The phone was answered by Xie Zixuan himself.

  "Hehe, Old Xie, it's so late and you're still not resting. Are you thinking of some conspiracy again?"

  Good fellow, from Director Xie to Old Xie, the way they speak to Tian Liang is getting more and more impolite.

  "Haha, I've been waiting for your call, kiddo."

  Nor did he know if Xie Zixuan was angry on the other end of the phone, but in fact, he had no way to be angry and couldn't afford to be angry. Now it wasn't a confrontation between the director of the Public Security Bureau and an ordinary citizen, but rather a contest between two men.

  "I agree to negotiate," Tian Liang said.

  Xie Ziheng smiled and said: "Great, when?"

  "Hmm... what's tomorrow's date?"

  December 30th.

  "Oh, I remember December has 31 days, which means tomorrow isn't the last day, so let's set it for tomorrow then."

  "What's so particular about it?"

  "Heh heh, the last day is the final struggle, I don't want it to be too tragic."

  Xie Ziheng smiled and said: "That makes sense, so where should we meet?"

  "Listen up, tomorrow you can only come alone."

  "Of course, it's not like we're treating someone to a meal, so there's no need for others to be present to liven things up."

  "including Yu Feilong."

  "Really?"

  "I don't want to see him." Tian Liang emphasized especially strongly.

  "Uh... I agree."

  "Also, tomorrow at 9 am, drive yourself to Zhongshan Middle Road and wait for my call."

  Xie Zixuan smiled and said, "Is it necessary to be so cautious?"

  "Because I don't believe you." Not giving him any face at all.

  After a pause, Xie Zixuan finally said: "Alright, it's settled then."

  "We'll meet again if fate permits."

  A night without words.

  It was still a few minutes before 9:00, Xie Zixiang drove the car himself, following the "instructions" he had given to Tian Liang on the phone ten minutes ago, and arrived near the intersection of Zhongshan Middle Road and People's Road.

  The car hadn't even come to a complete stop when someone suddenly appeared out of the crowd and nimbly opened the door, jumping into the back seat.

  "Haha, like a ghost, no wonder you're from Police University." Xie Zixiang smiled and said.

  "Cut the crap, you and Yu Feilong can't wait to devour me whole, can I afford to be careless?"

  "Is it that serious?"

  "Hmph, plotting with a tiger to take its skin, I am fully mentally prepared."

  Xie Ziheng smiled and said, "Relax, no one will move you."

  Xiang Tianliang's face turned cold as he stretched out his hand and said, "Old Xie, let me take care of your pistol for you."

  "Is it necessary?"

  "I don't want to say it again."

  He shook his head helplessly and pulled out a gun from his waist, tossing it to Xiang Tianliang without looking back, "Be careful, it's loaded."

  The pistol had arrived in Xiang Tianliang's hand, spinning around like a top, then with a series of swift and precise movements, dazzlingly fast, incredibly familiar.

  Xie couldn't help but look at him through the rearview mirror and was also full of admiration. This kid, he's a natural-born shooter!

  "Old Xie, you still have a car following behind, is this still necessary?"

  He smiled towards Tian Liang, while holding a gun and shaking it behind Xie Zi's back.

  "Haha, good thief's eyes."

  Xie Ziheng opened the intercom and ordered the police car behind him to leave.

  Xiang Tianliang let out a sigh of relief, leaned back against the seat and laughed: "This is more like it, Old Xie, you're a bit more straightforward than Yu Feilong."

  "Where are we going?" Xie Zixuan asked.

  "Where are we going? Isn't a car the worst place for negotiations? Find a secluded spot to park, and let's talk in the car."

  Negotiation is a good word, first talk and then judge, after talking and judging, only when it's clear can an accurate judgment be made.

  The sedan stopped at Zhongshan Road Park Square.

  "Can we start now?"

  "Okay."

  "You go first or I go first."

  "You brought it up first, so of course you should speak first." Tian Liang said with a big smile.

  Xie Zi nodded slightly.

  "Do you know Guo Qijun and Xiao Jiannan from Qinghe Sub-bureau?"

  Xiang Tianliang shook his head, "I didn't know him before, but I should say I know him now."

  "But they helped you."

  "You'd have to ask them themselves why they want to help me." Tian Liang said with a mischievous grin.

  Xie Ziheng said: "You know I'm incompatible with them, don't you?"

  "Haha, I've heard that even the little brats on the street know about it. I'm telling you, Old Xie, you're really something. The largest branch of Qinghe doesn't even listen to your orders."

  Xie Ziheng ignored the ridicule and said, "I don't want them to get involved."

  Xiang Tianliang smiled in his heart, as expected, Xie Zixuan was indeed afraid of Guo Qijun and brought it up as soon as he opened his mouth.

  "Old Xie, I'll say it again, I really don't know Guo Qijun and Xiao Jiannan, nor did I intentionally pull them in. Think about it, if I knew them, after you and Yu Feilong took away my work quota back then, I would have gone to find them a long time ago. If they knew it was you guys who screwed me over, wouldn't they have already recruited me into the Qinghe Branch?"

  This was also true, and Xie Zixuan let out a sigh of relief.

  "But yesterday at the antique market, Xiao Jianan helped you out."

  Nodding towards Tian Liang in acknowledgement, "That's right, the person who helped me out in the alleyway said his name was Xiao Jianan."

  Xie Ziheng said, "Toward Tianliang, neither of us wants to make things bigger, but Guo Qijun and Xiao Jiannan, relying on being from Qinghe City, are afraid that the world is not chaotic. You shouldn't have called the Qinghe Branch Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team yesterday."

  Xiang Tianliang felt a sense of joy in his heart. Who asked you to try to harm me? Who asked you to deceive Guo Qijun and cause trouble on his turf?

  He curiously asked, "Old Xie, you didn't go to the front line in person, Xiao Jiannan had changed his appearance, and after the event, he quickly slipped away. How did your people recognize him as Xiao Jiannan?"

  Xie Zixing smiled wryly and said, "You don't know that Xiao Jiannan's father was a fisherman, and Xiao Jiannan also went out to sea to fish when he was young. So he is good at using fishing nets. It can be said that in Qinghe City and even the entire province's public security forces, there is only one person who can use fishing nets to catch people and has succeeded multiple times, and that is him. Yesterday, as soon as he cast his net, didn't it mean that he had exposed himself? And what a disguise, what a ridiculous disguise!"

  "Hehe..."

  Laughing towards the sky with head thrown back, yesterday that one "net" caught 7 or 8 people at once, quite a big haul, unfortunately it was police catching police, can't take it outside to talk about.

  "Xiang Tianliang, no matter how things develop, I hope you don't get mixed up with them. This is my first request."

  Toward Tianliang nodded, but suddenly fell into deep thought.

  He didn't want to get involved in other people's disputes either. Xie Zixuan and Guo Qijun were irreconcilable, and occasionally there would be bloody incidents. He didn't want to become an innocent victim.

  But also can't let Xie Zixuan be one hundred percent at ease.