Chapter Fifty-Seven

  It was very strange, just these five simple words, and Lei Jin's heart suddenly calmed down.

  In the moonlight, Li Yi-Heng's eyes were cold and stern, he gave him a signal. He understood and nodded heavily. Immediately afterwards, Li Yi-Heng grabbed his hand and ran out of the room at top speed, sprinting up the stairs towards the fourth floor. The stairwell was narrow and dark, the two men made their footsteps as light as possible, only using their toes to touch the ground, taking two steps at a time. Even so, they could still hear the police footsteps getting closer and closer, almost within reach.

  Li Jin mentally calculated the police's footsteps as they went upstairs, and although the two of them were moving quickly, they had started too late. By the time they rushed out the door, the police should have already passed the second floor. He almost thought he wouldn't be able to escape, not only would he not be able to escape, but he would also implicate the innocent Mr. Li. This made his heart turn dark, and although when he was alone he still had the determination to jump off the building rather than be caught, once Mr. Li was involved, he could only think of sacrificing himself to save him.

  As he took the last step, the police officer's shout had already reached his ears. Without turning around, he knew that the police only needed to take a glance to see him hiding in embarrassment. Li Jin felt hopeless and loosened his grip on Li Yi Heng's hand, as if conveying his intention for Li Yi Heng to escape alone. But at this critical moment, the hand instead stretched out stubbornly, tightly clasping his five fingers together, then pulled strongly.

  Li Jin fell into Li Yiheng's arms like a big sack that had lost its center of gravity.

  At this moment, the leading police officer rushed upstairs and stood in front of that half-closed door.

  Li Yiheng wrapped Li Jin's panicked breathing in his coat, pulling him down to sit on the stairs between the third and fourth floors. He lowered his body to blend in with the steps, preventing the bright moonlight from casting their shadows. Li Jin, who had just escaped death, pressed his head against Li Yiheng's chest, listening to his heartbeat rhythmically expanding and contracting within his ribcage, calm to the point of being terrifying. Gradually, he was infected by the emotions and no longer felt desperate and hopeless.

  His whole body was wrapped in Mr. Li's smell, and he heard the police's loud inquiry mixed with cautious footsteps gradually subsiding, so he knew that the three policemen had all entered the house.

  His shoulder was suddenly patted twice, he raised his head, Mr. Li looked at him and pointed to the window. Lei Jin didn't understand, walked quietly over to take a look, before reacting.

  Originally, there was a platform at the junction of the third and fourth floors. It seemed that someone had privately expanded the building area and added a balcony roof. Looking sideways, it was only one floor high, and immediately, like a staircase, it connected to the rooftop of the first floor extension. This building was not tall to begin with, and with this stepped shape coming down layer by layer, for two people who were tall and had long legs, it was just a matter of propping themselves up and jumping a few times.

  Time waits for no one, Li Yi Heng saw that Lai Jin understood, so he first supported the windowsill and jumped out of the window. He landed very quietly, obviously skilled in sports, so he grasped the force and angle well. Lai Jin was not as tall as him, nor did he have a good grasp of whether he could jump down lightly without making a sound, but with no other choice, he steeled himself to try, and similarly supported the balcony, trying to lighten his body, and jumped down.

  Silent and unnoticeable.

  It wasn't because his motor cells suddenly became proficient in something, but Mr. Li stood below and caught him once.

  Although Li Jin felt that this action was awkward to say the least, it wasn't the time to be particular about it now. Moreover, having no sound was better than making a sound. So the two of them followed suit, jumping down from the rooftop of the two-story building, and before long they landed on their feet, escaping danger.

  It wasn't until her feet touched the solid ground that Li Jin came to herself, realizing she was already drenched in cold sweat and shivering uncontrollably with the wind blowing.

  But this was not the time for him to stand still and shiver, the room was not big, Huang Erzi's body would be discovered in no more than a minute. Li Yiheng exchanged a glance with him, making sure he was okay, then pulled him to run towards the back of the building. This old residential area had no property management, so there were no surveillance cameras installed. Therefore, the two ran without any worries, not far from where they started, when they heard several loud noises behind them, followed by the lights in the surrounding buildings flickering on one after another.

  Huang Erzi's body has been found.

  The two of them ran for a long time in the pitch-black night before hiding together in a narrow gap between buildings. The streetlights couldn't shine here, but a slanting beam of moonlight shone in, illuminating their faces clearly, and they could even see each other's expressions.

  Li Yiheng suddenly flung his arm and slammed Lijin heavily against the wall, just as he was about to speak.

  "Li Jin," Mr. Li's usual smile vanished from his face, and at this moment, his expression was twisted with rage, "Didn't I warn you not to interfere in this matter again!"

  Li Jin has been secretly investigating the recording incident all this time and didn't take Mr. Li's so-called advice to heart. Anyway, Shu Mu had long known that he was eavesdropping, and even if he didn't investigate, with that person's vengeful personality, he would never let him off. Moreover, the truth is about to come out, and it's impossible to remain calm, only a god can do that.

  Li Jin is not a god, he is an ordinary person, he not only investigated, but also came immediately after receiving Huang Erzi's phone call.

  This might be a trap, and Li Jin wasn't unaware of it.

  Huang Erzi is known for being tight-lipped and can be considered the conscience of the industry, this is common knowledge. However, to put one's personal safety in the hands of such a person is still an extremely foolish thing to do.

  But Lijin didn't just come, he came without hesitation.

  To put it bluntly, he is gambling. He is betting that tonight is not a trap, and if he wins, the truth about his death will be revealed tonight, at which point the grievances will have a head and the debts will have a master, and it will be clear who he wants to take revenge on.

  Lost, what's the consequence? He continued, he wasn't unable to catch up, that's all.

  But today his luck was still a bit worse, Li Jin smiled bitterly, he lost.

  Li Yiheng was already furious, and seeing Lijin laughing, he didn't know that there was a hint of bitterness in his words, but thought he was mocking him for being nosy. So he increased his tone: "Lijin, do you know or not? During this time, I and He Shi have been looking for the whereabouts of this recording - no, it's not Shu Mu, it's He Shi. Do you know what that means?"

  Li Jin's eyes paused.

  It has been proven that He knew about Shu Mu's murder of Ke Yuan, but not only did he not abandon him for this reason, but instead openly sheltered and connived with him, even going so far as to destroy evidence.

  Good, very good, comfortable and smooth, with He's backing, things are indeed much easier.

  Li Jin clenched his teeth and closed his eyes, his fists tightly clenched, his lips pursed into a straight line.

  "This matter is complicated and involves many people, I've said it before, you don't have the ability to investigate the truth, acting rashly will only harm yourself! If you really want to know, you can ask me, I'll clarify the truth and naturally tell you." But Li Yiheng was furious and didn't notice at all that Li Jin's face had already turned very bad. "In the end, it's just that you don't trust me."

  "What makes you think I believe you, Mr. Li?" The flames in Lin Jin's heart were successfully ignited at the last sentence, he didn't know if he was transferring his anger or really thought so, but he looked back at him with a half-raised head, without showing any weakness, "I don't even know why you're here tonight."

  Li Yiheng's breath caught in his throat for a moment.

  Under the moonlight, Li Jin's face was pale, his eyes were venomous. If words could turn into a sharp blade, he would have already spoken in a string of pearls, destroying everything standing before him.

  Including Mr. Li.

  "Me..." Li Yiheng only reacted at this time, realizing that he had just been anxious and angry, and under the loss of his usual composure, his tone and words were extremely rude.

  His subconscious mind made him want to avoid Li Jin's question, but Li Jin's piercing gaze forced him to have nowhere to hide.

  "Mr. Li Yi Heng, from the moment you arrived until now, you've been asking me questions one after another, I'd like to ask you instead, how did you know my visit here is related to the recording?" Lai Jin sneered, "I was in the house for so long, until the police came upstairs, didn't find anyone else, not even a word was spoken, how did you know my visit here is related to the recording? No, before that, I should ask you first, how did you know I would come here?"