Chapter 2: Shi Haiyang

  His name is Shi Haiyang, he studied at Huaxia Medical University until his Ph.D. because of the bad situation in that era, he had to leave and went to America, where he also got a Ph.D. In America, his research results were constantly stolen by Americans, so in anger, he left the institute, turned to researching drugs, and sold them in America.

  To him, researching medicine and poison is not essentially different, it's all for a living, a better life. It seems that every Chinese person has a national complex, the poison he researched has never been sold to China.

  Dong Xiaochuan was locked up in the Yunhe City Detention Center, and at a glance, he saw Shi Haiyang, a gentle-looking middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, sitting on the edge of the bed, quietly reading a book. He didn't show any anxious state of being detained, as if he were in his own peaceful home.

  Apart from him and Dong Xiaochuan, there were four young men who didn't look like good people at first glance. Shi Haiyang was quietly reading a book by himself and didn't go to bother him, it seemed that they had already competed with each other in secret.

  These dark secrets of detention centers, guardrooms and prisons, Dong Xiaochuan knew some as an insider. These places all have prison bosses, in fact, if there is a real boss, the police will also manage better.

  Dong Xiaochuan thought of this, and felt that Shi Haoyang was not as simple as he seemed on the surface, there must be something formidable about him. After thinking carefully, it's clear that if he wasn't formidable, how could he do things related to drugs?

  As soon as Dong Xiaochuan entered, the leader of the thugs walked up to him and said, "You little brat, what have you done wrong, how did you get in here?"

  "Don't mess with me!" Dong Xiaochuan said coldly.

  "Hey, you've come here and still so arrogant, indeed a troublemaker, ah, even more troublesome than me." The three people beside him chimed in with laughter. "Don't forget to pay respects to our boss."

  Dong Xiaochuan gave them a cold look, but didn't say anything. He walked over to a bed and lay down. One of the thugs stepped forward and swung his hand to slap Dong Xiaochuan's face. Shi Haiyang saw this and shook his head slightly, revealing a hint of a cold smile.

  He was a man of great experience and insight, and as soon as Dong Xiaochuan walked in, he could tell at a glance that he wasn't someone to be trifled with. A martial artist has his own unique aura, which can only be fully restrained when one reaches the middle stage of internal power; Dong Xiaochuan was still at the initial stage of internal power and couldn't fully contain it within himself.

  Shi Haiyang is the real strong one who has reached the level of hidden inner strength, so Dong Xiaochuan did not see through his true abilities, but he could see Dong Xiaochuan's abilities. He was born into a wealthy family, as they say "poor in literature and rich in martial arts", he started practicing martial arts from a young age, only later the influence of that era and the decline of his family circumstances made it so few people knew about him, especially after he went to America, even fewer people knew.

  In the US, fighting alone often requires one's own strength, especially when involved in shady dealings. However, he has always hidden it well, and several times narrowly escaped death thanks to his concealed martial arts skills. Of course, those who knew about his deeply hidden martial arts skills were all killed during those narrow escapes.

  Dong Xiaochuan grasped his hand with a loud slap and said in a cold voice: "What do you want to do?"

  "Come here and follow our rules, I'm here to teach you the rules."

  "What's going on?"

  "First, let's kowtow three times to our Big Brother."

  Dong Xiaochuan looked at the so-called boss and walked in front of him, coldly saying: "Are you asking me to kowtow to you?"

  "It's not bowing down to me, but to the rules." The boss said with a pleased smile.

  "Does this place also follow rules?" Dong Xiaochuan smiled faintly, and suddenly a fist sent the so-called boss crashing to the ground, leaving several people staring in shock. Before they could even react, a flurry of punches and kicks came their way, sending them tumbling to the ground one after another.

  A whistle sounded, and a policeman rushed in quickly, shouting: "Dong Xiaochuan, you beat someone into serious injury and they are still lying in the hospital. How can you still be preparing to cause trouble? If you weren't an active serviceman, you would have been arrested long ago. Be quiet for me, wait until tomorrow when your unit's people come to take you away."

  A few thugs heard that Dong Xiaochuan was from the army, and they knew it would be useless to fight back, so they hid aside, thinking to themselves: These days I've been unlucky, always running into people who don't care about their lives.

  Very simple, after finishing lunch, the prison gate opened again. A policeman said: "Shi Haoyang, come out with me."

  Shi Haiyang put down his book and said with a lazy expression, "Where are we going?"

  The police officer coldly said: "What's it to you, are you planning on staying here for the rest of your life?"

  Xī Hǎiyáng smiled slightly, gently put down the book in his hand, casually and elegantly pushed up the golden-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and left the room with a smile.

  The police brought Shi Haoyang to the office of the head of the criminal police brigade. The brigade leader, Zheng Guoxiong, was flipping through a thick stack of materials and said softly, "Sit down." He then gestured for the police to leave.

  Zheng Guoxiong slowly said: "You are Shi Haiyang?"

  "You didn't know?"

  "Shi Haiyang, born in 1949, entered Hua Xia Medical University at the age of 20. After graduation, he worked at Beijing First Hospital and continued to study for six more years, becoming the youngest doctoral student. Unfortunately, due to his family's bad background, everything was lost, including his job. He had no choice but to go to the United States. What a pity, such a great talent was lost like this." Zheng Guoxiong sighed.

  Shi Haiyang smiled faintly and said: "Compared to those old revolutionaries who were wronged, I am already very lucky."

  Zheng Guoxiong waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about that era. After arriving in the United States, you studied for another three years and became a postdoctoral researcher at the largest medical research institute in the US. During that time, you also developed some new drugs, but unfortunately, your research results were taken over by others, and in the end, the research funding didn't belong to you, nor did the drug patents, so naturally, you didn't have any gains either."

  "A nation's weakness inevitably leads to the people's weakness. In the face of interests, laws, morals, and human rights are all set aside, and nothing is too despicable to do." Shi Haoyang said slowly, but his face was somewhat solemn and melancholy, as if he had thought of those hard years of struggle.

  Zheng Guoxiong continued: "So, in a fit of anger, you left the research institute again. Of course, with your talent, America was not willing to let you go, so they put you under house arrest. Although I don't know how you managed to escape at that time, from then on, you got hooked up with drug dealers and developed new ice*poison, achieving greater effects with smaller doses. It has to be said, in the field of medicine, you are indeed a talented person."

  Shi Haiyang's expression changed slightly, and he said, "It seems that you have studied me very deeply."

  "No, this information wasn't obtained through our investigation, but was passed on from the US." Zheng Guoxiong said with a smile: "More than a month ago, the US sent your information to us through Interpol, asking us to pay close attention to you. Of course, it would be even better if we could catch you."

  Shi Haiyang's face revealed a bitter smile, saying: "So you caught me." He had entered the country from Hua Xia and then gone to the Golden Triangle, because he felt that he had never committed a crime in Hua Xia all along.

  "We've got you, no, we haven't." Zheng Guoxiong's face revealed a hint of an eerie smile.

  Shi Haiyang's eyes lit up.

  "You were born in China, but you've never committed a crime in China. Why should I arrest you? However, since you're here, as the host, of course, I'll treat you as a guest. By the way, let me tell you, our police station is very poor."

  "I understand, there will be a sum of money transferred into your public security bureau's account." The two people said with a haha laugh.

  "Not much is needed, 10,000 will be enough."

  "No, supporting the construction of our hometown is important, at least 50,000 yuan."

  "You're too polite." The captain smiled and stretched out his hand, just about to speak when the door was suddenly pushed open. A panting policeman walked in and said: "Captain, the man beaten by Dong Xiaokang is dead."

  Zheng Guoxiong was also shocked, "What died?" Then his face changed, saying: "Immediately approve the arrest of Dong Xiaokuan and transfer him out of detention. He is an active special forces soldier, if he escapes, it will be extremely harmful to society."

  He looked at Shi Haoyang and said hastily, "Shi Haoyang, you can go." Then he took out a gun from the drawer, inserted it into his waist, and said to the police, "Go."

  Just as he reached the door, another policeman rushed upstairs and shouted: "It's no good."

  Zheng Guoxiong shouted loudly, "What's the panic? What are you talking about?"

  "Dong Xiaochuan took a brother hostage."

  "How did this happen?"

  "It was just now, we were preparing to transfer him. At first, he didn't resist, but when we took out the handcuffs, his expression changed and he suddenly held a brother hostage."

  "What demands is he making?" Zheng Guoxiong asked directly.

  He asked for a car.

  "Go take a look."

  Shi Haiyang had not left yet and followed those police officers, only to see Dong Xiaokang holding a gun, pointing at the head of one policeman, slowly walking towards a police car.

  Zheng Guoxiong shouted: "Dong Xiaochuan, what are you trying to do? Do you know that holding a police officer hostage is a serious crime?"

  Dong Xiaochuan said: "Is he dead?"

  "He said: 'No.'"

  "Don't try to fool me, when you took out the handcuffs and tried to transfer me, I knew he must be dead. So now you want to transfer this dangerous element, me."

  Zheng Guoxiong said: "Dong Xiaochuan, you are an active serviceman, we have no right to do anything to you. Tomorrow, the people from your unit will naturally come to take you away. If you have any difficulties or grievances, you can freely report them to your leaders for resolution. Now, put down the hostages and everything can be negotiated. I'll pretend that none of this ever happened."

  Dong Xiaochuan ignored him, opened a police car, pushed the hijacked policeman inside, and knocked him unconscious with one punch. Then he started the police car with a few quick moves. Dong Xiaochuan said coldly, "Don't follow me, I don't mind killing another person."

  Shi Haiyang looked at this and couldn't help but admire Dong Xiaochuan. Calm, decisive, and highly skilled, he had achieved the level of "hidden strength" at such a young age - truly a talented individual. From the police officers' fragmented words, he roughly understood that Dong Xiaochuan was an active-duty soldier who had returned home to visit his family, but got into a conflict with someone, killed him, and then immediately took hostages and escaped.

  What a pity, such a talented person can't live long under the system of China. Shi Haiyang sighed and didn't think about it anymore, after all, it had nothing to do with him. From the team leader's mouth, he learned an important piece of information, that is, the Americans have discovered his whereabouts and are going to deal with him.

  Over the years, through his research on drugs, he inadvertently discovered a painkiller that was not only highly effective but also non-addictive. He had originally planned to retrieve his share of money from the Golden Triangle and start a pharmaceutical company, completely severing ties with drugs. He was always an idealistic person who did not want to spend his life in darkness.

  It seems that my pharmaceutical data has been leaked again, he sighed helplessly. I won't think about this for now, what I'm thinking about is how to safely enter the Golden Triangle and how to safely get out, if that person just now became my bodyguard it wouldn't be bad. Hmm, why did I suddenly think of him?

  Zheng Guoxiong watched as Dong Xiaochuan drove away in a police car, silently sighing: Dong Xiaochuan, farewell!

  He told Shi Haiyang that the Americans looking for him made him feel a sense of danger and needed help. Dong Xiaochuan would find him, seeking opportunities to enter the Golden Triangle together with him. Everything was proceeding according to plan.