A simple sentence, yet it made my heart skip a beat. But at the same time, I couldn't help feeling a thrill of excitement. Heaven has finally taken pity on us, and this is the first taste of sweetness we've experienced since being swept up in the vortex of time and space.

  I also went to the equipment store next door and rented some small, relatively hidden and flexible photography equipment. Because collecting evidence is just as important as catching people, Wu Yu took precautions and contacted a few good friends in Suzhou, hinting that he was going to catch a bad guy and asking them to stand guard at several intersections on the outskirts, repeatedly reminding them to assist and pay attention to safety. Those good brothers naturally agreed, with some even bringing baseball bats and other similar items.

  We were so well prepared that on this evening when we had dinner, my heart was still fluttering with excitement and anticipation for the night to come.

  Wu Yu didn't want to bring me along at first, but I insisted: "Where you go, I'll go. Besides, can you handle everything by yourself? You need to take care of collecting evidence, catching him, and sending messages to the brothers on the outside, can you manage all that?" Maybe because what I said made sense, or maybe he was already used to having me by his side in difficult situations, Wu Yu stopped insisting. He just warned me that when he took action, I absolutely couldn't get close, and had to stay in a safe area. Of course, I agreed sensibly.

  Night falls.

  The route marked by Wu was a bend. My friend and I stayed in a small house near the bend. The house was old and broken, and no one lived there. To avoid startling anyone, we sat behind the window, pulled the curtains tight, and didn't turn on the lights. Several ** were placed by me in a very dark corner, and some miscellaneous items and dead potted plants were pushed over as cover.

  Time flies second by second.

  We sat on a very old chair in the house, I looked out through a gap in the curtains. The alley was quiet, occasionally someone passed by. But as the night deepened, only a street lamp far away, shining very vaguely, the ground was like a layer of light gray water, and there was no one.

  This area is a very old urban district, many people have moved away, and many houses are abandoned. The few households that used to light up the street are now all extinguished. It's pitch black around me. I think so, single girls really can't be optimistic, thinking they can take shortcuts or feel brave.

  Something like this happens to you once in a lifetime and it's all over.

  The thing in his hand was also a heavy steel club, made of fine steel, looking slender but said to be able to break people's bones. I suspect he had been plotting for this day for a long time. We waited so long, and he sat quietly, very patiently, with no change in the firm corners of his eyebrows.

  Later, he lit a cigarette, but was extremely careful, with his hand hanging down below, bowing his head to smoke, still looking very silent. I watched for a while, and at one point when he took a puff, I suddenly leaned in close, just as he lifted his head, and kissed him. A look of surprise flashed across his face, and before he could react, the cigarette smoke had also slipped into my mouth.

  I didn't expect him to smoke so heavily, and I was suddenly choked. Afraid of making a sound, I immediately pressed my face against his arm, my face turned bright red, but I didn't cough it out. He finally revealed a hint of a smile, lowered his voice and said: "What are you doing?"

  "I want to be with you," I said.

  He gazed at me in the dim light.

  "A Yu, you're holding on too tightly." I said, "Don't forget, everything has me, and we'll face it together."

  Wu Yu's arms wrapped around me, and I didn't know what I was feeling. But seeing his calm and indifferent expression made me feel like he was still far away from me. However, when I felt the warmth of his breath on my neck again, that sense of solidity returned.

  Don't want to see him alone.

  Don't want to see his face, even if he is so persistent and calm.

  "After Wu Miao's death, I made a vow," he said. "I will never again watch as anyone harms another person's life in front of me."

  I leaned my face closer to his chest, so whether at the Zhu's or Chen's, he would go all out to save people who had nothing to do with him?

  "We'll definitely catch him," I said. "Such a bad person, taking innocent people as prey to torture and abuse for selfish pleasure, gaining self-interest from others' deaths - what right does he have to do so? He should be like a rat in the sewer, caught out and nailed to the pillar of shame, not even considered human."

  "I'm going to break his leg," Wu Yu said.

  3:50

  The long-silent alleyway in the distance finally echoed with light and delicate footsteps.

  I lay on the window and watched a slender figure walking from afar.

  It can be seen that Xu Jingmiao walks very fast, and it is also clear that she is cautious when walking at night. Under the dim streetlights, there is no one in front of or behind her.

  Will he come?

  Wu Yu extinguished his cigarette early, held a whip in his hand, and stared vigilantly.

  We watched as Xu Jingmiao approached with light and quick footsteps.

  That person suddenly rushed out from the dark alley beside him, fast like a black shadow.

  I will never forget this moment in my life.

  Like a hungry wolf pouncing on a lamb, like a demon suddenly revealing its ferocious face, he almost immediately covered Xun Jingmiao's face with his gloved hand. He was neither tall nor short, wearing an extremely wide fishing hat that almost covered his entire face. His arms exposed outside the sleeves were very muscular. In almost an instant, he punched Xun Jingmiao's head fiercely, and she didn't even hum a sound before fainting. And then he picked her up and started retreating into the darkness with swift and agile movements that shocked people. In the darkness, a small piece of his chin was vaguely visible at the edge of his hat brim. I couldn't see anything clearly, but I had an eerie feeling.

  I think he smiled.

  In an instant, I felt all the blood in my body rush to my head, but at the same time, my body was icy cold.

  We really waited for him.

  One of history's most notorious serial killers. Murdered several young girls including the real culprit in the case of Ou Genyue.

  We saw him hunting in the dark.