Chapter 436: A Brutal Turn of Fate

Chapter 436: It’s All Doomed! Posted on Self’s Story (Update 4)

No!

Liu Changcheng let out a desperate, enraged scream, his eyes gleaming with sinister viciousness.

In the next moment, his body sprang into action.

Even without arms, his movements as he ran were disturbingly contorted.

Xiao Yu watched Liu Changcheng silently.

He wasn’t charging at him, nor was he fleeing.

Instead, Liu Changcheng lunged toward the candle on the coffee table.

The floor was soaked with gasoline—at least seven to eight jin spilled all over the day-rental apartment.

Once the candle hit the ground, the entire room would instantly ignite.

By then, any attempt to douse the flames would be hopeless.

Why did he do this?

Liu Changcheng knew his fate was sealed.

He wanted to drag Xiao Yu down with him!

In exasperation, Xiao Yu’s gaze at Liu Changcheng was as if he were looking both at a demon and a complete fool.

This is straight out of a TV drama—are you about to say, ‘Let’s die together’?

“Die…”

Sure enough, when Liu Changcheng neared the candle—and even crashed into it with his face…

His expression twisted into a ferocious, gleeful madness, as though embracing his final act of insanity.

But… Liu Changcheng managed only that one word.

Then a foot clad in a shoe appeared before him.

In slow motion, it stomped mercilessly on his face!

Thud!

That face, barely inches from toppling the candle, was trampled to the ground.

“Is that a bedpan around your neck?”

With his head bowed, Xiao Yu glared at the face under his foot. “Can you stop dramatizing? With looks like yours, you don’t stand a chance. I already told you… you’re unworthy!”

“Ah!”

Liu Changcheng thrashed wildly, his legs flailing desperately.

Thud… a heavy foot connected with the back of his head.

“The glory of socialism protects you,”

Xiao Yu glared at the nearly unconscious Liu Changcheng. “Otherwise, I’d beat you to death!”

It was over… Wang Cheng stared at Xiao Yu in sheer astonishment.

It was the first time he’d witnessed his master’s staggering ferocity, brutality, and uncanny prowess.

Taking a mere three-meter stride like that—how many can even manage it?

Wielding a dagger, not only slicing through an arm but also severing a neck?

Forget whether that defied science; how many others could pull it off?

It said it all about Xiao Yu’s ruthless, cutting nature.

That deceased woman wasn’t a criminal.

She was, after all, a woman.

Even if she weren’t, you’re a cop, aren’t you?

You kill on a whim, and you do it so cleanly?

And besides…

Wang Cheng was on the verge of a breakdown, his mind nearly short-circuiting.

“What are you standing there, looking dumbfounded for?”

Xiao Yu turned to glare at Wang Cheng, who was frozen at the doorway. “Call for backup.”

No command was needed—at that moment, a squad of SWAT officers burst in.

Wang Cheng finally snapped back. Watching the SWAT team haul away the suspect Liu Changcheng, he eyed the headless female corpse on the floor with mixed emotions. “Master, how could you do that?”

“You mean about this woman… why couldn’t you bring yourself to do it?”

Xiao Yu fixed his gaze on his apprentice, as if to say, ‘Did all that studying really turn your brain to mush?’

“Uh!” Wang Cheng was at a loss for words.

“Remember, we’re cops. In our eyes, criminals aren’t defined by gender.”

Xiao Yu shook his head. “When a criminal attacks and tries to kill us, we have the right to open fire without limits and retaliate with full force.”

“Have you forgotten what your instructor told you?”

“Back then, one of his colleagues—another officer—lost his life for underestimating a woman.”

“I’ve told you before, a good person can never be a cop. Don’t show any mercy to criminals, whether they’re men or women. If they even hint at harming you, never go easy.”

Xiao Yu patted his apprentice’s shoulder. “Otherwise, you’ll be the one who dies!”

This foolish apprentice seemed to revel in teetering on the edge of life and death.

After all, hadn’t he taken the same perilous steps in his past life?

Soft-hearted as he was, he’d been scolded by his master countless times.

Who hasn’t been young once?

…

Back in the Criminal Investigation Team’s police car.

“You’re ruthless,”

Zhao Changshan, cigarette in mouth, grinned, “Did you scare your little apprentice?”

Not to mention Wang Cheng.

He was genuinely shocked when he arrived at the scene to see the gruesome, headless body of the woman.

Later, he learned that it had been Xiao Yu—who used a dagger to behead her.

He was utterly flabbergasted, his only thought: How did he manage that?

Beyond that, Zhao Changshan paid no mind to the woman’s death…

In fact, he thought his young apprentice had done nothing wrong.

Why shouldn’t a woman be killed?

Are we just supposed to stand by and let a woman kill?

That’s just insane!

“Mm.”

Xiao Yu, cigarette still in his mouth, squinted. “Youth.”

“Haha!”

Zhao Changshan chuckled oddly, “Stop clowning around. How old are you, anyway? And you’re calling someone young?”

“Uh, well…”

Xiao Yu recovered and forced an awkward laugh.

Sometimes he really mixed up his present with his past lives.

It was easy to forget that in this life, he was only 23!

“Don’t let my youth fool you; I’m not like them.”

Xiao Yu grinned proudly, “I’m destined to be the man of a powerful woman!”

No, that sounded off somehow…

My sister is the powerhouse boss—being her man is only natural!

“What, are you angling for a wife?”

Zhao Changshan, with a knowing look, replied, “I get it.”

“You don’t get a thing. I swear, it seems like you’re enjoying my misfortune…” Xiao Yu shook his head, “Let’s just wrap up this case.”

Zhao Changshan hinted that though he claimed to be unhurried, he was actually in a rush—yet he didn’t call out his apprentice.

When everyone returned to the Criminal Investigation Team…

Zhao Changshan convened a meeting with the entire team.

The case was already in its final stages.

Suspect Liu Changcheng had been apprehended, although he was in the hospital.

That didn’t stop the team from beginning to piece together the case.

The murder weapon had already been recovered at the scene.

Testimonies from Ge Xuyang, Lai Jun, and Lu Juan had been secured as early as March 9.

All that remained was to wait for Liu Changcheng’s discharge to get his statement…

Analysis confirmed that suspect Liu Changcheng was indeed a demented murderer.

But the remaining work was no longer under Xiao Yu’s purview.

Everyone on the team knew just how ‘lazy’ Xiao Yu could be.

When it came to cracking a case, he was the one to call.

Once a case was solved, you’d best not disturb him or hold back his steps home.

Otherwise, his temper could flip faster than turning a page!

Excitedly, Xiao Yu drove home.

He had originally planned to surprise his sister and son,

but ended up finding Wang Dong at his house?

“Since when did my place turn into a National Security orphanage?” Xiao Yu glared at Wang Dong with a sour expression.

No wonder he was so upset.

When Dog King showed up at his house, it was clear that nothing good was coming his way…