Chapter 55: Good and Bad
Looking at the scorching sun overhead, He Feng took out the only five yuan left in his pocket and prepared to buy a bottle of water. Before he could reach the door, he saw a wanted notice posted in the store, with his photo printed on it.
He Feng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, trying to get a little moisture in his throat. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at his hands, and remembered the scene that night.
He was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his hand, and for fear that the people around him would recognize him, he hurriedly ran away after confirming that there was no situation. Beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks, and his hair was soaked with sweat, making him feel uncomfortable.
There was a river in front of him, He Feng thought to himself, and he wished he could jump into the river to take a bath quickly. The vegetation is relatively lush near the river, and you can feel a cool breeze when you walk along the shady area.
"Help!" Hearing the cry for help, He Feng followed the sound and walked towards the river, "It is said that the river is heavy and cloudy, so you shouldn't meet a water ghost, right?" But He Feng thought about it again, he was carrying a human life on his back, and he was afraid of a hair!
There was a child in the river tossing in the water, and it seemed that he had gone down to the river to bathe without trying to get his footing. There was another little boy next to him, stomping his feet in a hurry, shouting for help at the top of his voice.
He Feng panicked when he saw it, he took off his shirt and jumped into the water to save the fluttering child. Fortunately, the child didn't have much of a problem, but he was rescued and cried vigorously, and the little boy next to him had no time to take care of anything else after thanking He Feng, squatting next to him and watching the child for fear of making another mistake.
It really took He Feng a lot of strength to save people, he bent over and panted, and said to the two children, "Go home quickly, don't run out to take a bath by yourself in the future." ”
The slightly older boy thanked He Feng again, and then walked away with the child who had fallen into the water. He Feng looked at their smaller and smaller backs, and finally couldn't hold on and fell on the grass. I remember the day he went to his boss's house to ask for wages.
"Boss Wang, it's time to settle the salary, right?" He Feng discussed with his co-workers before he came, and his attitude must be tough, and he will never leave if he does not give money.
"Finish you M! Urging and urging all day long, what's the matter, hurry to buy your life with money!" The boss kicked He Feng down, took out a suitcase, raised one foot and pointed down and said to He Feng, "Here, money, don't you want it? Come and get past me." ”
He Feng was furious, but thinking that it was all the hard-earned money of his co-workers, he had to move his body, even if he was humiliated, he had to take the money, and Daqiang's daughter-in-law was waiting for the money to have a child.
The boss looked at He Feng with a disapprehensive look, and stepped on him when He Feng got into his crotch, "I really can't get used to your kind of virtue, you look poor and sour, do you eat for money?"
After speaking, the boss laughed, walked to the table and peeled out a peanut, and showed off to He Feng with his mouth, "Lao Tzu is rich, you are your uncle!"
He Feng couldn't bear it anymore when he lay on the ground, he clenched his fists and stood up on the ground. The boss continued to drink a little wine, not noticing that He Feng was holding a brick in his hand. By the time he reacted, He Feng had already breathed a brick on his head, and blood was immediately flowing.
"You, I'm your mother!" The boss covered his head, grinning in pain, he took out his mobile phone to call the police, but before he unlocked it, He Feng slapped his head again, until the flesh and blood were blurred, He Feng did not stop.
He Feng didn't even glance at the person lying on the ground, and walked out of the door with the suitcase. The workers looked at He Feng's hands covered with blood, and probably guessed what happened. The worker looked at He Feng's wooden face and asked, "You killed him?"
Seeing He Feng nodding, the workers all came around, "Why bother, Fengzi, forget if you can't get money, let's think we're unlucky." ”
"Why?" He Feng opened his mouth tremblingly, not only his voice, but his whole body trembled.
Seeing him like this, the worker cried and held his hand, "Run, Fengzi, run." We will not give you out. ”
The workers stuffed him with some money in a panic, "Hurry up, it's hard to run when it's dawn." ”
He Feng was stunned and pinched the money in his hand and stuffed the money back into the hands of his co-workers, "I don't want it." After saying that, he grabbed the door and ran away without looking back.
The sun gradually became less scorching, and He Feng slowly opened his eyes to look at the clear blue sky. I didn't expect to save a child today. He Feng thought about laughing out loud, and the more he laughed, the louder he became.
He simply sat up and shouted at the river, "Enough, I've run enough!"
He Feng felt a lot happier in his heart, he put on his clothes, took out the wet five yuan, and decided to eat a full meal before being arrested.
With his mind decided, He Feng returned to the commissary again, and mustered up the courage to say to the proprietress "Bring me five steamed buns and a bottle of water." ”
The proprietress quickly loaded it for him, and handed him "four yuan" without raising her head. He Feng took the bag, looked at the notice posted next to him, and secretly laughed at the proprietress "30,000 yuan is in front of me, I missed the opportunity." ”
He Feng walked out of the commissary, he didn't want to hide anymore, picked up a steamed bun and nibbled on it. Within two steps, He Feng saw a homeless old man rummaging through things in the trash can.
He thought of his old father, and he couldn't bear it, so he took out two steamed buns and handed them to the old man. The old man was very happy to see the steamed buns, he looked up, and was about to thank him, but after carefully looking at the people in front of him, he forgot to swallow the steamed buns in his mouth.
He Feng knew that it was time to end, maybe 30,000 yuan could make this old man live a good life. He laughed self-deprecatingly, when did he still think about others. Then he sat next to the old man and drank water as if nothing had happened.
The old man looked at He Feng, and then leaned out to look at the posted notice. Sneakily got up and went to the commissary.
When Lin Mu received the call, he was interrogating the workers at the construction site. They were tight-lipped one by one, and it was clear that the ironclad evidence was in front of them, but no one said that He Feng did it.
After answering the phone, Lin Mu rushed to the entrance of the East Village with people. They decided not to startle the snakes, and scattered the people to wait for the time to arrest them.
The plainclothes policemen hid in all corners, observing He Feng's every move. He still sat there, playing with the mineral water in his hand. Seeing that He Feng didn't notice, Lin Mu issued an order to the others, "Ready, close the net!"
The policemen rushed forward after receiving instructions and easily detained He Feng.
"He Feng, right? You entered Wang Fugui's house at about eight o'clock in the evening on the ninth and killed him, right?"
"Yes, he used a brick found in his house and smashed him in the head. Come to think of it, I smashed it seven or eight times. ”
"Why did you kill him?"
"He owes us wages, I go to collect the debt, and I can't get angry when he speaks and humiliates me. ”
"Humiliating you?" Lin Mu has seen a lot of cases, and humiliation can indeed be a reason to kill.
He Feng took a deep breath, "In your opinion, we deserve to be humiliated, right, because we have no money and no power, and we still need to ask for the hard-earned money we earn, all this is normal, right?"
"No, it's just that you didn't handle it in the right way, and you shouldn't have killed anyone. ”
"Oh, of course, for you, especially the police, whoever sees you has to pay you three points, as the saying goes, there are some small rights, of course you don't understand our way of dealing with it.
Like us, we have no money and no power, we can't talk anywhere, and we have endured the white eyes of others. When we kill someone, others will only say how this person is like this, don't you know that murder is illegal?
Hmph, of course we know that murder is illegal, but you are really not in our situation, so naturally we don't know where our impulse comes from. ”
Lin Mu also has a general understanding of what kind of person the deceased is these days, arrogant and unreasonable, often scolding the workers, it is normal for He Feng to have such emotions.
"Wang Fugui is a complete bad person in your heart, right?" can only be understood in this way to understand He Feng's motive for killing.
"What's a good guy? What is a bad guy? In your opinion, I'm a bad guy, right?"
"The same cannot be said. "He Feng was arrested because he committed a crime, and it has nothing to do with whether he is a good person or a bad person. Lin Mu was thinking about it, and He Feng spoke again
"I also rescued a child who fell into the water today, and I also gave an old man food, well, it's the person who reported the crime, did you give him the money?"
"It's not your concern. Hearing He Feng's question, Lin Mu was a little puzzled, could there be a sense of revenge?
"For that child, I was a good person and a lifesaver. To Wang Fugui's family, I am a bad person, so what about that old man? Am I good or bad?" He Feng pointed to his nose and sneered, seeing that the police did not speak, He Feng put away his smile and shook his fingers
"I can't tell, I can't tell. A lot of things are not clear. You can't tell why my life is the way it is, because your life and mine are two worlds entirely. You are glamorous, we will go down J. You are respected by others, and we are looked down upon by most people.
You are shouting all day long about punishing adultery and eliminating evil, how noble it is, and we are still thinking about how to make money, how to live, how to fill our stomachs!"
"In your eyes, there are only criminals and non-criminals, and you have never cared about good or bad!" He Feng pointed to the police and poked his chest in turn and said, "In my heart, criminals are not all heinous, and your victims are not completely innocent!"
Lin Mu watched him finish venting, his eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for the persecution of life, who would want to be a bad guy in your mouth!"
If it weren't for the helplessness of life, who would want to embark on such a road of no return. Lin Mu suddenly remembered Qi Shengsheng a year ago. If it's not that life is too painful, why let your hands be stained with blood.
Regarding the views of good people and bad people, Lin Mu has never thought deeply, he only knows that if he commits a crime, he will be punished. As He Feng said, who can tell whether a person is good or bad.
Lin Mu believes that He Feng's killing of Wang Fugui is not just the humiliation of that day, but the pressure and injustice that have accumulated in his heart for a long time.
Human nature has always been much more complex than one can imagine, with good and evil intertwined, and it is difficult to distinguish clearly.
The world is like a coin with two sides, our justice is positive only because we have not experienced the reverse side of the world.
And the dirt, dirty, filthy, and unbearable on the back side of the world is unimaginable.
Some tear the veil of darkness to show the crowd, while others naively believe that the flowers that bloom in this land are always pure.