CHAPTER XXXI
"Of course I'm not dead, I'm alive and well, who are you? Why do you want to come to the hotel to find trouble! As Chen Mo spoke, he pushed these people away and walked in front of Chen's father and Chen's mother and asked, "Are you all right?" โ
Looking at Chen Mo's concerned expression, Chen's father and Chen's mother shook their heads with red eyes, and Chen's mother couldn't help but hug Chen Mo.
Chen Mo looked at the people surrounding Chen's father and Chen's mother with some anger, he was anxious about the safety of Chen's father and Chen's mother just now, and he didn't see it clearly, and he felt strange when he looked at these troublemakers under the light at this time.
There were eight people in total, old and young, male and female. The older ones were gray-haired and looked to be in their sixties and seventies, the younger ones were only five or six years old, and one of them, a woman who looked to be in her thirties, was still holding a nursing child in her arms. Men and women, young and old, these people are dark-skinned, with rough palms, and yellow hair, and they are wearing old and shabby cotton jackets and trousers, and the original color of the dirt cannot be seen at all. The temperament of the whole body is also incompatible with the surrounding environment.
It looks like it has just come out of a ravine.
Chen Mo frowned and asked, "Who are you?" It shouldn't be a temporary performance of a nearby crew, right? โ
No one answered Chen Mo's question, but an old man who looked very vicissitudes of life grabbed Chen Mo's arm and said, "You are Chen Mo, you are really not dead." If you are not dead, why do you accuse my son of murder and must put him in jail. Please, do a good deed, go and tell the police to release my son, okay? I know my son is sorry for you, but he really didn't mean to. He was just too scared to run away, and he was punished, wasn't he? And now that you're all well and a big star, don't sue him. I only have this one son, and our whole family depends on him to feed him, and if he goes to jail, then what are we going to do, we will all starve to death......"
Chen Mo looked at the crying old man in front of him with some confusion, and he didn't know what he was talking about.
Chen's father and Chen's mother, who were standing behind Chen Mo, suddenly became excited, they ran to Chen Mo and dragged the old man away desperately, and wanted to drive everyone out of the restaurant, "You go, hurry up, I don't want to see you." Your son is a murderer, he is a deliberate murderer, he killed my son, he should pay for his life, why did the law sentence him to seven years, he should be sentenced to death. My son is only seventeen years old, how can he be so cruel, why did he run into the city in an overweight truck, why did he drink while driving, why didn't he take him to the hospital after hitting my son, but ran away, my son died because he was delayed for too long, he killed his intentional homicide, he killed my son, he should pay for his life-"
"But your son isn't dead, is he? He is alive and well, he has also become a big star, how beautiful is it, since he is not dead, why can't he let my son go, why can't he forgive him? He was only twenty-six years old, so should he spend seven years in prison? So what should we do as a family? Who's going to feed us...... Oh my God, open your eyes, we really can't afford to live......"
While crying, the old lady dragged her daughter-in-law and two granddaughters to kneel down and kowtow to Chen's father, Chen's mother and Chen Mo, "I kowtow to you, it's my son who is sorry for you, but your son is obviously not dead, and he is still alive and well, why should my son be sentenced so heavily." Can't you do good deeds? Even if you accumulate yin virtue for your son, can't you let my son go? โ
"--I can't, I can't, I want to kill him!" Chen's mother suddenly erupted like crazy, she dragged the two girls kneeling on the ground one by one and held them out, "The murderer's daughter, the murderer's wife, the murderer's parents...... Hurry up and get out of my hotel, get out of here. โ
Chen's father also pushed a few men, Chen Mo immediately understood, and hurriedly signaled several assistants to help Chen's father and Chen's mother drive people out. As an agent, Yang Qindong thought about it more, he stopped Chen Mo and said: "This matter should be handled properly, and our means to solve the problem cannot be so rude." You're so famous now, there must be paparazzi reporters outside the hotel guarding and secretly taking pictures, they don't come in just to get more pictures, if we let these people go out and talk nonsense, it will probably affect your image-"
"Then let them do whatever they want." Chen Mo licked his lips, looked back at the crazy, sad and desperate Chen's father and Chen's mother, and said, "I'm not qualified to say anything in this matter, let's listen to my family." Kick them out, my family doesn't want to see them. โ
When Yang Qindong heard Chen Mo say this, a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart. But he didn't know where the oddity was, there was already a flash and the sound of the shutter pressing frequently. Yang Qindong couldn't let the situation develop, he still wanted to persuade Chen Mo, but Chen Mo was stubborn and didn't listen to the persuasion of others at all, and even wanted to help Chen's father and Chen's mother to get rid of people, Yang Qindong had no choice but to take the assistant to invite the family out of the hotel, and then face the swarming media reporters.
Suddenly only Chen's father and Chen Mo were left in the hotel, a slight sobbing sound sounded in the hotel, Chen's father with tears in his eyes hugged Chen's mother who was covering her face and crying, and a couple who had lost their son leaned helplessly together, looking sad and desperate.
Chen Mo lowered his head a little uncomfortably, he helped up the table and chair that had fallen on the ground, wiped it with a rag, and poured two glasses of water from the water dispenser and handed them to Chen's father and Chen's mother.
Chen's father took the water and put it on the dining table, and Chen's mother suddenly said: "Knowing that you are coming back today, I originally wanted to close the restaurant and go to the apartment to cook something for you to eat, so that you don't have to take so long to run back." โ
Chen Mo looked at Chen's mother, not knowing what to say.
Chen's mother continued: "Our Xiaomo is very well-behaved. He is handsome, good at studying, and we don't have to worry about it since he was a child. He is also very arrogant, he never likes to play with children of the same age, and dislikes them for not knowing as much as him. The girls in our neighborhood like Xiaomo, and even the neighbors praise Xiaomo for being good. He goes to school every morning and leaves school in the evening, and never deliberately skips school and comes home late like other children. He always said that he was hungry after school, and the first thing he did when he came home was to eat. So his dad pinched some snacks every day and made supper and waited for him to come back to eat. But one day, he didn't come back at night, and my father and I thought it was because the school didn't end, and there was a night show with the crew that day, and there were a lot of people who came to the restaurant to eat, and we couldn't get out of the way, so we didn't care. Finally, it was busy until eleven o'clock, the guests were gone, and Xiaomo still didn't come back. We called his homeroom teacher, and Mr. Meng said that the school would end on time at 9 o'clock. His father and I panicked, and hurriedly threw down the hotel and went out to find someone......"
Chen's mother looked at Chen Mo crying, and choked up: "As a result, at about three o'clock in the middle of the night, the police suddenly called, saying that Xiaomo was hit by a car, the driver who caused the accident escaped, and Xiaomo was sent to the hospital by a passing well-wisher." But it was too late at that time, and Xiaomo was unconscious all the time because of too much unemployment and lack of oxygen to his brain......"
Chen's mother covered her mouth with her hands, tears rolling down the corners of her eyes, tears across the accumulated lines at the corners of her eyes, across her cheeks, and from her chin to the table, smudging out circles of transparent water marks. Chen's mother covered her mouth and cried, "...... Why did that person run away, the doctor said that if that person sent him directly to the hospital after hitting Xiaomo, Xiaomo would not have an accident at all. But he fled, and left my son there and fled. My son is only sixteen years old, he was hit by a car, he was lying on the ground alone, it was so dark at night and he bled so much, his blood stained the road red, he was only sixteen years old, he would be in pain, he would be afraid. The two of us too, knowing that Xiaomo never comes home late and never sneaks out to play, why didn't he go out to look for him that day, why didn't he call Teacher Meng earlier. If we had realized it earlier, and had gone out early to look carefully, maybe Xiaomo wouldn't have ......"
"My little Mo has been lying in the hospital for so long, and the doctor said that he will most likely become a vegetative person and never wake up again. His father and I watched over him in the hospital every day, talking to him and making food for him, but he couldn't eat it, and he couldn't talk to us. He was even getting weaker to breathe, and doctors said he would probably die in a coma...... Then one day, the monitor suddenly didn't respond, and his dad and I were terrified and shouted for the doctor, but when the doctor came, it was fine...... Xiaomo actually woke up," Chen's mother held Chen Mo's hand, and the green tendons of crying were exposed, "Xiaomo woke up again, but he didn't remember his parents, he didn't remember us......"
No one knew that at that moment, Chen Mo stopped breathing. Everyone thought that Chen's father and Chen's mother's excitement stemmed from Chen Mo's awakening. Even Chen's father and Chen's mother themselves felt that they had hallucinations after staying in the hospital for a long time. At that time, everyone didn't expect that Chen Mo, who woke up, was no longer the sixteen-year-old boy.
"Xiaomo woke up, he didn't remember his parents, he didn't remember anything around him...... The doctor said that Xiaomo has been in a coma for too long, so he will lose his memory, he will not remember us, and he will get better slowly......"
โโฆโฆ But how could it be, my Xiaomo is so well-behaved and so good, just slept for a while, how can he not remember us......" Chen's mother hugged Chen Mo, hugged Chen Mo tightly, and then pushed him away, holding his face tightly with both hands, staring directly at Chen Mo's face, "Obviously it's my son, this face is, these hands are, this body is, the doctor said that you just have been in a coma with hypoxia in your brain for too long, so you have paranoia, and you will get better soon, right?" โ
Chen Mo couldn't help crying, he lowered his head, and there was no way to answer Chen's mother's words.
Seeing this, Chen's mother cried more and more, hugged Chen Mo sadly and cried: "...... That murderer, he killed my son. I don't care who he is, whether he has parents or children, he killed my son, he killed my son...... How can I forgive him, how can I forgive him, how can he kill my son, how can he still have the face to appear in front of me, how can he have the face to ask for our forgiveness......"
Chen Mo looked at Chen's mother crying and was about to sob, and hurriedly hugged Chen's mother and said calmly: "You're right, such a person can't be forgiven, can't be forgiven." โ
Chen's father also cried silently on the side, he took Chen's mother into his arms, caressed her back with one hand, and held her hand with the other, as if as long as this is the case, they can support each other. He looked up at Chen Mo and said in a low voice, "...... The hit-and-run driver is a long-distance truck, the family is very poor, the parents are old and have no pension, the family has two acres of land, but no one cultivates, because he is the only man in his family, the above six sisters are married, and there is a younger sister paralyzed on the kang, he also has two daughters and a son, so many people in the family only rely on him to make money, the family's two acres of land are contracted to the son-in-law, and only two hundred catties of rice are given every year...... Although this person is very pitiful, but he knew that the truck was overloaded and drove on the road, in order to relieve fatigue, he also drank wine while resting and eating, hit someone and ran away, he said that he was afraid that he would not be able to get the money for Xiaomo's medical treatment after being caught, so he fled in a panic, and after being caught, he also came to the hospital, he knelt down and begged us, saying that he didn't want to kill people intentionally, he was just afraid ......"
When Chen's father said this, he probably thought of the fact that Chen Mo was lying alone on the road after being hit, and he died because of excessive blood loss and could not be treated in time. Some were choked up and speechless. After being silent for a long time, he whispered: "Although that person is pitiful, you won't forgive him, right?" โ
Chen Mo looked at Chen's father and Chen's mother, who were full of despair and numbness, nodded lightly, and said, "Yes, I won't forgive him." Because I'm not qualified to do that. โ
He is not qualified to forgive the perpetrators, and those who are qualified to do so will never have a chance to speak.
The atmosphere in the small restaurant fell silent again, and only Chen's mother could be heard sobbing incessantly.
The door of the small restaurant was suddenly pushed open, the bell hanging on the door frame was jingled, and the crisp sound became more and more abrupt in the silent room, Chen Mo subconsciously turned around, and saw Yang Qindong walking in with a solemn face.
"They want interviews." Yang Qindong glanced at Chen's father and Chen's mother, and said vaguely.
Chen Mo frowned and retorted directly: "No." Don't you see the state of my family? How to do an interview in this case. โ
Yang Qindong nodded and did not speak.
Chen Mo also knew the character of those reporters who would not give up until they reached their goals, thought about it, got up and said: "I went out and told them not to harass my family. โ
"You ......" Yang Qindong knew Chen Mo's temper, for fear that Chen Mo would break out at this juncture and have a bad impact.
He looked at Chen Mo hesitantly, then at Chen's father and Chen's mother, and said in a low voice: "In fact, there are so many things, those people just want to exonerate their son." I don't know exactly what happened, but they're all vulnerable, and if they don't handle it wellโ"
"It's not that he's weak, he's justified." Chen Mo interrupted Yang Qindong's words and said, "I will deal with this matter." It's up to me to face the reporters, and all you have to do is warn them not to bother my family again. โ
Chen Mo said, pushing the door and going out. Instantly surrounded by flashing lights and microphones. All the reporters were asking him what he thought, and the people who had just knelt down in front of Chen's father and mother in the hotel knelt down in front of Chen Mo again in front of reporters, begging Chen Mo to forgive their murderer son.
Chen Mo didn't stop those people from kneeling, he didn't even have any expression on his face, he didn't look at those people, he just stared at the camera quietly, and said into the microphone: "Not all mistakes can be forgiven. The people you feel sorry for now, their sons, their brothers, their husbands and their fathers, have been sentenced to seven years in prison for overloading trucks, drunk driving, and hit-and-run. The verdict of these crimes is based on the fairness of the law. It's not that if I didn't die, the perpetrator wasn't guilty. โ
โโฆโฆ The murderer, after finding out that he had hit someone, not only did he not take the injured person to the hospital, but fled in the vehicle that caused the accident. And his reason was simply that he was afraid that he would not have the money to treat the injured after they were sent to the hospital. Because his family could not afford the medical bill, he himself could not afford it. So he ran away with peace of mind, and the result was a 16-year-old boy who was not treated in time after being hit, and was in a coma due to excessive blood loss, and lay in the hospital for more than three months. โ
"It's murder! Justice is impartial, and he will be sentenced to seven years in prison based on the fact that the perpetrator has overloaded, drunk driving, and hit-and-run, causing the person who was hit to lose too much blood and failed to receive timely treatment and fell into a coma. It's not that I didn't die, but I survived, and the perpetrator could be acquitted. There is no such ridiculous thing in the world. Chen Mo looked at the camera with cold eyes, and said categorically: "I will not forgive this kind of behavior." The perpetrator will not be forgiven, and his family will not be pitied. โ