When my dad said this, his whole temperament seemed to change drastically. He instantly turned from an honest middle-aged man into a vicious murderer. I felt creepy and my hair stood on end. I stared at my dad with such fear that I couldn't speak.
"If he was not sentenced to death, how did he die?"
I seemed to have vaguely guessed something, but I still hoped that my father could tell it himself. I never expected that this father who raised me for so many years actually hid so many unknown secrets.
"This is already very obvious. Do you have to ask it again? It's very simple. Of course I killed him myself."
I couldn't help but gasp and stared at my father in front of me as if I was a stranger. After a long time, my father told me the details of what happened.
As for the son of that man, since my father did not tell me his name, let's call him the second generation rich. This second generation rich relied on his father's power and influence to bully men and women every day in the city at that time. However, due to his father's ability, some people who didn't like him dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak out.
Among these people was my father who was working here at the time. However, my father was not afraid to speak out. During this period, he arrested this rich second generation several times, but he was acquitted every time. Because he offended this rich second generation, he almost lost his life on many occasions. This made my father more and more resentful towards this rich second generation. He had been waiting for an opportunity to completely eradicate this rich second generation.
Soon, this opportunity found my dad, that is, the irrefutable evidence of the rich second generation's murder. Originally, my dad thought that with this irrefutable evidence, he could make the rich second generation receive the punishment he deserved. However, after he talked with his former boss, he deduced a shocking fact from his boss's few words, that is, even if my dad revealed the evidence, the rich second generation would not really be punished.
After experiencing the coercion and inducement of "that person" and a series of evidence collection, my father made a decision, that is, if no one can punish this rich second generation, then let him do it himself!
When my dad submitted evidence of the rich second generation's murder and the serious crime team temporarily detained the rich second generation, my dad secretly designed a small scheme to let the rich second generation die in the detention room, and my dad did it perfectly. On the surface, it looked like the rich second generation just died in an accident. Although many people suspected that my dad was secretly behind the murder, no one could really find evidence of my dad's murder. In the end, the serious crime team had no choice but to announce that the rich second generation had been executed.
"After that, I resigned and took your mother back to Sichuan Province. Because I had some evidence of that person's crimes, even though he had set many traps for me, I discovered and cracked them all in time. That's why we can live a stable life now."
When my father said this, his expression was very calm. It felt like he killed a person just like killing a chicken. He had no guilt at all. I had completely understood what was going on. No wonder 'that person' hated my father so much. It turned out that my father was the real murderer of his son.
But after understanding everything, I didn't quite agree with my dad's actions. After a long silence, I said, "Dad, have you ever thought about the difference between you killing people like this and that rich second generation? Don't you have any sense of guilt at all?"
My dad looked up at me, then suddenly laughed. He said as he laughed, "Guilt? How do you quantify this kind of thing in your heart? If one day you met a heinous person, and watched him commit multiple murders, and often went to middle schools to force junior high school students to have sex with him, and a grandfather in his seventies who was shaking when he walked had his eyes gouged out because he accidentally fell and got his shoes dirty, and there were countless such evil deeds, but no one could punish him, what would you do?"
"Justice is not necessarily something that appears on the surface. Some justice can only be done in secret. If no one can punish that devil, then I will do it. If getting rid of such a person can make the world a better place, then I don't mind taking on such a stigma for doing such a dirty thing!"
When my father said this, his voice was not actually very loud, but to me, every word sounded like a loud bell, exploding fiercely in my mind. I never expected that the truth of what happened back then was actually like this. My always kind father actually committed a crime like murder back then. Even though I knew that what my father did was wrong, I was always holding my breath in my heart. What the rich second generation did had completely touched my bottom line. When I heard that my father planned to kill him, I actually felt inexplicably refreshed. If I encountered this kind of thing at the time, would I have made the same decision as my father
My father and I just stood in the open space in silence, and no one spoke. After learning about what happened to my father, I didn’t know how to face him, and I even had the urge to leave home quickly.
After my dad finished speaking, he looked relieved. Seeing that I hadn't spoken for a long time, he smiled and said, "Now that you know these things, you have to keep them secret for me. Maybe you can't understand my actions now, but when you are more mature and encounter some difficulties and setbacks, you will understand me. In short, let's stop here and neither of us should mention it again. Just pretend that nothing happened."
I nodded. To be honest, I didn't want to think about these questions anymore, so I changed the subject and asked, "What exactly does the list Uncle Bai gave you mean?"
"In fact, I don't know who the people on the list are, but since Bai Qi secretly sent it to me, they must be trustworthy people. He wants me to hand over the evidence of 'that person's' crime to these people, and they will definitely help me."
After my dad said this, I finally understood and immediately said, "Then do as Uncle Bai thinks. After all, you have been suffering for this matter for such a long time."
Unexpectedly, my dad rolled his eyes at me and said, "How can you trust someone so easily? Do you really think that Bai Qi is trustworthy?"
These words completely confused me. I was stunned for a long time before I said, "Didn't you say that just now? Uncle Bai treats you well, why are you doubting him now?"
My dad sighed and said, "Lao Bai is indeed a good person, very warm to others, and at the beginning, he and I had the best relationship. But you have to remember one thing, you must be on guard against others. Often, the people who can really hurt you are the ones you trust the most. Bai Qi urged me to hand over the evidence so much. Is he really doing this for my own good, or does he have other intentions? Before I have figured this out thoroughly, I will not hand over the evidence. Besides, the evidence has been with me for so many years. Who knows what kind of danger we will face if we hand it over?"
I have to admit that my dad always thinks about things more carefully than I do. After hearing what he said, I also felt that handing over the things so quickly was not a wise decision, so I nodded and said, "Then do as you think. It happens that I am also a member of the special case team. I will help you secretly observe Uncle Bai and make sure he has no intentions. Then consider whether to do as he says. But I think based on my understanding of Uncle Bai, he should really want to help you."
Before I finished speaking, my dad suddenly asked, "Did I ever say I agree to your joining the special case team?"
I was stunned and asked, "But I have already joined them?"
"When I was in the serious crime team, I encountered countless dangers. Now that the serious crime team has been upgraded to the special case team, it must be even more dangerous. You are my only son. If something happens to you, how can you let me live?"
I didn't expect my dad to say such a thing. I was about to comfort him, but he stared at me seriously and said, "Although you have grown a lot now, in my opinion, you are still not suitable to join the special case team. So in the next period of time, I will test whether you have the ability to work in the special case team. If I find that you don't have the ability to work in the special case team, then I will go to Bai Qi in person and ask him to return you to me!"
Although I didn't know what had come to my dad's mind to say this, I was very interested in his so-called test, and immediately said confidently, "Okay, no problem! Tell me, what test do you have?"
My dad smiled mysteriously and said, "I'm not sure about this for now, but I seem to have heard rumors of a curse in the village recently. In the next few days, as long as you can completely understand this 'curse' for me, I will promise to let you stay in the special case team!"
After I finished chatting with my dad, it was almost dusk. When we returned to the room, my mom and Lin Yingxue had already prepared a table of food. Although today was not New Year's Eve yet, the food was not much different from that on New Year's Eve.
My mother kept praising Lin Yingxue for her virtuous character, and I also found that some of the dishes on the table were not something my mother could normally cook, and this was probably due to Lin Yingxue's efforts. Lin Yingxue blushed when my mother and father praised her, and she felt as shy as if she were really my daughter-in-law meeting her future father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The sumptuous dinner was quickly finished. My mother and Lin Yingxue cleaned up the dishes, while my father and I continued chatting. At about nine o'clock in the evening, my father said, "Okay, you two have been traveling for two days, so you should rest early. I'll ask your mother to clean up your old room, and you two can rest in that room tonight."