When he saw the destination, Bai Song frowned a little, the Fuwai Hospital.
The thief did not go to the residence or anywhere else, but went to the Fuwai Hospital, so there must be another situation.
The characteristics of cities are indeed different. The city of Shangjing is somewhat legendary, after all, it is the capital. The Fuwai Cardiovascular Hospital can be regarded as the best in China, enjoying a high reputation in the field, attracting countless patients to come for treatment, and the radiation area is as high as half of China.
However, not all those who come here for treatment are rich people.
According to the clues provided by Wang Liang, the suspect was in the hospital and had not come out yet, so Bai Song took a taxi directly to the hospital. There was not much traffic on the road at that time, and it took more than 10 minutes to get there by taxi.
If you come to Beijing for tourism, you can go to the entrance of a major first-tier hospital and take a look. It is definitely a place where you can see all kinds of life and it will broaden your horizons more than visiting some tourist attractions.
When I arrived at the hospital entrance at this time, I could still see people begging outside. Each of them had a piece of cloth with their tragic experiences written on it. Bai Song didn't read any of this and went straight into the hospital.
There are too many tragedies in this world, and even the richest man can’t save them.
There are fewer people in the hospital at night than during the day. Before Bai Song came, he had made a rough guess that the thief must be someone in his family who needed money for surgery, and he must have stolen a lot that night.
After walking around for more than ten minutes, Bai Song found the thief. The thief was sitting beside a bed in the aisle, talking to a woman next to him. A child was lying on the bed, hanging an IV and had fallen asleep.
Bai Song listened roughly as he walked by. The man was assuring the woman, saying that he would be able to collect enough money. Then, the man and Bai Song looked at each other, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat.
Perhaps it was an intuition, the man suddenly became nervous.
If you have done something wrong, you will always feel guilty.
Bai Song didn't speak to him, walked forward seven or eight meters, then turned around, looked at the man, waved gently, and continued walking forward.
The man seemed to have known what was going on at this point. He told his wife that he had something to do and followed them.
Bai Song stopped at the corner of a staircase, and in less than half a minute, the man followed him.
"What's the problem, kid?" Bai Song asked, and it seemed like a conversation between friends.
"There's a vacancy in the house," the man replied, somewhat puzzled.
"Don't be confused, I'm a policeman." Bai Song took out his police ID and showed it to the other party: "Give me your ID card."
"..." The man remained silent and didn't say anything else. He pursed his lips, took out his ID card and gave it to Bai Song, but he didn't know where to put his hands.
"Which type of atrial septal defect is it and what did the doctor say?" Bai Song asked.
"Secondary atrial septal defect with insufficient diameter." The man said nothing more.
"How old is the child?" Bai Song didn't seem very interested in the battery.
"He's two and a half years old. When he was young, I thought it would heal on its own, but...ah..." The man sighed, "I want to give him surgery."
"I think the child's complexion and condition are okay. This kind of atrial septal defect can usually only be operated on when the child is between three and five years old, right?" Bai Song asked back.
"You understand all this?" The man was a little surprised: "The doctor also said so, but...but I want to..."
"It's not that the earlier the better. As long as it doesn't affect the child's survival, it will be easier to perform the surgery if the child is older. You can go back and make an appointment with the director to check it out." Bai Song said.
“Director’s number…” The man was speechless. It was not so easy to get the director’s number.
"How do you plan to deal with this matter?" Bai Song raised his police officer ID.
"I..." The man gritted his teeth, his face bitter: "How long can I be sentenced to?"
"Is this really your first time doing this?" Bai Song was a little confused: "Who did you learn this from?"
“No need to learn…”
"That's right," Bai Song said, "Where did you sell the things?"
“I didn’t sell it…” The man looked into the corridor from the stairs and sighed, “Comrade police, I admit my mistake. I’ll go with you to get the battery back.”
"Okay." Bai Song felt that the man might have something else to say, so he didn't ask any more questions. He followed the man downstairs and left the hospital directly.
After walking around for more than ten minutes, the two of them didn't communicate. Bai Song was a patient man. He was good at judging people and was not worried that the man had any other ideas.
It is a one-kilometer journey from the bustling hospital to the dark alleys, where there are some old houses that cannot be demolished at all. Many ordinary residents of Shangjing and some tenants live here.
"Aren't you worried that I might run away?" the man finally couldn't help but ask.
"Did you hide your battery here?" Bai Song didn't answer, but pointed to the dilapidated houses in front.
"Come with me." The man nodded slightly.
After walking through two narrow corridors, Bai Song smelled the fragrance of food. Someone was cooking. There should be quite a few people living here. When he came to a window, the man pointed inside and asked Bai Song to look for himself.
Bai Song went over and took a look inside from the window. He saw a little girl lying on the bed to rest, and a middle-aged man lying on the bed with an oxygen mask on his face.
What is connected to the oxygen mask is not an oxygen cylinder at all, but a very old machine, but it is still in operation. It looks like an oxygen concentrator.
On one side of the oxygen concentrator, there are four or five electric vehicle batteries being charged.
This put Bai Song in a blind spot of knowledge. Generally, he saw so many batteries being charged at places like express delivery stations.
The man walked forward a few steps and said to Bai Song, "Her father is waiting for surgery. The waiting time for the surgery will take more than half a month. He needs to be hospitalized during this period, but their family can't afford it. There are frequent power outages here, but backup power is too expensive."
"What's your relationship with this woman?" Bai Song really didn't expect this situation.
"I met her after I came here," the man gritted his teeth and said, "My electric bike was stolen a few days ago. I called the police, but they couldn't find it for me..."
"Well," Bai Song said without further ado, "So you know you are wrong?"
"I..." The man sighed, "I won't be sentenced to a long time, right? I want to go out and earn money, and come back to do surgery for my son."
"Answer my question," Bai Song said seriously.
“Of course I know I’m wrong, but…” The man was stuck, not knowing what to say.
Bai Song just stood here and didn't say anything else.
"Can you tell me what to do?" The man knew that Bai Song was not an ordinary policeman, and he realized that he should ask for help.
"Will you listen if I tell you?" Bai Song asked back.
"I will listen."
"Well, you can't do this favor for this girl. If you really want to help, go buy some second-hand batteries. Call the police now, dial 110 to turn yourself in, and return these batteries," Bai Song said, "This is your first offense, an occasional offense. Turn yourself in, explain the situation to the police, and sincerely repent. The worst result is five days of detention, and you may not be punished. Go back to making money."
Bai Song finished speaking and handed the ID card to the man: "Remember, at any time, anything is not a reason for you to harm others."
After saying that, Bai Song turned around and left.
He did not deceive the man. Although he committed theft four times, legally, such continuous crime cannot be counted as "multiple times", but only once, so the case value is only four electric vehicle batteries. According to Bai Song's experience in handling cases, the actual valuation of these four batteries is only about 1,000 yuan, which does not meet the standard for filing a criminal case, that is, a public security case.
According to Article 49 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, the minimum penalty for stealing public or private property is 5 to 10 days of detention, but there is actually another judicial interpretation. Article 7 of the "Interpretation on the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Theft" stipulates that those who voluntarily surrender, return the stolen property, and repent can be exempted from punishment if the circumstances are minor.
Bai Song was not afraid that the man would not surrender himself. He was indeed very good at judging people. However, he did not expect that this man was not doing this for him.
In fact, before catching this man, Bai Song was a little confused. If this man really wanted to steal batteries to sell for money, it was still very early at this time. The people he had encountered before usually stole until four or five in the morning.
After seeing what happened just now, Bai Song basically understood what happened next and didn't want to ask any more questions.
He was just free today, so he came here to investigate the theft case, but he didn't expect it to end like this.
Bai Song walked out, thinking about the time when he first started working.
At that time, it was his first time to come across a theft case. It was the home of an old man and an old woman in the East Third Courtyard of Jiuheqiao Police Station. Bai Song felt really sorry for the two elderly people, so he bought rice and flour and sent them over.
Nowadays, Bai Song no longer feels much when looking at these tragedies in the world. It can only be said that he has really begun to become "ruthless".
He has now adopted a child, Tian Gen. He visits Tian Gen regularly and gives him enough money to keep him well fed and clothed, but he does not give charity randomly on the streets.
I am really old...
When they walked out of the street, the man suddenly came out from behind and called Bai Song "Officer". Bai Song turned around and saw the man standing there. He raised his cell phone and said, "I called the police. Thank you for giving me a chance to turn myself in!"
"Don't be polite, just pretend you haven't seen me." Bai Song shook his head.
Turning back, Bai Song continued to walk out. He had one more thing to do. Since he had chosen to meddle in other people's business, he would meddle in it to the end.
The man stood there, waiting for the police to come, and called his wife. He planned to face the matter. He told his wife everything and promised that he would work hard in the future and save enough money for the child's surgery as soon as possible.
"Alas..." After hearing this, the wife could only sigh: "What about Xiao Doudou? No one can guarantee that there will be no power outages in the next few days."
The man raised his head, tears still flowing down his face.
He had prepared himself to be scolded by his wife, but he didn't expect that his wife, like him, was so concerned about the family he had just met in the past few days. His wife didn't blame him... Alas...
Sighing, the man said, "If I get caught, if you can help... help her, our family... when I get out, I'll work three jobs to make money!"
"Go to the police station and talk to the police." The woman was actually crying, but she forced herself to suppress her emotions: "There's nothing wrong here. My son's surgery is not too urgent..."
Tonight was a very unusual night for this man.
He went out in the afternoon and came back in the evening. He felt that he was helping his neighbors, and that the police would not care if he took a few batteries, but in fact this also lowered his own principles.
Maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, he will continue to steal batteries for money, and the reason is naturally to save his son.
Sometimes the most difficult thing for people is to convince themselves. Once they have convinced themselves, they can do anything.
From the moment he saw Bai Song, he regretted it, but he still felt that he was "righteous", thinking that he was doing good deeds, robbing the rich to help the poor, and that he did not steal the battery for personal gain, so it was not shameful.
In fact, stealing is shameful, there is no proper excuse. Just because others are wrong does not mean you are wrong.
Bai Song did not criticize him or touch him because he understood him and believed that he was not a repeat offender. If he stole dozens or hundreds of times one day, he would know that when he faced a police officer like Bai Song again, he would definitely not be like today.
The police arrived quickly. This was not the police station where the theft occurred. Two young policemen came.
The two policemen learned about the situation and were filled with emotion. When they took the four batteries out of the house, they felt extremely sad when they saw the girl's eyes. Finally, the two men put the batteries in the car and returned again. They left six or seven hundred yuan for the little girl.
At this moment, the man suddenly felt a lot more relieved. It’s not that the money left by the police could play any role, but that he felt relieved after turning himself in.
Dou Dou's family had actually saved up tens of thousands of yuan for the surgery. The key point now was that they were simply reluctant to spend the money, so even if the police gave her money, she was reluctant to rent a mobile power bank.
The man was relieved, he knew what principles and bottom lines were.
But what happened next was different from what he had imagined. The police from the two police stations transferred him to the police station in the area where he stole the battery. Finally, with the approval of the branch, he was actually exempted from punishment. Even the two people who called the police about the lost battery who were being questioned at the police station did not blame him but forgave him after hearing this story.
The man felt the world was full of love and stayed in the police station until after three in the morning. When he left, he felt that the world had become clear again.
Just then, he found a missed call on his mobile phone. It was from a local landline in Shangjing. He was worried that it was from the hospital, so he called immediately.
He picked up the phone and it was a call from the police station near the Fuwai Hospital. His electric bike, which he had lost a few days ago, was found within just five or six hours, and the thief had been caught.
After hearing the news, a young figure emerged in his mind and tears could no longer stop flowing.
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