City Party Committee Family Quarters.
Dong Xuebing’s apartment living room.
Li Taibo said he would throw Little Qianqian into the sea, and everyone got nervous. Qu Yunxuan’s mother, Luan Xiaoping, and the rest were anxious and worried.
Qu Yunxuan shouted anxiously. “Release my daughter now.”
Qu Yunxuan’s father shouted. “Return Qianqian to us now. We will give you whatever amount you want.”
“If you are unhappy with 100 million RMB, we can increase the amount.” Qu Yunxuan’s mother shouted.
Luan Xiaoping took a few deep breaths, and she begged. “Please…. Don’t harm Qianqian.”
Li Taibo laughed. “I said it earlier. I don’t need money now.”
Xie Huilan’s eyes turned cold. “Qianqian is only three months old. How can you be so heartless?”
Li Taibo laughed. “Haha…. I will be executed if I remain in the country. What else do you think I dare not to do? I want you all to have a taste of your own medicine. Accuse me of murder?! Ask the Public Security Bureau to arrest me?! Hahaha…. There’s nothing to hide now. That’s right. I used authority to help Wan Sizhao a lot. I remember he had raped five women, and he asked me to threaten the witnesses, fabricate evidence, and close those cases. One of the women was not satisfied with the outcome and tried to report to the Provincial Public Security Bureau. Do you know what I did do to her?! I got a few gangsters to gangrape her for two days and two nights! After that, she doesn’t dare to make any more reports.”
Everyone felt a chill.
The Police Officers did not expect Li Taibo to commit so many crimes as a law enforcer.
Li Taibo laughed. “I am telling you all these because there’s nothing I don’t dare to do. Furthermore, you all had forced me. I dare commit crimes because no one can find evidence against me. No one! But now, you all accused me of something I did not do! Dong Xuebing! Don’t blame me for being ruthless!”
Dong Xuebing was about to explode from his anger.
You had committed crimes and fabricated evidence….
You got gangsters to gangrape the victim and threaten others….
The same thing happened to you, and you don’t allow it?! Do you think the world revolves around you?!
Everyone felt Li Taibo had gone mad.
“Dong Xuebing, I admit you won this round.” Li Taibo continued. “However, so what if you won?! So what if I am sentenced to death?! I am still alive now. Hahaha…. No one can do anything to me! Don’t worry about me. I will continue to enjoy my life. I will kill your goddaughter today and your family members when I am free.”
Luan Xiaoping and Qu Yunxuan were too angry to say anything.
The Officers were also anxious, but there was nothing they could do. Li Taibo is a lunatic!
The only person, who was composed, was Xie Huilan.
Dong Xuebing knew there was no time to waste. He whispered to Xie Huilan. “Help me stall him for one minute. Just one minute will do.”
Xie Huilan asked softly. “What solution do you have?”
“I will try. I hope…. No, it must work!”
Xie Huilan’s eyes narrowed, and she said to the phone. “Li Taibo. Do you need me to introduce myself?”
“No need. You must be Mayor Xie.” Li Taibo recognized Xie Huilan’s voice.
“Do you get a sense of achievement by murdering a three-month-old baby?”
When Xie Huilan was stalling Li Taibo, Dong Xuebing entered the bedroom with his bag. He closed the door behind him.
Inside the room.
Dong Xuebing took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He had to be calm in this situation.
There’s still time.
All Dong Xuebing needed to do was kill Li Taibo to save Qianqian.
This was the sudden idea Dong Xuebing got. He was unsure if it would work, but he had to try. He took out Li Taibo’s file from his bag. Li Taibo’s picture and his details were from Xu Yan. He remembered reading a piece of information in the document earlier. It was Li Taibo’s medical records. Four months ago, he was hit by falling debris and almost died when his broken rib pierced his heart. He was near a committee hospital and was saved from losing too much blood.
That’s it!
This is the only way to stop Li Taibo.
This was Dong Xuebing’s only way to save his daughter. He could not afford to fail.
What was Dong Xuebing going to do?
Dong Xuebing was going to use REVERSE on Li Taibo four months ago when his broken rib almost pierced his heart. He had never tried using REVERSE on someone away from him. When using REVERSE, he had to focus, and he was used to focusing on something in front of him.
Dong Xuebing thought about BACK and STOP. Both commands would affect the world, and REVERSE should do the same.
REVERSE might work even when Dong Xuebing could not see Li Taibo.
Dong Xuebing might not take this risk in other situations. But it’s different now. Qianqian was about to die, and he could not afford to wait. He remembered the date and time when Li Taibo was injured during the earthquake. One second of REVERSE can return his condition for one day, and Dong Xuebing needs to calculate how many seconds of REVERSE. He had to be accurate and could not afford to miss one second.
Four months and three days.
October and December have thirty-one days.
That means Dong Xuebing needs to use REVERSE for two minutes and five seconds.
Dong Xuebing looked at Li Taibo’s picture and closed his eyes. He imagined his face in his mind and focused.
REVERSE!
