"Tingting, Mommy promises you, I'll step back and go abroad with you. I always intended that once this was all over, I'd be with you forever, wherever you are, without a worry about food or clothing,"

Xiao Xiao said.

Xiao Ting still shook her head and said, "Mom, I'm a teacher. If I weren't a teacher, maybe there are some things I wouldn't see, but as a teacher, do you know what all the schools in Jinde County are really like? They aren't educating; they're just accumulating wealth. All the students growing up in such an environment, what can they gain? They only develop a utilitarian mind, always prioritizing money. Do you really think producing such a future generation is what you, a leader at the Education Bureau, should be doing?"

"You've not only ruined yourself and me, you've ruined so many children in Jinde County. I hate you, I hate you, I absolutely hate you."

Xiao Ting's words were like the last straw that broke Xiao Xiao.

She staggered a bit.

Her body collapsed to the ground.

She had not lied.

All these years of crazed profiteering in the educational system were for Xiao Ting.

She was tired of living this way long ago.

Why not give up?

It was all for Xiao Ting's better life in the future.

Even if it meant early ovarian failure, she would seek Chen Fang for treatment immediately.

That was her aim too.

She feared aging prematurely and losing favor with the powerful man, being discarded like trash. She needed his support to continue amassing wealth.

Her life's goal was now calling herself hateful; it was as if the sky had fallen for her.

"Give me the gun!"

Suddenly.

Xiao Xiao said to Meng Shuwan.

Meng Shuwan was stunned.

Xiao Xiao yelled, "I told you to give me the gun, didn't you hear me?"

Meng Shuwan, not daring to defy her, handed Xiao Xiao the gun.

Xiao Xiao, holding the gun, stood up, wiped her tears away, and with a more resolute look in her eyes, said, "Chen Fang, it's you, all because of you. If not for you, I wouldn't have become what I am now, and Tingting wouldn't hate me. I can die, it's fine, I would do anything for Tingting, but before I die, I want you to die with me."

Xiao Ting shielded Chen Fang with her body.

She said, "Fine, if you want to shoot Chen Fang, you'll have to shoot me first. I'll die with him."

"Tingting, don't be foolish, Chen Fang could never love you,"

Xiao Xiao said.

Xiao Ting nodded and said, "I know, but it doesn't matter; one must fight for what they love at least once in life, right? Mommy, I'm not you; that's where we differ."

"Move!" Xiao Xiao warned.

Stubbornly, Xiao Ting said, "I won't move!"

"I told you to move!"

"I won't!"

After a struggle, Xiao Xiao dared not shoot.

Just then.

Intense footsteps echoed in the corridor.

Meng Shuwan opened the door and peeked out, only to see countless fully armed police assembling at the corridor entrance.

Looking out the window.

The street below was filled with police cars.

All police units were assembling.

Even snipers had taken positions on the opposite rooftops, guns aimed this way.

"Boss, you go first, I'll hold them off. Give me the gun!"

Meng Shuwan said urgently.

Xiao Xiao, expressionless, said, "You go."

"Boss, if it weren't for your financial support for my education, I, Meng Shuwan, wouldn't be here today. My life is yours. You go first; I'll cover for you."

Meng Shuwan said anxiously.

Xiao Xiao's gun suddenly pointed at Meng Shuwan.

She said, "I told you to go. If you don't, I'll shoot!"

Meng Shuwan with a look of distress,

Wiped her tears.

Said, "Okay, then I'll go first."

Having said that,

She reluctantly glanced at Xiao Xiao a few more times, then opened the door and ran out.

As soon as Meng Shuwan left,

Xiao Xiao's gun once again pointed at the two people.

She somberly said, "Chen Fang, can you dismantle the cameras or listening devices in this room? I want to say a few words to Tingting."

"Yes!"

Chen Fang bent down.

Beneath the coffee table, there was a tiny device which he pried out.

This listener was the one that Lulu had installed to monitor the secret discussions of Niu Yong and Zhou Shengtie to earn merits.

In the room next door.

Yang Yuanbo, wearing headphones, heard a piercing noise.

He quickly took the headphones off.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xiaomin asked.

Yang Yuanbo shook his head and said, "The wiretap has been dismantled."

"Could Chen Fang be in danger? Should we launch an assault?"

Li Xiaomin asked.

Yang Yuanbo pondered for a moment and said, "Have the sniper monitor the situation remotely, and the moment Chen Fang is in danger, take the shot immediately."

"Alright, I'll go notify them now."

Having said that, Li Xiaomin hurried out.

The policemen downstairs were the ones they had brought with them; after arriving at the scene, it was Lulu who had led them to this room.

Which meant that they heard most of Chen Fang's conversation with Xiao Xiao.

About ten minutes, roughly ten minutes.

During these ten minutes, what happened in the neighboring room, no one knew.

Just then, the intercom on the table suddenly yelled, "Report, report, the gunman is preparing to commit a crime, repeat, the gunman is preparing to commit a crime!"

No sooner had he spoken.

Than they heard Chen Fang yell, "Don't!"

Then.

There was a loud bang.

By the time Yang Yuanbo and the others rushed in, Xiao Xiao had already been shot in the forehead and was lying in a pool of blood.

Xiao Ting was desperately yelling, "Mom."

And was grabbed by Chen Fang.

Perhaps unable to bear the pain, Xiao Ting fainted.

"To the hospital, quickly take her to the hospital!"

Chen Fang picked up Xiao Ting and rushed out of the tea room.

At that moment, the ambulance also just arrived.

After Chen Fang handed her over to the doctors, he watched the ambulance drive away, then looked back to see countless police flooding through the main entrance.

His gaze was somewhat vacant.

He walked to a flowerbed near the door and sat down.

In his mind, the last moments surfaced.

After the listening device was removed, Xiao Xiao had put down the gun and started arranging her affairs; when she had finished, she deliberately raised the gun again, aimed at the two people, and placed her finger on the trigger, posing as if she was about to shoot. Under such circumstances, the sniper was definitely expected to fire.

That final moment.

She didn't intend to shoot anyone.

She just wanted the sniper to shoot her.

He didn't know how long he had sat there.

Xiao Xiao's body was carried out.

The chaotic scene also began to calm down.

"Want a cigarette?"

Suddenly, a person in a police uniform sat down beside him, took out a pack of cigarettes, and offered it to Chen Fang.

Chen Fang turned to see it was actually Hu Qin.

"How come you are here too?"

Chen Fang asked.

Hu Qin said, "This is North City Street, such a big incident, of course, I had to come."

Chen Fang gave a bitter smile.

Pulled out a cigarette, just about to light it.

Hu Qin said, "It's a toy gun."

"What did you say?"

Chen Fang blurted out, asking Hu Qin.

Hu Qin took a deep breath and said, "I mean, the gun that the suspect, Xiao... was holding, it was a toy gun, not a real one."

Chen Fang was surprised.

Yet he also sighed and slowly relaxed.

Perhaps such an outcome was already among Xiao Xiao's alternatives, willing to risk her life for Xiao Ting.

"Look at that car!"

Hu Qin stretched out her hand and pointed toward the street.

Chen Fang looked in the distance.

It was a black Audi sedan.

Because the windows were tinted, what was inside couldn't be seen at all.

"What about that car?"

Chen Fang asked.

Hu Qin said, "I noticed that car as soon as I arrived at the scene, it's strange, it has no plates."

No plates?

Chen Fang shivered.

Suddenly stood up.

But the car slowly started up and left the scene.

By the time Chen Fang ran out.

The car had already disappeared.

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