Chapter 98: The Buried Truth
The sudden collapse of the highway completely disrupted the plans of Deng He and others. They had no choice but to go back to Lai Ling City and wait for the road to be built.
In fact, they would have been willing to walk if they could, but because the length of the road collapse was so huge that there were many casualties, the police had blocked the road and no one was allowed to pass through during this time. Lailing City also reported on this incident for several days, and people also had to mention it when they chatted after tea and dinner.
The report was carried out by Huang Zhaosheng, understated and careless, and his words all revealed the casual attitude of "turning big things into small things, and small things into small things". As a well-known host, Huang Zhaosheng has a lot of influence in Lailing City, and his attitude has also directly affected the views of Lailing City citizens on this matter.
Because of Huang Zhaosheng's deliberate concealment, many people mistakenly thought that this incident was just a small accident, and Deng He and others were no exception. If it weren't for Bu Yutu telling Jia Ru the truth, I don't know how long they would have been deceived.
That day, as soon as Jia Ru left the house, she received a call from Bu Yutu, which she ignored, but finally picked it up.
Bu Yutu said directly on the phone, "Starbucks on North Third Street, I have something to tell you." ”
The words fell, and without waiting for Jia Ru to answer, Bu Yutu hung up the phone. Jia Ru stood where he was, and after thinking for a while, he decided to go.
Because of the integrity of nine o'clock in the morning, there were not many people in Starbucks, except for Bu Yutu, there was only a table against the window. Bu Yutu sat in the corner, and when he saw Jia Ru coming in, he was afraid that she wouldn't find him, so he stood up specially.
As soon as Jia Rufu sat down, the waiter from Starbucks over there came over with the menu and handed it to Jia Ru. Jia Ru didn't answer, casually said a cappuccino, and waved the waiter down. She's not here to eat.
"Guess what I asked you to do?" Bu Yutu picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.
Jia Ru shook her head, if she guessed, she wouldn't come.
Bu Yutu chuckled, "I came to you this time to tell you the truth about this collapse." ”
Jia Ru frowned slightly, "What?" ”
Regarding Bu Yutu's next words, Jia Ru suddenly felt a little uneasy, and vaguely felt that what Bu Yutu was going to say was definitely not a good thing. The highway collapse incident has been reported for several days, and everything that can be reported has basically been reported, but Bu Yutu is now telling the truth, could it be that there is something hidden from it?
Bu Yutu saw that Jia Ru's face changed slightly, and he took another sip of coffee unhurriedly, and then slowly spoke, "How many people died according to the collapse news report this time?" ”
"Four." The issue of the number of people was repeatedly raised in the report, so that Jia Ru was already familiar with it. Speaking of which, it is a blessing that only seven people died in such a massive collapse - everyone is saying that.
Bu Yutu closed his eyes and said in a deep voice; "Twenty-four."
When the road collapsed, it was rush hour for getting off work, and many people were driving on the road. Although Lailing City is only a small city, it can be called a city, and the population is naturally indispensable. Although commuting to work is not congested with traffic to the point that it is impossible to move, it is not unimpeded, which is less than the above, and more than the bottom.
And twenty-four people, which is in line with the population situation of Lailing City. Bu Yutu told Jia Ru that 85 percent of the deaths were car passengers, because of the sudden collapse of the road, most of the cars overturned directly due to unstable gravity, and few of the people in the car were spared.
Jia Ru was silent, not knowing what to say. Twenty-four people were fabricated into four, and the lives of twenty people were buried in this accident, and no one knew about it.
"Why?" Jia Ru felt her voice tremble.
Bu Yutu stretched out his index finger and pointed upward, the meaning of which was self-evident. Jia Ru didn't say anything more until Bu Yutu left, and she sat alone in Starbucks for a long time before leaving.
After Jia Ru left, the first thing she did was to call Deng He, and now she just wanted to talk to someone. After Deng He listened to Jia Ru's words, he also fell into silence for a long time, and after a long time, Jia Ru heard Deng He's hoarse voice and asked, "Is what he said true?" ”
So many human lives were buried between the words of the superior in such an understatement. Deng He was a little unacceptable for a while. But what is helpless is that Deng He also clearly knows that what Bu Yutu said is true, every word and every sentence is true. Such a large-scale collapse, if it is really just as easy as the report said, it can be regarded as a strange anecdote.
After hanging up the phone, Deng He directly put on his clothes and went out of the house, he wanted to go to the accident site to have a look. It has been cordoned off with yellow warning tape, and in order to prevent people from entering, a sign reading "This road is impassable" has been erected 500 meters ahead.
The road has collapsed very badly, the whole area has been completely sunken, it is not an exaggeration to say that the entire road has been completely damaged, the original flat road has become potholes at the moment, and it can still be vaguely avoided the previous full devastation. Deng He subconsciously picked up the cement condensed stones on the ground, and the previous asphalt road was made of these stones.
The stone that should have been extremely hard for some reason Deng He pinched it a little soft in his hand, his brows furrowed, and he subconsciously looked at the materials that were constructed into collapsed roads. There are hard and soft, you can clearly distinguish them with the palm of your hand, and the reason for this situation can be guessed by Deng He with his toes.
Cut corners.
Every industry, every industry, every industry.
Deng He clenched his fists tightly, just because of the road builders' cutting corners, for that little difference, he took a full twenty-four lives! And what should have been exposed was suppressed again.
Is it worth it? It should be worth it for those above.
Deng He threw away the things in his hand, got up and left. These things, one day, he will show them all in front of the public. Those black-hearted manufacturers, he will not let go of any of them.
Deng He didn't tell Jia Ru about cutting corners on the road, and now the matter is enough for Jia Ru to worry about, and he doesn't want to have one more. In the end, their power is too weak.
And all this piled up, making Deng He insomnia that night, he lay in bed and thought a lot, the recent events were unfolding in front of his eyes frame by frame, and he was more determined to make a decision in his heart. It wasn't until dawn that Deng He could fall asleep.
Everything will be fine. A second before falling asleep, Deng He thought so.