Everyone thought they were doomed, their faces already etched with despair. As the water level kept rising, I heard Du Qitai's voice from above, "Haha, you wait to die! I'm leaving!"
A helicopter was hovering overhead. I looked up and saw him controlling it to escape. It turned out Du Qitai only decided to leave now.
While we were distracted, Xiao Yuande suddenly leaped up. The helicopter was still some distance away, but Xiao Yuande managed to jump onto it, grabbing onto the two legs dangling from below.
He climbed up with astonishing speed. By the time he suddenly appeared next to Du Qitai, the man hadn't even realized it.
Xiao Yuande punched Du Qitai so hard that blood gushed from his mouth. They grappled inside the helicopter. Although Du Qitai was formidable, Xiao Yuande subdued him in just a few moves. He tied Du Qitai to the cockpit with a rope. At the same time, we saw many flying boats approaching from not too far away!
It was the armed police squadron!!
Everyone immediately raised their hands to signal. The armed police colleagues quickly steered their boats to pick us up. Once all the hostages were safe, the mountaintop was completely submerged by the sea. If we had been even half a second slower, our fate would have been the same as the tourist area.
I was curious, what was going on here? Could it be due to the low terrain, and Du Qitai had broken the dam there?
As we left, an armed police colleague explained the situation, confirming my thoughts.
Du Qitai was arrested, and Xiao Yuande flew the helicopter directly out to sea.
Upon reaching land, on the way back to the police station, He Xin handed me a pile of documents. "Okay, Dad, I've compiled all the crime evidence from the scene. Du Qitai is finished this time!"
"Oh? That's good. But how did you contact the outside world?"
"I didn't contact the outside world..."
I looked at He Xin in surprise.
Then who had called for backup?
Human desires can be terrifying. Desires are divided into two types: material and spiritual. Just as most people like to live in luxurious houses and drive fancy cars, this is the satisfaction of material desires. As for spiritual desires, it's like how some writers and artists enjoy a spiritual cleansing in their inner world.
However, if this desire becomes excessive, it leads to disputes over interests, and thus to crime.
Objective, external factors, such as economic relations, professional status, the disparity between rich and poor, unemployment, population density, racial differences, politics, education, religion, customs, climate, natural disasters, and geographical environment, can be combined to conclude that the social environment is the main cause of crime.
My name is He Sheng. I am 30 years old and currently serve as a criminal investigation consultant for the Fuming City Police Department. I graduated from forensic medicine, and my grandfather was actually a coroner.
I remember that after that Christmas, my daughter He Xin started preparing Christmas gifts, such as apples, socks, and candy. I asked her why she liked Christmas so much, and she told me that the day before her parents died was Christmas Eve.
This year's Christmas Eve seems particularly special. In our Fuming City, Christmas is quite important. On the eve of Christmas Eve, the streets are covered with Christmas trees, and many people dressed as Santa Claus stand near various shopping malls and supermarkets, advertising to attract customers.
Recently, Xiao Yuande wrote to me. He's quite old-fashioned, writing letters in this day and age.
But his handwriting is truly strong and powerful. I suspect he might have studied calligraphy in the past.
In his letter, he told me:
"Mr. He Sheng,
I have agreed to what you discussed with Director Zhang. I estimate I will report to the police station tomorrow afternoon at 3 PM. Don't worry, he himself will also be present. You should be mentally prepared, as Director Zhang seems to have some particularly important matters to arrange for you.
Sincerely, Yuan De."
Director Zhang is coming too? I really don't know what he wants to do. I put away the letter, and He Xin suddenly grabbed my shoulder from behind. "Dad, it's been several months. It's been too boring lately. When will we get a case like the one at the Silent Tourist Area?"
"It was the Silent Tourist Area. After that company went bankrupt, we rescued over 300 tourists and gained a lot. Fuming City has been relatively peaceful lately!"
"Haha, quiet days can be quite boring sometimes."
"Is that so? You'll get used to it. But I think there will be a special case very soon."
"You're jinxing it!"
As soon as she said that, my phone rang. I saw it was Xiao Yuande calling and curiously asked, "What's up, Uncle? Are you in such a hurry to greet me? No rush!"
"No, there's a situation. You two, hurry to Guanghui Pier. Something's happened here!"
"What is it?"
"An old woman died on a cruise ship!"
"Oh? He Xin and I are coming right away."
After hanging up, He Xin immediately looked at me and said, "Did your guess come true?"
"Yes, finally no more idle time. Let's go!"
In less than 20 minutes, we arrived at the pier. Guanghui Pier is our Fuming City's largest pier. It appeared in our city 20 years ago, located in the northern part of the city. It's vast, with extremely elegant surroundings, and many foreigners frequent it.
Finding the police team, I saw Liu Yuning and Xiao Yuande surrounding some people on the ship.
He Xin and I walked over. Many passengers had just disembarked. Xiao Yuande said, "There's been a homicide on the cruise ship. Please cooperate with the investigation!"
"Why should we waste our time here? We're all busy!" a bald man cursed.
"Yeah, what does solving a case by you police have to do with us?" an auntie said disdainfully.
Xiao Yuande replied, "An old woman died on the cruise ship. You were all on the same ship, so you are all suspects and cannot leave! Anyone who insists on leaving, well, I'm sorry, but we will suspect them at any time."
"What do you mean by this? We just took a cruise, how did we become suspects?" the bald man yelled, pointing at us. Judging by the thick gold chain on his neck and the Rolex on his wrist, he was likely a nouveau riche.
When this guy got aggressive, the surrounding passengers gained confidence. "Well said! Our families are waiting for us at home, how can we waste time here?"
"My company is waiting for me to go back to a meeting!"
"I have an important project to handle!"
Everyone made various excuses to leave. At this moment, I stepped in front of the crowd. "Those who want to leave can go. But if any of you dares to step half a step out of here, and then become a person deliberately investigated by our police, I hope you will bear the trouble that follows by yourselves!"