Du Lage was a bit speechless. At this moment, I deliberately relaxed the atmosphere, but the Falcon team's urgent voice came again: "Team leader He, the situation has changed. This guy seems to be deliberately hiding behind Director Gan as a shield. We may not be able to ensure the safety of the hostages. Director Gan is injured and may not last long!"
"How confident are you that you won't harm the hostage?"
"Eighty percent!"
"Remember to aim for the criminal's legs as much as possible!"
"Roger that!"
I gave orders to the Falcon team, my voice very low, so Du Lage couldn't hear. However, these actions made her nervous.
"What exactly are you talking about?" Du Lage impatiently raised the gun in her hand and pointed it at us.
At this moment, Director Gan moved, but he was completely unable to resist. His elderly body, coupled with his current injury, had resulted in considerable blood loss. His arm slowly drooped, his neck hung low, his face was devoid of color. If this continued, I didn't know if he could hold on until the end.
At this moment, I was still thinking about how to answer Du Lage's question, when suddenly an idea struck me: "Du Lage, who was it that attacked Director Gan just now?"
"Don't you have strong deductive skills? Why can't you figure it out?" Du Lage's cold eyes fixed on me, and she contemptuously pulled at the corner of her thin lips.
"I guess... it must be you guys..." At this very moment, a gunshot rang out from behind Du Lage. I had deliberately done this. I knew that when I was answering, Du Lage would surely let down her guard. A bullet shot out from the muzzle of a sniper rifle, directly piercing her left calf. At the same time, I pulled the trigger. A bullet, with unprecedented speed, hit Du Lage's gun. The pistol flew into the air. Du Lage staggered backward. Perhaps knowing her situation, she didn't pull Director Gan with her, but instead fell off the edge of the rooftop!
At that moment, Tachibana Chūmei rushed over like a madman, grabbed Du Lage's hand with all his might, and I followed closely, extending my other hand.
The two of us held Du Lage, who was dangling in the air. The woman looked up desperately and said, "You're so foolish!"
We exerted force and pulled the old woman up. It was then that I said sternly, "Du Meisha, stop pretending!"
"What??"
Everyone present looked at me in complete shock, completely unaware of what I was talking about.
I forcefully tore off a layer of skin from the old woman's face and threw it to the ground. At this moment, Tachibana Chūmei's deep eyes narrowed. I was the only one who caught his reaction.
I pinned Du Meisha to the ground and handcuffed her. The others didn't have time to pay attention because there were two injured people here and an ambulance needed to be called.
While waiting, I pressed down on Du Meisha and said, "I knew from the start that you set this up. I searched for traces of your fall on the mountain, but found none. Then I went to the police station and the library. The police told me that the fall back then actually happened like this: your body was never found at that location!! But you disappeared. Most people thought you were washed away by the flood or eaten by wild beasts. However, when I went to your home and saw the footprints, and then saw you now, I understood. The one who returned home was not Collins, but you. The reason you showed us the 'Light of the Milky Way' was entirely to mislead me into thinking your mother was avenging you. In reality, you were avenging your mother. Furthermore, you must have felt that this huge inheritance should not belong to those who framed you back then. Du Meisha, I actually saw the situation of the girl who was suspected to have been killed by you at the police station. Her remains were later found on the mountain. Actually, her death had nothing to do with you. She eloped with an online boyfriend back then, but the online boyfriend was a human trafficker. The girl discovered this midway, and they had an argument, during which he raped and murdered her and buried her somewhere on the mountain..."
"Therefore, those people did misunderstand you. Because of this incident, you became infamous and were heartbroken. You originally wanted to commit suicide, but you felt that doing so would be too easy for those who harmed you, so you began to plan from that moment on. However, this plan could not be realized at first. Only when your mother was on her deathbed and made her will did you realize that the opportunity had arrived. So you began to seek revenge on those who had harmed you one by one. The reason I could recognize you, besides your feet, was the wrinkles on your face, and finally, the lingering scent of violets on your body. This scent appeared on you because..."
"Stop, please, don't say anymore!!" Du Meisha was bleeding from her feet, crying, her face growing more and more distressed. At this moment, the sound of an ambulance could be heard from downstairs.
We first sent Director Gan and her to the ambulance. As we went downstairs, Zhang Keying asked me from behind, "Brother He Sheng, what's the deal with the scent of violets on Du Meisha?"
"If you had investigated thoroughly at the police station, you would have discovered that she was once very good friends with Miss Luo Yi. However, at her lowest point, Luo Yi was the first to abandon her. They both used to love violets, but Mrs. Du Lage disliked this flower. After I visited her home, I saw no plants. But compared to the lingering violet plants in Du Meisha's home, I understood at that moment that Du Meisha was not dead at all..."
Du Meisha was sent to the Public Security Hospital for treatment and confessed to her crimes a few days later.
I remember that when we left by water bus, everyone's mood was exceptionally heavy. I didn't know if Gao Mingqiang's leg injury had relapsed, and he had left Shanhai Town ahead of schedule.
When we passed by the sea again, looking at the island in the distance, Tachibana Chūmei told us on the boat: "Many people will perform a sea burial today to commemorate the late Old Mrs. Du Lage!"
"Oh? Is this a custom in your Shanhai Town?"
"No, this is a custom from England. In their country, it should be called a sea burial. Anyway, I learned this from the local foreigners. Theoretically, everyone should be here by now."
As Tachibana Chūmei spoke, we all expected to see a fleet of super ships from England. However, the water bus had been traveling for a long time, and there was no movement at all. At that time, we all thought that perhaps because of Du Meisha's incident being investigated, everyone had lost confidence in Du Lage.
Sigh, really, people nowadays are so realistic.