Chapter Twenty-Three: I'm Shawshank's Public Enemy!
"Didn't you always think that jailbreaking was impossible?" Wu Xingzhi was a little surprised.
"Indeed." The expression on Red's face was complicated: "Remember what you told me before?" If you want to die, you'd rather die on the way to freedom. β
Andy ...... I don't think he's in the right place. β
"Oh?" Wu Xingzhi asked, "Judging from your previous description, Mr. Du Fulan seems to be a very strong and willing person to resist. β
"Indeed, indeed." Red nodded, pondered, and said, "But this time is different. β
"I had a conversation with him just now, and I think...... I think he might want to take his own life. β
"Suicide?" Wu Xingzhi frowned, "Tell me in detail." β
So Red told the truth about Andy's wrongdoing, what the warden had done, and what he had done with Andy.
"Are you either busy living or you are busy dying?"
"I'm starting to get a little interested in him." Wu Xingzhi smiled: "Take me to meet him." β
There was a sentence that Wu Xingzhi did not say.
Andy Duforan, maybe not trying to die, but trying to escape from prison.
Although Red and Andy have been friends for nearly twenty years and know Andy much more deeply than Wu Xingzhi, in Red's heart, prison escape is never a one's choice.
But Wu Xingzhi is different, although he has only heard of Andy, but judging from Rhett's words, the other party is probably not such a person who is easy to commit suicide, if it is really as Rhett said, the other party has made up his mind.
Wu Xingzhi felt that that determination might not be death.
Rather, to live towards death.
Andy's job is not in the factory, but in the library.
The library was initially managed by their old friend Brooks, but after Brooks' suicide, Andy took over the library and made it more and more comprehensive.
When the two found Andy, he was on his desk, looking at a book.
At this time, he didn't look like a person who wanted to die at all, he was full of bookish air and had a peaceful temperament.
"Andy!" Red greeted first, "I'll introduce you to someone." β
Andy raised his head, closed the book in his hand, showed a smile, and nodded at Wu Xingzhi: "Hello, I'm Andy, Andy Duflan." β
Wu Xingzhi noticed the book in his hand, the Count of Monte Cristo.
"Wu Xingzhi, you can call me Wu."
Andy nodded, then looked at Red with confusion in his eyes.
When Wu Xingzhi entered Shawshank Prison, Andy was already locked in a confinement room and was not released until today, so he hadn't heard of Wu Xingzhi.
"Let me introduce to you, Wu is a newcomer who entered Shawshank half a month ago, and he is a ...... Well......" Rhett is a little short of words, and suddenly he doesn't know how to describe Wu Xingzhi, everyone doesn't call him a good word, and obviously it can't be used in the introduction between friends.
Wu Xingzhi patted Rhett's shoulder, interrupted his words, looked at Andy, and said with a smile: "It's better for me to introduce myself." β
"The Shawshank inmates and guards thought I was crazy, but I felt like I was just different."
"Coincidentally, if you still remember, we were neighbors, and I lived next to you when we were in the confinement room."
Andy suddenly said: "It turned out to be you, I'm sorry, I have been in a daze during that time, although I know that there are people next to me, but I am not in the mood to talk." β
"Understandable." Wu Xingzhi nodded: "Then, let's get down to business." β
"Rhett came to me, hoping I could help you."
Andy was stunned for a moment, glanced at Red, and then said with a humble apology, "I'm sorry, I don't need help." β
Wu Xingzhi looked at her directly, and then nodded as if in agreement: "I think so too." β
"Oh?" Red and Andy looked at him strangely.
Wu Xingzhi smiled and said to Red first: "I wasn't sure before, but now that I see him, I can be sure that Mr. Dufran is not a person who will seek death." β
Andy suddenly looked at Red with a look of surprise, when did he say that he was going to die?
Red smiled bitterly, "Andy, you know, the previous conversationβ"
"Let me finish." Wu Xingzhi interrupted Red, looked directly at Andy, and said, "If I'm not mistakenβ"
"You want to break from prison, right?"
This time Andy was really shocked, he looked at Wu Xingzhi like a ghost, and then looked at Red a little helplessly.
"How is that possible! I know Andy! Rhett retorted in a voice.
"Sorry, it doesn't seem like you know enough right now." Wu Xingzhi shook his head slightly, and said the sentence: "Some birds are destined not to be locked in cages, because each of their feathers shines with the brilliance of freedom. β
"Although it was only the first time we met, I did not think that Monsieur du Flan was a man who would accept his fate."
"Being unjustly imprisoned in Shawshank for twenty years, if Mr. Duforan had nothing to support him to persevere, then he would have collapsed, and now he can still sit here normally, which shows that there is still hope in his heart, and he has been working hard for it."
"Am I right? Mr. Duflan? β
Andy's fingers rubbed against the spine of the Count of Monte Cristo, lowered his head slightly, and laughed: "Wu, I have to say that your imagination is very rich. β
"It's a pity that I'm not as strong as you say, and indeed, the fact that I was wrongfully imprisoned and can't change it makes me extremely painful, and I have thought about escaping from prison and even dying."
"But, as we all know, escaping from Shawshank Prison is an impossible thing to do, let alone a thin person like me."
"I don't want to die, I can't escape from prison, I can only try to live my current self as best I can."
Red froze.
No, no, it's not like Andy would say it.
Andy was always obsessed with the hope in his heart, and even after all these years, he would never say such a depressing word.
Red looked at Wu Xingzhi and his heart moved.
"He won't really be right, Andy...... Andy is really ready to break from prison, so he wants to hide it in front of him. β
"But how is that possible?"
Red was puzzled, but Wu Xingzhi didn't pay attention to what Red thought, he just continued to look at Andy.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Duflan, but I was abrupt."
He pointed to himself and said, "It's normal that I didn't let you know me well, causing you to be not honest enough. β
"Let me tell you this, if there is one person in the prison who will never leak your secrets, then this person must be me." Wu Xingzhi said categorically: "After all-"
"I'm the public enemy of Shawshank Prison!"