Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

An Xiaohai lay in bed, staring intently at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep even as dawn approached.

So much has happened since I was released from prison.

First, Old Meng with his slicked-back hair came to collect the debt, and then Xu Tianyou suddenly appeared;

Then Zhou Weiguang and his wife came to cause trouble, and Fourth Brother appeared;

Then he was chased in the middle of the city, and on his way back he bumped into Zhou Meng, and by chance he saw the mysterious 073 again...

These events unfolded one after another like a revolving lantern, and only now did An Xiaohai finally calm down and have a little time to think.

Since everything is full of doubts, let's analyze it one by one!

Let's proceed chronologically, starting with Old Meng with the slicked-back hair.

Old Meng was the first to appear, and he arrived the fastest. An Xiaohai had just arrived home when he and his underlings were already there guarding the place. This seemed like nothing was wrong, but in reality, it was a big problem.

To give An Xiaohai a surprise, Yang Yuanbing only told him the day before his release that An Xiaohai would be released with everyone the next day.

The notification was given during dinner, and time was specifically allocated for An Xiaohai to call his family, but An Xiaohai did not choose to do so.

At the time, only a few people heard Yang Yuanbing tell An Xiaohai this news.

Third Brother and his two trusted subordinates, Brother Lu and A Cai, Lai Donglin and Zhao De.

After dinner, Lai Donglin and Zhao De left first, while An Xiaohai and his third brother's men watched TV and drank tea before returning to their cells.

In theory, the Indian brother and his men had no chance of getting the news out of the outside world.

Lai Donglin and Zhao De also did not have this opportunity.

According to Kunji, after Lai Donglin and Zhao De finished their meal and watched the news, they returned to cell number 27 with him. Everyone in the cell stayed there, discussing An Xiaohai's upcoming release the next day.

Of course, this is all just theoretical.

When Yang Yuanbing announced the news, his third brother and the others congratulated An Xiaohai without keeping it a secret, indicating that quite a few people knew about it.

The First Prison is like a sieve; it's not difficult for anyone with ulterior motives to spread a message. They had plenty of time to notify Lao Meng to go and ambush An Xiaohai at his house.

However, if Lao Meng's demand for repayment is just part of a conspiracy, then this timeframe seems insufficient.

First, find Lao Meng, then bribe him or force him to do this. One day is obviously too short. If you count carefully, it's less than a day. Excluding the time to sleep at night, it's at most half a day.

Therefore, if Lao Meng is part of a conspiracy, then the perpetrator of this conspiracy must have known in advance that An Xiaohai would be released from prison on that day.

So, who could know in advance that An Xiaohai would be released from prison on that day?

An Xiaohai wasn't sure about the others, but there was one person he was certain of: Yang Yuanbing.

After receiving the money, Lao Meng disappeared. His two most trusted brothers also met a similar fate, one dying and the other vanishing.

Why?

It's possible that Lao Meng committed some crime or offended someone, and then ran away with the money. This possibility exists, but it's unlikely.

At least Lao Meng's family members are still free to move around, and there's been no news of anyone coming to their door seeking revenge, nor any news from the police. Therefore, this possibility can basically be ruled out.

Then the remaining possibilities become obvious.

He was either silenced or taken into custody.

If he was silenced, then the person who did it is the mastermind behind the conspiracy; if Lao Meng was taken into custody, then the mastermind will likely make another move soon.

But An Xiaohai had a vague feeling that the other party's purpose might be far more than that.

An Xiaohai sensed that the culprit behind this conspiracy was intentionally revealing a flaw to lure him into following this clue.

Whether it was to silence or control, this person acted too quickly, so quickly that it was hard not to notice.

This seems a bit deliberate.

If it was truly for the sake of secrecy and to avoid being noticed, they should have waited a while before making their move. Then, they could have easily created some incident to divert attention, making it much harder for An Xiaohai to detect them.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, we should at least observe how An Xiaohai reacts before making any decisions.

Why are you acting so hastily? Isn't that just asking me to investigate?

These are all the suspicious points in the "Big Back Hair Old Meng" incident. Before going to bed, An Xiaohai called Wang Tiejun and explained the details of these suspicious points one by one.

Wang Tiejun immediately took action to investigate. It seemed that Lao Meng was not under police control. Wang Tiejun could not find any information about this matter in the system, but he did find the police reports filed by Lao Meng's family.

It is now basically certain that Lao Meng's affair was not orchestrated by Zhou Tie's biological mother.

Another group! Who are they? Sea Hawks? Doesn't seem like it.

An Xiaohai turned around and went through everything he had experienced in the First Prison. In doing so, he uncovered many more suspicious points.

The mastermind behind it all, that high-ranking official, orchestrated several operations against An Xiaohai, but upon closer examination, these operations against him differed greatly in style.

For example, Liu Jun never intended to kill An Xiaohai; Liu Jun's goal was to completely destroy An Xiaohai's body.

The purpose of this was simple: the other party was not afraid of taking responsibility for murder; he wanted to torture An Xiaohai, to make An Xiaohai live in endless pain until he died in despair.

This plan was realized in another time and space.

However, after An Xiaohai thwarted the other party's plan, the assassination attempt arranged by Qiu Peng was directly aimed at taking An Xiaohai's life.

Clearly, these two operations were completely different in style and purpose.

One option was to slowly torture An Xiaohai, while the other was to kill him as soon as possible, and the latter was much simpler and more brutal.

If this inference is correct, it indicates that there is more than one mastermind behind this.

It is now certain that one of the masterminds behind this is Zhou Tie's own mother, a fact confirmed by the news brought back by Kunji.

Kunji had been secretly watching Zhou Weiguang for two days. After leaving the police station that day, Zhou Weiguang went out to meet the woman at nine o'clock in the evening. The two chatted for more than 20 minutes in a coffee shop in a hotel, and it seemed that some unpleasant things happened.

The very next morning, almost at the same time that An Xiaohai set off for the First Prison, Zhou Weiguang and his wife went to the Municipal Government again. Kunji followed them to the lobby of the Municipal Government but didn't dare to follow any further.

But Kunji also saw that a beautiful woman was already waiting for Zhou Weiguang and his wife there. As soon as they arrived, the beautiful woman led them inside.

"Mom... if there's a mom, then there must be a dad. Could it be that Zhou Tie's dad is the other mastermind behind this?..."

It's entirely possible!

An Xiaohai took a deep breath.

The woman driving the red Santana was beautiful and elegant. Logically speaking, it would be difficult for such a woman to get together with Zhou Weiguang, and Zhou Weiguang's strong and shrewish wife could not have raised such a son for so long.

It is highly likely that Zhou Tie's biological father is someone else.

That makes sense.

The mother was insane, and the father was ruthless. They both hired people to deal with him, which is why those who harmed him exhibited two completely different styles of behavior.

It must be so.

So now the question is:

Judging from Zhou Tiesheng's mother's behavior, she definitely didn't do Lao Meng's thing. If she had such evidence, she probably would have already brought the police to her door.

Zhou Tie's biological father might be capable of such a thing, but he would never deliberately reveal a flaw to lure An Xiaohai into investigating.

Zhou Tie's biological father was like a venomous snake, ruthless and cunning. He enjoyed watching his enemies suffer in agony until they slowly died.

How could someone like that easily reveal their existence?

After this analysis, only one possibility remains:

There is another enemy, and a fourth enemy, hidden in the shadows and even more deeply hidden!