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Chapter 1556 Sin and Redemption (Part 1)

Inside the cinema, several girls stood in line and politely stopped a passerby.

"Hello, could you please take a picture for us? We'd like to take a photo with this poster."

The audience member walked out of the theater, seemingly having just finished watching a movie, and still looked somewhat dazed.

Stopped by the group, the young man seemed to come to his senses slightly, looked over, and then saw the poster for "The Dead End" next to him.

Upon seeing Xin Xiaofeng's face on the poster, he couldn't help but shudder, a flicker of lingering fear flashing in his eyes.

"Hello?"

Seeing that the young man was standing there blankly without reacting, several girls waved their hands in front of him twice.

"Ah...oh, okay..."

The young man realized what was happening, took the phone, and took photos of the group.

When returning the phone, the young man finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you... going to see this movie?"

"Yes," Xiaotang asked curiously, "Did you just finish watching it? What did you think? Was it good?"

The young man's expression was complicated. After thinking for a while, he replied, "It's a good movie, but... how should I put it?"

"I really don't recommend watching this if you have a weak mentality."

These words only fueled everyone's curiosity.

Could it be that Ye Zhi Qiu really wasn't lying? What's going on with this film?

Faced with everyone's questions, the young man didn't know what to say, and could only finally reply.

"You guys should see for yourselves. This movie... well, it's pretty depressing."

Although somewhat puzzled, the girls still bought cola and popcorn and happily entered the theater.

After sitting down, Xiaotang looked around and saw that about 6-7% of the seats were occupied.

For a film with a relatively niche subject matter, this attendance rate is quite good.

After all, during the Spring Festival film season, lighthearted and funny family-friendly movies or grand blockbusters are usually more popular.

Soon, the lights dimmed, and the movie began.

The opening sequence is in black and white, set against a backdrop of a rainy day and old alleyways, with somber background music slowly unfolding.

In the video, a girl is raped and killed by a criminal, and her family members are also brutally murdered, leaving behind a scene of utter devastation.

At this moment, the three thugs were fleeing frantically through the mountains, but they got into a fight and started arguing with each other.

During the scuffle, one of them lost his footing and was pierced in the right eye by a tree branch, his screams echoing throughout the area.

Then, the image slowly changed from black and white to color, and the words "Seven Years Later" appeared on the screen.

The three criminals, burdened with heinous crimes, fled to Xiamen and went into hiding, changing their names and posing as ordinary people.

Ironically, Xin Xiaofeng became a police auxiliary officer, where he proved to be highly capable and helped solve many problems for the people.

Yang Zidao became an ordinary taxi driver, but he was also considered a "good person" by everyone, known for his courage and honesty in returning lost property.

Chen Bijue, who had one eye gouged out, became somewhat mentally impaired.

The three also adopted an abandoned baby girl named "Tail," who has been living with Chen Bijue and tending the fish rafts for years.

That concludes the background information for the story.

In the audience, 19-year-old Xiaotang and several of her friends watched the film with furrowed brows from the very beginning.

To be honest, this opening made them feel a little... physically uncomfortable.

Gloomy, dark, and suffocatingly heavy – that's the feeling the film gives them at the beginning.

Generally speaking, traditional film and television works have a "beautification filter" that allows viewers to distinguish between "movies" and "reality".

However, "The Dead End" has an almost cruel realism in its camera work, visuals, and even the characters' breathing, creating a suffocating sense of realism.

It's as if the audience is watching a documentary, not a movie...

What Xiaotang found most "contrast" was the character "Xin Xiaofeng" played by Ye Zhi Qiu.

She found it hard to connect this character, who always had a furrowed brow and a lingering weariness and vigilance in her eyes, with Ye Zhi Qiu, who had delivered a stunning performance on the Spring Festival Gala the night before.

It can be said that apart from having the same face, the two have no similarities in terms of temperament or even physique.

It's not hard to understand that during the seven years they lived in anonymity, the three of them desperately did so-called good deeds, which was, to some extent, an attempt to atone for their sins.

But can such heinous crimes really be redeemed so easily?

The film continues, and on a rainy night, Yang Zidao, a taxi driver, is suddenly grabbed by the neck by a thug pretending to be a passenger in the back seat. The taxi comes to a stop on the side of the road.

The assailant in the passenger seat pulled out a dagger, searched the car for cash and a bankbook, and forced Yang Zidao to hand over the bankbook password.

Just then, a police car drove up and the lead officer saw a taxi stopped in the middle of the road and went up to inquire.

Faced with a police checkpoint, the two robbers were extremely nervous. If the driver, Yang Zidao, were to ask for help at that moment, both of them would surely die.

However, unexpectedly, Yang Zidao acted out of character, clutching his bleeding thigh where he had just been stabbed, and then began to cover for the robbers.

At this moment, Yang Zidao knew very well that if he asked for help, even if he could catch the two thugs, he would also have to go to the police station to give a statement.

When that happens, the truth about the three people's murder seven years ago will definitely be exposed, and then everything will be over.

"Forget it!"

Yang Zidao's expression remained calm, but his tone was impatient as he said, "I don't want the money anymore, you can all leave!"

The two robbers couldn't believe their ears. After getting out of the car, they covered their heads with their clothes to shield themselves from the rain and ran away.

Seeing that the police officer was still frowning and looking at everything with a strong sense of suspicion in his eyes, Yang Zidao added.

"Thank you, officer. Those people are from my hometown."

"They never pay, so I'll just take advantage of them. Arguing won't help, thank you."

Seeing this, the police officer didn't say much, but after Yang Zidao's car drove away, he felt more and more uneasy.

Looking back, he noticed the daggers that the two robbers had dropped on the ground.

Sensing something was wrong, the officer immediately gave chase in his car, but the taxi had already driven far away and disappeared. Left with no other option, he had to return to the police station.

On the other side, Yang Zidao, who had temporarily escaped the police, was still shaken. He immediately called Xin Xiaofeng, who was working as a police auxiliary officer.

"Luckily it was raining; if we had dawdled any longer, we probably would have been exposed."

"I think that policeman has a sharp eye."

During the call, Xin Xiaofeng smoked a cigarette, and he habitually rubbed the burning cigarette butt out with his fingers.

He didn't even see that a pair of eyes were staring intently at his movement.

This man was the same policeman who had just checked Yang Zidao's car, the one Yang Zidao had mentioned on the phone as having "a sharp eye."

Looking up, Xin Xiaofeng noticed the imposing stranger and immediately stood up.

After some introductions, it turned out that this man was actually the newly transferred police chief, Yi Guchun.

Yi Guchun was transferred from Xilong.

Xilong is the very place where Xin Xiaofeng and his two accomplices committed the murder of a girl's entire family years ago.

Seven years have passed, and the case has become unsolved.

Now, the only remaining clue is the half-fingerprint left by Xin Xiaofeng on the deceased girl's pendant, which can be considered the most direct evidence.

This is why Xin Xiaofeng habitually stubs out cigarettes with his hand.

The skin on your fingertips, burned by high temperatures, can repeatedly damage your fingerprints.