"We found a large number of indecent videos on Fang Weimin's mobile phone and computer... This is an extremely bad case of underage..."
Click.
Halfway through the meeting, three men in black clothes burst in.
Xiao Dong's report paused. Dozens of people in the conference room, from top to bottom, including the chief and deputy bureau chiefs, all looked over.
The three of them went straight to the front row without any pause.
"Excuse me, are you Xue Li?"
"I am." Xue Li nodded, very calmly.
"We are co-investigating the sixth group. This is our coordination order..."
When his companion took out an arrest document and showed it to everyone, Lai Yongzheng raised his hand and said, "Please come with us."
"good."
Xue Li nodded slightly and said nothing. She just stood up and took her hat. Then, she was sandwiched between the two and followed Lai Yongzheng out of the venue.
The whole process lasted about two minutes. Although most people in the audience looked at each other in shock and doubt, the scene was strangely quiet and without any disturbance.
"cough--"
After a while, Luo Shu coughed slightly, drawing everyone's attention back, "Continue."
"continue!"
"Oh, um..." Xiao Dong calmed down and continued: "According to us..."
…
Yang Yuanbin glanced at the half-opened door seemingly inadvertently, with a hint of gloom in his eyes. Unconsciously, he sighed softly.
well.
"This guy, when he was eating yesterday, there was no wind at all."
"You and Xue Li have a good relationship. It's normal for him to avoid suspicion."
"Hey, who do you think I am?" Song Xiao'e felt very unhappy thinking about it.
"So what if you knew it in advance?"
"..."
Song Xiao'e was dumbfounded. Looking at the scene in the surveillance video of Xue Li getting into the inspection team's car and then the car slowly driving away, her expression was a little complicated.
Xue Li was taken away for investigation on suspicion of duty-related crimes. At the same time, her husband, Lu Liguo, who currently works in the District Government Finance Office, was also taken away for questioning by the state disciplinary supervisor.
Big news like depth charges broke the headlines.
A large number of reporters were waiting at Yufu People's Hospital. The police had to send a few more people to prevent an accident from happening to Fang Weimin, who was still hospitalized.
On the other side, in the hotel, Pan Meilin is receiving secret protection from the police.
This was her request. She did not want the orphanage to be affected, so she temporarily stayed in a hotel. However, as the most important witness in the case, she has said almost nothing for almost a week. No one knows what she is thinking.
, and no one knows what she plans to do.
"Ms. Pan, we know that you have suffered a lot..."
From eight o'clock in the evening to ten o'clock in the evening, the people of the investigation team tried their best, from psychological counseling to hard work, but they still came back without success.
Pattering——
In the bathroom, hot mist curled up. Pan Meilin took a hot shower, her head no longer hurt so much, and she felt a little better.
Wrapped in a bath towel, she went to the living room and poured a glass of water. She planned to take some sleeping pills and go to sleep. But as soon as she walked out, she saw an extra person in the living room. It was still the same hoodie from that day. Looking from the side, it looked the same.
The mask he wore that day. Only one light was turned on, and the room was dark. He was sitting on the armrest of the sofa, facing the window. On the other side of the sofa, the female police officer in charge of security fell asleep peacefully, breathing evenly.
"You came."
However, Pan Meilin had expected it. Not only did she not feel surprised, she even smiled and looked vaguely relieved.
"Are you waiting for me?"
"Oh, actually I'm not sure if you will come, but I just have a hunch that you will come again." Pan Meilin smiled, sitting on the sofa, holding a water glass.
"Why?"
"No reason, it's a woman's intuition." Pan Meilin smiled again, and then looked at him generously.
"Are you not afraid anymore?"
"What are you afraid of?"
"I thought you were still afraid."
"Fang Weimin? Or you?"
"What do you think."
"I'm not afraid..." Pan Meilin looked at him, "I'm not afraid of Fang Weimin either."
"Then what are you afraid of?"
"I'm afraid that the elderly and children will have no one to take care of them, no one will care about them..." Pan Meilin's eyes were calm, "I'm afraid that they will not live well."
"So, you are willing to follow Fang Weimin and be a dog?"
"Don't say it so bluntly, okay? It hurts." Smiling, Pan Meilin said in a joking tone, but she seemed to be unconcerned.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"Maybe, um, would you like to listen to me?"
"Listening."
"Sit down, it's a bit long. Do you want some water?"
"No, thank you."
"All right……"
Pan Meilin took a sip of warm water to moisten her lips, thought for a few seconds, then looked at the ripples in the water glass and told the story softly, "I remember, my first time was probably when I was thirteen, and I had just celebrated my birthday. At that time.
, I lived in the dormitory of the orphanage, and one night, he called me to the utility room... Well, the situation at that time was probably similar to that night, here..." She lifted up her hair, revealing her forehead.
The scar was about the length of a finger. "He grabbed my head and hit it on the box. I almost bled to death at that time. He threatened me that if I dared to speak out, I would be kicked out of the orphanage."
Let the literary giants and others not live a good life..."
"Haha, I was very scared. I was only a teenager at the time and had no relatives. He was originally a father in our minds, so... I felt so sick, haha, I was scared, but I didn't know what to do.
Well... I was in junior high school at that time. I was in the first or second year of junior high school. Because I had good grades and was well-behaved, the head teacher of our class usually took good care of me. However, during that time, I couldn't study at all, and I didn't want to go back.
I was in the orphanage all day long... Later, she found out and asked me what happened. Tell the teacher... I really told her and she was very angry. I still remember that
She still had a big belly at that time..." She took a breath, lowered her head, and continued: "I thought I finally found someone I could rely on and could be relieved, ha, ha ha..."
"never mind……"
"Ha, it's okay. I can't even remember it, ha ha..." She raised her head and looked at him, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, are you so long-winded? Ha, anyway, what happened next?
I can’t even remember clearly. Anyway, I was taken back to the orphanage by him in the end, and then, haha..."
He listened, and although he was somewhat mentally prepared, he was still stunned.
Pan Meilin still smiled, but her expression remained motionless, "I stayed in a small dark room for more than ten hours with nothing to eat, no water to drink, and no way to go to the toilet. I only had a piece of paper and a pen on the table... I was
, I thought I was going to die, my blood was all dried up, and it hurt like hell... I didn’t want to die, I still wanted to go to school, I still wanted to fall in love, I still wanted to get married and have children, and I still wanted to take care of the literary giant when he grew up... I’ll wait
"Ah, wait, finally I couldn't stand it anymore, so I had to sign... Oh, I'm free..." Her hand holding the cup was shaking, but she still had a numb smile, "Then, I knew, my
That teacher had a car accident and died. The driver who caused the accident has not been caught yet..."
"From that time on, I thought, forget it, forget it, let him do whatever he wants me to do, just do whatever he asks me to do. Anyway, that's all I am, as long as the children in the orphanage
Okay, just suffer the pain, anyway, that’s it..."
When she said this, she burst out laughing again, "Oh, whatever he did later, I pretended not to see it. Whatever, I can't control it, I can't control it. I don't want to be like that teacher, who died in an unknown way."
Ah, I have nothing left. As long as the orphanage is good, I don’t expect anything else... Until, there is another girl, phew, Xi——" She touched the corners of her eyes and wiped her nose, "I still
Remember, she came to me crying, but I couldn't help her, I couldn't help her, I couldn't even help myself, I, I..."
He put his hands in his pockets and stood quietly, like an ice sculpture.
Pan Meilin wiped the corners of her eyes again and said with a sarcastic smile: "People are just gone, gone, haha! At that time, no one cared about us at all. No one cared about the children who had no father and no mother. At that time, no one cared about us at all.
, I hate, hate this world, hate myself, but I really don’t have the courage to die, I don’t want to die..."
"So, you just watch him harm people?"
"if not?"
Her tearful eyes were full of resentment: "You expect me to be like you, a messenger of justice, to punish him? Do you want to fight him to death? Like my teacher? Like that girl? Or lock him up for another ten hours?
?Or tell the whole world how dirty and rotten I am?"
He opened his mouth, but was speechless.
"Ah!"
She smiled disdainfully and wiped away her tears, "That's right, I'm just a piece of shit. It's a good deal to sacrifice a piece of shit. It's not you anyway..."
"Is it okay to give up on yourself?"
"Sorry, I'm not that strong, nor that smart..."
She smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm not a superman, I don't have superpowers, and I'm not that great. I'm just a woman, a woman with no parents or relatives. From the day I moved into the orphanage, the orphanage was me.
My family and the people in the welfare home are my family. As long as my family is there and my family is still there, and as long as I can ensure that they live a good life, I can do whatever they want. Anyway, I’m done, so I’ll just use it as trash...
…”
"You think they're doing well?"
"At least their living conditions have improved, haven't they? People, you have to live first, and then you can have hope..." She looked at him, with some light in her eyes, and joked: "Look, it's better to die than to live."
Lai Huo, can’t I just wait now?”
"..."
"From the first day you walked into our orphanage, I felt that you were different from others. Haha, for a moment, I thought I was in love, poof -" At this point, she suddenly laughed.
This time, she smiled broadly, squinting her eyes slightly, and really smiled.
"..."
"Ha, I'm just kidding. In terms of age, your mother and I are almost the same generation." As she said this, she laughed again.
"You look 30 at most."
"Pfft, is it true?"
"real."
"Pfft, huhu, even if it's fake, I'm still happy..." She looked at him with a soft expression, "Thank you for listening to my complaints for so long."
"You have to pay for it."
"Ah?"
"Just kidding..." He tilted his head and thought for a moment, "That's good. Well, then, you should have a good rest, and the fun will begin."
"Well, I'm looking forward to it. Ah, I'm really tired and I need to have a good sleep... Well, I have a small request, is it okay?"
"Um?"
"Just a few seconds."
After she finished speaking, she stood up, came to him, and hugged him gently. He froze for a moment, then reached out and patted her head gently.
"Thanks--"
Pan Meilin smiled and turned around, "Let me get you a glass of water..."
But in fact, both parties had a tacit understanding. However, she still went to pour a glass of water, although when she turned around, he was gone.
She stood for a while, and then smiled. She returned to the room and sat in front of the dressing table. She put on a little makeup to make herself look more energetic. Then she returned to the bed, lay down quietly, and slowly closed her eyes.
Eyes are tired, really tired, so tired, it’s time to take a good rest.