Chapter 38 18

The public security officer who helped Han Debao "raise" Wu Zhenqing walked outside a small room in the detention center and shouted, "Wu Zhenqing!" Wu Zhenqing was standing upside down against the wall, looking at him from bottom to top. The public security officer said, "Hey, I used this place as a gym. Didn't you hear me!" Wu Zhenqing lowered his body: "Exercise your body and revitalize China!" - and winked at several other "corps comrades" who were also detained at the same time. But none of them could laugh, and all of them were frowning.

The public security officer said: "Look, no one appreciates your witty remarks. Pack up your things and follow me." Wu Zhenqing asked: "Where are you going?...Did you... give me a sentence?" "What? Are you scared? You have to wear that courage in prison!" The public security officer turned to the others and said, "You guys also pack your things and come with me." Several other people also became uneasy, looked at each other, and finally turned their attention to Wu Zhenqing. The public security officer shouted: "Are you deaf? This is just a detention center, not a place for you to settle down."

Wu Zhenqing said: "Didn't I confess from the beginning? I bear the huge crime alone, and it has nothing to do with them—they are just accomplices." The public security officer chuckled: "Accomplice? The legal system has been restored, and if there is no omission, the accomplice can get away with it? What do you think? Just pay it off!" Wu Zhenqing said to everyone: "Don't go with me! Don't go anywhere! You all want to appeal! If you can notify your family to hire a lawyer for you, do it quickly! As for me... I will go with him!" The public security officer was overjoyed: "It's so tragic!...I'm just kidding you. Your business is over!"

"Are you kidding me?" Wu Zhenqing asked suspiciously. The public security officer became serious: "Is this kind of joke just made casually?" Everyone looked at each other for a while, and immediately took action, scrambling to pack things up, as if they were afraid that if they were a little late, they would be detained and refused to let go... And so they were released.A group of people walked out of the detention center. The bright sunshine in the morning made them cover their eyes with their hands.They have long hair, black beards, and wrinkled clothes. Although they have only been locked up for more than ten days, it seems like they have been locked up for more than ten years.

When Wu Zhenqing lowered his hand from above his eyes, he found Han Debao in front of him. Han Debao said: "Zhenqing, I came here specially to pick you up..." "Ha, ha..." Wu Zhenqing looked back at the people behind him and said, "Did you hear what our comrade-in-arms said? He said—he came here specially to pick us up." Then he said to Han Debao, "Dear Comrades, don’t bother you to deal with it, didn’t we also come out? Don’t you feel a little uncomfortable?” "Zhenqing!" Across the road, Tsui Hark and others were waving to him. Wu Zhenqing said to Han Debao: "Look, there are people picking us up there too. So, we won't waste time with you..."

He left Han Debao and walked towards Xu Ke and the others. Tsui Hark introduced the people he brought to Wu Zhenqing: "They are all comrades-in-arms. Although they don't know you guys, they all signed their names..." "Signature?" Wu Zhenqing asked. Tsui Hark asked back, "You don't know?" "what do you know?" Tsui Hark said: "It seems that you really don't know. In order to release you on bail, Xiao Song came up with the idea of ​​signing a joint letter. More than a hundred comrades in the Corps signed, and more than a hundred of them were the three of us one by one. I went to find it. Han Debao's legs were lost. He alone mobilized fifty or sixty people to sign it..."

Wu Zhenqing and his "accomplices" all turned to look at the detention center, but Han Debao was no longer there. Wu Zhenqing said apologetically, "I really caused you trouble!" He stared at Tsui Hark again, "It's all because of you!" One of the people who came to pick him up said, "Actually, we are the ones who are giving you trouble!" Many people echoed: "Yes, yes, it must be us..." Wu Zhenqing moved Tsui Hark aside in confusion, and said in a low voice, "Why do I become more and more confused the more I listen?" Tsui Hark said quietly: "They are currently unemployed, and they all want to join your construction team!"

Wu Zhenqing was stunned: "This... I don't need so many people there! Besides, I can't make the decision on this matter alone. I have to discuss it with everyone. This is like sharing the soup from the pot of our construction team. drink..." Tsui Hark said: "Don't say such things now! No matter what embarrassment there is, you have to agree. You see, those people are looking at us!" Wu Zhenqing looked at those people, had no choice but to go back, forced to say with joy: "Good! Good! I am so happy, buddy! Our construction team, from today onwards, is stronger than ever! Ha! Ha! Welcome ! Welcome!"

With feigned glee, he shook hands with his new acquaintance. Not long after, he brought the group of people to the construction site. Wu Zhenqing yelled as he walked: "Here we are! This is our construction site! Look, that's my office. Sometimes, I work with everyone on the construction site, and sometimes, inevitably, I have to sit in the office. Captain... … After we finish this project, each person can get at least 2,300 yuan.” The new entrants were fascinated. Wu Zhenqing said: "All of you wait here for a while. I'll come to the office to distribute work clothes and work for you."

The new entrants looked at each other, all of them rejoicing. One of them said politely: "I'm sorry, if we don't join, you will earn more than two thousand three thousand." One of the "accomplices" said: "Where is it? There are many people, and the project is completed quickly! If the work is handed over early, Party A will give you a bonus!" Another "accomplice" also echoed: "Sometimes bad things can be turned into good things! There are so many people, there is hope for bigger projects in the future!" Everyone smiled optimistically.

Wu Zhenqing swaggered into the construction site office - a small temporary house, someone was answering the phone, two were playing chess, and one was drinking tea. Wu Zhenqing asked, "Hey, where are you from?" The person who answered the phone was still answering the phone, the person who played chess was still playing chess, and the person drinking tea glanced at him, but no one paid any attention to him. He stepped up to the person who answered the phone, grabbed the phone with his hands, and put it down: "Who are you? This is not a public phone!" The two chess players raised their heads. The person who answered the phone asked angrily, "Who the hell are you? What are you doing?" "I'm Wu Zhenqing! Who brought you here? Get out of here!" The other party was stunned for a moment. Wu Zhenqing shouted: "I am the captain here!" The man drinking tea said: "Oh... I see! You just came out of the bureau, didn't you? Let me tell you, Party A has unilaterally terminated the contract with you! We took over." Wu Zhenqing was stunned: "It's unreasonable!" He wanted to grab the phone, but the person whom he snatched the receiver held down the phone to prevent him from moving: "Go, go, it's not a public phone!" The two chess players also gave up. He picked up the chessboard and swayed over with his arms folded. The tea drinker said: "Should I call Party A? Let him call, let him call. First, without a license, he took over the project by giving away cigarettes and alcohol. You know this is called in the law. What? It’s called fraudulently signing a contract, and you will be sentenced to prison! Second, as the team leader, you gather a crowd to make trouble, disturb public order, and you are arrested in the Public Security Bureau. What will happen if you don’t terminate the contract? Have to wait for you for a few years? If Party A doesn’t ask you for a crime, it will be a big advantage to you!” Wu Zhenqing slowly put down his hand holding the phone. Two chess players folded their arms and pressed him step by step towards the door. Wu Zhenqing stepped back and asked, "Where are my people?" The man drinking tea said, "No comment. The construction site is now full of our people." Wu Zhenqing said: "Then... I still have some things!" The caller picked up a broken sack from the corner and threw it at him. Wu Zhenqing picked up the sack and retreated silently under the silent pressure of the two chess players. Wu Zhenqing and the people who were waiting for him came together in two directions. These people thought that Wu Zhenqing was holding work clothes, and one of them rushed to the front and said, "I'm sorry, I'll pick it first. I have to pick a small set first." Wu Zhenqing shouted: "Don't move!" The few people swarming towards the sack looked at him puzzled. Wu Zhenqing said: "Huang is gone...the construction contract is terminated. The construction team...doesn't exist any more." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Wu Zhenqing clasped his fists to everyone: "Everyone, I... am very sorry, we will meet later." He picked up the sack and shook it, carried it on his shoulder, and left. Everyone stared at his back in a daze. Wu Zhenqing passed the garbage station and threw the sack into the garbage can. After walking a short distance, he stopped again, walked back, reached into the trash can, and rummaged in the sack for something. There were torn cotton jackets, torn cotton trousers, torn shoes, torn gloves, and the like.He found the chapter of the construction team inside.He looked at it, took it and left. There were a few little boys playing glass balls together, Wu Zhenqing looked at the badge in his hand, walked over, and said to the children: "Do you want something nice for you?" The children stared at him, and he stretched out his hand behind his back to them: "Look, isn't it a good thing?" The children were still staring at him. Wu Zhenqing knelt down and said, "This is pretty good. It can be used as a spinning top." He rubbed his hands together and turned around. Wu Zhenqing smiled innocently and happily, watching the children back away.The children looked at the spinning chapter. The chapter finally stopped turning.fall down. The children looked at Wu Zhenqing who was leaving.Wu Zhenqing turned around. The children rushed forward to fight for the medal, and the glass ball was trampled under their feet.