Mao Xia was waiting for her in Gangcheng. She couldn't afford to make any mistakes. If she ran away with Zhou Jian'an, they would be too conspicuous, and the members of the mutual aid society wouldn't let them go. The only safe course of action was to leave Zhou Jian'an behind and run away first.
After being betrayed by her husband and imprisoned, and experiencing the ordeal of a nun who had fled, Zhou Fangchun was raped in her home by debt collectors. She knew how fanatical these people were. You're not just swindling people out of their money, you're swindling them out of their lives.
According to her estimate, the mutual aid society will collapse before the end of the month. At that time, the fanatical members will come with long knives, iron bars, and kitchen knives, and they will block people at the company in a menacing manner, holding knives to their necks and demanding that they pay back their money.
If it really comes to that, those who stay behind will definitely be executed.
No matter how important her younger brother was, he was not as important as her own life. Zhou Fangchun had already transferred the main funds out of the country. Now, as long as she took the rest with her and ran to Hong Kong, she could rest easy.
That night, Zhou Jian'an washed up, closed his bedroom door, and went to sleep.
Once the room quieted down, Zhou Fangchun got up to pack her bags. The money was too heavy for her to carry, but luckily she had bought a used car and learned to drive from the men at the repair shop.
These are lessons learned from past mistakes.
Last time, Zhou Fangchun was unprepared. In order to escape to Beijing, she hid in the luggage compartment of the bus and endured two days and two nights without food or water. She was half dead before she finally arrived in Beijing.
This time she was smarter. She bought a car, learned to drive, put the money in a black leather bag, and locked it in the trunk.
Zhou Fangchun changed into some light clothes. Afraid of waking Zhou Jian'an, she tiptoed out of the window. She opened the car door and tried to start the car. She was not familiar with the car and was nervous, so it took her a while to get it started.
The sky was pitch black, and in the darkness, Zhou Fangchun could hear her own heartbeat.
Taking this step not only means that she is going to flee the mainland, but also that she is abandoning her parents, brothers and sisters, abandoning propriety, integrity, morality and the rule of law, and abandoning the only good thought in her heart.
Zhou Fangchun was not a skilled driver, but fortunately there weren't many cars on the road. When she reached the main intersection, she was suddenly stopped by a group of people in uniform.
A fierce-looking man knocked on the car window and said impatiently, "Get out of the car! We're doing a routine check!"
Zhou Fangchun's heart pounded in her throat. Who dared to challenge the police these days! But if the police checked her car, she would surely die.
Zhou Fangchun quickly stood up and shoved a wad of ten-yuan notes into the policeman's hand. The policeman's eyes lit up, but he suddenly threw the wad of money in her face and sneered:
"You think I'm so easily bribed?! Bribing the police? You want to die?!"
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, brother. Take this money and have some tea. I'm in a hurry to go to another city to do business. I hope you'll be lenient and let me off the hook."
"Go easy on me? What are you hiding in your car that makes you so afraid of the police! I didn't want to investigate you, but seeing your guilty look, I have no choice but to."
The policeman walked up to the trunk and, looking down at the man, ordered, "Open the trunk!"
Zhou Fangchun panicked, so anxious she almost peed herself. If the police saw the money in her trunk, she wouldn't be able to explain herself no matter what. She would be taken to the police station, and soon the mutual aid scheme would collapse, her story would be in the newspapers, and she would be known throughout the country.
Until she was shot.
She didn't want to eat bullets.
Everyone lives only once, so why is her lifespan so short? Even that nun Mingmei managed to escape successfully, so why is she so unlucky?
Seeing that she didn't move, the police officer, with a stern face, ordered again: "I'm telling you to open the trunk and cooperate with the investigation! I'll count to three, and if you don't move, don't blame me for being impolite."
Zhou Fangchun shakily pulled out her keys. Seeing her slow pace, the policeman impatiently took the keys from her. Zhou Fangchun looked at his back, thinking about her miserable life after going to jail, the women in Deyang who mocked her, Mao Xia, and the past years.
If we kill him, we won't have to go to jail.
The moment the idea popped into her head, it took root and sprouted in her mind, growing into a towering tree that she could no longer control.
Zhou Fangchun was terrified by herself. Two voices were struggling in her mind. The education she had received over the years prevented her from doing such a thing, but the other voice said, "You have defrauded so much money. You have a criminal record. You are not the Zhou Fangchun you used to be. Whether you kill him or not, your crime will be the same."
You will not have a good end.
Zhou Fangchun cried, her lips trembling. She picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it hard against the back of the policeman's head.
The policeman was tall, and Zhou Fangchun missed the first time. He turned around and glared at her, which frightened Zhou Fangchun. She used all her strength and swung the weapon down fiercely again.
One, two, three, four...
Zhou Fangchun didn't remember how many times she hit him; all she knew was that her face was splattered with the male police officer's blood.
Her vision blurred, and all she could see was a blood-red expanse. She no longer knew what she was doing; she simply threw away the stones, dragged the male police officer to the bushes on the side, and then, with great effort, pushed him down the slope.
It was pitch black down there. Based on her years of experience living in the countryside, Zhou Fangchun knew that there might be a lake down there.
She stood by the roadside, struggling with her thoughts. If she didn't push her down, she might leave clues, and the police would eventually find her.
If he had been pushed down, the policeman might have still been alive. If someone had passed by and saved him, he might have survived. But once he was pushed down, there would have been no turning back.
Just like many times in her dreams she had done something irreversible, she could only break down and cry. After a long time, Zhou Fangchun chose to listen to her heart and used all her strength to kick the male police officer into the lake.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
