"Shen Xian, I know that in the past three years, you have been giving money and daily necessities to Xiaobai's parents. They asked me to say thank you on their behalf."

The two words "Xiao Bai" hurt Shen Xian's heart. She gritted her teeth tightly and tried her best to restrain her heartache.

"Shen Xian, it's been three years, you should let it go."

Zhou Mu reached out and took Shen Xian's hand. His warm and dry hand became Shen Xian's only warmth in this cool autumn night.

Big drops of tears burst from Shen Xian's eyes. She trembled and cried into the hands held by the two of them. The sadness that had been accumulated for many years tore open and escaped at this moment.

Zhou Mu put his other hand on Shen Xian's back, comforting her. He felt the same for her sadness.

Because what passed away was the comrades they cared about equally—Xiao Bai and Bai Zhang.

This matter started three years ago.

Three years ago, or even earlier, Shen Xian was a very professional and courageous bomb disposal expert. With excellent professional ability and courage, she had dismantled thousands of bombs and rescued countless trapped and kidnapped people. With the masses, she can always dismantle terrible threats before people's property and lives are damaged.

She competes against countless dangers hidden in the dark, and she never loses.

Yes! She devoted herself deeply and never failed!

Not only that, she also developed a bomb analyzer on her own to quickly analyze the structure of various bombs and detonation devices.

And Xiaobai is her best bomb disposal partner.

But Shen Xian, who was so invincible, lost his comrades' lives during an operation. She will always remember Xiaobai's trembling voice at the moment when the thread was cut: "Shen Xian, the line is wrong."

Immediately afterwards, Xiaobai rushed over without hesitation and protected her. After the ear-piercing explosion, Xiaobai left them forever without even having time to say a word.

The explosion also left scars on her shoulders that could never be erased. Just like the gravity of Xiaobai's final attack, they remained on her shoulders forever.

After that incident, Shen Xian took the blame and resigned. Although everyone tried their best to stay and said it was not her fault, Shen Xian could no longer face those terrible bombs calmly as before.

She kept her name anonymous, cut off all contact with the past, and did physical work that required the least use of her brain, both to escape and to save herself.

This journey lasted three years.

"It's been three years and you still haven't found the murderer of that kidnapping case?"

After a long time, Shen Xian asked seriously. That explosion took away her best friend and the kidnapped mother and daughter.

Zhou Mu shook his head, "The male owner of that house, after hearing that his wife and daughter had failed to be rescued, set fire to the house and himself."

A fire burned everything clean.

"But..." After pondering for a while, Zhou Mu continued: "But according to the investigation, that man was a middle-level manager of Shenfei International during his lifetime."

Shenfei International? Shen Xian was stunned.

"Could it be said that the kidnapping case is related to Shenfei International?"

Zhou Mu nodded slightly, "I can't tell, I've been investigating for a long time, but I haven't gotten any useful information. The other party is very smart, and the traces are wiped clean."

It was a very technical kidnapping. They had been investigating for so long, but they didn't even know the reason why the mother and daughter were kidnapped in the first place. It's not that Shen Xian didn't check it at the beginning, but there was no trace at all.

"Maybe I know what to do."

Shen Xian held her hands together, her eyes sparkling after being washed by tears. Her words were even more firm.

"You -" Zhou Mu stared into her eyes with a little anticipation, "Come back, Shen Xian, we need you."

Hearing Zhou Mu's words, Shen Xian shook his head without hesitation, "The Shen Xian of the past no longer exists. Zhou Mu, I am no longer suitable to be in the team."

A dull pain flashed across Zhou Mu's eyes. Did those days of fighting side by side no longer exist after all?

"Come and drink to our reunion!"

Perhaps because she had found a new breakthrough, Shen Xian looked a little more relaxed. She picked up the wine beside her and handed it to Zhou Mu.

Zhou Mu didn't know what Shen Xian was going to do, but he firmly believed that Shen Xian must have made what he thought was the best choice at the moment. And he would continue to support her and trust her as always.

The two of them drank wine and talked, and the years of going through thorns and going through life and death in the past seemed to be right in front of them.

"Shen Xian, I'm not that good, I'm the strongest scissor hand!" Xiaobai always likes to have a bratty fight with Shen Xian after completing a task.

"Shen Xian, remember to buy potato chips. You ate three slices from me yesterday, so you have to pay me back three bags..."

"Chen Xian, do you think I look like Edward..."

"Shen Xian, the line is wrong..."

During the conversation, Xiaobai's sunny face appeared in Shen Xian's mind, and the scenes in the past were forever sealed in the years in the residual blood and darkness.

"What are your plans for the future? Or are you just going to keep working in the logistics warehouse?"

Zhou Mu took a sip of wine and turned to ask Shen Xian, who was in a daze.

"Ha, it's good to be in the logistics warehouse. You don't have to use your brain or think. You just move hard every day. You can be exhausted every day, and then you can sleep peacefully until dawn when you come back. Oh wow!"

Shen Xian raised the wine bottle and looked at the light in the distance through the glass of the wine bottle. It was hazy and really beautiful.

"Shen Xian——"

Zhou Mu helplessly called her, how could the dragon be trapped in the abyss? Their sacrifice should not be just like this.

"Xiaobai doesn't want to see you like this." Zhou Mu comforted.

"Come, let us respect Xiaobai——"

To Xiaobai, her best classmate, comrade-in-arms, and partner; to their most passionate years in the past; to Shen Xian who will never come back...

Shen Xian looked a little drunk. As she spoke, she touched the bottle in Zhou Mu's hand and drank.

Who said that there is a bright future in another village? Facts have proved that this sentence is true.

Shen Xian did not tell Zhou Mu about her decision. There were some things that were restricted to investigate as Zhou Mu. She wanted to find out on her own and hoped that Xiaobai would have a spirit in the sky to let her find out the truth as soon as possible.

After seeing Zhou Mu off, Shen Xian took out the business card in his work clothes and dialed the number on it without thinking:

"Hey, Mr. Gu? If your promise today counts, I hope... I can have a chance to work at Shenfei's headquarters."

On the other end of the phone, the man looked at the resume in his hand with a deep expression, "Okay! At ten o'clock tomorrow morning, you can go directly to the top floor of Shenfei and someone will pick you up."

"good!"

Without any extra words, the two of them completed this important decision.
Chapter completed!