Ruan Gaopeng sat at the side of the stall, holding chopsticks in his right hand, snail noodles, and holding a cigarette in his left hand, taking two puffs from time to time. He was missing two fingers on his left hand, and his posture of pinching the cigarette was a little awkward.

The cigarette was almost burning to the fart of the cigarette, and his fingertips were burning a little, but he was reluctant to throw it away.

He had only three cigarettes left.

Informants, especially black informants like him, have a hard time, have no regular income, and are hungry and full.

As he ate, he couldn't help but sigh, and he didn't know if it was because it was too hot and spicy, or he sighed for himself.

Over the years, he didn't know how many sighs he had.

He still remembers that night eight years ago, he and his mother were huddled in an abandoned shed munching on steamed buns.

While eating, the father who gambled was back.

He was dragged back by a group of people.

Ruan Gaopeng also saw that his right wrist was dripping with blood, and he was actually slapped off, which scared his mother and screamed again and again.

I heard from those people that my father lost everything at the gambling table, lost his eyes, and lost his mother.

Not only that, but he was also caught, and chopped off a hand according to the rules, and then the people in the black casino pulled him over to arrest his wife, and Ruan Gaopeng's mother paid off the debt.

If the mother swears to die, they will be strong. Ruan Gaopeng was pushed to the ground, his eyes were red, and he rushed to the corner and picked up a weapon - a rusty kitchen knife and a hammer weighing more than ten catties.

He held a knife in his left hand and a hammer in his right hand, and he launched a ruthless attack, completely ignoring it, slashing and smashing indiscriminately.

By the time he came to his senses, the gang had already run away, and there were only four people left in the abandoned hut except for him and his mother.

All four were lying, two dead and two wounded, including his father.

Later, of the two injured, one of them failed to rescue and died, and the other was also left disabled.

He himself was actually injured, his left index finger was cut off, he was hit by several sticks, and two ribs were broken.

But because the adrenaline level was so high, I didn't feel it at all.

At the same time, Ruan Gaopeng's mother and son were also taken away by the police.

The case was concluded very quickly, and within a few days, he was transferred to the prosecution, and waited for another half a year to announce the verdict.

He was convicted of intentional homicide with aggravating circumstances and sentenced to death for immediate execution.

He obeyed the verdict, but his mother was not satisfied and appealed.

The case spread, and public opinion was in an uproar.

After waiting for a long time, the second instance was ushered in, and after many discussions, the court decided to reject the original judgment and retry the case.

Eventually, he was given a suspended death sentence.

For two years, he behaved well and was spared death, with a suspended sentence commuted to life imprisonment.

After another six months in prison, the police brought him news that his mother had committed suicide by swallowing pesticides.

In fact, his mother had long wanted to die, but she couldn't let him go.

Although the illegal casino was destroyed, all the criminals were arrested, and the power of the small casino was not huge, but the dealer still has some connections after all, and even if he is caught, he also has a certain influence on the outside world.

Even if it is small, it is still easy to take revenge on Ruan Gaopeng and his mother.

What's more, most of the casino thugs are gangsters, and after they are caught, the detention period will not be too long, and there are also a group of fox friends who will stand up for them.

So Ruan Gaopeng's mother's life is actually very difficult.

has been trying to survive for two or three years, and when she learned that Ruan Gaopeng was exempted from death and sentenced to imprisonment, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she couldn't hold on at all and chose to commit suicide.

The news nearly broke him.

At the same time, it also made him have a monstrous hatred for various criminal gangs.

But what can he do while he is in prison?

After a few more months, the detective who brought him the news came again.

The detective asked him if he would like to act as an informant.

He glanced at the terms.

The terms are very long and the documents are quite thick, but to put it simply, it is to let him mingle in the three religions and nine streams under the premise of being monitored by the police in all aspects, act as an eyeliner for the police, collect evidence and clues about their crimes, and record meritorious service according to specific contributions, and meritorious service can be used to reduce the sentence.

He agreed on the spot. It was also then that he learned that this criminal policeman was actually the deputy captain of the Yuqiao Criminal Investigation Detachment, and to him, he was a big man.

Before that, Ruan Gaopeng only knew that his name was Su Ping.

After waiting for another half a month, after completing all the formalities, he took off his prison uniform, left the prison, and changed his name to Ruan Gaopeng to live again.

From that day on, he was free. But he also completely lost his freedom.

Later, he also communicated with some old informants and learned that in fact, it is rare to get a good death when he joins the police as an informant.

It's too dangerous, and if you're not careful, you can lose your life. Moreover, meritorious service can indeed be commuted, but after the sentence is completed, what can they do?

It is not easy to accumulate credit, and commutation is not an exemption from prison, and it will take at least several years or even more than ten years to get out of prison completely.

But even then, you are not free.

When they are informants, they will inevitably offend people, and their lives will be even more difficult when they are separated from the protection of the police.

Therefore, after being released, many black lines still choose to continue to act as informants. It's just that it was originally used to exchange evidence clues for credit, but now it can be exchanged for money.

But there is no way to get a fixed living allowance from the police, and it is difficult to say whether life will be better or worse.

Ruan Gaopeng did not regret it. He doesn't need to be free, he just wants to do his best to make what happened to him not happen to him in other families.

That criminal policeman, perhaps, also took a fancy to this, so he chose to let himself act as an informant, right?

After all, not all criminals are qualified to be informants, and a prisoner like him, who caused three deaths and one disability, even if there is a reason, it is difficult to pass the review and assessment, and the criminal police must have borne great pressure.

So for Su Ping, Ruan Gaopeng has always been very grateful to him for giving him such an opportunity.

Sometimes he also feels unfair for Su Ping - as far as he knows, Su Ping has been in the position of deputy captain for ten years, but he has never waited for the opportunity to be promoted, but the hairy boy named Xun Mu, who is about the same age as him, actually stepped on Su Ping.

But Su Ping doesn't seem to care about himself, so he doesn't worry about it.

Of course, he didn't live up to Su Ping, and he has made a lot of contributions over the years, and he also lost his left thumb.

Although he still often sighs about his difficult life, he is never less motivated.

Ding Ding Ding!

The mobile phone rang suddenly, he immediately gathered his thoughts, threw away the cigarette fart that had almost burned to the filter, took out his mobile phone and glanced at it, and immediately connected: "Hey, what's the matter?" Yes? Oh, okay, I know, don't worry, I'll go. ”

Hanging up the phone, he frowned slightly and muttered, "Who are these three people, and they actually asked Team Su to personally order me to check on them...... Well, go back and ask those buddies to see if you can find out some news. ”

As he spoke, he gulped down the rest of the snail noodles, drank the soup, and then took out a crumpled piece of paper and pen from his pocket, pulled a few and put them on the table, stood up and shouted to pay, and left.

"There's only three dollars left in my pocket...... Alas, I can only turn over the cigarette and smoke. ”