The next day I sent Kang Zixian to the plane, thinking of his past flower-picking deeds, I felt quite uncomfortable, so I couldn't help pinching his chin and warning fiercely: "Say, do you pick the foreign flowers outside?"
He smiled softly at me, lowered his head and whispered something in his ear, which made me blush again and my heart beat for a long time.
"You are the only flower in my world."
The next afternoon after sending Kang Zixian to the plane, Brother Fei called and said that she was already at the train station, and I drove to pick her up.
When I met Brother Fei, Brother Fei was usually lively and energetic, but this time when he saw her back, he looked haggard, probably because Fang Yiheng, a nerd, didn't sleep well.
We made a simple calculation in the car, and decided to go to the school immediately to see where the old principal lived. We didn't know where he lived, so we went to the school to try our luck first. Anyway, I am a policeman, so I should be able to help the principal a little.
On the way to drive, I thought about it and decided to confess to Brother Fei about Kang Zixian and me. "Phoebe."
"Um?"
"He confessed his love to me under the Ferris wheel last night, saying it was up to me."
Brother Fei was silent for a while, and then sighed: "Liangliang, have you spotted this person?"
I pondered for a while, then nodded firmly: "Yes, I'm sure he likes me, and I like him too."
"Well, if you like him and he likes you, it's God's matchmaking. If you like him and he doesn't like you, it's a joke, Liangliang, I won't stop you, I just ask you to open your eyes , A good man has to be watched carefully, don't be like me, being tossed to the point of collapse by a man."
I nodded solemnly: "Okay, Brother Fei, I promise you, I will watch with my heart."
Feige closed his eyes wearily.
When we arrived at the gate of the long-lost high school, the absurd but interesting memories of our youth poured in like a tide. Brother Fei and I looked at each other and smiled, and we both saw our childlike self in the eyes of the other party, and we couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
I asked the uncle in the reception room. The thin old uncle Gu was no longer there. He was replaced by a short, fat uncle who briefly introduced his identity. I tentatively asked if the principal was at school today. The uncle nodded and pointed to the laboratory building. The direction: "I saw Principal Yang came out to buy breakfast in the morning, and probably didn't go back last night. Sigh."
Brother Fei and I naturally didn't miss this vague sigh, and felt inexplicably heavy, so we stopped talking in a tacit understanding, and the two walked quietly to the laboratory building side by side.
The campus on weekends was exceptionally quiet. I didn’t see any students along the way. The laboratory building located in the most remote part of the school was even more silent. It was so quiet that it was so gray and white many years ago. It may be due to my state of mind when I saw it again after many years. Unknowingly added a trace of depression.
Seeing the old headmaster who was in a mess soon, the old man was respected all his life, but he had to accept the sympathetic and regretful eyes of others in his later years. For an old man, it was too cruel.
Brother Fei and I had a good understanding sometimes, walked into the laboratory building silently with heavy conflicts, turned left, and walked silently to the small room at the far end of the dark corridor.
As he got closer and closer, when he reached the door, the door of the small room was probably half open, and the old man's familiar but excited voice came from inside. Principal Yang seemed to be on the phone with someone, and he was still speaking in Thai, and he couldn't understand the babble. He was emotional, and he was probably arguing with the other party. He was crying while talking loudly, which sounded hysterical.
Standing at the door opening and closing, Brother Fei and I were stunned for a moment. The situation is really sudden now. When people are extremely vulnerable, they naturally don’t want to be bumped into by others, especially if they are seen by juniors. Brother Fei waved at me and made a gesture, meaning Let's go back, today is not the time, I will nod knowingly.
Just as I was about to move back and walk back, the principal behind the door suddenly changed Thai to Chinese. When I heard the sentence he said, the soles of my feet seemed to be filled with lead, and I couldn't move.
"Boss Chu, I... Let me ask you, why did Pumit say that the police have noticed me? Why? You promised me that no one would know... There is a traitor?... What do you kill him for?" Use?... It's too late, it's too late."
"You ruined me, ruined me."
The hoarse roar of the old man inside the door was close to the verge of collapse. Accompanied by the cry of despair, I was in a daze outside the door like a thunderclap. I only felt that the cruel facts were like a bloody mouth. Leaning against the wall, in a daze, it was difficult to accept such a terrifying truth for a while.
Brother Fei also heard that something was wrong, his face was very solemn, but he couldn't figure it out, just subconsciously wanted to open his mouth, I came back to my senses and raised my index finger at her to "shh", then turned my head to listen to the old man inside the door who was still talking on the phone The people inside roared furiously, pulling Feige back silently.
The old man's slightly suppressed crying gradually faded away, and his earnest teachings from many years ago still echoed in his ears: Liangliang, you can't sit in the back of the police car all your life, you have to sit in the front, you can do it. The stubborn stone blinds everyone's eyes, shine brightly, brush off the dust on your body, and prove to everyone that you are a piece of gold...
My heart is desolate.
Many years later, I have become gold, but you, blinded by sand and dust, have fallen into the turbid current of the world.
Why don't you teach me to sigh
The moment I walked out of the laboratory building and stood under the sun, my whole body was icy cold, and the cold air seeping from the soles of my feet permeated my whole body. The bone-chilling cold engulfed me mercilessly. I gasped heavily, and my lips trembled slightly.
Seeing my weirdness, Brother Fei rushed to catch up with me and asked, "Liangliang, what's the matter? What the hell happened? What did the principal do to get the police watching? Why am I so panicked when I hear it?"
My heart is completely confused. I can't decide whether to tell Brother Fei. The principal's benevolent image has collapsed in my heart. The feeling of being defeated by an idol is too hurtful. I can't bear Brother Fei to have such an experience. He just pursed his lips, and rushed forward like a headless chicken: "Don't ask, let's go quickly."
"Liangliang, you're fucking trying to suffocate me. What's the matter? Why are you so pale? Did our old principal commit a crime?"
"Don't show me the fucking face, can you just say a word? I'm so anxious."
Brother Fei has been relentlessly asking all kinds of questions. I sat in the car, leaning on the steering wheel with my head in my hands, trying to calm down my chaotic brain. Brother Fei sat next to me and stared at me with anxious eyes, so keep silent After a long while, I raised my head and stared at the front with distracted eyes, and said quietly, "Brother Fei, I can't say a word now, I just want to tell you, the principal...is in trouble."
Hearing me say these words in such a serious tone, Fei Ge, who is usually smiling, remained silent. We had no words all the way, and each was immersed in endless spiritual torture.
But when I learned the truth, it was obviously more painful.
I thought, maybe I am the only policeman in this city who knows that "Brother Long" is Principal Yang. Came out to support me unconditionally as a police officer, and after many years, he became my suspect and I had to put heavy handcuffs on him.
Was he released out of kindness, or was he arrested out of morality
If I let him go, I will feel uneasy, but if I arrest him, I will still have uneasy conscience.
Maybe God is punishing me. It almost ruthlessly watched me suffer from morality and kindness, and asked me to make a choice, but no matter which one I choose, I will be condemned by my conscience for the rest of my life. Loyalty and filial piety cannot be both.
No matter how I struggle, it's all wrong.
I sent Brother Fei home, and when Brother Fei stepped out the door, I called him: "Brother Fei."
Brother Fei turned to look at me with sad eyes.
I held the steering wheel and asked her, "If someone asked you to choose between morality and kindness, which would you choose?"
Brother Fei gave me a deep look: "Can I not choose?"
I shook my head and smiled wryly.
Returning home with a dejected look, I sat there for a while, then I called Li Fang and asked him if the Sea God Society’s stronghold was in Thailand, and if there was anyone named Chu in that gang.
Li Fang was not surprised on the phone: "Yes, their gang headquarters is in Thailand. In the past two years, they have tried everything possible to infiltrate the country. This is mainly because there is a very popular Chinese boss in the gang. Yes, just His surname is Chu, he is vicious, and he is said to be a smiling tiger."
"What happened to the undercover agent sent in by Interpol?"
"Ah? That's not clear. It's been a long time since there's been any news. Anyway, the case is pending. It's likely that our Bureau Tan will be ruined by this case."
The dusk exaggerated the sadness in my heart, and the distant sunset glowed with a rich color of blood. I was in the twilight for more than an hour, and the evening breeze was blowing. Principal Yang's cry was still echoing in my ears, and my mind gradually cleared up.
Back then he persuaded me to turn back when I lost my way, but now that the roles are changing, I should also stand up and tell him that it is still too late to stop now, and he can redeem himself before causing irreparable sins.
Once I figured it out, I rushed out the door, jumped into the car, and drove to my alma mater.
I couldn't wait to fly to the gate of my alma mater. The uncle at the gate poked his head out, saw me, waved to let me go, parked the car, and sat quietly in the car for a while, holding the steering wheel tightly, with anxiety, panic and guilt intertwined in my heart, and wanted to persuade the principal to surrender. Turned himself in, but he had the illusion of committing a crime, and he was as anxious as going to the execution ground.
Walking in the dark corridor, only a dim light leaked from the room at the end of the corridor, I walked forward slowly, with heavy steps, accompanied by deep suffering, the short walk has never been so long.
Before reaching the door, an old voice sounded from inside the door, accompanied by a slight cough.
"Is it Liangliang? Come in."
I came out from the darkness, and the skinny old man in the shabby room was sitting at the table, with silver hair, sallow complexion, and swollen eye bags under his eyes revealing deep fatigue, as if he was so haggard that he would fall down in a second.
He smiled at me gently and calmly, but his whole body seemed to be shrouded in a wave of sadness, which made the onlookers feel sad.
I called out bitterly, "Principal."
He yelled these two words, but suddenly realized that he didn't even have the strength to squeeze a smile, and just looked at the principal sadly.
The headmaster nodded and smiled wryly under the lamp, but his eyes were filled with relief: "Liangliang, I'm waiting for you, I knew you would come."
"I heard from my uncle that you and Ge Fei came here this afternoon, but I didn't see you, so I counted them."
I nodded bitterly: "Probably the number of days, I just happened to be investigating this case."
"It turned out to be God's will." Pursing his lips and nodding awkwardly, the slim headmaster staggered to his feet, his back was slightly hunched, and he paced to the window.
I said behind his back, "Principal, I don't understand."
"Liangliang, even the headmaster himself doesn't understand how he got to this point." The headmaster no longer had the excitement in the afternoon, and his tone was unusually calm and peaceful at the moment.
"The first half of the principal's life was a bumpy life. When I was in Thailand, the Chinese were excluded and life was hard. In order to support my wife and children, I did everything. With two points of intelligence, I can do everything decently. So... that's why those people still miss me now."
"The first half of my life was wandering, and the second half of my life was settled in the campus. I thought that this life could pass like this, but I didn't expect... Now that I think about it, karma reciprocates, and the evil debts of the first half of my life will be repaid by myself in the second half of my life. I can't escape. After all, I will escape." Do not take off."
"Principal..." My tears could no longer be stopped, and the teardrops slid down my cheeks, just for the miserable old man talking in front of me.
"Liangliang, I am no longer qualified to call you the principal. I have been teaching and educating people for the rest of my life. In fact, I am most ashamed of the teachings of Confucius. Others say that I am full of peaches and plums, but my own son has not taught well. Years have passed, and I only realized it now, I am not worthy."
The old man was extremely sad, and I lowered my head and wiped my tears: "Don't say that, in my eyes, you are still you, without you, there would be no Fang Liangliang today, and... and there is still room for saving things, as long as you and us With cooperation, I will definitely be able to help you rescue your son..."
Waiting for the principal's reaction with bated breath, he was as quiet as a statue with his back to me, and then sighed deeply.
"Liangliang, it's late, the headmaster has been too tired these past few months and can't hold on anymore."
"Alone, it's too hard."
"It's a done deal, the child should be able to survive, and I should also rest."
My heart was suffocated, and I heard something was wrong in this calm and desperate tone, I shook my head and shouted: "No, it's not too late, it's really not too late."
Impatiently, I ran to him quickly, trying to persuade the old man, but I just ran to him, looked down, and saw a knife in his trouser pocket, half of the handle was exposed, and my heart sank up.
"What do you want to do?" I exclaimed loudly, going up to grab the knife: "Don't be overthinking!"
Seeing me reaching for the knife, the principal took a step back and pulled out the knife in his pocket: "Leave me alone, let me die!"
A few strands of white hair drooped on his forehead, showing a trace of frustration, his emotions were out of control, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was waving a knife: "Don't come here!"
I raised my hand and was about to wipe it off my neck. Seeing that the blade was about to touch the soft skin, I rushed up without hesitation, grabbed his hand, and pulled it out with all my strength: "No, principal, take the knife away!" Give me, give me the knife!"
"Do not!"
The old man who is determined to die is extremely powerful. Once he is determined to die, he will lose his mind completely. The cold and desperate look makes my heart jump. A short distance away, the sharp blade under the lamp is glowing with the cold light of death. Seeing a fresh life I was about to seek relief from death, and my life had never been so dangerous.
I have no chance of winning in such a disparity in strength. Although the principal is old, he is a man after all. He tried his best to point the knife at his heart. Trembling, the whole person pressed over, the next second, I felt that the sky was dark, and there was a strange feeling in my chest, the pain from the foreign body piercing was accompanied by great fear, overwhelming, I looked down stupidly, and my chest was bubbling bright red The blood stained the white T-shirt red, dazzling red, so red that my vision was blurred.
My footsteps softened, and I clutched my bleeding chest, leaning against the wall and gasping for breath.
The headmaster who was madly begging to die just now finally came to his senses, stared at me dumbfounded, his terrified eyes reflected me who was about to wither, tearing up, and muttering: "God, what have I done, what have I done..."
"You didn't do anything... You have to live well and wait for the child to come back."
My hands were covered with blood, and the dark red liquid was desperately flowing out of my body. Before the breath of death completely swept me, I tried my best to say such a sentence, and then there was a frightening darkness in front of me, and the coldness of death flowed through my body. I really wanted to open my eyes, but I was too sleepy. I tried to open my eyelids, but I was still powerless.
Before the last ray of light was expelled by the overwhelming darkness, the smiling faces of many people flashed in front of my eyes, my mother, my father, Feige, Shitou, Dongzi... Finally, it was the man standing on the fairy-tale Ferris wheel with a lingering smile Next, say to me carefully: Promise me, in the days when I am not around, take good care of yourself.
Sorry, I didn't keep my promise after all.
I don’t know if people will be like me when they die. The body is heavy and oppressive, and the soul floats in the air, rising and falling. They are very familiar, are they my relatives and friends in the world, calling me back from the other side, please don't leave, don't leave us alone to go to heaven.
No, I don't want to leave, I want to respond to them loudly, but I can't make any sound, so I struggled desperately, shook my head desperately, to overcome the shackles of the broken body, just to take a last look at them and let them know that I am also nostalgic .
Trying to get my soul back to the body, trying to open my eyes, but why the eyelids are so heavy, open my eyes, I want to open my eyes to see the world, failed, so I tried harder, harder...
"Oh my god, wake up, wake up, wake up brightly, Fu Chen, come quickly, Fu Chen..."
I opened my eyelids a little, and the white light made me close my eyes again. My mother’s loud and noisy voice came from my ears, followed by the crowds of people around me. Calling "god bless", Brother Fei is yelling "Wake up, wake up, Fu Chen, Fu Chen..."
Then I heard Dongzi shouting anxiously: "Brother Kang, Senior Sister is awake! Senior Sister is awake!"
In the dream, I breathed a sigh of relief, and I was finally sure that I was not dead.
The sound of chaotic footsteps rushing towards me shocked me with a splitting headache, and the irresistible drowsiness hit me again fiercely. I closed my eyes, but a deep, resonant voice sounded in my ears, encouraging me over and over again: " Liangliang, don't sleep, don't sleep, wake up, you can do it."
Yes, Kang Zixian, I can do it, I want to wake up and fulfill my promise to you again, you have to believe me, Fang Liangliang is a person who keeps his word.
Just the small movement of opening my eyes seems to have trekked through thousands of mountains and rivers, and the hardships are probably only experienced by myself. After the initial discomfort caused by the eyes being exposed to light, I was delighted to see every familiar face. Look to the left, my mother is wiping tears, Brother Fei's eyes are moist, Shi Shi is ecstatic, Fu Chen is wearing a white coat, leaning over to check my eyelids with a serious face.
Feeling that his right hand was wrapped warmly by the big hand, he seemed to sense something, so he slowly moved his stiff neck to look to the right, and met his deep black eyes like the sea, his eyes were full of me, his beard was unshaven, his hair was messy, There was a dark shadow under his eyes, a sloppy look I had never seen before, seeing me looking at him, he pursed his thin lips without saying a word, and held my hand tightly, for fear that I would run away.
I smiled weakly at him, and felt his hands turn and intertwine with mine.
Looking at the earnest eyes of the crowd gathered on me, all showing anxiety and uncertainty, a warm current flowed slowly in my heart, and the suspended soul finally returned to its place, perhaps infected by God's sense of humor, I raised the corners of my mouth to greet everyone. Laugh, imitating the tone of the protagonist of the movie.
"Hi, I'm back!"