The dark clouds of public opinion covered the sky and the sun, as if they were about to crush the entire city.
The police and prosecutors in this district were not only criticized by the outside world, but also faced practical tests. Internal people were panicked and the pressure was unprecedented. When the rumors of "ice ghost" began to quietly ferment among the people, the official credibility was hit hard again.
was met with unprecedented doubts.
Based on this, the progress of the case is incredibly fast.
In just one week, with the case in the welfare home as the trigger and under the supervision of the co-investigation team and upper-level inspections, the district government carried out a large-scale purge operation. With Fang Weimin as the breakthrough point, the scope of the investigation spread to major colleges and universities.
Companies, banks, police stations... the entire operation was divided into three batches, and a total of 112 people were arrested. Among them, teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18 accounted for fully 1/5, and without exception they all had criminal records.
.
A unique scandal and an unprecedented major case. The indirect statement from the top showed a severe attitude towards the incident and made the people even more angry.
Clang.
The iron gate opens.
Song Xiao'e raised her head and saw Xue Li who was brought in. Her hair was much grayer, her face without makeup had a lot of wrinkles, and she looked extremely haggard. Now when she was proud of Chunfeng, she looked only about forty.
They looked very different, as if they were dozens of years older.
"Sister Li..."
"I didn't expect that you would be the first person to see me." Xue Li's expression was indifferent. She just smiled at her and sat down quietly.
"I should have come a long time ago, but there have been a lot of things lately and it has been delayed."
"I understand."
As for why there are so many things, there is no need to explain clearly.
Song Xiao'e looked at her with complicated eyes, "Sister Li, you..."
"It's rare that you can call me sister, I'm very happy, but..." Xue Li lowered her eyes and shook her head slightly, "If you are here to be a lobbyist, then don't waste your time. What I should say, I
I know, I’ve said it before, there’s nothing more to say.”
"You misunderstood. I'm not here to interrogate you. I just have some questions that I don't understand."
"Um?"
"Sister Li, I don't quite understand. The you I know are obviously not like this. Why..." Song Xiao'e looked at her, "If you want money, you have money. If you want status, you have status. If you want fame, you also have reputation. Everyone respects you.
Respect you, here, your name is a sign, why..."
"Xiao'e..."
Xue Li raised her head with a smile in her eyes, "Are you in love?"
ah?
Song Xiao'e was stunned.
"Do you have someone you like?"
"Um, um..." After being stunned for a moment, Song Xiao'e admitted in a squeaky voice.
"What would you do if, I mean if, the person you like did something wrong?"
"Stop him of course!"
"What if he committed a serious crime? He will be jailed for ten to twenty years, or even sentenced to death..." Xue Li looked directly at her, "Will you arrest him?"
"I……"
She was supposed to say 'yes', but when the words came to her lips, some images flashed through Song Xiao'e's mind subconsciously, and then she became speechless.
"Then let me ask you again, if one day you and him have a child, what if your child makes a mistake?"
Xue Li's eyes were sharp, like a knife, piercing Song Xiao'e's eyes, leaving her speechless. "Xiao'e, you don't understand now. In a few years, when you get married and have children, you will slowly understand.
We..." Xue Li's eyes showed a little sadness and helplessness, "I
You, after all, are just women. When you get married, you become a wife and you have a husband; when you give birth to a child, you become a mother and you have children. Once you have a husband and children, we no longer
It’s ourselves, we don’t live for ourselves in this life..."
"Who doesn't want to be content? What if it's a relative who makes a mistake? What if it's a couple, what if it's your child? There are many people who are more powerful, richer, and more prestigious than me, and there are even those sitting at the top.
If it were you, ask yourself, would you be able to kill your relatives out of justice?"
Xue Li lowered her eyebrows, "I may have passed the test of serving the people all my life, but when it comes to fulfilling my duties, I, Xue Li, have dared to do it for most of my life. But, I don't have such a high consciousness. I am just a son, so I can watch helplessly.
He destroyed it, I can't do it, I'm not a saint, no one is."
"So you destroy others?"
"yes……"
Xue Li raised her head again and smiled, "I'm sorry, I feel guilty. Oh, I'm not lying, but people, out of sight is out of mind. They are not my sons and daughters, nor are they my relatives and friends, right?
"
songs
It’s an excuse, but can it really make you feel at ease?
But but.
Indeed, as she said, ask yourself, from the same point of view, who can really kill relatives in a just and righteous way? Protecting a calf is the same for animals, not to mention human relationships.
Song Xiao'e suddenly remembered a sentence. On the day she graduated and was about to step out of college and enter the police station, her grandfather's four-character warning.