"Officer Si Lei?"
"……Um."
"After something happened, did you find a lot of time points that could prevent it from happening? Even if you fully understand in your heart, even if you go back to those moments and rewrite history, you may not always be able to guarantee the future. In life, the same thing will never happen again."
Si Lei was silent for a moment, "...Yes."
"The truth." Qianye opened the newspaper again, not paying attention to the changes on Si Lei's side. "Today, which children were born in the wilderness, which children were born in livable places, and which children went out shopping. Who was accidentally hit on the head by a flower pot falling from the sky? Who would be caught in a car accident, landslide, flood, fire, who would suddenly suffer from an incurable disease, who would be robbed or killed in broad daylight... They didn't know anything about it until it happened.
“Everyone’s life is full of unpredictable unknowns, because all misfortunes may suddenly come to him at a moment when he is unprepared, but no one wants to be the one who bears the misfortune... So what should we do? "
"It's just a matter of being more careful." Si Lei whispered, "If it has already happened, then don't think too much about it and just spend your energy on finding a solution."
Chiba smiled and said, "Your answer is quite good, but it will increase the cost of living a lot. Besides, many disasters are indeed small-probability events."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Si Lei asked sideways.
"Just fabricate some cause and effect." Qianye said softly, "If the victim really did nothing wrong, and these misfortunes still came to his door, it means that similar bad luck is also possible one day. , happens to 'me' and the people around 'me' without warning - this is the most painful and powerless situation.
"But what if the victim did something wrong? Then the pain can be relieved a lot. Because it is no longer an accident that 'I' can't control, because as long as 'I' and the people around me don't make the victim commit the crime If I make a 'mistake', the disaster will never happen to 'me'.
"Thus, people have a universal method to resist all misfortunes: 'I' don't have to have any sympathy for others, nor do I need to expect any changes in the world. On the contrary, I only need to scold those who make mistakes. Or find a scapegoat to take responsibility for all this, then when 'justice' is served, I will become safe again——"
Before he could finish the word "quan", Si Lei suddenly hit the brakes: two teenagers holding newspapers ran from the corner onto the road without warning. They obviously did not expect that a car would suddenly rush from the corner. come out.
After the car stopped, Si Lei looked ahead with uncertainty.
Due to the timely braking, the two children were not injured, but the smaller one was still frightened by the sudden change and fell to the ground. The children on the side quickly helped him up.
"Look," Qianye laughed, "you were driving your car normally, and suddenly two people rushed onto the road, almost causing you to get into a car accident - could you have thought of such a thing before going out today?"
Si Lei glared at Qianye.
She parked the car steadily on the side of the road, then unbuckled her seat belt, opened the door and got out. Two minutes later, Qianye saw Si Lei handcuffing the two children to the iron fence on the roadside. She scolded them with a serious expression. The two children lowered their heads and said nothing.
After a while, Chiba also got out of the car and watched the excitement. The two children kept begging for mercy and called "Auntie, Auntie" to Si Lei. Si Lei was as cold as a wolf grandma and scolded: "Let me ask you one last time, what are your parents' names and where do they live?"
The two children looked at each other and said nothing.
"Don't tell me? If you don't tell me, I will arrest you all right now and take you to the prison cell!"
The two children looked up in horror and turned their eyes to Chiba in unison.
"I testify," Chiba raised his hands above his head in a gesture of surrender, "she is really a police officer."
The two children went from pleading to giving up the struggle, and finally gave out their parents' names and contact information. Si Lei first called the children's parents, then drove them to a nearby security point. After handing the children and their parents' contact information to the police officers on duty, the two returned together. On the right path.
"Look," Si Lei said coldly, "at least they have learned a lesson now."
"What's the use of teaching them a lesson? Today you sent them home, but tomorrow -"
"Qianye." Si Lei interrupted her.
"Um?"
"Has anyone ever told you that you are particularly verbose?"
"No." Qianye unfolded the newspaper in her hand again, with a smile in her eyes, "I talk less and generally don't take the initiative to talk to others."
A brief silence finally returned to the car.
When the car drove near Viscount Rich's mansion, Si Lei parked the car on the side of the road, but after taking out the key, she still sat in the driver's seat and looked ahead without saying a word.
Chiba was still reading the newspaper and did not get out of the car.
"Maybe you are right to a certain extent." Si Lei said suddenly.
"Um?"
"Some misfortunes are indeed unpredictable," Si Lei whispered, "But even so, people will still take the initiative to find ways to avoid disasters that do not exist, not to mention fabricating some cause-and-effect relationships... On a larger scale, all religions Isn’t that the same thing?”
"Let me make it clear," Chiba's eyes were still wandering in the detailed words, "I have not expressed any opinions of my own so far. I am just bored on the journey and I am simply arguing with you."
Si Lei choked in his chest - the avoidance in this person's words was in sharp contrast to her arrogant attitude of not caring about everything.
"Okay, okay," Si Lei sneered, "You don't have to be too clean. Who doesn't live with a little illusion...haven't you ever fabricated any 'illusions' for yourself?"
"Yes," Qianye said with a slight smile. She rolled the newspaper into a scroll, "but my hallucinations are always more realistic."
Si Lei said solemnly: "Let's get back to this case. No matter in the past or present, I don't care at all how many bitter memories there are behind those murderers. I don't care what other people say. No criminal should escape the punishment of the law. Since he killed I have to catch him, if he escapes, it is my dereliction of duty!"
Qianye was silent for a moment, his original joking expression dissipated a bit, and for a moment, his expression turned serious when he looked at Si Lei.
"It's good to have someone like you as a police officer...but it seems you should be a judge."
"Come on, spare me," Si Lei unbuckled his seat belt and opened the car door, "I don't want to spend a lot of time sitting in front of the table and chewing on those big books of laws - let's go, we are here."
