Qin Ningyi moved to create space, blocking his attempt to grab Huo Rouyi's sleeve. He then shifted closer to Huo Rou, obstructing her path.
"Letting them die like this is too easy for them," Qin Ningyi's voice carried a quieting power. Huo Rou stopped and looked at him.
"Those who do wrong need to be judged."
Qin Ningyi glanced meaningfully at the distant factory. "They are wrong. If they die, no one will know. They will have just died."
He looked at Huo Rou seriously. "Arou, we haven't reached a point of no return yet. Death is instantaneous, but they must live to pay for their mistakes."
"Live... to pay for mistakes?" Huo Rou murmured, repeating the words. "You think so too..."
Qin Ningyi didn't answer directly. He merely said lightly, "Otherwise, their deaths are meaningless."
Huo Rou thought of the person in Ningzhong City.
She hadn't killed him precisely so that he would pay for his mistakes.
Since he had escaped judgment and sanctions, she would make him live the rest of his life in pain and regret.
Giles, too, should pay for what he had done.
Seeing Huo Rou waver, Si Nian stopped. "The amount of explosives isn't small."
"I'll handle it," Qin Ningyi said to Si Nian. "They're all wire-controlled. I can disarm them."
"That's right, that's right!" Zhao Wen exclaimed, his face lighting up. "We almost forgot, your bomb disposal skills are top-notch."
How many crises had Qin Ningyi averted with that skill back then?
With him here, everything would surely be under control.
Despite Huo Rou's objections, Qin Ningyi resolutely put on the specially made suit.
"Don't worry, with this suit, I'll be safe," he said, patting Huo Rou's head with a doting smile.
"It's just that, after this is over, I want to know what happened between you and Giles?"
Mentioning Giles, he could see the murderous intent in Huo Rou's eyes, and he could feel her anger and sorrow.
Back then...
"Going in from the back is the most convenient," Si Nian quickly shifted to the operational plan.
He mused, "Going from the front is easy to alert them, but since he hid people in the back, he might detonate it before you even get close."
As he spoke, Si Nian sized up the specially made suit Qin Ningyi was wearing.
"The suit is good, but the core is lacking."
"Why don't I do it? I've also studied bomb disposal for a while. I might not be worse than you." Si Nian had heard of Qin Ningyi's achievements, so he didn't overstep in this matter.
He was always like this: the capable ones advance, the incapable ones are discarded.
Qin Ningyi was accustomed to Si Nian's way of thinking. Although he didn't agree with it, there was nothing to criticize.
Zhao Hengyu, however, objected. "Hey, if you're so capable, then you go ahead. You find fault with this and that."
He had held back for a long time. This person had been arrogant for so many years. He thought that by being a bit more accommodating to Qin Ningyi, he would still speak so irritatingly.
"Get it straight. Old Qin isn't in the military anymore, nor is he your soldier. Put away that look and that tone!"
"Hopping grasshopper," Si Nian said coolly. "Give me a suit, and I'll go with him."
Zhao Hengyu hugged his bag tightly, looking smug. "You have your own, why do you want ours? Ours are precious."
Whether they were precious or not was something he said casually. This was a material newly developed by the laboratory under Qin Ningyi. Only one or two prototypes had been made, and they were currently priceless.
He just couldn't stand Si Nian's haughty demeanor. Having an opportunity to retort like this, of course, he would seize it.