The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 136 Halo
Upon hearing Director Gu's name, the group realized the importance of the matter.

But they had no time to regret it. As the cold handcuffs were on their wrists and they were led away to the police car one by one, one of the family members in the crowd immediately pointed at them and shouted, "Look everyone! It's these people who killed our child!"

"They colluded with drug dealers to reveal our child's identity, which allowed those drug dealers to torture our child beyond recognition!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd rushed out of the police cordon, picking up fire extinguishers, fire hydrants, and even fragments of the exploding plane. Ignoring the police's attempts to stop them, they surrounded the mob and began throwing whatever they could find at them!
"Give our children back!"

"You bunch of trash! You're the ones who killed our children!"

"You knew perfectly well that sending them there would only lead to their deaths! Why did you still send our children there? Why didn't you send your own children on the mission too?!"

"Your sons are precious, but aren't our sons?"

The emotional crowd included retired military officers, teachers, and impoverished farmers; at this moment, they had long since abandoned all notions of power and status, and were simply parents seeking justice for their children.

……

Seeing the chaotic scene, Sheng Huai'an gestured with his eyes to the police officers who were about to step forward to stop it.

These police officers were also tormented, torn between their duties and their conscience.

After struggling with the decision, they chose to follow their conscience, turned their backs with their guns, and pretended not to have seen anything.

Wang Guoli saw this scene from afar and wept bitterly, pounding the ground, "They've rebelled! They've started to rebel! This is going to lead to the downfall of the country!"

Lu Siqi put down the fire extinguisher, pulled him up, and pushed him in front of the dozens of jars containing human pigs. "The awakening of citizens is the key to a country's prosperity. Allowing corrupt officials like you to cover up the truth is the first step towards the country's demise! Every one of you will pay the price for your past mistakes sooner or later! Because this era does not need selfish corrupt officials like you!"

After saying that, he threw him to the ground and made him kneel down and kowtow to these brave soldiers.

Sheng Huai'an walked over with his men and gestured for his men to take Wang Guoli away first.

Before leaving, Wang Guoli sneered at Lu Siqi and said, "Corrupt officials are like weeds. You can remove one batch and another will grow back. You're just delusional to think you can eradicate all the corrupt officials in the world!"

"Then I'll get rid of you first, you weed." Lu Siqi's eyes were devoid of any emotion. She snatched a pistol from the waist of the police officer next to her, pointed it at Wang Guoli's thigh, and pulled the trigger without even blinking.

"Bang" sound.

The gunshots startled the rioting crowd. They turned around and saw Wang Guoli kneeling on the ground, his right leg bleeding.

They also saw Lu Siqi holding a gun.

Sheng Huai'an quickly shielded her with his body, saying, "You need to calm down right now!"

"How can you expect me to stay calm?" Lu Siqi tilted her head back and sneered at him, "You saw all of this with your own eyes, didn't you?"

Pointing to Wang Guoli, who was lying on the ground clutching his legs and shouting for an ambulance, he asked, "Shouldn't he have died?"

She then pointed to the dozens of jars containing human pigs in front of her, saying, "These people died because of them! Why can't they die a lesser death!"

"Just because they are officials, does that mean their lives are superior to others?!"

Sheng Huai'an understood her anger. "I just think there are other ways to solve these problems. You don't need to sacrifice yourself."

“These people don’t deserve my life.” Lu Siqi turned around and saw that the family members in front of her were kneeling down and kowtowing to her one by one.

In an instant, her defenses crumbled, and tears streamed down her face.

Seeing this scene before him, Sheng Huai'an's heart was deeply shaken.

Lu Siqi held back her tears, walked towards the family members, knelt down and apologized to them: "I'm sorry, it's all our fault. We didn't bring them back safe and sound. I'm so sorry."

One of the older women, her hair gleaming with age, stood up and walked to Lu Siqi. She bent down and took her hand. “Child, don’t feel guilty. We know you’ve done your best. If it weren’t for you, we might never have seen our son again.”

“We’ve been waiting for almost 20 years, and now that they’re finally home, how could we possibly blame you?”

Other family members also stood up to offer their condolences, saying, "Even if they are corpses, at least their souls have returned home and no longer have to wander as ghosts."

Sheng Huai'an silently stepped aside, not obscuring the aura that was rightfully hers.

Standing a short distance away, I watched her glow... shine.

……

The gunshot wound suffered by Wang Guoli is highly controversial.

Those who came with Wang Guoli insisted that Lu Siqi fired the shot, but the people present all said that the killer was someone else. Even the patrol officers said they knew nothing and didn't see the killer's face clearly.

When Lu Siqi was taken away by the police car, the already angry crowd rushed towards the police car, shouting that an innocent person had been wronged.

Gu Shi witnessed this scene and looked at Song Nuan beside him.

He knew that the woman beside him had deliberately spread rumors to escalate the conflict and cause the family members to rush towards Wang Guoli.

Gu Shi whispered a reminder: "Could you not be so hasty next time? At least discuss it with me before making a decision?"

Song Nuan nudged him with her elbow: "Still pretending with me? Haven't you been disliking those old fogies for a long time?"

He had indeed disliked her for a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have failed to stop her when he saw Lu Siqi smashing an official car with a fire extinguisher.

Because Lu Siqi did what he had always wanted to do...

But after the impulsive revelry, it's time for this farce to come to an end.

However, seeing the public's current support for Lu Siqi also shows that the people are in favor.

……

Lu Siqi was locked in a separate lounge from those old men at the police station.

Even through the door, you could hear those old geezers cursing him and Mu Sen for being savages who disobeyed the organization.

She just smiled after hearing this, without getting angry at all.

Not long after, Sheng Huai'an came over and told her that Captain Hua Xu's injuries were not serious and that he was receiving treatment at Yunjiang People's Hospital; the other injured undercover agents had also been safely transferred.

As for those undercover agents who were turned into human pigs, their fate was left to their own discretion.

“Who wants to stay in purgatory?” Lu Siqi looked up, feeling a bit cold, and wrapped her coat tighter around herself. “Death is the only true relief for them. At least before they die, they hear the words of their loved ones, which is the same as seeing their loved ones again.”

After experiencing all of this, Lu Siqi felt that she had a different understanding of life and death.

In the past, she always believed that it was better to live a miserable life than to die a good death, and she had a lot of misunderstandings about those who committed suicide.

Now she understands that some people have to face endless suffering if they want to continue living.

Given the choice between a life of barely surviving and death, she would rather choose death.

“Gu Shi is forming a new delegation to Bangnan to supervise their handling of the case.” As Sheng Huai’an spoke, he carefully observed Lu Siqi’s expression. “Do you want to come along?”

“I won’t go.” Lu Siqi shook her head, her expression unchanged: “There are still things I need to do in Beicheng.”

Knowing that she was worried about the undercover agents who were under house arrest and fearing that she might lose control of her emotions again, Sheng Huai'an decided to stay and accompany her: "I'll go back to Beicheng with you too."

Lu Siqi smiled faintly, then looked up at him: "Did you already foresee his fate?"

Sheng Huai'an no longer hid anything: "Gu Shi asked me to come here just to go through the motions for those people. They do need to give an explanation to the government in Bangnan."

"So the only option is to sacrifice him and make him bear all of this?"

"At the moment, this is the only option that the Special Administrative Region can think of."

Lu Siqi instantly smiled through her tears. She turned her face away and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "I actually know what your plan is. Although it's not fair to him at all, just like you said, we need to give Bangnan an explanation. Whether what he did was right or wrong, sacrificing him is indeed the best choice if we don't want to implicate the undercover agents in this mission or the Special Zone."

He stood up, looked around the empty room, and found that there wasn't even a pen.

Sheng Huai'an asked, "Did you have anything you wanted me to pass on to him?"

"No." She lowered her head, choking back tears. "What's done is done. I'm no longer the Lu Siqi I used to be. I just hope he can be well in the future and never act impulsively again."

After saying these words, she opened the door and left.

When the people in the opposite break room saw her leave, they all shouted at the prison guards, "You let the person who killed Old Wang go! Why won't you let us leave!"

Do you know who we are?!

Having long seen through these people's true colors, the prison guards simply pulled up the blackout windows to block out their voices, and then solemnly watched Lu Siqi and Sheng Huai'an leave.