There are seven days left before the college entrance examination.
In physical education class, no one is reviewing in the classroom, and everyone goes to the playground to exercise and relax. The head teacher told everyone not to play volleyball and basketball, so as not to hurt your hands, just skip the rope and run.
Zeng Hao pulled Li Xiangxia and Chen Nian to play badminton.
Chen Nian was tired after playing for a while, walked around the playground, and unknowingly walked to the corner where the boy had climbed over the wall under the shade of the tree.
Before she got close, she saw the corner of her white clothes outside the railing. Chen Nian was surprised and surprised, and ran over to grab the railing: "Why are you here?"
Kitano stretched out his index finger, slashed a line on the back of her finger, and said, "I know you are in gym class."
"There are still 7 days." Chen Nian said.
"I know."
"With the exam, two days, tenth day, we are together every day."
"We are also together every day now," Kitano said.
"… oh." She nodded.
The shadows of the trees were mottled, his gentle eyes moved away from her face, fell behind her, became calm, and whispered, "Someone is looking for you."
Before he finished speaking, the man disappeared behind the wall.
Chen Nian looked back, Zheng Yi came from a distance. When I came to her at this time, there must be something more serious than the last reminder, Chen Nian knew very well.
She clapped the ash on her hands and walked towards him.
There were sports and fitness equipment on the playground. Chen Nian walked to the spacewalker, held the bar, and swayed on the pedals with his feet apart.
Zheng Yi sat on the sit-up chair beside him, watched her play in silence for a while, and asked, "Chen Nian?"
"Huh?" She looked unconcerned.
"Do you remember that I told you that if you encounter any trouble, you will come to me as soon as possible?"
"I remember." She nodded, dangling from the pedal like a pendulum back and forth.
"But you never look for me." He smiled wryly.
"I..." Chen Nian shook his head, "No difficulty...difficult."
"No? Wei Lai and the others bullied you, why didn't you tell me?" He understood.
The body paused for a moment, and then continued to swing back and forth on the top.
"Tell you... so what?" she said.
"I can..." Zheng Yi did not continue. It was because she had told him the truth that she was furiously revenge.
Then for various reasons, he could not guard her.
At this moment, he misses the days when he took her to and from school. The expectation and gratitude in her eyes when she ran towards him from the alley, the trust and reliance she had when she walked into the campus with her schoolbag on her back, are all gone now.
The sun was strong, and Zheng Yi was sweating on his forehead.
"What did they do to you?"
"Scolded me, hit me, slapped me."
"anything else?"
"there is none left."
"No more?" Zheng Yi stared at her.
The swaying pendulum slowly stopped, Chen Nian looked at him, and asked softly, "Otherwise, what else is there?"
Zheng Yi is actually full of words, but it seems to be useless.
When the get out of class bell rang, Chen Nian got off the pedal and went back to the teaching building.
Zheng Yi returned to his work unit with a gloomy voice, and heard from his colleagues that Lao Yang's criminal portrait had made progress, and they had begun to investigate young people who fit the portrait, those who dropped out of school or often skipped classes in vocational schools, and those who did not live with their parents because of family discord. , there are motorcycles and so on. However, there are twenty or thirty suspects who fit the portrait.
Xiao Yao showed Zheng Yi the photos of the twenty or thirty people, most of which were ID photos on the roster. Zheng Yi resented the practice of turning him into a suspect, and pushed it aside impatiently.
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Xiao Yao asked, "Is there any progress on your side?"
Zheng Yi calmed himself down for a while, and said, "Wei Lai has a friend named Luo Ting, and I thought something was wrong with her at first. She stopped after a few times before she let go, saying that the day before Wei Lai died, they bullied a girl. "
"What kind of bullying. Bullying?"
"Beating and scolding..." Zheng Yi rubbed his brows, "She said she left early and didn't know about it later."
"Did you ask that girl?"
"Well. She didn't say it either."
"Did you go near the crime scene and ask?"
"Let someone go to investigate." Zheng Yi said, "I'm still looking for witnesses."
"Do you think Wei Lai's death has anything to do with this?"
"I don't know." Zheng Yi rubbed his face and neck vigorously. He wanted to figure this out, and wanted to know what happened to Chen Nian. He couldn't bear the suffocating feeling.
"Are you too tired recently? I see that you are emotionally unstable."
"Yes! I'm emotionally unstable. Wei Leiroting and the others should have been arrested a long time ago!" Zheng Yimeng raised his head and slammed his fist on the table.
Xiao Yao looked at him silently.
After the deadly silence, Zheng Yi also knew that he was out of control. He controlled his voice and said, "No one reported the case, and I will investigate this matter clearly."
"And then what?" The question was cruel.
In their work, "investigating clearly" often amounts to punishing criminals. But this can't be given.
Zheng Yi's heart surged with resentment: "Why the law..."
"Zheng Yi, don't get out of control!" Xiao Yao stopped him. "Otherwise, what do you want? Lock them all up and go to jail? They're just children."
"Can a child be lawless?"
"No, but jail will solve everything? Their personalities are not even shaped. We adults have a responsibility for what they grow up to be, because the society, school, family, it's us adults who shape them. built.
No matter what country, West or East, the law is tolerant of children. Because they are also plastic. "
Zheng Yi smiled bitterly: "I know. In college, my teacher talked about it."
The teacher of criminal law said that the personality characteristics of juvenile crimes are deceptive. Even if they commit the same crime, there is still a gap between their subjective understanding and that of adults, and many do not even form a real criminal personality.
Because it is malleable, education and rescue can bring them back; severe punishment and severe punishment can push them out. more harmful to society.
But what about the victims
Zheng Yi held his forehead, even he was out of control just now, not to mention the victim. With impunity, how can sin be forgiven? How to heal the anger and hatred of the victim.
"What's more, it is not ruled out that some children can be changed, and some cannot be changed. Those who cannot be changed should... "
"Who judges whether he changes, whether it's true or false. Who judges? You, me, or the leader? If you judge by human standards, neither you nor I will do this, because there will be more despair."
Zheng Yi smiled wryly again, perhaps, people have to learn to do their best; but they also have to accept powerlessness.
It's just that he can't accept it yet.
He lowered his head and shook his head: "Xiao Yao, do you understand the feeling of being trusted by others but being disappointed in the end?"
"This feeling can kill me."
His voice was low, like it was broken.
…
After school.
Walking on the overgrown wasteland, Kitano asked, "What is the police looking for you for?"
"Ask about Wei Lai." Chen Nian saw a large area of light blue Arab mother-in-law, and squatted down and grabbed a few heart-shaped fruits.
"What did he ask?"
"He seems to..." Chen Nian squeezed a small fruit and said, "Know something."
Kitano: "Yeah."
Chen Nian handed him a bunch: "Are you playing?"
Kitano took it, pinched his thumb and index finger, and the explosion exploded with a crisp sound.
That night, Kitano didn't speak much, and Chen Nian didn't care. There were very few words between them. After dinner, I reviewed under my desk, and then went to sleep.
Since living here, Chen Nian has slept very deeply. In the middle of the night, he vaguely felt that Kitano had opened the window and the night wind was blowing in, which was more comfortable than a fan.
After an unknown amount of time, she was in a daze, and she heard the sound of water coming from the bathroom.
Chen Nian sat up sleepily and got up from the bed. A dim yellow light shot out from the bathroom, like a tear in the darkness.
Chen Nian rubbed her eyes and walked towards the light. Through the closed door, she saw Kitano, topless, washing something in the sink.
The young man's hair was covered in water, trembling slightly as his body shook, and his forehead hair covered his eyes, so he couldn't see his emotions clearly.
"North Ye..." Chen Nian called him softly.
The young man turned around to block what was behind him in an instant, and his black eyes stared at her sharply.
"What are you doing?" she wondered.
"… "
After a few seconds of silence, she stepped,
"Hey!" he said with restraint.
Chen Nian looked at him.
"Wash your panties," he said. "You want to see?"
Chen Nian stared at him blankly, and after a while, he seemed to understand something, lowered his head and left immediately.
Kitano calmed down, exhaled, raised his long feet, and slammed the door shut. Turning to look at the pool, the faucet has washed the dark red in the pool clean.
Kitano turned off the light and went back to the bed. Chen Nian was lying on his side, and the moonlight was bright.
Knowing that she was not asleep, he lay down and put his hand on her waist. He and her were folded together like two close bows.
She faintly smelled alcohol, very faint; she asked, "Have you been drinking?"
"A little bit." He replied softly.
She turned around and hugged him.
The two young bodies lay embracing each other, their dark eyes staring at each other, the sound of breathing can be heard, or they are trembling or looking forward to each other, or they have long been accustomed to each other.
He rubbed his nose against her eyebrows, her eyelashes, the tip of her nose, and he kissed her lips.
The night wind was slightly cool, causing a shudder to blow on the skin. She greeted him.
The soft clothes were loosened, the girl's body was like a piece of milky cream, and he stroked her spine like a string of rolling beads.
They held each other tightly and turned gently, as if this was the only sweetness they had left in the world.
Tired by the end, they embraced each other and fell asleep.
Before going to bed, Kitano suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Where's the key to your house?"
"In the bag."
"I'll bring your book back to your house tomorrow, the place is too small."
"it is good."
…
One day has passed, and the countdown is one less day.
Time has become extraordinarily difficult, and everyone is ready to move.
Chen Nian's heart was like still water, calmly reviewing. Between classes, students hold small electric fans and discuss TV dramas and mysterious raincoats to reduce stress.
Chen Nian bit the gummy bear and cleaned up the desk. Her desk was basically empty, with only a few information books left.
After school at noon, she walked quickly to the school gate, saw Kitano from a distance, she ran down the steps, and he also walked towards her. But suddenly, a police car came and stopped by the door. Zheng Yi got out of the car and came to look for her.
She didn't look at him anymore, Zheng Yi opened the car door, and she lowered her head and got into the police car.
Arriving at the unit, he took her to the conference room.
Zheng Yi never organized the language well, so he went to pour the water, and the phone call he received revolved in his mind: "... Some people have seen them beat her, strip her clothes off, drag her on the ground, and many people around are watching …”
Zheng Yi's hand was stabbed by the ice water, and he came back to his senses.
A few colleagues stayed outside the door, and he went in alone.
Chen Nian was wearing a school uniform, sitting alone in the conference room, with his head lowered and listless.
Zheng Yi pushed the water in front of her: "Chen Nian?"
"Huh?" She raised her head and looked at him quietly.
She was neither nervous nor doubtful, this made Zheng Yi at a loss, "What are you thinking?"
"Now is the time to get home," she said slowly.
"Go home?"
"Well." The girl nodded, "If I didn't come here; I'll be home soon."
She lowered her head and grabbed her fingers, as if she had nothing else to say.
Zheng Yi: "..."
"Chen Nian," he exhaled deeply and asked, "Wei Lai and the others, what did they do to you?"
"Willie?"
"Um."
"She hit me, slapped me."
"And," he said, "and then what?"
"I forgot." She shook her head gently, "I don't remember... Come on."
She looked at him, her eyes clear and blank.
Zheng Yi was speechless for a while, and looked back at his colleagues outside the glass. When he looked back again, Chen Nian looked at the sun outside the window, frowned slightly, and said to himself: "After dinner, it's time to take a nap. Beside the mat, water."
Zheng Yi walked out of the room and closed the door.
Lao Yang: "It is estimated to be self-protection after trauma. Do you want to find a psychiatrist to show her?"
Xiao Yao: "Do you mean to wake up the memory?"
Lao Yang said: "Luo Ting and the others left early. When they left, Wei Lai, a few girls she didn't know, and a few boys passing by were there. It's possible that the suspect was among those boys. A boy has no impression. But maybe Chen Nian has an impression."
"That's true."
"She is going to take the college entrance examination." Zheng Yi said suddenly.
"what?"
"She is going to take the college entrance examination." Zheng Yi repeated it again.