Chapter II
It is indeed a miracle that a man like me, who has long been accustomed to seeing strange thoughts, can fall in love with a fixed woman so reborn, and the occurrence of this miracle should be attributed to the reassuring personality and character, and it is her personality that has a tolerating and touching effect on me, which shows that the appeal and attraction of good moral character to people exist in any era. Secondly, and equally important, she always gave me some unexpected surprises in my interactions with Anxin, so that I always maintained a sense of freshness and curiosity about her. For example, there is an incredible distance between her appearance and her experience, and there is an unimaginable difference between her inner personality and her external temperament. These distances and differences are the unique charm of peace of mind!
Just as I never thought that a girl like her, who looked as weak as water, could draw such smooth and full back swing legs in mid-air, I also didn't expect that under that pure and kind face, there was also a courage and resourcefulness that ordinary people could hardly reach. I can only attribute this to the professional training she had received, and the thrilling and extraordinary experience. After all, she has endured a life-and-death test, and her past career and experience often make me can't help but respect her.
What surprised me the most was the rescue she carried out alone after I was imprisoned. I had cut off her from prison at the time, and I didn't even know where she was or whereabouts, and if I had known that she was still running up and down, I would have persuaded her to stop. I know that this is a lawsuit that no one can overcome, and that a dead horse has to be used as a live horse doctor, and it is likely that it will be fruitless and wasted money, which is equivalent to throwing money into a bottomless pit, and may not even hear a sound. I know that money is now equal to survival and survival for Anxin and the mother and son of Little Bear, which is a very realistic thing. And I guess there's no money for peace of mind. What can you do if you don't have money these days?
It was probably at the time when my several appeals were ignored and I was in despair and grieved, Anxin rushed back to Beijing from Qingmian with a huge sum of 280,000 yuan. She first found the female lawyer I had used, paid the female lawyer enough money, and then worked with her to plan the steps to overturn the original verdict. They first found Liu Minghao, and if it didn't work, they knew it with reason, and they knew that it was not easy to gain much from it, and finally opened the gap from Liu Minghao. Liu Minghao has a righteous side, and he also has a side of forgetting righteousness, so in fact, love and reason, righteousness and profit, have played a certain role in him. On the premise that his lawyer's assurances that his original testimony in court would never be accused of perjury and false accusation, he agreed to testify again, and re-testified the attitude and process of receiving the 20,000 yuan kickback from the dinner table at that time, as well as the fact that I later told him that Bian Xiaojun and Zhong Ning agreed to give me the 20,000 yuan. At the same time, an important situation was also revealed, that is, Bian Xiaojun had a bit of a conflict with Guoning Company, and I don't know whether he resigned or was fired recently, anyway, he is no longer working in Guoning Group. This situation greatly lifted the spirit of Anxin and the lawyer, and they both had a premonition that the dawn was ahead and victory was in sight.
They immediately found Bian Xiaojun. The process of finding is very complicated, Bian Xiaojun is a person who does not return at night and has uncertain whereabouts. The lawyer has a lot of things to do, and he can't afford this work, so he followed the clues provided by Liu Minghao alone, looked for it little by little, and finally found this guy after looking for more than a week. She blocked Bian Xiaojun at the door of a nightclub, saying that she had something to talk to him about. Bian Xiaojun had never seen Anxin, and when he saw such a beautiful girl waiting for him here, his heart was a little confused. I know that the relationship between Bian Xiaojun and his wife has always been very weak, and I used to joke with me that the three major joys of middle-aged people are to be promoted, get rich, and die of their wives, which makes me creepy. He happily followed Anxin to a quiet little bar, sat down and ordered a drink and talked slowly. He probably looked forward to the further development of the story with Anxin, but he didn't expect Anxin to come up and take out 30,000 yuan, 10,000 bundles, bundles and bundles in front of him, making him almost overwhelmed with his eyes.
After Anxin left the small bar that night, he went to a lawyer and reported to her the results of the secret meeting with Bian Xiaojun. After Bian Xiaojun knew the relationship between Anxin and me and her intentions, of course he would not move any more evil thoughts, so he simply started a business with Anxin, he doubled the price, and paid at least 60,000 yuan at Anxin otherwise he would not be negotiated. Anxin did not hesitate to close the deal immediately, she promised to pay Bian Xiaojun 60,000, and Bian Xiaojun promised to go with her to see a lawyer.
The rest of the matter was mostly technical, with lawyers negotiating their new testimonies with Liu Minghao and Bian Xiaojun, respectively. Liu Minghao didn't want to offend Guoning Company too much, so he didn't want the lawyer to disclose the fact that Guoning Company had bribed him to make him perjury, although Guoning Company and the letter of intent signed by him for the supply of central air conditioning in Guoning Building were not implemented later, Liu Minghao finally only got a small business used by Guoning Company to replace this big deal - printing sales brochures of Guoning Building, which could not make a few thousand yuan in total and was particularly troublesome. Zhong Guoqing is also a businessman, maybe he thinks that Liu Minghao's testimony in court is worth it.
Bian Xiaojun was different, he took the initiative to express his willingness to reveal the inside story of Zhong Guoqing forcing him to commit perjury. When Zhong Guoqing personally talked to him and asked him to deny in court the fact that I had reported to him that I had received a kickback of 20,000 yuan, and denied the fact that he agreed to let me hold the kickback at that time, so as to achieve the purpose of framing me. Anyway, Zhong Guoqing forced him to do it, which constituted the crime of perjury, and the main bearer should also be Zhong Guoqing, because Zhong Guoqing and Bian Xiaojun were in a relationship between the boss and the employee at that time, and Bian Xiaojun "forced him to obey under pressure", which is a coercive role in law. The first evil must be done, and the threat will never be asked, and Bian Xiaojun himself will not have any trouble. Of course, Bian Xiaojun took the initiative to help not because he got a benefit of 60,000 yuan, but because he and Guoning's brothers and sisters, I don't know what grievances were formed. His position in Guoning Company was removed anyway, and the barefoot person was not afraid to wear shoes, and when talking with the lawyer, he had a fearless spirit of "willing to cut his body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse".
In addition, Bian Xiaojun also provided the names and contact details of several other witnesses, with whom he had previously expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhong Ning for sending me the 20,000 yuan kickback. At that time, many people in the company knew about this matter, and the people provided by Bian Xiaojun were basically people who fired Guoning Company or were fired by Guoning Company, as long as they stuffed more money into them so that they would not be afraid of trouble, it was estimated that there would be no problem in testifying.
So many people know about kickbacks, which must be in line with the principle that kickbacks must be made public. As to whether there is an account, the lawyer believes that in a private company, the boss's verbal decision on the disposal of property is valid. Zhong Ning agreed to let me take the rebate, and the rebate was actually the company's reward for me, and it was not my responsibility to go or not. The main reason for losing the case last time was that the prosecution witnesses unanimously denied knowing about the kickbacks and denied that I had been agreed by the boss. If it can be confirmed that the person in charge of the company knew about this and that the boss agreed to give me the money, then the charge of secretly accepting bribes will be difficult to establish from subjective motives to objective consequences, and it will be untenable.
In the spring of 1999, the lawyer, through legal procedures, filed a request for a review with the court on the grounds that new evidence had been found to prove that the original verdict was erroneous. On April 28, the day I remember very well, the court held a trial to review my bribery case. After examining the new evidence provided by the defense, investigating and questioning the witnesses, and making brief arguments between the prosecution and defense, the presiding judge pronounced the verdict in court: The plaintiff's accusation of accepting bribes against me is insufficient and cannot be determined. The original first-instance judgment and second-instance judgment improperly found guilt and should be corrected. Retrial and re-judgment: Defendant Yang Rui is not guilty!
On that day, accompanied by my lawyer, I walked out of the courthouse building in freedom, and I looked up and saw the sky outside, bluer than in prison and bigger than in prison. Between heaven and earth, there is sunshine. I looked down and saw my beloved peace of mind standing under the steps of the courthouse. We looked at each other, and I felt very uncomfortable looking at her emaciated face. I slowly descended the steps and stood in front of her. I saw the tears in her eyes, glistening in the sun. She raised her right hand and gently touched my face, and I slowly stretched out my arms and took her in my arms. For so long, all I've been thinking about day and night is embracing my peace of mind as hard as I do now.
The lawyer also walked down the stairs to our side, and she said, "Congratulations." We all turned to see her, and she had walked to a taxi waiting on the side of the road, opened the door, and smiled back at us. It was probably the first time I saw her smile. She said, "Something calls me." After saying that, he got into the car, and the car drove onto the road in a blink of an eye, and in the torrent of vehicles that had not seen the end of the year, like a drop of water that had gathered people into a rushing river, it soon disappeared without a trace.
I thank the lawyers, I thank the law, I thank all the witnesses who spoke for me, even if they were for money, or for other purposes, but they finally told the truth. It was because of their truths that I was not only able to end my prison and regain my freedom, but more importantly, they gave me a clean slate.
I appreciate peace of mind!
Little did I know at the time that Anxin had lost her family for the sake of this sunny day, and that she had benefited everyone who had played a role in this trial, including lawyers. It's the same with lawyers, no one can work for you in vain these days, and no one can just work for morality and truth.
An An gave everything, including her parents' life savings, and all she wanted was to one day stand at the foot of the high steps of the courthouse and see me striding out of the building as deep as the sea.
I thank the reassuring parents!
From the day I knew that my innocence was not only redeemed with innocence, but also redeemed with money, I longed to go to Qingmian. I longed to see my reassuring mom and dad, and I couldn't kneel in front of them! Instead of giving their daughter a good day, I left her family destitute. I want to kneel in front of my reassuring parents and swear that I will repay this kindness for the rest of my life!
Now, I am finally approaching the old home of the Anxin family. On this morning, almost a year after I walked out of the courthouse, I walked through the small old town of Qingmian, and finally saw the northern mansion by a lake surrounded by mountains and forests. The courtyard is surrounded by a patchwork of Yunnan dwellings, almost like a small scenic spot, which makes me feel a kind of intimacy unique to the Yellow River culture. I knew that this yard was no longer a safe home, but as soon as I saw the mass of blue bricks and black tiles, I couldn't help but feel my heart skip a beat, and I couldn't help but speed up my pace and run towards it.
I was finally standing in front of the door of the house, which was simpler and easier than I had imagined. I stared at the two courtyard gates decorated with iron horns, which had long been mottled with paint, revealing a bit of dilapidation and a bit of desolation, but the pair of delicately carved little lions on the stone drums on both sides of the door were still full of expression. It's quiet, and as Anxin describes, it's a place of seclusion from the hustle and bustle.
I banged on the door with my hand, and there was an old voice coming from the door, and I asked loudly, "Is there anyone?" β
There was a sporadic noise in the courtyard, which soon boiled down to a string of tapping footsteps, and then the door creaked open, and the sound of the doorshaft was as classic as the sound effect made out of the movie.
The door was opened by a young man, who didn't look much older than me. I bowed slightly to interrupt and asked him if he knew where the family of a man who used to live here had moved. The young man pondered: The surname is An? At this time, another person came out of the courtyard, an old man with gray hair, and said, "You are looking for Dr. An, who used to live here, and they moved last spring." β
I said, "I know, where did they move to?" β
The old man said: "They moved to the county mass cultural center to live. But I heard that it's not there anymore. β
I asked for the path to the mass cultural center, and then thanked the two new owners of the courtyard, one old and one young, and then I threw a hurried glance into the courtyard through the half-open courtyard door. This courtyard used to be Anxin's home, this place is the place where Anxin was born and raised, every brick and tile in the courtyard, every grass and tree outside the courtyard, all aroused some impulses and reverie in my heart, I can hardly tell whether these things are satisfied or more aroused my thoughts of peace of mind.
When I found the Qingmian Mass Cultural Center, it was lunch time here, and the staff all went home to eat, and there was almost no one in the museum. It is a half-new two-story brick building, the building is not old, the building is not large, but the entrance is full of countless signboards of all sizes. Libraries, fraternities, research clubs, counseling stations, etc., are probably branches of mass cultural centers. Most of the doors in this building are locked, and those that are not locked are empty, and occasionally I see people hurrying by, and when I ask Dr. An and his lover who works here, they are all at a loss. I walked around the building for a long time and found nothing, so I went out and went out to the street to eat. In a very simple but clean shop diagonally opposite the cultural center, I ate a bowl of bean soup and half a catty of Yongchang pancakes. After eating, I saw that the time was almost up and returned to the cultural center again, this time I went directly to the director's office of the cultural center, and blocked a female cadre who happened to come out of the office and was locking the door to leave.
The female cadre listened to the person I was looking for, and looked me up and down with some vigilance. I guessed why she came to the police station, and hurriedly showed my Beijing ID card, indicating that I was a classmate of Dr. An's daughter from Beijing, and I came here to find peace of mind - do you know where they live now?
The female cadre checked my ID card and checked whether I and the photo on my ID card were the same person. My ID card and my Beijing accent, which I don't like like outsiders, dispelled her suspicions, but her answers still didn't satisfy me.
"You're looking for Dr. An, they've moved away. His lover doesn't work in our embassy anymore. β
"When did you leave?"
"Gone...... It's been months. β
"Where did they go?"
"I don't know about this, it seems that I left Qingmian to go somewhere else."
"Where have you been?"
"We don't know, they didn't tell us."
The female cadre stuffed my ID card back and left in a hurry. I stood in the hallway tired, my heart empty. Anxin's parents in Qingmian are the main clues I want to find Anxin, and I think whether Anxin returns to them or not, they should know their daughter's whereabouts.
I walked out of the small building of the cultural center again and stood in a daze on the street, and at this point in my whole journey, there was no way forward. I thought about it for a long time, and walked back to the house of Anxin's house from the county seat without any purpose, and I didn't knock on the door again, but walked along the slope of the hill behind the courtyard full of tall and straight bald fir trees, and along the long ancient road with vague remnants of rocks on the hillside, to the Pinghu Lake in the mountains that I often dreamed of. I looked out at the lawn on the other side of the lake, which looked extremely open in the sun. The sunlight pressed the shadows of the towering trees at the end of the lawn with all its might, making the primeval forest, which would have found extremely deep and magnificent if you approached, small and intimate.
It was not until the sun set in the west that I returned from the shore of the high mountain and flat lake, and passed the northern house again, where the smoke had not yet risen. On the way back to the county seat, I looked back again and again, trying to merge this last scene in the dusk with my previous imagination, and at the same time leaving my nostalgic gaze on the blue bricks and gray tiles of that courtyard. I had a ridiculous flash in my head that if I couldn't find peace of mind, I might move to this place and settle near this courtyard.
I returned to Qingmian City, passed through the street market between the two mountains, passed through the ancient city gate that once choked the throat of "Three Propaganda and Six Consolations", and then crossed the Qingmian River with the help of the iron cable bridge, and returned to the small town where the railway station was located before dark. I found a train that was approaching late at night from the passenger train timetable I had with me, and it was the 775th express train from Kunming to Nande.
I think that in addition to Anxin's parents, the only person who is likely to know Anxin's whereabouts is Lao Pan, the captain of the anti-drug brigade of the Nande Public Security Bureau.
It was still early, and I bought a pack of cookies at the grocery store in front of the station, took it, and didn't open it to eat. My stomach was depressed and dazed, and there was little pleasure in peristalsis. I sat in the small waiting room of the station with the bag of biscuits, and the backpack on my back looked heavy, but I didn't bother to untie it. I sat there until nightfall, and then I walked to the platform, chewing on biscuits, and waiting for the only night train that stopped at this little station.
I went to Nande once, it was the season that was approaching last summer, and I went back to Yunnan with Anxin, and of course we went to Nande. In addition to Nande, we also went to Kunming and Beiqiu, when we were happily preparing to get married.
At that time, I had just been released from prison, and Anxin and I were basking in the joy of a triumphant reunion. We decided to get married, and nothing could stop us from officially becoming one! We all thought about it, discussed it seriously, whether our parentsβmainly my dadβagreed or not, accepted it or not; Regardless of whether Anxin is married for the second time or whether he has children; Whether we have money or not, we all decided to get married! We must get married! Right now, get married!
Of all the 280,000 yuan in cash that Anxin brought back from Qingmian, less than 30,000 yuan was spent to rescue me from prison. She called her mom and dad and told us about the idea of getting married, and also about money. My reassuring mom and dad congratulated us on the phone, and her mom spoke to me, and the motherly sense of words in her voice was touching. She said, "You're Yang Rui, right?" You know what, Anxin loves you so much that she loves you more than she loves herself. In this world, the person she loves the most besides her children is you, you know? I said, "I know." β
She said, "Can you love her, as she loves you?" β
I said, "Yes!" β
She said, "Can you love her child?" β
I said, "Yes!" β
There was silence on the other side of the phone for a while, and there was a faint sobbing from Anxin's mother, who restrained her choking and said, "This daughter of mine is too bitter...... I know you're also miserable, and you can rely on each other for your lives...... I really want to bless you well! β
The mother began to cry and could not speak. I handed over the phone to Anxin, and I listened as the mother and daughter comforted each other and said words of trust. I silently thought in my heart, I will definitely be good to Anxin, and I will never change for the rest of my life!
Regarding the remaining money, Anxin's parents asked us to stay for the purpose of marriage, but I disagreed, and I insisted that Anxin send the money back. Anxin discussed with his mother on the phone again and again, and finally according to a compromise method, we left 10,000 yuan, and nearly 20,000 yuan, and I went to the post office with Anxin to send Qingmian back.
Under the persuasion of Anxin, I went to see my dad. One is to tell him that I came out, it's okay, I rehabilitated Zhaoxue, I didn't give it to him, and I didn't lose anyone to our old Yang family. The second is to tell him that I am getting married, and I hope he will agree. Fortunately, my dad didn't drink that day and his mind was quite clear. But between the words, it can be heard that his brain has been poisoned by alcohol for a long time, and it is not as good as before. He was only in his fifties, and he spoke like an old man in his seventies and eighties, incoherently. Regarding my acquittal, he was very emotional, scolded the judges and prosecutors for being mediocre, and tried his best to encourage me to sue them. My dad said: We can't let them be so white for more than half a year, we don't mention the material loss, and the mention is despised, and this spiritual loss and reputation loss can't be ignored, and it can't be just counted. Now there is a law. The state ** did something wrong, and it still has to be compensated, and now the people are suing the officials to win.
My dad didn't make it clear that I was going to get married, but he agreed. He first asked: Are you old enough? I said enough, a man can get married at twenty, and I will be twenty-four after the New Year, and I will be almost twenty-three. He was silent, that is, he didn't say anything in favor, at most, he said, are you almost twenty-four? I can't control you when you're seventeen or eighteen, let alone twenty-four. When have you really heard of me? You listen to your mother when your mother is there, and you listen to your own when your mother is gone. When you were a child, you were still a little afraid of me, you didn't listen to me when you were afraid of me, and now you are not even afraid of me.
When he said this, I didn't say anything, and we don't have much affection between father and son now. I felt very uncomfortable after being silent for a while, so I said, "Dad, then you can rest, I'll leave first, and I'll come to see you when I'm free, and I'll tell you when the date is set." "I put down the two bottles of liquor and a bag of fruit that Anxin asked me to bring, and took my leave. My dad stood up and escorted me to the door, and he finally said this:
"I don't have anything to prepare for you to get married, and your father can't give you money. The house you live in now, I originally wanted to combine it with the one I live in and change it to a bigger unit. If you want to get married, I won't change it for the time being, so let's live for you first, and you can't live on the street when you get married. β
I said, "Thank you, Dad." β
My dad said, "You still know how to thank me, don't you know how to be polite, don't thank you, don't be angry with me." β
My father's last words at the door were tantamount to agreeing, or at least acknowledging my marriage.
Later, my dad called to ask where we were going to get married, how many tables to set up, and reminded me not to forget who to invite. I told my dad that we were diligent and thrifty in our marriage, and we didn't plan to set many tables, so we would travel to get married, and when we came back, we would just give out candy to relatives and friends. My dad said, "Oh, it's okay, peace of mind is a second marriage, and with a child, it's okay if you don't make a big deal, you can go out and do it quietly by yourself, and if others want to ask, I'll say that you are already married." β
My dad's words made me feel very unhappy, but I didn't say anything, I digested it myself.
Yes, Anxin and I decided that no one would be invited, marriage was our own business, and others could say whatever they liked.
But together with Anxin, I had a meal with the female lawyer who was shrewd and capable, who did not smile but ultimately helped us win the case. No matter how tight our money is, we still found a relatively decent place-
"Friday" restaurant to express gratitude to her for this "life-saving grace". In particular, Anxin insisted on treating her to this meal decently, and she and she seemed to have formed a deep fighting friendship. I said: If you really want to be decent, let's go out to the restaurant to eat shark fin abalone, I used to eat it, where it is good and where it is not good, where it is cheap and where it is expensive. Anxin was stunned for a moment: shark fin abalone? How much does that cost? I smiled and replied, "If you eat simply, let's take it within three or two thousand." "Two thousand? Peace of mind is frightened, eat gold! I said, two thousand yuan for three people to eat those things, really can't eat good things, shark fin can only eat loose wings and broken wings and small abalone wings that have been overheaded; Abalone can only be eaten fresh and can only eat sixteen heads...... Anxin said that let's eat something else, and decency doesn't necessarily have to eat these.
So we chose "Friday", which is a place that young people like to go to, and foreigners also like to go, because the atmosphere of that place is very fashionable for Chinese and nostalgic for foreigners. Foreigners eat more decently than Chinese, but their decency pays attention to the environment and utensils, and how many years of wine they drink, rather than what they eat. Foreigners don't like to eat shark fin, abalone, sea cucumber, fish belly and other things that nourish yin and aphrodisiac, and eating these is all Chinese.
The three of us spent a little more than 300 yuan on that meal, and we ate quite happily. The lawyers are six years older than us, which is basically a generation, so they have a common language.
What's more, just looking back on this case, celebrating this victory between the three of us, and talking about all the interesting and profound people and things in between, there are endless topics to talk about.
After eating, while sitting and drinking a drink, the lawyer abruptly ended the retrospective and asked me a question about the next steps.
She said: "Yang Rui, legally speaking, Zhong Guoqing and Zhong Ning's actions should be false accusations, which completely constitute the crime of false accusation and perjury, are you willing to sue them?" β
I was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay." β
The lawyer said: "The testimony of Liu Minghao, Bian Xiaojun, and several other witnesses during the retrial is actually enough to convict them of this crime." What is needed now is for the victim to file a lawsuit, countersue them, and initiate the proceedings. β
I looked at Anxin, Anxin lowered his head and thought about something, but didn't say anything. I said to the lawyer, "Okay, I'll sue them!" β
The lawyer corrected: "Prosecuting them is a matter for the Public Prosecutor's Office, but the victim can file a complaint with the Public Prosecutor's Office to prosecute." I can do things for you by writing pleadings and contacting witnesses. β
The lawyer also glanced at the peace of mind, and the peace of mind was always silent. The lawyer turned to me and said, "You go back and discuss it, and if you decide, you can come to me." β
I said, "Okay, I'm sure I'm going to have to trouble you again." β
After dinner that night, we broke up in front of the restaurant, the lawyer took a taxi and left, and Anxin and I found a stop to take the bus home. It's too late for us to pick up the bears. Anxin called Xiao Xiong's "grandmother", and Xiao Xiong said soft and lingering words such as goodbye and good night for a long time on the phone, and then took the bus with me and staggered home.
When you get home, pack up your bed with peace of mind. After cleaning up the bed, she walked to the living room and asked me: Do you sleep? I looked at my watch before eleven o'clock, and guessed that she would probably need me tonight. In the first few days after I was released from prison, I often did it twice or even three times a day, and during the day, as if I had been injured all of a sudden, and I felt that I should get sick if I did it again. So in the past few days, we began to rest honestly, and when we went to bed at night, we just hugged each other, but we didn't do it, we kissed each other when we were sleepy, and said good night to each other, and then we went to sleep like an old husband and wife. I sensed from Anxin's tone and eyes at this time that she wanted it again tonight, so I got up from the couch, went to the bathroom to rinse her mouth, and then got into bed. Take off your clothes straight before going to bed. Anxin was still wearing a corset, and she also got into bed, lying flat close to me. I also lay flat, as if waiting for the other person to take the initiative to touch me. After waiting for a long time, Anxin was motionless, as if thinking about something, I couldn't bear to reach out to her chest, Anxin suddenly asked me:
"Yang Rui, do you really want to sue Zhong Ning?"
I was silent for a moment before I said, "Ah, she should be a defendant too!" β
We were all silent again, for a long time, and Anxin spoke again: "I have no problem with you suing her, I'm worried that you are different from me, I don't know her anyway, I don't have any affection, only hatred, but you are different from me, you used to be lovers." β
I said, "Who's her lover?" Do you think Zhong Ning and I still have a relationship? You're alright! β
Anxin was silent, stopped for a while, and said: "People are emotional animals, and emotional things can't be explained. I'm not saying that you and Zhong Ning still have feelings now, I'm saying that you used to be together, after all, you had good times, there were moments when you took care of each other and missed each other, these things are your experiences, can you say forget it? Experiences are something you can't erase. β
I said, "You don't think I'm still nostalgic for my old life and still thinking about Zhong Ning, right?" β
An Xin said: "No, I mean my experience, just like I don't love Mao Jie, I can't talk about loving him, he sells drugs, I also know that he is guilty, but you asked me to sue him and let him die, I still have obstacles in my heart, I can't bear this!" I always think about my past with him, there were many good moments in the past, I think about how he used to be good to me, how he took care of me in the past. There are many details that I can't usually remember, but at this time, I remembered them. β
I smiled and looked up to see the peace of mind, I touched her face and said, "That's you, you are a woman, women are sentimental, their hearts are too soft, they carry everything by themselves, we men are not like this." β
Anxin still lay motionless and lay flat, looking at me. The light outside the window shines through the curtains, shining her eyes. The eyes looked at me without blinking, and she said, "Okay, as long as you think clearly and don't feel awkward, then you can sue, of course I have no opinion." β
I said, "You really have no opinion, so why didn't you keep silent when the lawyer said this just now?" β
Anxin said: "I won't take the initiative to let you sue her, I won't." If you are really angry with her and want to take revenge on her and sue her, I have no objection. But I don't want to persuade you to sue her. Because I know she's your girlfriend in the past, I don't want you to have the slightest bit of unbearable, unnatural, and have to do it. After doing it for a long time, I felt uncomfortable and regretted, I don't want you to be like this. β
I lay down and didn't speak again. Will I be like Anxin said? I'm not sure. But on the other hand, if I went to court and faced my former lover and sued her for jail and made her suffer, would I be particularly happy about it? I don't seem so sure about that.
I think of when Zhong Ning sued me, I looked at her so calmly in the courtroom, and she was unrelenting, she almost screamed and wanted to kill me! I could see that she was happy and satisfied by this! Thinking of the elated appearance she showed in the court at that time, the vicious smugness on her face, I suddenly warned myself that I can't be like her, I can't be cruel like Zhong Ning, so vicious, so forgiving, I can't be such a person without a little class!
That night, Anxin and I didn't say anything, and we didn't do anything affectionate, we thought about our hearts until we fell asleep.
The next day, I called the lawyer, and I said that I didn't plan to sue Zhong Ning Zhong Guoqing, forget it, let them go. As if he had expected it, the lawyer asked me unsurprised: Why? Are you afraid that they will not be able to sue them through the back door because they have a lot of money? I said no, I don't want to tell them anymore, I had a relationship with Zhong Ning after all, and she treated me well in the past, even if I repay her. The lawyer didn't say anything more, she just said: Okay, you have your own idea anyway. After a pause, she suddenly said again: Yang Rui, you are a very good man! I smiled and asked, "Why do you say that?" She replied: From the time you told me that you wanted to plead not guilty, I admired you. For the sake of innocence, it is better to go to jail, and most people will not choose to do so. Just looking at your appearance, I didn't expect you to be such a man, including you to Zhong Ning now, your handling of this is quite weighty. Although I do not approve, I understand. I also understand why Anxin is so desperate to save you and catch you, I think she is worth it.
I finished talking to my lawyer on the phone with a sense of triumph. I told Anxin about my decision not to sue Zhong Ning anymore, and Anxin was calm, neither appreciative nor regretful, just saying, oh.
In addition to our lawyer for dinner, we also had a meal with Liu Minghao. It was Liu Minghao who invited us to go and asked us to go again and again. I didn't want to go, Liu Minghao told nonsense in front of me in court, he knew that I would be ruined if he testified like this, but he still testified like this. He didn't even dare to look at me when he testified that day. His certificate almost erased our friendship from childhood to adulthood. Can I still eat his food without skin and face? can rest assured: Liu Minghao is in business, and he does not dare to offend Guoning Company. Let's not ask him to be so high, and don't remember this revenge, you can't repay this revenge, why always hate him in your heart. Besides, he's helped you too, he's helped you a lot over the years. He hurt you this time, it's okay to settle it, otherwise you have to remember his kindness. What's more, he later helped you testify again, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to get out.
The meal was eaten in the Oriental Garden Hotel, and the atmosphere of eating in the restaurant was good, which was higher than eating in the restaurant. Liu Minghao booked a single room here, and ordered all the Shanghai Jinjiang cuisine that this restaurant is good at. We were a little awkward at first, but it got better quickly. Liu Minghao took the initiative to apologize for the first glass of wine, and said: "My brother can't stand my brother, so I will punish myself with a glass of wine." He leaned up, wiped his mouth and said: "I am a person with this advantage, I will correct my mistakes, I didn't expect me to say that: If you don't remember, you can sentence my brother, I think the courts in our country are not allowed to see the details." As a result, as soon as Yang Rui entered, I was so anxious that I regretted it. I thought to myself, I had to find a way to get my brother out. Just as Anxin came to me again, we hit it off. It's my brother who let you in, and my brother has to let you out! Come, this second cup is for you to catch the wind, drink it, and suppress the shock. β
We drank and didn't allow me to talk to Anxin, Liu Minghao continued as if he hadn't finished speaking: "But people also said that a man who has never been married is not a man, and a man who has not been in prison is not a real man." Yang Rui, you haven't been in for half a year, I can see it! You used to be a child, but when I saw you today, I saw that you were different, and you were much more mature! β
I smiled and said, "Then when do you go in again, and become a real man again." β
Liu Minghao was stunned for a moment, and smiled mockingly: "I, I'm learning to be an ordinary man first, I'm getting married." β
Then he scolded Zhong Ning and Zhong Guoqing, saying that many people are ready to sue them now, Guoning Company is entangled in several lawsuits, and the court procuratorate is also investigating their false accusations against me. The laws of our country have provisions: false accusations and reverse sitting! However, Zhong Guoqing has a lot of relationships above, and maybe he can settle it. But there is much help for the righteous, and little help for the unjust! A wicked man is his own hell! It's always so dark that sooner or later it's the turn of evil to be retributed!
After eating, he took out 3,000 yuan with peace of mind and returned it to Liu Minghao. We borrowed 4,000 from him when he was sick, and then I paid him back 1,000 after I earned money in the first month of my trip to Longdu, and now we have money in our hands, and we should pay it back. Liu Minghao's face was red after drinking, and he pushed the money back vigorously, shouting in his mouth: "Hey, hey, what are you doing, isn't this scolding?" An Xin said sincerely: "This is still you sold the stock and lent it to us, you have already lost, we don't even pay interest, and we don't even owe the book, I really don't want to go." Liu Minghao said: "See the outside, Yang Rui and I, who is with whom, even if I make amends with my little brother, this money will make amends, or I will feel uncomfortable!" β
He insisted on not accepting it, Anxin had no choice but to turn his head to look at me, I took the money and stuffed it into Liu Minghao's arms, I said: "You let us take it easy, okay, we can't sleep because we owe people money." β
Liu Minghao saw that I was resolute, and wanted to stuff the money back for another reason: "Aren't you going to get married, even if I do my part in the eldest brother's gift, I won't have to buy you another thing." β
I didn't answer, and said: "One yard is one yard, so let's do it, anyway, you're about to get married, if you give us something now, we will have to send it to you at that time, why send it back and forth, why bother sending it back and forth, let's say it's okay, the love is here, and the gift will be waived, how about it?" β
Liu Minghao knew that he couldn't resist me, so he had to put the money in his handbag, and said with a wry smile: "I have to give your wedding gift no matter what, even if I give it to you and you don't like to throw it away." β
To be honest, I really don't want Liu Minghao to give gifts, not only him, but I don't want to accept anyone's gifts. After half a year of lawsuits, as well as the struggle to find a job in the previous period, I know that people are warm and cold, and the world is hot and cold. If people in this world don't have a little kinship and can still be affectionate, there must be a bond of interest in essence, and there are too few purely emotional things, don't believe it.
From this point of view, peace of mind is more tolerant and kind than mine. She said that you should not look at people so trivially, as if anyone who wants to do you a favor must have ulterior motives, and this is too absolute. In the past, when I worked in the South German Anti-Drug Brigade, our Captain Pan and Captain Qian were very good to me, and many people helped me, is it profitable?
I couldn't explain her experience and experience, and said in a wordless way: "I don't know about Nande, I mean Beijing, talking about the metropolis, which metropolis is not materialistic." β
Anxin is also very persistent about her life experience: the big city is more commercial than the small places like our Nande and our hometown, but I believe that there is always a good and beautiful side in people's hearts, and there is always love. Love is selfless, otherwise it would not be called love.
I don't argue with Anxin anymore, she can't convince me, and I can't convince her, so I have my own opinions. Our different views are due to different experiences and differences in human nature, and I think Anxin is that I am too kind, so I feel that others are also kind.
I admit that I'm not as kind as Anxin, but I like kindness and am willing to live or work with kind people. I think if I can really stay with Anxin for a long time in the future, maybe I will become as kind as her, and maybe I will suffer the same loss of kindness as her!