Blazing Armour - Chapter 172

This roar did not vent Ren Yu’s depression, but affected his new and old wounds, which made his face white.

Zheng Pei looked at Ren Yu coldly, crouching and gasping with difficulty. When he eased over, Continue firing the soft knife: “Captain Ren, you are a good man. Everyone says so. You may be a smart man, but you are too stupid compared with Gong Yingxian. I don’t know whether you are confused by his career, his life experience or his appearance. You believe everything he says and do everything he asks you to do. Is this the behavior of a normal adult?”

Ren Yu opened his mouth and tried to defend himself, but Zheng Pei said first: “I’ve heard some gossip about your relationship. I have no opinion on sexual orientation, but if it’s true, it can help me better understand your actions in the face of him, and even take the illegal risk of hiding, shielding and assisting wanted criminals for him.”

Zheng Pei’s eyes, tone and words made Ren Yu’s whole face hot. I’m afraid it wouldn’t be more embarrassing to ask him to come out in the street.

Zheng Pei still said mercilessly, “about the cases 19 years ago and these cases now, 80% of the information you get comes from him, right? Didn’t you think he would cheat you?”

Ren Yu’s lips trembled and said difficultly, “I’ve done my own investigation…”

“But how much of your investigation is based on the information he gave you?” Zheng Pei said sharply, “up to now, subconsciously, you are still defending him. In fact, you are also defending yourself, because you have too many sunk costs during the period of trusting him and paying for him. You are more afraid than anyone that he is lying to you and using you to make everything you do wrong.”

Ren Yu stared at Zheng Pei with red eyes: “it’s not the first time I doubt him. I also have my own judgment on many things. How long have you been involved in this case and how much do you know?”

Ren Yu was deeply humiliated by Zheng Pei’s aggressiveness. In Zheng Pei’s mouth, he seemed to have become a fool who had no brain and no bottom line and wanted to help his lover do evil even if he violated the law and discipline. In the past, he had a great dispute with Gong Yingxian because of the trust crisis, but he finally got back together. That’s because the trust between them was established after several life and death. It’s solid and thick. Even he can’t tell the intricate love, appreciation, trust and sympathy. Not to mention Zheng Pei, an outsider!

But while he was angry, he had to face the reality that Zheng Pei’s query was not without reason.

Gong Yingxian did what he was too poor to defend, killing Qiu Yan and hurting him. He knew that what was waiting for him was not only to be expelled from the fire control system, but also to bear criminal responsibility.

But there was another voice in his heart, arguing bitterly. That is, Gong Yingxian sacrificed his life to save himself several times. The choice of those moments of life and death is the most instinctive choice, which can never be false.

He doesn’t believe that Gong Yingxian doesn’t care about him at all. Maybe it’s just that Gong Yingxian cares about him, which is far less than the obsession that has haunted him for 19 years.

Zheng Pei saw the contradictory struggle on Ren Yu’s face: “I asked you a simple question. I told you on the phone that Gong Yingxian knew Zhang Wen’s identity long ago, but he chose to hide everyone. Did you ask him about it?”

Ren Yu was silent.

Zheng Pei showed a “sure enough” expression, He shook his head: “you have degenerated from being deceived by him to deceiving yourself and others. Why? Don’t tell me because of any great love. If he let Huang Yan’s gun hit you on the head instead of on the bulletproof vest, you don’t even know how you died. Is it him you ran away from or the doubt in your own heart?”

“What are you trying to prove?” Ren Xuan stared at Zheng Pei and bared his teeth. “It proves that I was cheated by him. Yes, I admit it. Then what do you want? Do you want me to go to court and sue him for cheating me? Is that how you investigate the case?”

“I want to prove that all your maintenance of him is not worth it. You should be sober and help me unreservedly, so that you can leave yourself a way back and give captain Qiu justice.”

Ren Yu’s lips closed into a line.

Zheng Pei attached his lower body and supported his arms on the edge of the bed, Level with Ren Yu: “Do you know what you have to face? Once the case is filed, you will not only be expelled from public office, but also be put in detention. Can you bear these? From a respected and promising special service fire brigade squadron leader to living in a reinforced concrete can with murderers, rapists, fraudsters, prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves, gangsters and other garbage A dark life. ”

Ren Yu’s eyes were angry and his fist was clenched.

“Don’t think your detachment can protect you for long. This is a society ruled by law. I can apply for your arrest at any time.”

Ren Yi slightly approached Zheng Pei and stared fearlessly into his eyes: “how much evidence do you have?”

“Enough.” Zheng Pei said, “it depends on your cooperation.”

“You said you came to supervise the case of their dereliction of duty. Obviously, I can do it or not, but you are so eager to dig something out of my mouth. For this reason, you have to sow discord and threaten.” Ren Leng said, “the more you do, the more I think you can’t be trusted.”

Zheng Pei’s face sank: “you are stubborn.”

“I’ve tried my best to cooperate with what you want to know. I don’t know what else you want. Why don’t you just say what you want me to cooperate with.”

“It’s not what I want you to do, but what you should do. Do you really want to go to prison? Whether you are coerced or actively assisted directly determines where and how you want to live in your next life.”

Ren Pei had guessed that Zheng Pei wanted him to identify Gong Yingxian. Zheng Pei’s position made this practice understandable, but he could not cooperate – when the truth was still uncertain. He said: “so many suspicious points have not been found out, Ziyan and his x sect members have not been caught, and Gong Yingxian has not been caught. Shouldn’t you care about the more important case?”

“I didn’t delay anything.” Zheng Pei stood up and ordered Ren Yu with his index finger. “But you’re delaying yourself.”

Ren Yi lowered his head, remained silent for a moment, and asked, “is there any arrangement for captain Qiu’s funeral?”

“Haven’t been notified yet.” Zheng Pei put away his notebook. “Captain Ren, I’ll give you some time to think about it. Anyway, you can’t leave the hospital now. I hope we meet next time, not in the detention center.”

After Zheng Pei left, Ren Yu lay down on the bed. His heart was like being thrown into the boiling oil, anxious, panicking and suffering every minute.

Gong Yingxian, where are you and what have you done? Can you really lose your conscience and do anything for revenge!

You abandoned Qiu Yan regardless of life and death. You put me in a hopeless situation. Are you still you!

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This time, the situation was too serious. Ren Yu was completely controlled. There were police guards outside his ward. When the doctor allowed him to leave the hospital, he would be taken back to Hongwu branch for formal custody.

However, he has had private friends with the doctors here for many years, and he should not be able to get out of the hospital in the short term.

This time, Chen Xiaofei didn’t come to see him. He was probably completely disappointed in him, and his heart was also full of doubts about Chen Xiaofei. He didn’t see the best.

Even after Zheng Pei left that day, others needed to apply to the police to visit him. The result of the application was naturally not passed. He listened to Qu Yangbo’s scolding in the ward. After he had to leave, he felt so uncomfortable that he didn’t sleep well all night.

In order to help Gong Yingxian, he implicated the whole detachment. He can’t remember when he was the last normal leader of the fire squadron. He misses his squadron and his brothers, but what face does he have to see them?

He is ashamed of his brother, his father and Qiu Yan. If it were not for him, Qiu Yan would not have been in danger and would not have died.

And all these pain, guilt, regret and fear are added to him by the people he deeply loves.

As early as when Gong Yingxian used his father, he should be alert and re-examine the man, but he softened under his apology and couldn’t resist the fatal attraction. He attributed it to Gong Yingxian making a mistake. Who can not make a mistake? So he ignored Gong Yingxian’s character of lacking empathy and maximizing benefits with almost cold reason.

However, even when he was most angry, if someone told him what happened today, he would never believe that Gong Yingxian would let them feed the gangsters’ bullets.

He thought that Gong Yingxian’s childhood shadow had caused irreparable personality defects, but there was always a foundation of justice and kindness.

Is he wrong?

The cost of this mistake is too big, too big, and he can’t unload such guilt and regret all his life.

——

These two days, he fell asleep several times and woke up several times. Ren Yu felt like he was abandoned. Even if no one was watching outside, he hardly left the hospital bed.

At dusk, the nurse came in as usual to lift water for him.

He could feel the sound of the outside world, but he didn’t want to respond at all – until the nurse covered his mouth.

Ren Yu was surprised and immediately had to struggle, but the nurse put his mobile phone in front of him. He looked at the picture above and was stiff.