Madness of the Heart

Xiaben Village, Yuanhai County.

Li Hongmei was born in a family that was not accepted by the outside world-her mother Kang Xi was abducted and sold to Xiaben Village.

This situation is not uncommon in Xiaben Village. Men buy women from human traffickers, and parents buy girls for their sons. These unfortunate women have all become fertility tools in this backward fishing village, and almost no one is happy.

Sister Kang Xi is an exception, a blessing in misfortune.

She is from a neighboring country, does not speak Chinese, and has serious mental problems. Li Hongmei's grandfather saw her cheap and bought her to Li Guozhong.

Although the wife was bought, Li Guozhong treated each other as husband and wife, and did not make Kang Xi suffer. After confirming the relationship, he did not have any improper dealings with other women.

Many men in the village laughed at Li Guozhong, saying that a woman is a commodity. If you buy it, you must enjoy it. If you are tired of it, you can change it. How can there be any reason to supply the commodity?

Li Guozhong retorted, saying that since Sister Kang Xi had come to his house, she was his wife, and his family was definitely not a commodity.

Sister Kang Xi couldn't understand, hehe Zhile.

Soon, the two children, Li Liangyou and Li Hongmei, were born one after another, and the family of five enjoyed themselves well.

When Li Hongmei was a child, I don't know if it was Li Guozhong who often fiddled with Chinese medicine or the warm atmosphere at home. Sister Kang Xi rarely got sick and was a gentle and amiable mother most of the time.

Xiaben Village is close to the sea, and people live by fishing. Li Guozhong and Li Liangyou were both young and energetic, diligent and diligent, and they were able to live a relatively prosperous life by fishing.

Li Hongmei was born ugly, but smart and sensible. Before the tragedy happened, she had a happy childhood.

Li Guozhong has never read a book for a day and is illiterate. The greatest pleasure in his free time is to listen to the "learned" people telling the world in the book. He is open-minded, simple and open-minded, and can chat with everyone.

Ten years ago, Xiaben Village was much backward than it is now. It retains the original fishing village style, and occasionally young "allies" come to play.

They are generally students, and there are also people who quit after work. They live in Xiaben Village for a while, and leave after experiencing enough local customs.

The villagers called them "outsiders".

For Li Guozhong, all foreigners are educated people. He likes to invite them to his yard, call out Li Hongmei and Li Liangyou, drink tea and chat with them.

There is a female white-collar worker from outsider named Ashen. Ashen said that knowledge can change destiny, especially the destiny of girls.

At that time, for girls born in Xiaben Village, their destiny was to marry and lose their identity.

Li Guozhong heard from Ashen about the benefits of studying more, so he asked Li Hongmei and Li Liangyou if he wanted to go to school outside.

Li Liangyou was born simple and honest, and has passed the best age for going out to study. He doesn't want to go to school. He just wants to be a fisherman of duty. When he has a certain amount of savings, he will behave like a wife-not like a father. The same depends on buying.

Li Guozhong agrees very much.

Li Hongmei was only a few years old, looking at the book brought by a foreigner, her eyes were full of longing.

She said: "Abba, I want to study, I want to go to university outside, and be a PhD like Sister Achen!"

Li Guozhong was very happy, deliberately amused: "Then Hongmei is willing to us?"

Li Hongmei thought for a while, "I can't bear it."

"Do you want to go out then?"

"Didn't Sister Achen say that knowledge can change destiny. I don't want to marry someone. When I become a doctor, I will take you to live with me outside!"

Li Guozhong laughed loudly and called sister Kang Xi, "Look, how promising our daughter is."

Kang Ximei didn't speak well, she just smiled gently.

Li Guozhong said again, "Then Abba and brother will be responsible for saving your tuition."

Li Hongmei cheered, "Okay!"

The father and son did what they said, and went to sea even harder for the only daughter in the family. Li Hongmei grew up day by day. Although she looked really ugly, she read more and more books, and many people from other villages praised her for being smart.

When Li Liangyou was 20 years old, he befriended Li Chunyan, the girl next door.

Unfortunately, Li Shuxian, the son of the village chief, is also pursuing this beautiful girl.

In terms of appearance and family, Li Liangyou is not as good as Li Shuxian, but Li Chunyan chose Li Liangyou in the end on the grounds that Li Liangyou is reliable, practical, and a beloved person who can be delivered for a lifetime.

The bad luck came.

Li Shuxian has been rampant in Xiaben Village for many years, and his notoriety has even spread to other villages. He didn't want to marry Li Chunyan when he chased Li Chunyan, just because Li Chunyan is the most beautiful unmarried woman in Xiaben Village.

Li Chunyan chose Li Liangyou, which made Li Shuxian feel embarrassed and jealous.

At the end of summer twelve years ago, Li Shuxian kidnapped Li Chunyan and led Li Liangyou to the barren mountain. It was not Li Chunyan who was waiting for Li Liangyou there, but a group of thugs Li Shuxian recruited from the outer village.

Li Guozhong was afraid of his son and followed all the way.

Both father and son never came back. The body was so terrible that it was confirmed by a forensic doctor to be beaten to death by a slapstick.

Many villagers were witnesses to Li Liangyou being taken away by Li Shuxian, at least Li Chunyan knew about it. But everyone was silent.

Li Hongmei was only nine years old at the time. She watched her elderly grandfather get angry to death, and her mother, who was mentally ill but never harmed, was bitten to death by wild dogs.

With her immature voice, the police officers who came forward to investigate continuously said: "My Abba and brother were killed by Li Shuxian! Believe me, it is really Li Shuxian! If you don't believe me, ask Chunyan sister!"

Li Chunyan cried bitterly, not only did not identify Li Shuxian, but stood with Li Shuxian, "Shu Xian was at my house, playing cards with my brothers and sisters, we can all testify for him. It was a foreigner who killed his good friend."

The police came and went. Li Hongmei only got a false answer—Li Liangyou and Li Guozhong were killed by outsiders because of a dispute with outsiders. The police will do their best to hunt down the perpetrators.

This arrest took twelve years.

Obviously the whole village knows who the real murderer is, but the real murderer can get away with it.

"With us, even a small village chief can cover the sky with one hand, do you believe it?" Li Hongmei's eyes were already red and swollen. "In just one month, I am the only one in my house. There are so many witnesses. But what about it? My brother died to save Li Chunyan, and she didn't even dare to stand up. Haha, the light can't shine on that small fishing village, let alone me. I have no relatives and no home when I was nine years old. No matter how I yell, the officials can’t hear them, they shield each other, and my family won’t look down upon me!"

Long before Li Hongmei spoke, Ming Shu had already guessed the circumstances of the case. Similar things are common in many backward villages and towns. The only difference is the details.

But seeing Li Hongmei with his own eyes and listening to her talk about the ordinary life before the family was broken, an irresistible sense of sorrow still rushed up, making people suffocate for a moment.

From the moment his father and brother died, Li Hongmei's life was completely changed.

"They didn't do anything to my little child, do you know why?" Li Hongmei pulled up her scattered hair, "not because they pity me for being an orphan and want to leave my family alive, but because I look ugly!"

Even Ming forgiveness did not clarify the logic for a while.

The logic of the wicked.

"Looking is the original sin. If I'm beautiful, maybe I'm already dead-either killed or played by those dirty men. They think that I'm so ugly that I'm destined to die in my life and never struggle in the quagmire. The chance that comes out, I am alive, it will be more painful than death." Li Hongmei said: "Mr. Police, do you understand? In their eyes, I can't get ahead, and it's impossible to bring them to justice. On the contrary, I will still Because of this face, I have been tortured in this world! My existence gives them pleasure and proves that they can really be lawless!"

Chill and anger arose, Ming Shu stood up abruptly.

It's because he is used to seeing the dark and gloomy heart, and he can't resist such malice at this time.

"But I, but I still want to struggle..." Li Hongmei almost lost control of her tears, "I always remember that sentence, knowledge can change destiny. I studied desperately, and finally left Yuanhai County and passed the exam in Dongye City. This is a big city. The moment I came here, I felt that I was saved. As long as I keep working hard, I will surely get ahead! When I have the ability and status, I must let Li Shuxian and him The village chief’s father, as well as the police who sheltered them back then, were all punished!"

The space in the interrogation room was small, not enough to generate an echo. Ming Shu felt Li Hongmei's trembling voice echoing over and over again.

"But I failed." Li Hongmei gently shook her head, over and over again.

"Li Shuxian expected it to be correct. I didn't get ahead. I was tortured. I finally climbed out of that backward and ignorant place, but fell into another abyss. The big city is fine, but I've already lost on the starting line. . What can I compare with those beautiful and rich girls? I lost when I was born. How much better are people like Wen Jingjing, Lianqiao, and Qin Manyue than Li Shuxian?"

"Later I figured it out. I was born like this, with a look like me, and there really is no chance of getting ahead." Li Hongmei smiled sorrowfully, "I will either endure for a lifetime and be a joke for everyone, or become a villain, worse than them. Thousands of times of evil! Only in this way will you hear my voice! And my roommates, shouldn't they die? When they humiliate me, do they think there will be retribution?"

After speaking, Li Hongmei seemed to have exhausted her strength, lowered her head, and panted quickly.

Ming Shu couldn't help thinking, what would happen if Li Hongmei met a group of roommates who didn't dislike her and were willing to help her after entering the university?

Will Li Hongmei follow past plans to find the direction in life, and when he is strong enough, will he seek justice for his family?

Or after years of obscurity, I realized that I was really a loser, so I went silent to the end, or broke out?

These are no longer answers.

Ming Shu said, "I have another question."

Li Hongmei slowly raised her head.

"You know that Li Shuxian was the one who killed your father and brother." Ming Shu said, "When you were desperate, didn't you think of retaliating directly against him?"

Li Hongmei said: "You mean to say that I shouldn't kill my roommates to attract attention? You think Wen Jingjing and the others are not guilty of death, do you?"

Ming Shu said: "Answer my question."

"Hahaha, hahaha!" Li Hongmei smiled sadly, "I hope I can get fair treatment for my family, do you understand? They are clean. Li Shuxian should go to court and get a legal trial. Plead guilty, not let me kill!"

Mingshu saw crazy, paranoid, and gloomy in her fancy.

"I don't care, I killed someone, I deserve to pay my life, I accept all judgments!" Li Hongmei was quiet, "You will catch Li Shuxian, right?"

Ming Shu said: "The case in Xiaben Village will definitely come to light."

Li Hongmei shivered, "Thank you, thank you."

Ming Shu said: "I don't accept it."

Li Hongmei was startled.

"It is the duty of the criminal police to detect a murder case. I don't need to accept the gratitude of a murderer." Ming Shu said: "Failing to bring the suspect to justice in twelve years is the negligence of your hometown police."