Chapter 424 Chapter 422: The One Destined To Die
Chapter 422: The One Destined To Die
Time passed quickly, leaving less than three minutes.
The plainclothes man slowly approached, completely ignoring the subtle hostility radiating from Su Tao. "Have you decided? Is Miss Chi coming with me, or..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but turned his head to glance at the building housing the sniper.
Sirens wailed around the villa, indicating that someone had noticed something amiss.
But it didn't matter; two or three minutes were enough for the sniper to take a shot.
The choice was simple, wasn't it?
Si Chen exhaled softly and looked at the plainclothes man. "Brother, I'm sorry."
The answer was rejection.
The plainclothes man wasn't annoyed, and smiled lightly. "Understandable. If you want to run, I suggest you do so in half a minute. The sniper will want to confirm if I can capture Miss Chi in this final time. He might not wait until the last second to shoot."
"Knowing he can't take her, he might just shoot decisively."
"But rest assured, that guy values his life. He'll run after one shot. He won't stay to fight and wait to die if he can't complete the mission."
Si Chen was silent after hearing the plainclothes man's words.
"Thank you."
Only these two words escaped his lips.
Helplessness...
Back when he was ostracized in the Si family, hadn't he also lacked any room for choice?
Si Chen turned to look at Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao. "Run in half a minute. When you run, just charge as fast as you can and keep some distance from each other. Run towards the villa. As for the rest..."
"Leave it to fate."
He sighed deeply.
His words silenced Su Tao and Chi Xiaocheng.
Leave it to fate?
Both Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao detested that phrase.
Fate? The Dao of Heaven?
Wasn't that just the will of the world?
Chi Xiaocheng had nearly died at the hands of the world's will several times.
And Su Tao, even more so.
She had long ceased to believe in so-called fate. If fate was truly on her side, then why was her Xiaocheng always getting hurt because of her?
This time too.
There was no reason for those people to target Chi Xiaocheng.
Whether it was Chu Lingfeng, Xiao Ming, or the deceased Ye Liang, they targeted Xiaocheng, they had their eyes on Xiaocheng, because of her.
The source was her, Su Tao!
And Chi Xiaocheng was always the one who got hurt!
The atmosphere was oppressive, but no one spoke.
There should be a more optimal solution, but...
Neither Su Tao nor Chi Xiaocheng wanted the other to take risks; they both wanted the other to live well.
An impasse.
And Si Chen, while he was indeed the male lead, his character weight had already dropped significantly.
His gambling this time, deviating from his usual calculated actions and ruining his persona, wasn't it yet another way to decrease his character weight?
Time ticked by, second by second.
At that moment, the plainclothes man patted his body up and down, then extended his hand towards Si Chen. "Young Master Si, can I have another cigarette?"
Si Chen glanced at him and tossed him a pack of cigarettes. "If we all make it through this unscathed, come work for me. I'll find a way to bring your family over, and they will definitely be safe."
The man smiled without saying a word, and simply lit the cigarette. "Time's up."
According to the original plan, one of the people here was destined to die, right?
The plainclothes man looked at the three who were already poised to run. Almost as soon as Si Chen gave the command to "Run!" the three of them bolted.
Without much thought, Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao ran forward with all their might, as agreed.
And Si Chen deliberately lagged behind them by a couple of steps.
He still believed in his own luck.
Believed that he too was a protagonist.
The determination on his face didn't waver, even as he ran.
The plainclothes man took a deep drag of the cigarette. The smoke, carrying the sharp sting of bitter almonds, flooded his throat, as if countless transparent blades were spreading out in his alveoli.
He always indulged in this gentle form of slow slicing; the thorns of nicotine grew wildly in his chest, crushing any soft emotions that shouldn't exist.
His gaze slowly settled on Si Chen's resolute profile.
"How pathetic..."
He was referring to himself, as well as Si Chen and the others.
Even a young master as high and mighty as him was still bound by something, just like him, and willing to risk his life for it.
"Bang!"
A booming sound echoed from afar.
The sniper had fired.
He had seen people running away.
If that was the case, one of them would die, and at the same time, he would also be buried along with the mission failure.
So, who would die?
The plainclothes man's gaze slowly shifted forward.
Chi Xiaocheng and Su Tao stopped in their tracks. Their first reaction after hearing the sound of the sniper rifle was to look at each other, their expressions freezing in a moment of relief that the other was safe.
Si Chen not only stopped in his tracks, but also turned to look at him, the shock on his face particularly evident.
Huh?
They were all fine, so who had died?
The plainclothes man's hand, holding the cigarette, trembled. He looked down, only to see a bloody hole in his chest.
On that distant building.
Countless small black dots frantically rushed towards the location of his sniper partner.
So, the pathetic one...was just me.
Images flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern: his mother, recovered from her illness and discharged from the hospital; his wife and daughters, living in a large house.
The head maid had promised that if he died, they would live a better life.
Maybe he wasn't so pathetic after all.
Although he had prepared himself long ago, he still felt reluctant at this moment.
The wind blew, as if pressing down on the man's shoulder. He lost all his strength and fell straight backward.
His pupils, losing their light and gradually blurring, looked at Chi Xiaocheng in the last moment.
Good, his daughter would be so cute when she grew up, right?
In the end, the outcome was good. His family wasn't hurt, and the three of them were safe and sound.
One of the people present was indeed destined to die.
And he was the only minor character not shrouded in luck.
With a dull thud, the man's body collapsed to the ground.
Si Chen stopped in his tracks and looked up at the building.
Along with the sound of the sniper rifle, there were several other gunshots.
The sniper had been subdued. Perhaps in his final moment of panic, he hadn't had time to aim properly and had pulled the trigger.
He silently walked to the corpse. The man wore a faint smile, his expression peaceful.
The cigarette butt, which he hadn't been able to hold, burned out at that moment.
Si Chen spotted the corner of a piece of white paper peeking out from the man's sleeve.
He reached out and pulled it out.
Two large characters were written on it - Last Will.
Perhaps when he received the mission, he already knew that his chances of survival were almost zero.
Si Chen flipped over the back of the will and found a note with a signature.
Yu Hui.
The plainclothes man's name.
Si Chen clenched the will in his hand and took off his glasses, his face serious. "Rest assured, I will find your family and take care of them."
This was a promise from the man.
He turned around, and the warm light shone on Si Chen's face, highlighting the man's chiseled features.
The afterglow of the setting sun often lies behind.
And what he now faced was...
The rising sun.
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