Liao Feihong had never felt such humiliation before. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
If Xie Shuting hadn't been hostile to him and looked down upon him, maybe nothing would have happened, maybe...
Feeling that Liao Feihong's pace suddenly slowed down, the person pulling him in front shouted, "Walk faster! Don't you think you're embarrassed enough? Today I'm going to pull you around the eighteen villages in our town."
, maybe we won’t be able to finish the walk even after dark.”
After saying this, he pulled the rope hard, causing Liao Feihong to stagger and almost fall to the ground in pain.
He Wenbin, who was originally crowded in the crowd, hurriedly ran forward to support him, "Feihong..."
He frowned and asked, "How could you end up like this?"
"Hey, who are you?" The special commissioner looked at He Wenbin, "He is a thief, you will be implicated if you talk to him."
Hao Feng hurriedly stepped forward, trying to pull He Wenbin away, "Stop talking to him! Have you forgotten what Captain Luo specially told us before? We must draw a clear line with him now, especially you...
You had the best relationship with Liao Feihong before, so now you should avoid suspicion."
"But, but..." He Wenbin lowered his head and bit his lip, looking hesitant, as if he was making up his mind.
Just when Liao Feihong thought that he would definitely stay away from her and throw sand and mud at her like everyone else, He Wenbin unexpectedly said: "Feihong and I have known each other since we were children. I had a high fever and he took care of me.
No matter what other people think, I can't do anything like this to add insult to injury."
"Comrade educated youth," said the commissioner with a loudspeaker in his hand, "I see you have read a lot of books, but why are you so incapable of speaking? How can you add insult to injury by drawing a clear line with thieves?"
He Wenbin first apologized and admitted that he had used the wrong words, and then pleaded: "Feihong's mother fell ill and died when he was very young. His stepmother didn't care about him at all and often beat and scolded him. He is very pitiful.
He did make a mistake in doing such a thing, and it was a big mistake, but now he has accepted the punishment. Please walk slower, or let me follow you, okay? Please..."
"Follow us? Why are you following us?"
He Wenbin picked up the kettle in his hand and said, "I'll give him some water. I see his lips are chapped. He hasn't drank water for I don't know how long. I won't hinder you. I'll follow behind."
Just when the special commissioner was about to refuse his request, Xie Shuting loudly accused: "He Wenbin, please think clearly. If you say such things and still think about giving water to Liao Feihong, you are empathizing with the thief, which is tantamount to
Complicity!
Do you know the consequences of this? If you stand on the same team as the thief, you are an enemy of all of us!"
When she said this, the people in the village couldn't help but whisper among themselves, whispering: "This Liao Feihong is a chicken thief, and He Wenbin used to play with him every day, and he probably also steals things, so we have to be careful
Hold him."
"Do you still remember that two old egg-laying hens were stolen from someone's house in Shapu Village? The grandmother who raised chickens cried so hard that she relied on the eggs of those two chickens to support her family..."
"I remember, it was just over two weeks ago, right?"
They mentioned the hens being stolen in Shapu Village and speculated: "Do you think that was also done by Liao Feihong? Maybe he and He Wenbin did it together."
"Eighty percent." After hearing their words, many people around them couldn't help but join in the conversation and stepped forward to say, "Why else would He Wenbin dare to speak for this thief? He was probably afraid that he would expose himself.
"
"No!" Liao Feihong, who had been silent before, suddenly said, "It has nothing to do with He Wenbin!"
His voice was a little hoarse, and his hands were tied now. His voice was excited, "I went to Su's house to steal the chicken that day, but I was not the mastermind. I had never thought of stealing anything before. It was Zhang Lang and the others who planned it."
…”
Speaking out loud what happened that day, he held back tears, "I know it's useless for me to say these words now. It's empty talk and no one will believe me, but what I said is true!
I am the one who is at fault and it has nothing to do with Wen Bin! In fact, I am not worthy of being his friend at all..."
"Feihong, what are you talking about? We are the best friends. We agreed to go to the countryside to join the queue at the same place. It was my fault. If I had gone to Nansha Village with you, the man named Zhang Lang would not have been able to exclude him.
You, and then I dragged you to steal something again."
Before He Wenbin could continue, Liao Feihong shook his head and said: "How can you have a friend like me? I knew clearly that the conditions for educated youth in Nansha Village were worse than those in Luohu Village, so I lied to you and said that Nansha Village is very good and wanted to trick you here.
Stay with me.
I was particularly jealous of you when I learned that you were given the two yuan earned by raising pigs in the Su family. I thought why you were living a better life than me. Wenbin, I was so bad. I deserved to end up like this.
Man, please stop paying attention to me."
After saying that, Liao Feihong pushed He Wenbin away from him.
He Wenbin was a little confused.
When he came to his senses again, Liao Feihong had been pulled away from the village entrance.
Seeing that Liao Feihong's figure completely disappeared, the people watching the excitement dispersed one after another.
"Do you think what Liao Feihong said just now is true or false? Is he really not the one who suggested stealing the chicken?"
Just as Su Xiaosi finished asking, Liu Changping said: "I think it's quite true..."
"Don't be deceived by him. He has already come to this point and he still wants to lie to reduce the facts of his crime," Xie Shuting said with disgust. "Scumbags like Liao Feihong will only harm people if they are released. I hope he is imprisoned."
Longer!"
After speaking, she asked Hua Wenli, "Wenli, what do you think?"
Hua Wenli said "Ah" and shook her head, "I don't know..."
After hesitating for a while, she continued: "But I think the tone of what he said sounded quite sincere. In fact, what he said now is of no use to him. He mainly wanted to help He Wenbin and didn't want to implicate him.
"
"It's also possible. In that case, he's not completely heartless."
They chatted for a while and then returned to the production team to continue working.
On the way home with her parents, Su Xiaosi asked her sister, "What do you think, Jin Bao?"
"I think Liao Feihong probably didn't lie," Jin Bao said while thinking. "The person who suggested that our family steal chickens should be the guy named Zhang Lang. He may be responsible for the recent chicken stealing incidents in the surrounding villages.
The other three educated youths did it.”
Su Jianmin asked in a low voice: "Jinbao, why are you so sure?"
"Actually, I have always felt that Zhang Lang and the other educated youths from Nansha Village were more problematic. According to them, Liao Feihong abandoned them and ran away, so why didn't they return to the village and instead ran into the mountains as four of them?"