Early morning, inside a bedroom.

"Biao, stop sleeping, it's time to work!" A twenty-something young man dressed in black with a scholarly appearance said to the short and sturdy young man lying on the bed.

"Ah Long, what time is it."

"Almost three o'clock!"

The short and sturdy young man immediately flipped over and got out of bed.

The two of them just graduated from college this year, were classmates, and soon after starting work, they faced unemployment.

After the mutation, transportation was interrupted, and they had no way to return to their hometowns, so they had to stay in Hedong City. The little cash they had left was quickly spent, and without being able to find work, the landlord came to the place half a month ago, made a huge scene, and explicitly stated that if they didn't pay the rent, they would be kicked out.

This immediately made both of them entertain the idea of taking desperate measures.

The first job didn't go smoothly; as soon as they opened the bedroom door, they alarmed the homeowner.

Panic, coupled with nervousness, caused the two to make a ruthless decision, directly stabbing the entire family of three to death, including a seven or eight-year-old boy. Both had practiced some Martial Arts, so for ordinary people, there was no way to resist.

In a panic, the two only grabbed a necklace off the young lady's chest and hurriedly fled the scene.

Initially, they lived in constant fear every day, terrified that the police might suddenly come for them, but soon found that the police had not traced anything to them.

With no electricity, there was no surveillance, DNA testing couldn't be done, and when they acted, they had deliberately worn rubber gloves, leaving no fingerprints, plus there were no eyewitnesses, making the case incredibly difficult to solve.

They secretly sold the necklace to pay for the rent and lived quietly for more than ten days, but seeing the money run out quickly again, the idea of committing another crime immediately crossed their minds.

It is a fact that once the doorway of crime is opened, one occurrence is usually followed by a second.

"Smoke a cigarette to wake up," the young man named Ah Long handed him a cigarette and said.

The short and sturdy young man yawned, took the cigarette, and pulled out a box of matches, striking several times before finally lighting it.

In the weak flame, he took a deep drag and said gloomily, "Hope we don't make such a big fuss this time."

"Last time was an accident, if we hadn't made such a big noise and alarmed everyone, we wouldn't have needed to kill them." The scholarly young man exhaled a puff of smoke, looking calm, "It's a pity that young lady was quite pretty."

Hearing the other's attitude of not giving a damn about human life, the short and sturdy young man's heart sank, and he felt a tinge of regret, "I think if we keep doing this, we'll run into trouble sooner or later!"

"Stop overthinking it," the scholarly young man sneered, "How will we survive if we don't steal? Do you really want to carry bricks, or stand in line for two or three hours in the cold at the relief station to get a few buns? I refuse to lose face like that. I've realized, in today's society, to live like a person, you have to be more ruthless, more vicious than others."

The short and sturdy young man's face darkened, he took a strong puff of the cigarette, then threw it to the ground and stomped it out fiercely, "This is the last time! I heard the train has started running again recently, once we split the money, I'm planning to head back home."

"Suit yourself!" The scholarly young man said nonchalantly, one less person also means one less person to share the money with.

...

Early morning, Chen Shouyi returned from training, just climbed through the window, and jumped into the bedroom.

He immediately sensed something was wrong, he smelled a strong scent of blood.

Chen Shouyi's heart tightened, he hurriedly placed the Shell Lady on the bed, immediately opened the bedroom door, and found a candle lit in the living room, his parents and Chen Xingyue were all sitting on the sofa, silent, their faces tense and uneasy.

Two people were lying on the floor, with two daggers dropped beside them, one of them was covered in blood, motionless, and seemed already dead. The other was tied up, with a rag stuffed in his mouth, struggling and twisting continuously.

Seeing his parents and sister unharmed, Chen Shouyi was relieved and closed the bedroom door.

"Brother, you're back!"

Seeing Chen Shouyi come out, Chen Xingyue and Chen Father and Mother seemed to have found a pillar of support, their uneasy expressions becoming much more relaxed.

"Shou Yi, where did you go?"

"I just went outside for a bit, Mom and Dad, what's going on with these two people?" Chen Shouyi glanced at the two on the ground, then withdrew his gaze and asked.

When asked about the crucial matter, Mrs. Chen immediately forgot to ask why Chen Shouyi went out in the middle of the night, and hastily said:

"These two are thieves, they came to steal, Xing Yue was awakened and tried to subdue them, these two tried to resist, your sister got nervous and accidentally killed one of them, will there be any problems?"

Chen Shouyi couldn't help but glance at Chen Xingyue, seeing her façade of calmness, though her tightly clenched hands, with fingers turning white, betrayed her real feelings, after all, it was her first time killing.

He comforted them with a calm expression, "No problem, this is self-defense. Mom, Dad, you can go to sleep without worry, we'll handle this."

He had killed more people than he could count on his fingers, with psychological resilience incomparable to ordinary people.

"Dad, Mom, I told you it would be fine!" Chen Xingyue immediately said, "You should go back to your room and sleep."

"Really okay?" Chen Dawei said, still skeptical.

"Really okay! I'll call the police over in a while to have them take away the body and the other person." Chen Shouyi said.

Perhaps the rag stuck in the mouth of the tied-up thief was too loose, and as he struggled continuously, it fell out, he spat it out forcefully and said in a panic, "No, don't call the police, please let me go."

"Let you go, why should we let you go?" Chen Shouyi turned his head and scoffed coldly upon hearing this.

"I'm just a failed thief, I would only be locked up for a few days and then come out, but your parents live here all the time," the thief appeared scholarly honest, but his words carried a hint of threat and arrogance.

"What do you mean?" Chen Shouyi's heart turned cold, he asked impassively.

The scholarly young man's heart inexplicably flashed with anxiety, the other side was too calm. But at the thought of the consequences of being arrested by the police, where further investigations might expose the murder, he pressed on, "You know that there are one thousand days a thief, but not one thousand days to guard against one."

Chen Shouyi smiled, a hint of murderous intent rising in his heart, he had never seen anyone so arrogant in front of him.

But he didn't kill in front of his parents, there was no rush, he could deal with him once he was out of the detention center, he turned away, ignoring him, and said to Chen Xingyue, "I'm going to the police station for a bit, you stay here."

"Okay, Brother!" Chen Xingyue forced herself to stay calm.

...

Not long after, four duty police officers followed Chen Shouyi back, one of them was even the deputy director of the police station.

The police quickly put the body onto a stretcher and carried it away, even enthusiastically helping to clean up the bloodstains in the living room.

The entire time, only verbal inquiries were made, not even mentioning going to the station to make a statement.

After seeing the police out, Chen Shouyi thanked them:

"Sorry to have troubled all of you."

"No trouble at all, it's our duty. Besides, we should thank Chief Advisor Chen for assisting in maintaining community security," the deputy director of the police station said promptly, he had long known through the public security bureau that a Martial Artist lived in this community, unexpected that it was even a Great Martial Artist, it was truly terrifying.

The scholarly-looking young man already handcuffed and held by two officers was shocked to hear this, who exactly was the person he had just threatened?

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