Lao Jiang lives in a dilapidated community. The outer skin of the houses here has almost fallen off. Old Liu and the others arrived at the downstairs of the community. Liu Tou is very familiar with this place because he comes here to have a meal from time to time. Their arrival Like the "sinner" who broke the silence.
Lao Jiang, who was standing downstairs at his house, would never have thought that one day he would come downstairs to handle a case.
Liu Tou said that it was just the beginning of autumn, and the leaves on the trees had turned yellow. With the wind, the falling leaves added a lot of desolation to the time.
He and Lao Jiang have handled quite a few cases, but this is the first time they have received a call from his family, so neither he nor Lao Jiang knows how to face it, so neither of them has any preparation. They stood downstairs not knowing what to do.
They were afraid that they would rush upstairs and see scenes they didn't want to see, but they had no choice. As a police officer, these were what they had to face.
"Lao Jiang, no matter what you face later, you have to stay calm."
Lao Jiang didn't speak but nodded. He looked heavy as if he was being pressed down by a huge mountain. Liu Tou had never seen Lao Jiang like this before, because in his eyes, Lao Jiang always looked like a "careless person", but now Lao Jiang seemed to be a different person.
After saying these words to Lao Jiang, they walked upstairs. As for what kind of scene they would face in the end, no one knew.
The steps going upstairs felt a lot heavier at this moment.
Liu Tou and other people from the police station arrived at the address provided by the reporter. The door of the house was wide open, and they could clearly see a pool of blood coming out of nowhere.
At this moment, Lao Jiang was stunned on the spot, and he also realized the seriousness of the matter.
Before Liu Tou could react, Lao Jiang had already rushed in.
The scene inside was actually something Lao Jiang and the others had thought about countless times before they came here, and it was something they didn't want to see. Although they were mentally prepared, they still couldn't accept it.
The blood that was seen from the door was overflowing from the bathroom bathtub, and the person lying in it without breathing was Lao Jiang's daughter, Jiang Yao.
Lao Jiang's wife had passed out beside the bathtub.
Perhaps hearing our voices, she opened her eyes. When she saw this scene again, she was not crying, but just hugged Lao Jiang who was standing in front of him.
"Old Liu, this is what I found in the bedroom."
A complete letter was handed over from a colleague, with two words prominently placed in front of him: "Suicide Note"
The letter reads:
Dear Mom and Dad, I don’t know how to tell you about me~~~. I haven’t recovered for such a long time. The feeling of helplessness has been filling my heart. I once thought I could recover. It wasn't until today that I realized that I couldn't get out. I thought about telling my father and my mother how sad I was during this period of time, but I was afraid that you would worry, so I chose to hide it. My death has nothing to do with anyone else. Dad, you have to Take good care of your mother, spend more time with her and work less overtime.
Love you baby Jiang Yao
There is one place in this letter that seems to have been written and then erased.
Lao Jiang was particularly calm after seeing this letter, calmer than usual when dealing with other cases. Jiang Yao's mother didn't say anything after reading the letter, she just turned around and walked towards the kitchen. Before anyone could react, At that time Jiang's mother jumped out from the open window of the kitchen.
Accompanied by a loud bang.
Maybe everyone will ask why so many police officers did not stop her, because she jumped from the window in an instant, and her colleagues standing in the kitchen did not react.
In this way, Lao Jiang's daughter and wife both died on the same day.
Later, because of his family members, Lao Jiang did not participate in the investigation of this case, and Liu Tou took over.
After everything was taken care of and returned to the police station, Jiang Yao's body was first examined and the initial judgment was that it was indeed suicide.
But in the letter left by Jiang Yao, it was found that the word rape was written in the place that was erased.
Under Liu Tou's investigation, the reason for Jiang Yao's suicide was found.
On a rainy night, Jiang Yao and her friends went out for dinner and met a pervert on their way home. She was dragged into an abandoned warehouse and committed a crime. The murderer did not kill Jiang Yao but let her go home and threatened her if she If he says it, he will kill Jiang Yao's whole family, including Lao Jiang.
Afterwards, Jiang Yao lived in darkness every day, and Lao Jiang was not aware of Jiang Yao's emotions because he spent a large part of his time at the police station and rarely went home. Jiang Yao's mother was also busy with work every day, so she was not interested in Jiang Yao's emotions. Jiang Yao couldn't take care of him either.
After the murderer was arrested, he was only sentenced for rape.
Lao Jiang could not accept this result, but there was nothing he could do before the law.
Having lost his beloved daughter and his lover all at once, Lao Jiang was in such a bad state that he could no longer continue working. The bureau gave him a month's leave, and after the leave, Lao Jiang submitted his resignation.
Lao Jiang said that as a police officer, he couldn't even protect his own family, so his job was meaningless.
Another month later, Lao Jiang spent all his savings over the years, bought this shop near the police station, and opened a bun shop. Lao Jiang said that Jiang Yao liked to eat the buns he made the most.
Not long after, Liu Tou also applied for transfer to the police station next to Lao Jiang's bun shop.
Like Lao Jiang, he could not accept the outcome of the court's trial, but the law is the law, and it is not the murderer who directly kills people, and the law has no way to make a "life for a life" verdict.
That's the end of it.
The two of them also changed to ordinary lives.
After saying this, Old Man Liu sighed deeply and said: "This kind of life is quite good now. I used to always think about how great a policeman I wanted to be and how much I could do for the people. Now This kind of daily adjustment of trivial things can make me live a more peaceful life. I couldn't save those who died in the past. Even if I can find out the case and get the truth back to the deceased, the deceased is dead, and the remaining pain is left to those around me. For human beings, they will live with guilt for the rest of their lives, and this kind of harm will never be repaid for the rest of their lives."
At this moment, I suddenly understood why Fang Yin's case was over, but I couldn't completely break away from it.
"So, do you still want to be a criminal policeman?" Liu Tou asked me.
"Think!" I still insisted on the idea I had had since I was in college.
"Why?" Liu Tou asked me.
"I don't know. I only know that as a police officer, all I can do is find the truth for the family of the deceased. Only by finding the truth for them can they live a good life even if they live with guilt. As long as they can live, they will always be happy." One day they can find that light in the darkness and cheer them up.”
After Liu Tou listened to what I said, he took out a document from the folder. It was a document from the police station on dispatching outstanding police officers from various grassroots levels.
Only then did I realize why Lao Liu suddenly said so much to me today.
"Here is this document for you. Take a good look at it and give me all the information you need after you finish it."
I took this document from Lao Liu's hand. This document was particularly heavy the moment I received it. Isn't this where I have always wanted to go for so many years.
It seemed like I was about to have a new life.
