But now he’s inside the police departnt, and there’s no way to contact Mr. Deng. The day after tomorrow, the court session will begin. If no one helps him, he might really be deed insane, and might even be sent to a ntal hospital. What should he do then?
Xiao Yifei suddenly felt scared about the days to co. From an unknown point in ti, his life had been full of ups and downs; he truly felt he had experienced most of the bad things life could offer.
Maybe in the future, he could write a book titled "Days in Prison" or "Everyday Being Considered Insane."
Just the thought of it made him laugh. No matter what had happened until now, Xiao Yifei had always believed that justice might be delayed, but it never fails to appear. But now, it seed that even this glimr of hope was gone.
He rembered soone once saying, "Delayed justice is no justice at all." But now, Xiao Yifei hadn’t even seen what justice was.
This was a profound irony, both for Xiao Yifei and for today’s judicial system. Xiao Yifei certainly had seen the darkest side of society. No matter how terrible or unreasonable the things he might encounter in the future, Xiao Yifei was sure he could accept them, having already walked through darkness, he would no longer fear any dark.
After Hua Xiangrong’s father went out, he wasn’t idle either. He tried to contact old friends to see if they could help Xiao Yifei, but almost every one of them refused. No surprise there; although they were all doing quite well, as soon as they heard this could offend people, they pretended to know nothing.
One day, while Hua Xiangrong was out with friends, she got tired and ate at a very authentic local diner. Upon entering, perhaps due to her instinct as a police officer, she recognized a very familiar person. Of course, the other person she recognized even more; it was the local cri syndicate boss, whom she had researched many tis during previous investigations and was sure she’d gotten it right.
To avoid being noticed, she and her friend sat in a corner, she discreetly put on a scarf she had just bought. Her friend was used to her strange behavior, knowing she must have spotted soone she recognized, so she didn’t ask any questions.
After sitting down, Hua Xiangrong thought for a mont and finally rembered that the person sitting there was the district police chief. She had t this chief when she had reported to the district police departnt before and rembered him because of his thick eyebrows.
How could he be mingling with a cri syndicate boss? Weren’t good and evil supposed to be irreconcilable? Could there be such a miraculous operation?
Hua Xiangrong took out her phone and typed for her friend to see. Since her back was facing the police chief and the boss, she couldn’t see anything clearly, so she asked her friend to record the eting between the chief and the cri syndicate boss. She thought about using a recorder, but unfortunately, their voices were low, and they were sitting far away.
Fortunately, the two across hadn’t noticed Hua Xiangrong’s actions. They seed to have an appointnt to discuss sothing, as the food on the table was barely touched. After they finished talking, the chief briskly walked out of the restaurant.
Hua Xiangrong secretly guessed that their eting might be as she imagined, that the chief and the syndicate boss were secretly colluding, working together on things unknown to others, and then splitting the benefits.
The most fearful scenario is encountering such situations, the collusion of police and cri; if that happens, even if there’s a big case, the police might protect criminals, and justice would never co.
After finishing their al, Hua Xiangrong and her friend initially planned to watch a movie together. However, due to this unexpected situation, Hua Xiangrong had to stand her friend up again. Her friend, although jokingly saying, "I won’t make plans with you anymore. You’re always like this,"
understood Hua Xiangrong. As a police officer and her partner’s job, they were always on standby. No matter what they were doing, whether on a date or vacation, they had to rush back if they received a call from their superiors.
Having a police officer friend had its perks. One could learn about things that ordinary people didn’t know, and various horrifying cases seed less frightening when retold by Hua Xiangrong, so she often sought Hua Xiangrong for a chat when she had nothing to do.
"Oh, I really have sothing important, it might save soone’s life. If it turns out that way, you’ll have done a great deed. I’ll treat you to ten als after it’s all over," Hua Xiangrong said.
"So you’re saying, you planned our al at this restaurant all along?" Hua Xiangrong’s friend asked.
"Not at all, this was really a chance encounter. That’s why I said I should thank you!" Hua Xiangrong said happily.
So the two said their goodbyes.
Back ho, Hua Xiangrong carefully backed up the video on her phone, then uploaded it to her computer and burned it to a disc, storing it in a small black bag.
The day out shopping turned out not to be in vain, as she found such an important piece of evidence. Tomorrow is Xiao Yifei’s trial, and who knows what the situation will be like. If the timing is right, she could submit the evidence, but she’s also a bit afraid, given that she’s facing the chief rather than just anyone. What if the whole police departnt and court support the chief? Surely the chief has the ans to buy everyone off.
All it takes is his command to get things done. But if she doesn’t submit this evidence, Xiao Yifei might really have no chance of turning things around. Submit or not submit? Hua Xiangrong hesitated, knowing that even if she did, it might not achieve much, just like previous tis when they found random excuses to say the evidence was insufficient.
Better to see what happens at the trial tomorrow, Hua Xiangrong thought.
In prison, ti seed to move slowly. Xiao Yifei now felt like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, just waiting for soone to push him to the gallows tomorrow.
Even Xiao Yifei hadn’t expected them to take this move, but it truly fit the saying, "The wicked sue first." Tomorrow is the trial, and who knows how it will end.
Now Xiao Yifei suddenly recalled a few days ago when if he hadn’t persisted, he might not have ended up like this. But isn’t justice supposed to be on his side? Xiao Yifei couldn’t help but feel a little doubtful.
At this ti, Hua Xiangrong was just as restless as Xiao Yifei. Whether to present the evidence in her hands, or rather, if she really dared to present it, Hua Xiangrong herself didn’t know.
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