[Before Dawn / The Three Heroes] Redemption

Blinding sunlight streamed in through a high ventilation window. Dust motes stirred by his sudden movement were visible throughout the cell. It was an unspecified day in early September, one month before his execution. He had not seen his former colleagues from the Eighth Bureau in nearly a year. He had never expected Liu Xinjie to suddenly appear in his dreams. Ding San had spent his life investigating secrets, uncovering many through whatever means necessary, and keeping many more that he could never reveal, even in his coffin. One of them was intensely private: a secret longing for someone he had once been close to.