HLnovel Chapter 453 A murderer isn't necessarily a bad person.
Chapter 453 A murderer isn't necessarily a bad person.
Xiao Liu knew that Lu Yao didn't want the female reporter to follow him; otherwise, why would he invite someone to go to the toilet with him?
Seeing that Yang Lina was about to follow, they naturally quickly stopped her:
"Hey, Reporter Yang, don't go! If you want to know what our company commander is like, I'll tell you!"
When Yang Lina saw that Xiao Liuzi wouldn't let her go, she didn't want to force herself to go and eavesdrop.
While journalists need to be thick-skinned, they still need to maintain a certain level of boundaries.
When I got back, I chatted with Xiao Liuzi, asking him about Lu Yao's life.
Lu Yao led Liu Hui out, but instead of going to the toilet, they went to the company commander's office in the back room.
Liu Hui was a little uneasy and asked Lu Yao nervously:
"Company commander, what's the big deal?"
"Stretch out your hand."
Liu Hui stretched out his hands, waiting for the handcuffs to be put on.
"Company commander, I didn't do anything!"
Lu Yao looked at his right hand and saw that he did indeed have an extra thumb.
He laughed: "I don't believe you even if you say you haven't done anything wrong. I told you to reach out your hand and you reacted like this. Are you feeling guilty?"
Liu Hui also laughed awkwardly: "I'm not feeling guilty, but you're so serious and that makes me a little nervous."
Lu Yao gestured for him to sit down, opened a drawer containing Zhang Zongshan's cigarettes, took one out, and handed it to him.
"Won't."
"Just one puff and you'll be hooked. This stuff is amazing. It relieves stress, boredom, and a sense of well-being; it also relieves fatigue, laziness, and back pain."
Liu Hui had no choice but to take it, and Lu Yao lit it for him.
He felt as if he were about to be interrogated.
What is your hometown?
It really is interrogation language.
"Shandong".
"age?"
"Twenty-nine, turning twenty-eight in total!"
Liu Hui became genuinely uneasy, and his hands started to tremble.
Could it be that he did something like peeping into the girls' restroom when he was a kid?
That shouldn't be the case. Even if Aunt Wang from next door complained, the statute of limitations has expired!
Are your parents still alive?
"They've all passed away. I died when I was twenty."
Lu Yao reached out and patted his shoulder to comfort him.
"What relatives do you still have?"
"One uncle and two aunts, one maternal aunt and two maternal uncles, but we don't have much contact anymore."
Lu Yao lit a cigarette as well: "Liu Hui, I have something to ask you. You can say it if you want, or I won't force you if you don't. But don't be sad."
Liu Hui stood up and put the cigarette in the large tea mug that doubled as an ashtray:
"Company commander, just say what you have to say. This back-and-forth is making me uncomfortable."
"Okay, I'll get straight to the point: how many brothers do you have?"
"I'm the only older brother. My dad was kicked and injured by a landlord in the old society and couldn't have children, so he adopted me. I got lost when I was little, and an old lady brought me to Jiangzhou, but I was too young to remember where my home was before, but I remember that I have a Shandong accent. My dad also came from Northeast China, so he's a Shandong native. I didn't know any of this before, but my uncle told me in detail after my dad died."
Without Lu Yao even asking, Liu Hui blurted out everything.
"Company commander, is there anything else you want to ask?"
Lu Yao listened the whole time while smoking.
After he finished speaking, he tossed his cigarette aside and asked, "Do you remember you have an older brother?"
Liu Hui was taken aback: "You mean my hometown or my new home in Northeast China?"
"My hometown!"
Liu Hui seemed to recall for a moment: "I remember, but I don't remember what he looked like. I only remember that his name was Er Mangzi, I don't remember his full name."
His full name is Lin Dong.
"What? Company Commander, are you kidding me? I didn't even know you knew?"
Lu Yao sighed, feeling sorry for Liu Hui.
It's a good thing to help him find his family, but telling him that his brother is a murderer and will be sentenced to death will definitely make him very upset.
He asked, "Liu Hui, I want to ask you, if your brother were a bad person, could you accept it?"
Liu Hui also fell silent, looking at Lu Yao, unsure how to respond.
After a long pause, he finally nodded.
"Company Commander, if you really find my second brother, I want to see him. Even if he's a murderer and a reactionary, I still want to see him."
He understands now.
The company commander must have found my brother, and my brother described my characteristics, which is why the company commander came to ask me.
So you have to look at your own fingers.
So, if Second Brother is a bad guy, how bad can he be?
His family had forgotten all his childhood memories, except for his second brother, Er Mangzi.
That guy who always carried him on his shoulders and spun him around, scaring himself so much he screamed.
Lu Yao nodded: "He is indeed a murderer, and... he's a real man, but he followed the wrong person."
Lu Yao didn't hide anything and told Liu Hui everything Lin Dong had done with Shi Shouyin.
Liu Hui's eyes filled with tears as he listened.
Although his memories of his second brother were not as vivid as Lin Dong's memories of him, he was still someone he had thought about and longed for countless times during his night shifts.
From childhood to adulthood, I've imagined countless times the scenario of finding my second brother.
Unfortunately, when I woke up from the dream, my second brother's appearance was already blurry.
This is the deep-seated longing for one's blood relatives.
Unexpectedly, after 23 years, I suddenly received news from my second brother that he was already in prison.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Company commander, he's so bad, I don't recognize him! I'm a proletarian revolutionary fighter, and I must draw a clear line between myself and bad elements."
Lu Yao raised his leg and kicked:
"Are you confused? What's wrong with him? Does killing someone make you a bad person? I kill people too!"
Liu Hui was a little confused:
"Company commander, what do you mean?"
Lu Yao sighed, "I already told you, your brother followed the wrong person. But that Liang Chao he killed wasn't a good guy either. So what if he killed him? If your brother is willing to testify that Shi Shouyin killed Zhao Jianguo, I'll talk to Director Mei and guarantee his life!"
Lu Yao had made up his mind: as long as Lin Dong was willing to help catch Shi Shouyin, that scumbag, then the blame for killing Liang Chao would fall on someone else.
Anyway, there were four people who attacked the hospital that day, and Lu Yao killed three of them.
They shifted the blame onto three other people.
Lu Yao is prepared to testify that none of those admitted to the hospital were Lin Dong.
Lin Dong just drives a truck.
Mei Ping might disagree, but Lu Yao was confident he could persuade her; if all else failed, he'd have to subdue her with a beating.
Anyway, Lu Yao really didn't want Lin Dong to die.
Despite our differing values, I've never felt that Lin Dong is anything irredeemably evil.
Driven by his obsession with finding his younger brother and his desire to repay his father's life-saving grace, he protected Shi Shouyin.
He is worthy of the words "benevolence and righteousness" and surpasses many others.
Besides, his attack on the hospital and shooting at the police already warrants a ten- or eight-year sentence, so he's not going to escape punishment.
So, he wanted Liu Hui to persuade him.
Upon hearing that he was to go see his second brother, Liu Hui's heart raced:
"I...can I do it...I'm bad with words."
Lu Yao picked up a pen: "I'll write a letter to Lin Dong, and you can take it to him. Tell him what happened. But there's one thing I can't write down: I'm planning to give false testimony to release him. You can dictate it to him, is that alright?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Company Commander!"
"Okay, I'll get ready and go."
Lu Yao took out twenty yuan and gave it to him: "Take this and buy some food for your brother. I'll call Director Mei and ask her to take you there."
Liu Hui held the twenty yuan note, his nose stinging with tears.
"Company commander, you're so good to me!"
Although Lu Yao was more than ten years younger than him, he felt like a junior being taken care of in front of Lu Yao.
Lu Yao called Mei Ping.
Then tell Liu Hui to go find Mei Ping.
And finally, he instructed, "This matter should only be known to you, me, and Director Mei. No third person can know! Otherwise, your life might be in danger."
"what?"
Liu Hui never expected that recognizing a relative would lead to a life-threatening situation.