I met Pei Jianye five years ago.

Five years ago, I had just graduated from college and was working as a reporter for a newspaper in Kun City.

At that time, a group of human traffickers appeared in Kun City, and many children were abducted.

The parents of the abducted children united and formed a "Child Search Mutual Aid Association" to search for their children on their own.

Pei Jianye, who was a doctor at the City People's Hospital at the time, was the initiator of the "Child Search Mutual Aid Association."

It was also during that time that I met Pei Jianye a few times while doing a special report on child searching.

We had originally scheduled a special interview, but for some reason, he suddenly withdrew from the "Child Search Mutual Aid Association" the day before the interview and refused to accept any media interviews afterward.

Later, he somewhat "disappeared."

Because of that special report, I got an opportunity to work in a government media outlet.

As for what happened to Pei Jianye later and whether he found his daughter, I do not know.

I asked Chen Wei for Pei Jianye's information.

After his daughter went missing five years ago, Pei Jianye's wife fell ill from depression and died of cancer two years ago.

After his wife passed away, Pei Jianye resigned from the City People's Hospital and opened a small clinic.

But half a year ago, the small clinic also closed down.

Pei Jianye owed hundreds of thousands in debt and was working as a security guard at a factory in Kun City.

Until tonight, on his way home from work, he encountered Liu Hu, who was driving drunk.

Looking at the gray-haired, haggard man in front of me, I sighed inwardly.

Five years ago, Pei Jianye was a doctor with a happy family and a successful career.

But in just a few years, he faced the successive losses of his missing daughter and deceased wife.

Despite being in his early forties, in the prime of life, he looked like an old man on his deathbed.

Looking at Liu Hu's record, he had been imprisoned twice for crimes and, after being released, ran a "private financial company," which was actually a loan shark operation.

He engaged in all sorts of nefarious activities and yet managed to live a high-profile life.

The stark contrast in their experiences made me want to help Pei Jianguo.

"I'll take a copy of this information and write a special report," I said as I copied their files onto a USB drive.

"You want to help them?" Chen Wei asked me.

"He originally had a beautiful wife and a lovely daughter, but he lost everything in just a few years."

I opened a photo of Pei Jianguo and his wife and daughter from five years ago and sighed.

Chen Wei looked at the photo and was silent for a long time before saying, "Don't write recklessly."

"I know what I'm doing," I said, nodding heavily.

After I got home, I wrote a special report on Pei Jianguo and Liu Hu and posted it online.

I didn't use any literary techniques; I just truthfully recorded the past events of Pei Jianguo and Liu Hu.

Quickly, the article caused a huge stir online.

Many netizens started digging into Pei Jianguo and Liu Hu's more detailed pasts.

Pei Jianguo's tragic fate and Liu Hu's misdeeds were exposed one by one by netizens.

Public opinion began to reverse; at first, people thought Pei Jianguo had used excessive force and even suspected intentional homicide.

But later, everyone believed that Liu Hu was the first to attack and deserved to die, and that Pei Jianguo acted in self-defense.

Two days later, the Kun City Public Security Bureau issued a notice, announcing that after investigation, Pei Jianguo's actions were deemed self-defense and he was released without charge.

This result made the concerned netizens very pleased.

Chen Wei called to tell me that the case was initially difficult to handle, but they received "instructions from above" which led to it being classified as self-defense.

"You deserve some credit," Chen Wei said to me over the phone.

I breathed a sigh of relief and, as usual, organized the case's data and my draft into my hard drive.

As soon as I turned on my computer, I received an email.

The sender was named "Tracker."

The email contained only a 10-second audio clip.

Confused, I clicked on the audio.

"Brother Long, what do you think?"

"Liu Hu, don't go too far. If the boss finds out, both you and I will be dead!"