"That's how the world is. Those who do good suffer poverty and die young, while those who do evil enjoy wealth and longevity. That man injured his own son, framed me, and abandoned his wife, but in the end, he had a son and a daughter with his mistress and lived a happy and fulfilling life."
Qi Yuan suddenly laughed: "Now you know why I need the tongues of 102 children, right? Because those elementary school students from back then have grown up and most of them have their own children. The total number of those children is 71. And there are 31 more children who were bullied by Lili's students back then."
Rong Yu stood with her hands in her pockets, looking at him with an icy expression.
"That's right, it's your father. He identified me back then. It was your parents who caused me to end up like this." Qi Yuan's fingers tightened suddenly, gripping the hostage's neck.
Little Yuanyuan struggled in cooperation, frowning and letting out a painful hiss.
Qi Yuan said, "Your parents tore my family apart and drove my lovely Lili to suicide over a few candies and a few cakes!"
When he was first released from prison, he didn't want to take revenge on so many people. He just wanted to find out the truth about what happened back then and get justice for himself.
However, when he found his ex-wife and asked to see Lili, she tearfully told him that Lili was dead, having committed suicide by jumping off a building shortly after he went to prison.
That period was the most devastating, insane, and helpless time for my ex-wife. She contemplated suicide several times, yet she was also determined to find out why her child jumped off the building.
Actually, the reason has always been clear.
Because this Mr. Xie was imprisoned for a crime, in other people's eyes, she was the daughter of a convict.
His ex-wife took their daughter to another city and started a new life under a different name. She spent a lot of money treating their daughter's psychological problems, and after much effort, the daughter's condition improved and she was able to attend school normally.
After a period of peace, when those past events were almost forgotten and life was about to continue peacefully, a post suddenly appeared on a campus forum, revealing Xie Lili's past.
In no time, the whole school knew that Xie Lili was the daughter of a criminal. Some people would deliberately block her on her way home from school, point at her, laugh at her, throw stones at her, and hit her with buckets of water.
Xie Lili, who already had psychological problems, completely broke down. She rushed to the top floor of the teaching building like a madwoman and stood on the edge of the railing.
At that moment, she was too scared to jump. The wind upstairs woke her up and made her afraid. She wanted to climb back up, but the children were laughing and blocking the way for her to climb back.
They even mocked her, saying, "Are you scared? If you're so brave, why don't you jump?"
"Beg us, beg us to pull you up, hehehe, even if you beg us, we won't pull you up. You're the daughter of a criminal, you're filthy, pulling you up will only dirty our hands."
"Yeah, yeah, my mom also said she doesn't want to play with you or get close to you. My mom even told the teacher to kick you out of our class. We don't want to be in the same classroom as a criminal's daughter!"
"Get out! Get out! You're not welcome in our class!"
“My mother also said that the teacher should not let the daughter of a criminal like you come to school. She said that if the teacher still does not agree to expel you from our class, she will file a complaint against the teacher.”
A group of children laughed and chatted, and then they started chanting slogans in unison.
Just like the slogans teachers use to maintain discipline in class.
However, the teacher used the slogan: 123, please be quiet.
And what they're shouting now is: 3, 2, 1, jump!
The children clapped their hands and laughed as they urged their classmate, whose life was hanging by a thread, to jump off the building.
What a terrifying scene that would be!
But at the moment this happened, not a single child felt that what they had done was wrong; even after Shirley actually jumped, they were still cheering…
It's as if they did something incredibly amazing.
"This is so much fun! Let's go bring her up again and keep playing!"
"I'm going to tell my mom that I want to be in the same class as her, she's so much fun!"
"I'll go tell Mom too! I want to keep playing with her!"
Unaware of the implications of their actions, they skipped and hopped down the hill, trying to call Xie Lili back to play with them.
But that was obviously impossible. When they went downstairs, they only saw a group of classmates watching and screaming in terror, and a teacher making a phone call in a hurry. Xie Lili, whom they were looking for, had already fallen and was covered in blood.
"Waaah!—" The children burst into tears, crying and calling out sadly, "Where's Lili? We want Lili to play with us!"
"We don't want Lili to leave our class, we want to play with Lili!"
The leaders and teachers, unaware of the truth, thought the child was kind-hearted and quickly comforted him.
Because Xie Lili's fall was so severe, the forensic examination would take some time. Before the truth came out, these children received special care from the school. The school was worried that seeing such a tragic scene would cause them psychological trauma, so they specially invited a psychological counselor to counsel them.
The parents of these children complained repeatedly, believing that it was because the homeroom teacher had not transferred Xie Lili out of their class in time that their children had to witness such a terrible scene, and they all filed complaints against the homeroom teacher of that class.
Only when the forensic report and surveillance footage came out together, revealing the truth, did the clamoring parents fall silent.
Therefore, many things that we see with our own eyes are not necessarily true.
"...But what if we find out the truth? They are just a group of elementary school students, not capable of bearing criminal responsibility. Besides, they didn't touch Lili, nor did they push her downstairs."
"According to the judgment, they only instigated Lili to jump, and the responsibility they need to bear is very light..."
When the dialogue reached this point, Director Chen shouted "Che!" to signal Qi Yuan to adjust his emotions.
Because this section is a long monologue by Qi Yuan, the conflicts and contradictions at each memory point need to express the corresponding emotional state.
Qi Yuan took a deep breath and looked at Rong Yu, who was acting opposite him.
But Rong Yu had already brought over a chair, straddled it, and placed her hands on the back of the chair, her long legs seemingly having nowhere to go.
Qi Yuan: "...Director, he's like this..."
Director Chen looked at Rong Yu, pondered for a moment, and then nodded: "That's fine too. Wu Xiaoye is indeed impatient to listen to this. It's unrealistic to make him stand and listen to others. If conditions allow, he will most likely lie down."
Qin Linlin nodded in agreement: "Yes, he'll also get another bag of sunflower seeds."
Qi Yuan: "..."
Qi Yuan composed himself and squeezed out a few tears when he spoke of this part.
Rong Yu then yawned and gave Qi Yuan a bored look, as if to say: What? You haven't finished yet?
Qi Yuan: "...But my Lili is really gone. She jumped off the building amidst their cries."
Director Chen: "Hey! Qi Yuan, something's wrong with your emotions! And why are you looking into Wu Xiaoye's eyes? You're reminiscing, don't you understand? Your gaze is unfocused, don't let your eyes fall anywhere in the room! Again! Action!"
Qi Yuan had to repeat it many times before this one was approved.
This is actually normal. At the beginning of filming, the actors need time to get used to each other. It's just that Rong Yu's performance was too relaxed, which led Director Chen to raise his standards quickly.
In the original story, the villain collected information on all the people who had harmed him and his daughter in the past. He then lay low, waiting until their children grew to the same age as his daughter before planning to kidnap them and cut out their tongues.
He wanted these people to experience the pain he had suffered, and he wanted those who had wronged him to know what it meant for evil to be punished.
“I have no interest in what you want to do. I’m just a little curious. You hate the parents of these children, but you didn’t harm them. Instead, you tormented and took your anger out on their children. In this respect, how are you any different from these children’s parents?” Wu Xiaoye sneered: “In the end, these parents who lost their children are only immersed in temporary grief. As time goes by, most of them will choose to have another child to make up for their inner pain.”
Wu Xiaoye: "Those who made mistakes are still living well, while those truly innocent children died unjustly at your hands."
The thugs were stunned by what Wu Xiaoye said.
Wu Xiaoye pointed at the child in the thug's hands: "Look, putting everything else aside, just talk about the child you're holding right now. You offered his father a million, but as a wealthy businessman, that amount is nothing more than a fingernail to him. Did you see his father bring the money over?"
At this point, not only the thugs but even the little boy stopped struggling. He calmed down and listened quietly to the words that came out of Wu Xiaoye's mouth—words that were cruel to him but were also true.
Wu Xiaoye: "With his own child being kidnapped and extorted, his life hanging in the balance, and possibly even having his tongue cut out by a serial killer, he actually called the police station directly, handing the matter over to the police. Do you know why?"
"Why?" the thug asked impatiently.
The child leaned forward slightly, knowing full well that what was about to be said wouldn't be kind to him, but he still couldn't help wanting to hear it.
He desperately wanted to know why, even after a day and a night, his father still hadn't come to rescue him.
“Because his father doesn’t want him anymore.” Wu Xiaoye spread his hands: “The child’s stepmother has been found to be pregnant. Soon, their family will have a new member, so he, the stepson, will become superfluous.”
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