Chapter 803: Chapter 807 Vanity
Having tracked down Fang Mingzhu, the police followed the vine to find Guo Mu.
In the age of the internet, where information is abundant, the police swiftly learned all there was to know about Guo Mu.
Guo Mu’s real name was Xu Chengda, and he had been a mercenary for a certain country.
After internal conflicts with organization members, he was injured by his companions and was rescued by Fang Haichuan, who was on a business trip abroad, and returned to his homeland with Fang Haichuan after recovering.
Fang Haichuan used his connections to change his name to Guo Mu, who then became a ranger at the Fang Family’s forest farm.
Owing to being hurt by his companions, he held resentment, was cynical, and usually preferred not to socialize, displaying a surly and reclusive personality.
Only Fang Haichuan would visit his forestry farm every week to drink tea and chat together.
Every time Fang Haichuan visited the forestry farm, he would stay for an entire afternoon.
Apart from Fang Haichuan, Guo Mu was especially close to Fang Haichuan’s son and grandchildren and had a particular fondness for Fang Mingzhu, who often accompanied Fang Haichuan for tea. He treated her as if she were his own.
After obtaining Guo Mu’s photo, in today’s heavily surveilled society, Guo Mu had nowhere to hide and was quickly spotted by the police.
Half an hour after Fang Mingzhu’s arrest by the police, Guo Mu was discovered at the airport entrance. After a fierce battle with the police, he was shot in the arm and escaped into the woods.
He loved the vast forest, having been a ranger for over a decade, and he knew all the lushest forests in Feng City.
He found the most secluded cave deep in the forest, tore off a piece of his garment, and bandaged the wound on his left arm.
He had not expected to be exposed so quickly.
He originally thought that, with his isolated lifestyle and the few people who knew him, it would take the police a few days even to suspect him.
But he didn’t have a few days, not even a few hours, before he was cornered at the train station.
If only he had managed to board the plane, he could have escaped for good.
Feeling the piercing pain in his left arm, he couldn’t help but regret his impulsiveness.
Out of gratitude for Fang Haichuan’s life-saving favor and because of his itch to act, he lost his temper when Fang Mingzhu tearfully told him about Fang Yao and Mi Sheng’s despicable acts. Learning that Fang Yao’s group would visit the Eastern Hill Cemetery from Fang Mingzhu, he set up an ambush in advance and took a shot at Fang Yao’s heart.
Before going to the Eastern Hill Cemetery, he had already bought a plane ticket and packed his luggage.
At the time he fired, his luggage was right beside him.
He had thought that, after killing Fang Yao and Mi Sheng, he would have repaid Fang Haichuan’s kindness, and then he could leave this place to start over somewhere else.
But he overestimated himself and underestimated not only the man he wanted to kill but also the Feng City police force.
The person he wanted to assassinate seemed to be quite skilled, having pushed Fang Yao away just a second before he pulled the trigger.
For the second shot, he targeted Mi Sheng, whom Fang Mingzhu loathed the most.
He adored Fang Mingzhu, that sweet and soft-spoken girl who liked to act coquettishly around him.
Having no children of his own, he doted on Fang Mingzhu as if she were his daughter.
From Fang Mingzhu, he discovered that a woman named Mi Sheng had stolen her beloved, so he made Mi Sheng one of his targets.
Unfortunately, the second shot also missed.
A woman he did not recognize walked in front of Mi Sheng just as he fired, blocking the bullet meant for Mi Sheng.
When he tried to take a third shot, all the targets had taken cover behind barricades, and he lost his opportunity.
He did not linger, tossing his sniper rifle into the ravine and taking his luggage as he left South Hill Cemetery.
He left casually because he was very self-confident.