Winner Takes All

Title: 谁把谁当真 (Winner Takes All)

Author：水千丞 (ShuiQianCheng)

Translator: 月野 見事 (TsukinoMigoto)

Protagonists ：黎朔 (LiShuo), 赵锦辛 (ZhaoJinXin)

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The magnetic field emitted by the magnet factory seriously affected the tracker’s signal, making the positioning device only able to locate an approximate location within a radius of nearly five kilometers.

Because of the remote location, there were almost no cameras after getting off the highway, and it was late at night, which was very unfavorable for investigation. They searched over the three target points for most of the night. Lao Diao’s car was located at a cannery warehouse.

A group of police officers quietly surrounded the warehouse and began to deploy personnel to make a surprise attack.

Li Shuo looked at the dark warehouse in the distance, breathing anxiously.

Is Zhao Jinxin in there? How is he? Will those people embarrass him? He thought.

All night, he was about to be tortured to death by his own imagination, especially after the tracker had been disrupted.

Shao Qun leaned on the car door, smoking a cigarette with a gloomy expression, and the grass beside his feet was covered with smashed cigarette butts.

The warehouse was a little unreasonably quiet. There was not even a night watchman outside. The captain was worried if the hostage would have been transferred and decided to act before dawn. A group of people quietly surrounded the warehouse.

Li Shuo’s heart tightened, and his eyes followed the figures of the police officers, but when they approached the warehouse, they merged into the dark environment and he could no longer see.

There was a subtle noise in the air, which was particularly abrupt in the silence.

Then it was quiet again. There was no sound of confrontation or fighting, it was as if everyone was annihilated by the night.

Li Shuo’s palms were all sweaty, and his eyes were soaked with sweat from his forehead.

Suddenly, there was a faint light swaying in the warehouse, and the intercom in the captain’s hand came a “rustle” noise, and then the police officer’s voice sounded, “Captain, the location is secured but the hostage situation is not very good. Come and take a look.” That voice reveals tension that has been deliberately suppressed.

Li Shuo and Shao Qun ran towards the warehouse almost at the same time.

The situation is not so good, the situation is not so good, the situation is not so good!

This sentence echoed in Li Shuo’s mind repeatedly, and his heart was about to be pulled out!

The door of the warehouse was opened from the inside, followed by the headlights, and the whole warehouse was brightly lit.

Shao Qun rushed into the warehouse first, but then stopped.

Li Shuo vaguely saw the blood stains. He staggered and almost fell. He almost used all of his strength to support himself and ran into the warehouse.

It was a very simple warehouse, with an area of ​​three to four hundred square meters, full of cans. It does not appear to be spacious.

Right now, the cans are all over the ground, and there are people also lying on the ground, some of their limbs are twisted in strange ways, some are bleeding. Most of them are unconscious, and some of them are still rolling and wailing in pain.

Li Shuo was frightened. He looked along these people all the way and finally saw Zhao Jinxin, who was hugging his knees, head buried, and curled up in the corner.

He only wore a white sweater. There were many blood stains on the sweater, which looked particularly dazzling.

“Jin Xin…” After Li Shuo stiffened, he quickly ran towards Zhao Jinxin, and at the same time screamed: “Where is the doctor?!” They were accompanied by medical staff when they got there.

Shao Qun breathed a sigh of relief: “He’s okay. You can talk to him later.”

However, Li Shuo still looked at Zhao Jinxin. He didn’t look like he was okay. He squatted in front of Zhao Jinxin while trembling, and whispered, “Jinxin?”

Zhao Jinxin didn’t move. Li Shuo noticed that the bones of his fists had been scratched, and his hands were covered with dry blood.

Li Shuo stretched out his hand and placed it on Zhao Jinxin’s head. He whispered again: “Jinxin, I am Uncle Li.”

Zhao Jinxin’s body moved, but instead of raising his head, he grabbed Li Shuo’s wrist and just keep grabbing it.

Li Shuo’s nose was sour, and his eye sockets suddenly became wet. He leaned in and hugged Zhao Jinxin and pressed the furry head to his chest. He choked and said, “Jinxin, it’s me.”

Zhao Jinxin slowly stretched out his hand, hugged Li Shuo into his arms, and said in a tired, angry voice: “Uncle Li…”

“Yes, it’s me, what’s wrong with you? Are you hurt?”

“It’s so dark, so dark, I’m afraid.” Zhao Jinxin desperately pushed his head against Li Shuo’s chest, as if he wanted to get into Li Shuo’s body to find the warm sense of security.

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, there is light all around, I am here, it will not be dark anymore, don’t be afraid.” Li Shuo also hugged Zhao Jinxin with the strength that he could embed Zhao Jinxin into his body.

“Uncle Li, Uncle Li, Uncle Li.” Zhao Jinxin called this name repeatedly. It was like a fire in the deep and desperate darkness that could light up his world.

Li Shuo felt his hot tears across his face, and his eyes were blurred. At this moment, he realized that nothing is as good as this person being in front of his eyes. No matter how many bad things he has experienced during this period, as long as Zhao Jinxin is okay, he will not complain about anything else.

Li Shuo wiped away the tears with his hands, and patted Zhao Jinxin on the back: “Jinxin, are you injured? Let me check.”

Zhao Jinxin shook his head, just holding Li Shuo firmly.

“Look at these people on the ground, I think he’s fine.” The captain directed the police officers to lift those people into the car. The medical staff were doing basic handling. Due to lack of manpower, they couldn’t be too busy.

Li Shuo turned his head and looked at Lao Diao’s men. Some of their injuries were mild and some were severe. Lao Diao’s fingers were bloody and mostly useless. Xu Darui fell in the corner with blood on his face, but he was still conscious. He stared at them, his eyes were gray and lifeless.

Lao Diao stared at Li Shuo with lifeless eyes, gritted his teeth and said, “Wait for me… to come out…”

Li Shuo looked at him gloomily: “Wait for you to come out. If you dare to come to us, I will make you regret it.” He paused, and said coldly, “I make you regret living.”

Lao Diao wailed a low groan in his throat.

Shao Qun came over and pressed Zhao Jinxin’s head: “If you keep him in a dark environment for a long time, he will be particularly aggressive. Get him in the car quickly.”

Li Shuo helped Zhao Jinxin to stand up. Zhao Jinxin hung on him as if he had no bones. Li Shuo hugged him, whispered some comforting words, and started to walk out.

When he passed by Xu Darui, Li Shuo gave him a cold look, and his footsteps did not stop.

“Li Shuo…” Xu Darui called out weakly, “I want to talk to you…”

“If you have anything to say, keep it and tell it to the judge.”

“Just… one sentence, Li Shuo, based on the previous friendship, let me… apologize to you…”

Li Shuo paused and looked at Xu Darui, whose face was bloody and one arm was broken. It was really pitiful but also hateful.

“Brother, I’m sorry…” Xu Darui said, tears came out, “I’m sorry, I’m a bastard, I’m sorry to you, I’m sorry for my daughter…”

Li Shuo lowered his eyes.

Xu Darui looked at Li Shuo and pleaded, “I have… I have something that I want you to give to my daughter. Can you help me give it to her, please?”

“You can ask the police to pass it on.”

“No, don’t let her know… Just let her think that I’m dead. You help me and hand it to her, okay? Just say I’m gone, or I’m dead, whatever. Brother, please.”

Li Shuo sighed, handed Zhao Jinxin to Shao Qun, and walked over. He squatted down and looked at Xu Darui’s embarrassed look. There were no more waves in his heart. He stretched out his hand, “Xu Darui, this is the last thing I will do for you. When you were young, you helped me with grievances. I paid it all off.”

Xu Darui did not move, but looked at Li Shuo with very focused eyes: “You…I want to ask you why, why didn’t you pay me back all at once? You are obviously rich, you obviously want to help me…”

“In order to teach you a lesson, so that you won’t gamble again in the future, can’t you think about it yourself.” Li Shuo said indifferently.

“I, I thought, I…hahahahaha…” Xu Dari suddenly burst into laughter, crying and laughing, as if he had gone crazy.

Li Shuo frowned.

“Li Shuo…Brother Li, if you help me, would it be…everything is fine now, doesn’t it…? I don’t have to go back to prison, huh?” Xu Darui looked at Li Shuo, his eyes gradually changed Resentment, “Why do you enjoy the glory and wealth while my life falls apart!”

Li Shuo was surprised.

Xu Darui’s hand on his side suddenly lifted up, holding a bright knife in his hand!

Li Shuo flashed back abruptly, but Xu Darui suddenly bounced back like a bolt of lighting and the tip of the knife pierced him!

“Jin Xin——”

He only heard Shao Qun’s violent shout. The next second, Li Shuo was pushed away by a force, he fell to the ground, and then quickly got up.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Xu Darui… Xu Darui’s knives and Zhao Jinxin turned into still images in his eyes. It was only an instant, but he felt that it was long enough for him to look back on life.

If he was still squatting in the same place, there was already a blood hole on his body, and at this time Zhao Jinxin stood there instead of him, grabbed Xu Darui’s blade with his hand, and the tip of the blade had already pierced into the sweater.

The blood flowed down from Zhao Jinxin’s hand, dripping into a pool of blood.

Xu Darui’s eyes were mixed with madness and fear, which were already distorted. He was trembling and let go of his hand holding the knife’s handle. In the next second, he was kicked in the face by Zhao Jinxin and the 1.9-meter-high man flew out directly.

“Jin Xin!” Shao Qun came back to his senses and ran over with red eyes.

Zhao Jinxin released his hand, the dagger fell down, and his palm was bloody.

Shao Qun caught the bloody dagger, with killing intent in his eyes, and rushed towards Xu Darui.

A few police officers held him back quickly within eyesight.

Li Shuo rushed to Zhao Jinxin’s side and pinched the artery in his hand with his thumb. His voice was trembling: “Jinxin, Jinxin, where’s the doctor! Doctor!”

“You damn surnamed Li, I will kill you!” Shao Qun roared, “My brother has a blood clotting disorder! He bleeds so much blood this time! I can’t spare you–“

The police officer took great pains to hold him back.

Zhao Jinxin panted desperately, looking at his hand, his face pale: “Where is my… my coat?”

“What? Jinxin, Jinxin…” Li Shuo was trembling with fear, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, we have a doctor, we have a doctor, we will go to the hospital right away.”

The medical staff ran over.

“My coat.” Zhao Jinxin gritted his teeth. “There is thrombin in the coat pocket. Where is my coat?”

“Coat? Your coat?” Li Shuo patrolled the warehouse desperately, and saw a corner of the black down jacket in a pile of collapsed cans. He pointed to it and shouted, “Get that coat, hurry!”

The doctor took Zhao Jinxin from Li Shuo, but Zhao Jinxin’s other hand held Li Shuo’s hand tightly, and his eyes were always looking at him. His eyes were filled with helplessness and anxiety, which made people feel distressed.

Zhao Jinxin said to the doctor mechanically: “I have mild hemophilia A, blood type AB, and a history of drug allergy…”

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Next update: 2022/04/05 (on knoxt), 2022/04/07 (on wattpad)

*Translator’s Note: I’m on a roll. Updating frequency changed to weekdays on knoxt and 2 days after release on knoxt on wattpad from today. Please support my new translation which are ‘Improper Relationship’ by Yu Xiaofan and ‘Alpha Predator’ by Shui Qian Cheng on knoxt. I will no longer post any of my translation works on wattpad so you guys can see my translation on knoxt only. It’s free and you can still comment on the chapters, I will try my best to reply. ‘Alpha Predator’ is still currently ongoing on Shui Qian Cheng’s weibo, you guys can visit her weibo page to read the raw novel but the ‘parking lot’ (mature) version is available on her haitang page. I also began this translation because I feel lonely while anxiously waiting for her updates every weekday(s) and I had no one to discuss this story with so please… discuss this novel with me. I feel so lonely… -K

*T/N: Included here some artworks from weibo. -K