Chapter Twenty-Eight: Inexplicable Malice
Seeing it with their own eyes and understanding this difference, the three of them felt incredible and indescribably weird.
Bang Bang Bang!
The applause rang out, and William slowly stood up, looked at Edward with gentle eyes, and said in a thick and powerful voice.
"Welcome, our hero."
"Thank you." The smile on Edward's face remained unchanged, and his eyes swept away, with a hint of shyness in his smile. The shy look not only did not destroy the temperament, but because of this shyness, it became easier to arouse favor.
"Introduce yourself, William Brighton, the chief of this police department. This is Officer George, this is Officer John. William gave a brief introduction.
"Edward Parker." Edward responded.
After a brief introduction between the two sides, William Brighton looked at Edward with a gentle gaze.
And then, like most officials. The chief of the New York Police Department in front of Edward also said a lot of officialdom clichés. This kind of cliché, Edward was completely tired of listening to in his previous life. However, these words came out of Brighton's mouth with an indescribable power, which was very infectious.
The smile on Edward's face remained the same, and his eyes were gentle and shy. It's like a big boy who gets praised. But there was no shock in my heart.
Edward's performance surprised William. The boy in front of him was not ordinary, and he naturally knew that after all, the profound fighting skills and the performance in danger showed the extraordinaryness of the boy in front of him.
However, despite this, in his eyes, Edward was still a child. It's not anything else, it's just that in my heart and mentality, there are some differences from adults. Lack of life experience.
And the boy in front of him doesn't seem to be the same. As for that shyness, for a politician, it is simply full of loopholes.
Thinking in his heart, the expression on his face remained the same. Knowing that his words were useless, he stopped doing useless work. After a slight groan, he continued.
"Edward Parker, for your bravery in the accident, the New York Police have decided to award you the Medal of Valor." William's voice is low, but there is an indescribable magnetism that can easily mobilize people's emotions, which is a contagious charm. You can even hear a sense of being valued.
"Is there a bonus?" The sound was abrupt.
"What?!" William was stunned for a moment, with a stunned look in his eyes, and looked at the boy with a gentle and shy smile on his face.
"I want to ask, is there a bonus? Well, I helped the police arrest four thugs this time, and I don't know if there is a bonus. Edward's smile remained the same, and his tone was calm with a hint of anticipation.
Although the two people behind him did not speak, they could guess from the provocative brows, and the two of them were also stunned in their hearts.
Even though they are Americans, they have never shied away from acquiring money in this country. However, it is not uncommon for them to ask for a prize money as bluntly as Edward, but putting this sentence on the boy in front of them has a sense of confusion.
Brighton swept Edward's clothes without a trace and nodded.
"Yes, the police have a well-established reward system for citizens who assist the police, and you will be paid handsomely in this incident." After Brighton was stunned, he had no other emotions, but explained in detail.
"How much is it?" Edward asked again.
"Hmm......" Brayton groaned slightly, as if he was thinking about how much the reward was.
"Thirty thousand dollars!" At this time, John, who was on the side, said in a deep voice. Looking at Edward, who had a gentle smile on his face, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.
"You can get 30,000 dollars. This is the reward you will receive. ”
Edward nodded, saying no more. The room then fell silent.
Looking at the silent Edward, the shadow in John Hudson's eyes grew thicker.
As a traditional stubborn white man, from a good family background, and with an elite education, he looked down on people in the slums from the bottom of his heart. Even he is not young and has a lot of experience. But this philosophy is becoming more and more ingrained.
In his opinion, the ghetto is a place of sin, a place where villains are.
Robbery, violence, crime, shady, and so on happen all the time, and there is a breeding ground for evil.
As a police officer, he deals with criminals every day, dealing with crimes, and he knows that more than 90 percent of the crimes that occur in the Commonwealth every moment occur in the slums, that evil place.
From the bottom of his heart, he hated there!
Similarly, his first impression of people coming out of the slums is that he doesn't like it.
Greedy, low-quality, uneducated......
Not to mention......
Thinking of what happened today, John Hudson's eyes darkened even more.
"Mr. Edward, don't you have something to say?!" Looking at the gentle smile on Edward's face, John felt a wave of disgust, which in his opinion was a disguise of hypocrisy.
"What?" Edward looked at the sharp-eyed John in front of him suspiciously, not understanding what the other party meant.
"Humph! Shouldn't you just say thank you?! John's disgust was even worse, and he said in a dissatisfied tone. I don't know why, looking at the smile on the face of the boy in front of him, John was very irritable, and he hated the boy in front of him even more. I don't even want to hide it.
"Thank you?" Edward's eyes were surprised, looking at the other party, and the look of doubt in his eyes was even worse.
Looking at John, who couldn't hide the disgust in front of him, although Edward didn't understand where the malice in the other party's heart came from, he could feel the strong malice in the other party.
Edward's heart was indifferent, and he didn't make the slightest wave. The corners of his mouth pulled a hint of mockery.
"Why do you say thank you?"
"I pay the price, I reap the reward, and rightfully so."
John's piercing eyes stare at Edward like a goshawk staring at its prey. This kind of look made Edward feel very uncomfortable.
"This malicious ......" a cold glint in Edward's eyes, though he didn't understand why. But since the other party shows malice towards himself, he is the enemy.
No other reason is needed, that's enough. In his heart, he directly pulled the old man in front of him on the blacklist. Now he is very weak, and any hidden dangers that may arise must be eliminated as soon as possible.
For example, the person in front of you.
"All right, John. Mr. Edward was right, God could not stop paying the price and reaping the reward. ”
William interrupted John with some dissatisfaction, and he knew the prejudice in John's heart. It's a personal opinion, and he doesn't want to care. However, this bias cannot be revealed. John's eyes flickered, and he knew that he was a little out of line, so he shut up and stopped talking.