My name is Yang Kaixu, and I am a police officer.
Perhaps everyone dreams of being a hero when they are young, able to protect their country and safeguard others with their own strength. This is probably a scenario that everyone fantasizes about when they are young.
Of course, I'm no exception.
Dreams fade with time. As children, everyone's dreams were diverse: to be an astronaut, a hero slaying a demon king, or Ultraman. But as we grow up, most people's dreams converge into the same one—
Become someone who can make a lot of money.
I don't have that kind of talent, nor do I have the corresponding business acumen, nor do I have enough start-up capital, and my academic performance is also mediocre.
Therefore, I am destined not to become someone who can make a lot of money.
However, I also hope to contribute to society.
So I went to police academy, and after graduation, I used some connections and went through many tests to finally become a formal police officer.
The moment I put on my police uniform and hold my gun, I always have this illusion that I possess power!
Guns are amazing things; when they appeared, human history turned a new page.
Touching the black gun barrel, at least for this moment, this is my power.
Society is not as peaceful as most people think.
Many people haven't experienced it firsthand, so they don't have a personal understanding of it. Perhaps they're just lying in bed with their legs crossed, scrolling through Douyin (TikTok), and accidentally come across a video, only to sigh once before swiping past it.
Perhaps in two or three days, or even less, they will forget all about these things.
The internet has no memory.
Because people won't dwell on something that has nothing to do with them for long.
The first case I handled after becoming a full-fledged police officer was a murder case!
It was the first day of the Lunar New Year, the most auspicious day of the year, when our entire team was urgently summoned and informed of a murder case with extremely serious consequences!
A well-known entrepreneur in the city was having his New Year's Eve dinner when thugs broke into his home and killed his entire family, with no one surviving!
Such a serious murder case on the first day of the Lunar New Year is a challenge to the entire public security department and a blatant slap in the face to us!
We gathered in the darkness and then rushed to the scene!
What was the killer's motive? Was it money? Or revenge?
The scene was incredibly horrific; even for our entire department, we hadn't seen such a serious case in a long time!
The entrepreneur's youngest son was only seven years old, just starting elementary school. I could see that the walls were covered with certificates of merit. Such a child, just at the beginning of his life, had his life ended so unexpectedly.
Human life is so resilient that it can withstand the erosion of a hundred years.
Human life is so fragile, so fragile that it cannot withstand a single blow from an iron rod.
The murderer's weapon was not a sharp object, but an iron rod.
This entire family was beaten to death with iron bars; their bodies were so badly damaged that they were unrecognizable. This was far more cruel than simply slitting someone's throat!
The iron rod that was used as the murder weapon was simply left lying in the living room.
The murderer was clearly not a repeat offender. He didn't even bother with the most basic concealment, just leaving the iron bar with fingerprints on it in the living room. Should we say he was stupid, or did he realize that there was no way to escape the net and simply give up?
There was no loss of valuables in the house, and the murderer left immediately after the killing, indicating that it was not a robbery but most likely a revenge killing! However, the possibility of the murderer killing without any rules cannot be ruled out, although it is unlikely.
We quickly identified the murderer as Hu Erhan, who was currently unemployed. It seemed that he had a minor conflict with the businessman. Was that the motive for the murder?
When we found Hu Erhan, he was standing by the bridge, staring blankly at the flowing water in the river.
"Hands up! Don't move!"
We immediately drew our guns and aimed them at him!
"Officers, you're really slow to arrive."
Hu Erhan turned his head and we found that he was actually laughing, and laughing very exaggeratedly. However, as he laughed, he suddenly burst into tears.
Even though he was unarmed at that moment, we did not forget that he was a dangerous murderer, and we slowly and cautiously approached him.
Veteran police officers are generally extremely cautious people, because if you are not cautious enough, you are unlikely to become a veteran police officer.
Why did you kill their whole family? What was the specific conflict between you?
"Conflict? Officers, you call this a conflict?!"
Hu Erhan roared, and we all stopped in our tracks. He waved his hands and told the truth in an extremely exaggerated gesture.
“That heartless capitalist ruined my family and broke my son’s leg! He knew I only had one son! They even tried to take my daughter away, which drove her to suicide. She was my only daughter!”
"We have a blood feud! But he has hundreds of millions! How can I take him down? He could even break my legs with just a little money!"
"But..." Hu Hansan revealed another eerie smile, "He may have a few hundred million, but how many lives does he have? That's the only fair thing nature has given to humanity! We all only have one life, so who's afraid of who? Do you think I'm afraid of him!"
"He ruined everything I had, so I had no choice but to fight him to the death! Did I have any other option?!"
"He broke my son's leg, so I smashed his son into mincemeat right in front of him. He tried to take my daughter away, so I killed his wife!"
"I waited outside the villa for who knows how long to wait for them all to arrive! Hahaha! Hahahaha!"
We all fell silent. After a few seconds, my teammate, Xiao Zhang, finally spoke up: "Perhaps you have a better solution..."
"A better solution? This is the best solution!"
"If I call the police, can you kill his whole family? Anyway, I'm just a worthless life. I want to teach him a lesson: no one is superior to another; we're all just worthless lives!"
As he spoke, he jumped into the river and committed suicide right in front of us.
Many things are not simply black and white. The entrepreneur caused Hu Erhan's family to be ruined and killed, so Hu Erhan was driven to the brink and had no choice but to kill. The entrepreneur deserved to die, but what about his family?
The seven-year-old boy finished his studies and returned home with his certificate of merit. It was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and he should be on winter vacation, enjoying a happy time with his family for the New Year's Eve dinner.
He didn't get to live a happy life; instead, he was met with a deadly iron rod.
I was thinking at the time, what is right and what is wrong?
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