The plot of "No Bait" continues, but the foreshadowing from the early stages has begun to unfold, with one twist after another. When Tiger Brother saw Shu Yuxiu, who had killed several people, standing expressionlessly in front of Qi Xinyue's grave, then turning around and bursting into tears, he was already terrified by this scene.
He had arrogantly assumed that Shu Yuxiu was a fraud—just a conman who scammed people out of love.
But when he saw Shu Yuxiu effortlessly eliminate the stepping stones beneath his feet and climb upwards over the deaths of those who had passed by, he suddenly realized that Shu Yuxiu was far more cold-blooded and terrifying {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} than he had imagined.
When Shu Yuxiu first discovered that the job he had been struggling to cross could be easily entered simply by telling a lie...
When he discovered that even the waiters and managers who looked down on him suddenly became obsequious upon seeing the luxury car keys and expensive watch in his hand...
When he finally understood that the world's resources were never open to people like them at the bottom, and that the circles of capital only ever circulated internally, and that the young masters lighting lanterns for ordinary people like them was merely to flaunt their class and wealth...
Shu Yuxiu finally realized how ridiculous his first half of life had been.
He cannot achieve upward social mobility on his own.
No matter how hard you try, you can't compare to the privileged life of someone born into nobility.
At this moment, Shu Yuxiu finally decided to embark on a path of no return.
Tiger felt a pang of empathy when he saw this. After he came to his senses, he finally couldn't help but take out his movie ticket and, by the dim light of the theater, examine the screening times of other movies. Then, he silently planned to go out and buy a ticket for "No Bait" for a second viewing.
Tiger felt that he had overlooked many things in the beginning, and it wasn't until the later plot twists that he was able to belatedly realize the existence of those foreshadowing elements.
This film is neither a simple love scam nor a suspenseful crime.
It is full of dark humor and biting satire.
When a liar uses lies to achieve upward social mobility, when only lies can shape one's value and ability, and when blindly pursuing wealth becomes the mainstream of society, how many people will still care about the truth of this world?
Tiger thinks he doesn't need to pay attention to any other movies during this May Day holiday.
Because the movie "No Bait" is destined to be this year's champion...
...
Finally, the movie came to an end.
Although the police received a tip from Qi Baishan, their investigation yielded no results, making it extremely difficult to trace back to the "accident" from several years ago.
Qi Baishan finally realized that the police could not help him catch Shu Yuxiu.
Once the investigation is complete, Shu Yuxiu will leave here safely.
Then the elusive secretary reappeared, intending to take Shu Yuxiu away directly with the prepared certificate of innocence and other relevant documents.
The investigation team naturally disagreed, but the secretary just looked at them coldly: "Mr. Qi can't wait much longer."
"Your investigation results have greatly disappointed him."
"So rather than let your incompetence let a criminal go free, we should conduct the final judgment—this is my final request to you as a father."
Officer Zhang clearly realized something as well.
He wanted to argue, but in the end he could only watch helplessly as his secretary took the person away.
As Shu Yuxiu stepped out of the investigation team's door, bathed in the bright sunlight streaming in, for some reason, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the police officer in front of him with a sarcastic expression.
Because the outside light was too bright, Officer Zhang could not look directly into the man's eyes. He could only hear the man in front of him say sarcastically, "You knew that if I was taken away by Qi Baishan's men, I would definitely suffer Qi Baishan's revenge, but you still chose to let me go in the end. So, as expected, people are all selfish."
"Officer Zhang, you and I are no different."
Officer Zhang squinted, trying to make out the other person's expression as they said this.
Will it be the powerless rage of impending retaliation or even death, or the desperate fear of escaping legal punishment only to ultimately fail?
Before he could see clearly, the man was already pinned down by Qi Baishan's men and turned to get into the car that had been carefully prepared for him.
The last thing that flashed before his eyes was the man's calm profile.
The car slowly drove away.
Officer Zhang stood there, stunned.
"Team leader—"
The person next to him lowered their voice, "Are we just going to give up like this?"
They can't possibly return empty-handed on this trip, can they?
Officer Zhang gave a bitter smile, but he felt extremely stifled, with a burning anger that he had nowhere to vent.
In the end, he could only sit calmly in his office, smoking one cigarette after another, as if awaiting the final verdict.
Then a hoarse voice came from the other end of the communicator: "Team leader, Shu Yuxiu is dead!"
"Their car flew off the cliff, and everyone died!"
Officer Zhang clenched his fingers instantly.
He squinted, his gaze drifting across a certain spot for a moment before finally settling on the view outside the window. His tone was frighteningly calm, leaving the person opposite him speechless: "Send someone to retrieve it."
"This case is closed."
He stood up and stood in front of the window, his back slightly hunched, making him look much older.
And below the cliff in the distance, there were shattered vehicles and floating corpses.
Police cars, their lights flashing, drove along the beach road, facing the sea breeze.
The weather was exceptionally bright that day, and even the beach where the murder occurred was still picturesque.
In the depths of the ocean, a body slowly sinks.
Along with past lies and everyone's secrets, they all fell into the depths of the ocean—
After that, Shu Yuxiu died, the Qi family fell into ruin, and Officer Zhang rose rapidly in rank.
The wind on the coast remains the same after all these years...
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The moment the big screen went dark, Tiger thought it was all over.
However, he still had many doubts in his heart.
And there was a hint of disappointment.
Logically speaking, someone like Shu Yuxiu shouldn't have died so easily.
He built his image too high; no one believed in his innocence, and no one believed he would lose.
Tiger dares to say that after "No Bait", the villainous protagonist character of Shu Yuxiu is definitely one of the most outstanding character designs in recent years, and will become a classic work of Xiao He.
However, if the ending still follows the cliché of villains dying in domestic films, then Tiger Brother will feel very disappointed.
Such an ending would be a stain on the character of Shu Yuxiu.
After all, a failed project is a failed project; there's no need to make excuses.
He sighed, but found that the surrounding lights did not turn on directly, and the sound of the wind on the coast still lingered in his ears.
Tiger looked up in surprise, only to find that the big screen in front of him lit up again while he was immersed in his own world.
The scene on the big screen was the twilight seascape shot at the very beginning of the film "No Bait".
A person by the sea lit a cigarette.
The smoke rose in wisps and drifted slowly away, carried by the sea breeze.
Only then did Tiger realize that the sound he heard at the beginning of the movie was indeed the sound of someone lighting a cigarette.
And that person was none other than Officer Zhang!
The timeline at this point is clearly several years later. Officer Zhang has many more gray hairs at his temples, but the scenery at Tianduan is still dazzling.
However, Officer Zhang, upon returning to the area, had no intention of appreciating it. He simply tossed away his cigarette butt and drove to a prison by the sea.
Here, he finally met Qi Baishan.
Qi Baishan was sentenced to death last summer for crimes including embezzlement, bribery, and hiring someone to commit murder. He will be formally executed after the winter is over.
This was the first time Officer Zhang had met Qi Baishan since he came here to investigate the case.
Qi Baishan did not recognize Officer Zhang, nor did he have any desire to speak with him. He simply said calmly as Officer Zhang left, "Give my regards to your team leader, Zhang."
Officer Zhang paused slightly, then gave a self-deprecating laugh, turned to look at Qi Baishan, and said in a bitter voice, "I'm sorry, let me introduce myself. I'm the team leader you mentioned."
Qi Baishan stood there, stunned.
The one he met before...
In an instant, my hair stood on end—
