with him!"
"How could I have given birth to such a lawless, rebellious son!"
"I should have... just shot you on the wall back then, at least I would have had some peace!"
"Now look, this is going to lead our entire family, old and young, to their deaths!"
The police's actions were extremely swift and professional!
The experienced commander, the moment he heard the gunshots, immediately and precisely pinpointed the sniper's location through the bullet trajectory and sound source.
It was the top floor of that abandoned residential building!
"Teams One and Two, immediately assault and surround that residential building, blockade all entrances and exits!"
"Drones, launch! High-altitude reconnaissance! Keep a close eye on that bastard on the rooftop, do not let him escape!"
With the commander's order!
Dozens of fully armed SWAT officers, like agile leopards, surrounded the isolated, abandoned residential building, making it impossible for anyone to get in or out!
The Head of the Ji Family watched the footage transmitted by the drone, his heart sinking to the extreme.
Because it wasn't anyone else who fired the shots; it was his own unfilial son!
He picked up a megaphone and, with a voice full of tears, made a final plea to the rooftop, appealing to familial ties:
"Bochang! My son, quickly put down your weapon and surrender!"
"Don't make another mistake, don't remain stubbornly misguided!"
"Think of your mother, think of the lives and fortunes of our entire Ji Family, hundreds of people!"
"Dad is begging you, Dad is kneeling before you!"
On the top floor.
Ji Bochang looked at the dense crowd of SWAT officers downstairs.
He listened to his father's desperate and pleading cries.
And, in his scope, Lu Cheng's figure was completely gone.
He knew he was completely finished.
Defeated utterly, beaten beyond recognition.
The mission had failed.
He didn't get the system reward, and his reincarnation was completely cut off.
Going home had become a ridiculous, unattainable luxury, an eternal pipe dream.
"Why?"
"Why on earth?"
"Lu Cheng, it's that damn Lu Cheng again, he's simply a devil!"
"And Qin Yu! Qin Yu, that pure, utterly useless piece of trash!"
"I created such a perfect hero-saving-the-beauty script for him! Why hasn't he shown up yet?"
An boundless despair, like the coldest tide, instantly completely engulfed him.
He didn't want to be captured, and he certainly didn't want to face Lu Cheng's judgment!
He knew that with Lu Cheng's vengeful nature, if he fell into his hands, his fate would definitely be ten thousand times more miserable than death!
A wild, tragic smile slowly appeared on his face.
"Heh heh... heh heh heh heh..."
"No one can judge Ji Bochang!"
"To hell with this novel world! Go to hell, all of you!"
"My fate, my ending, can only be brought to a close by myself!"
He slowly pulled out a small, exquisite pistol from his pocket, a weapon he originally carried for self-defense.
Now, he resolutely turned the muzzle.
He pointed the cold barrel at his own temple.
"Bang!!!"
A crisp, slightly muffled gunshot echoed from the rooftop.
It was as if it drew a bloody period to this 'villainous acting' drama, filled with absurdity, farce, and tragedy.
Everything settled... Inside the factory.
The graze on Lu Cheng's shoulder had already been disinfected and bandaged by the team doctor.
He was now sitting weakly in the ambulance.
And Song Zhiyi, who had just experienced a life-or-death situation, stayed by his side, handing him water, wiping his sweat, gentle, considerate, and meticulous.
As for the Head of the Ji Family?
After hearing that final gunshot and seeing his rebellious son commit suicide in the drone footage...
This man, who had dominated the Magic City business world for half his life and seen all sorts of major storms, instantly seemed to have had all his vitality drained, aging more than a decade!
He collapsed to the ground with a "thud," tears streaming down his face, muttering as if possessed:
"I forced him to his death, it's all because I, as his father, didn't discipline him well..."
"I killed my son, this is retribution... this is all retribution..."
...Amidst this chaotic scene, our savior, Qin Yu.
After shaking off the last wave of ambushers.
Finally arrived at the crime scene, which had long since ended!
He looked at the noisy spectacle before him.
And that old man, collapsed on the ground, crying bitterly, completely confused about the situation!
But driven by his boundless concern for Sister Zhiyi, he rushed directly to the police official who looked like the commander!
Then, he pulled out his old phone, opened the 'framing text message,' and asked in an excited tone:
"Hey! Old brother!"
"Was it you guys who sent the text message, telling me to come here to help catch the big bad guy Lu Cheng and rescue the Song family's young miss?"
"Where's Lu Cheng? Have you caught him? Has he already been shot dead on the spot?"
Qin Yu's earth-shattering greeting instantly plunged the entire scene into silence again, and everyone's gaze!
They all stared at him as if he were a mental patient who had just escaped from Wanping South Road 600 (the Magic City Mental Health Center)!
And the Head of the Ji Family, already heartbroken and furious from the loss of his son.
After hearing Qin Yu's words, especially the phrase "big bad guy Lu Cheng."
It was as if he had found a perfect outlet and scapegoat!
He suddenly scrambled to his feet, snatched Qin Yu's phone!
After seeing the 'conspiracy' and 'framing' implied in the text message, he instantly understood!
He pointed at the bewildered Qin Yu and roared hysterically at the several equally stunned police officers beside him:
"It's him! It must be him!!!"
"It must be him, and whatever organization is behind him! They incited my naive and innocent son to do such a heinous, lawless, bastardly thing!"
"He is the true mastermind, he killed my son!"
"Police comrades, quickly! Quickly arrest him! We must not let any bad guy go!"
Qin Yu... was completely dumbfounded!
And those police comrades, who were initially somewhat amused.
After hearing the Head of the Ji Family's 'well-reasoned' accusation, their expressions instantly became serious!
They immediately stepped forward and surrounded Qin Yu, this suspiciously eloquent accomplice and suspect in a major kidnapping and murder case!