"Listen to this call too."
"It's to Hawaii."
"Your whole family is here."
Han Chen handed the mobile phone to Ni Yongxiao.
"Including my Thai friends."
With that, he pushed the phone, sliding it towards Ni Yongxiao.
Ni Yongxiao looked at the mobile phone, took it in his hand, and looked up at Han Chen, his gaze changed, different from before.
This look carried concern for his family and, simultaneously, the urge to kill Han Chen.
Su Han portrayed Ni Yongxiao's expression with extreme vividness and depth, shifting through several layers.
He put the phone to his ear.
From the other end, English with a Thai accent came through: "Mr. Ni, hello."
"My boss told me to take good care of your family."
Then, his daughter's voice came from the phone: "Dad, where are you?"
Hearing her voice, Ni Yongxiao looked up at Han Chen, his head tilted, and panicked.
Han Chen had seized his weakness; he had lost.
He put down the mobile phone, swiftly grabbed a handgun from his subordinate's pocket, cocked it, and pointed it at Han Chen.
Han Chen calmly sipped his beer. Ni Yongxiao's gun pressed against Han Chen's head, knocking over the beer glass.
"Clink!"
The glass shattered, spilling beer onto the floor.
"Mr. Ni!"
Chen Yongren quickly stood up and shouted.
Ni Yongxiao was now completely out of control, his first time losing his composure.
"Shut up!"
He was furious.
He had thought he had the upper hand, that he had Han Chen cornered, only to find himself outmaneuvered.
From beginning to end, Ni Yongxiao had been composed and serene.
This outburst, however, perfected his character.
The gun in his hand pressed firmly against Han Chen's neck.
Han Chen: "I knew you'd kill me tonight."
The sound of police sirens followed as officers arrived.
Several police cars now had them completely surrounded.
Ni Yongxiao was seething, his breathing visibly quickening, his heart heavy.
The police surrounded them.
Officer Huang stood at the forefront.
Behind Officer Huang stood Liu Jianming, portrayed by Zhao Ben Shan as an undercover antagonist, holding a gun pointed at him.
All the police officers present had their guns trained on him; he had no escape.
The red and blue lights of the police cars flashed repeatedly on their roofs.
"Ni Yongxiao, drop your gun!"
Officer Huang shouted at Ni Yongxiao.
Han Chen: "Let him."
"He killed me before, so let him kill me again."
Despite saying this, Han Chen was inwardly terrified, sweat beading on his forehead and face.
"Officers, whether he kills me or not, it's up to you whether you open fire!"
Han Chen, panicked, said this intentionally to prompt the police to act against Ni Yongxiao.
Meanwhile, Ni Yongxiao turned, pulling Han Chen into an embrace, his left hand clenching Han Chen's head, veins bulging in his arm.
Ni Yongxiao's gun was aimed at Han Chen's head; he was utterly out of control now.
Family was everything to him, his weakness.
But now Han Chen had seized his weakness and acted against his family.
Nothing mattered anymore.
Everything was meaningless.
Everything should be destroyed.
Let Han Chen die!
Su Han deeply understood Ni Yongxiao's character and all the emotions of his loss of control and rage at this moment.
The sense of immersion was profound.
Family was what mattered most to him. Now that his family was gone, what was the point of all this?
They might as well go down together!
This must be how Ni Yongxiao felt at this moment.
In this instant, Su Han was Ni Yongxiao, and Ni Yongxiao was Su Han.
They seemed to have merged into one.
What is acting?
It's not acting at all; it's about genuine emotion!
"What goes around comes around."
Ni Yongxiao gritted his teeth.
Han Chen's face was ashen, sweat streaming down his face.
He appeared to be facing death, closing his eyes peacefully.
Ni Yongxiao was in pain, distressed.
Just as he grit his teeth, ready to shoot Han Chen, a gunshot suddenly rang out.
"Bang—"
The gunshot was deafening.
Ni Yongxiao's brother, Chen Yongren,'s pupils contracted violently as he stared at the scene in shock.
At this moment, he was also stunned.
This family he had never liked, this half-brother, this triad organization he had always wanted to escape.
Now, seeing his blood relative, his brother, shot, he felt his heart skip a beat, an overwhelming sadness and disbelief washing over him.
Liu Jianming lowered his gun.
The camera focused on Officer Huang's eyes.
His eyes gleamed, his black pupils reflecting Ni Yongxiao's image.
Time seemed to freeze…
The world fell silent.
Everything before his eyes became hazy…
A red dot appeared on Ni Yongxiao's forehead, and the gun dropped from his hand.
He slumped backward, lifeless.
Chen Yongren rushed forward to catch him.
Catching him, Ni Yongxiao collapsed into his brother Chen Yongren's arms.
Han Chen opened his eyes, looking at Ni Yongxiao lying on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief.
As he was dying, Ni Yongxiao, in his brother Chen Yongren's arms, discovered a listening device in his brother's leather jacket pocket.
This was a device carried by police informants.
He realized Chen Yongren was an undercover police officer by his side.
He was heartbroken; he had suspected it for a long time and had only just confirmed it.
But in the end, he put the listening device back in his pocket, not exposing Chen Yongren's identity.
Ni Yongxiao was dead.
Lying on his side on the ground, his eyes open, he had left this world forever…