Chapter 4: Fate's Tease!
"Besides, your people almost ran me over with that broken Santana, and I didn't even bother to hold it against you. What else can you say is wrong with me?" The master looked aggrieved.
"We were on duty." Officer Yan explained casually, she really didn't want to waste any more time with this swindler. "Alright, you don't have to confess, we already know everything. We just wanted to see your attitude towards admitting your mistake, but the opportunity has been wasted by yourself. Now I'm going to announce your problem."
The master was taken aback, and his eyes also narrowed slightly, looking at the information in the hands of Officer Yan.
"Wu Zhengxie, male, 25 years old, Han nationality, from Baohe Town, H City. Both parents have passed away. Dropped out of school at the age of six and left home. Returned to H City a year ago. Has been wandering around major towns in H City, making a living by setting up stalls and deceiving people with fortune-telling tricks. Three days ago, came to Jinchang Pedestrian Street in H City to set up a stall and deceive people. Encountered our police department's crackdown on cheating and deception at the end of the year. Not only did you not cooperate with the investigation, but you also refused to be captured twice and escaped from the police's hands." Officer Sheng said, putting away the documents in his hand and looking at Wu Zhengxie, "Your information is very simple. We don't know where you went or what bad things you might have done from the age of six until now."
"We don't know about these things, and I believe you won't say anything either. However, during the severe crackdown by our police force, you dared to commit crimes against the wind, and when the police arrested you, not only did you not cooperate with the police, but also resisted arrest twice! This is not all, during your escape, you repeatedly insulted our police officers on duty, and there are witnesses for these incidents. With all these added up, Wu Zhengxie, you can just prepare to spend the Spring Festival here."
"Are you going to arrest me? Do I have to sit here and wait for you to come and catch me? Am I stupid? Why don't you say that your police are incompetent instead? As for insulting you, shouldn't you be scolded? With so many bad people in China, corrupt officials, big cheaters, human traffickers... you don't go catch them, but instead come to catch a poor guy like me, do you still have any sense of justice?"
If you police were useful, I wouldn't be in this situation now, and my dad wouldn't... Wu Zhengxie thought resentfully in his heart, but when he saw the strict surname policeman getting up to leave, he suddenly panicked.
"Hey, police sister..." Wu Zhengxie had just opened his mouth when the female police officer turned her head and glared at him, letting out a low growl.
"Hum, who's your elder sister? Don't shout randomly." The female police officer stopped in her tracks.
"Hehe, shouldn't this be more intimate? Besides, although you look very young and beautiful, I couldn't possibly call you 'beautiful sister', could I?" Wu Zhengxie said with a sly smile, bowing his head in a way that really did resemble the image of a traitor from TV.
The female police officer heard this and her mouth corners involuntarily hooked up a smile, but the smile was fleeting. She then put on a straight face again, looking at Wu Zhengye and saying, "You don't need to say these things to me, pleading is useless. You committed a crime during our strict crackdown period, although you only cheated people, but at least you'll have to be detained here for 4 hours." After finishing speaking, the female police officer left the interrogation room without looking back.
Just as Wu Zhengyi was feeling uneasy in his heart, two male police officers slipped in from the doorway.
"Huh! Two big brothers, let's talk nicely..." The two policemen didn't waste any words with Wu Zhengxie and directly took him to the detention room, one on each side.
Watching the two male police officers leave, Wu Zhengye's mouth curled up into a slight smile, and he muttered to himself, "It's good, there's food and drink here, and I won't get blown by the wind or drenched in the rain. Hmm, it's comfortable..."
He simply lay down on the single bed behind him, closed his eyes with a look of enjoyment, and hummed an old Peking Opera tune - 'In the past, our team was just established, with only a dozen or so people, seven or eight guns...'
It's a rare occasion, Wu Zhengyi doesn't have to worry about food and shelter tonight. The detention room has food too, although no fish or meat, but considering he usually goes hungry for three meals a day, this is already quite good in the eyes of Wu Zhengyi, Wu Dashi. Moreover, the conditions in the detention room are not bad either, it's unknown if it's special treatment for him, but on this cold winter night, there are two thick quilts on the bed, although they have a musty smell, it's still much better than spending the cold nights under the eaves of the street.
He slept very well tonight, it's been a long time since he slept so well......
He dreamed, dreaming back to his childhood...dreaming of that encounter he would never forget for the rest of his life.
"Little brother, don't go! You have a brilliant aura bursting out of your crown, do you know that?" A disheveled old man with a messy head of hair and a dirty face, carrying a black tattered backpack on his back, squatted down and grabbed Wu Zhengye's arm very seriously, saying "Looking at your skeletal structure, you're so young yet have a physique with rippling muscles, absolutely a rare martial arts prodigy that appears only once in a hundred years!"
The old man's face was filled with emotion and solemnity, "As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will? The responsibility of maintaining world peace in the future is now entrusted to you!" After speaking, the old man patted Wu Zhengye's shoulder seriously and said, "I have a predestined relationship with you, this 'Indestructible Golden Chain' is a treasured protective artifact, you will definitely need it in the future! Now, I'll sell it to you for 10 bucks!" At this point, the old man's face was filled with reluctance and heartache, as if he had really cut off a piece of his own flesh.
"I don't want it!" Wu Zhengye raised his eyes and looked at the 'Invincible Golden Chain' that had already rusted to an unrecognizable state, shaking his head.
"Don't like it? Alright, little brother, I have something else here. This 'Golden Jade Bangle' will keep you from getting sick and make your martial arts training twice as effective. With this, you'll be able to maintain world peace even better in the future."
"I don't want to!"
"Hmm! Still don't like it? Alright, I have this ring..."
"I don't want it!" Wu Zhengye still shook his head, then stretched out his hand and pointed at a ring that was about to fall out of the rotten package, "That ring..."
"Ha! You like that ring, okay? This ring is called 'Three Color Ring', wearing it can increase your intelligence and make you smarter. How about this, originally this ring costs 20 bucks, since we have a good relationship, I'll sell it to you for 10 bucks."
Shaking head again, however... "I don't have so much money!"
"Six blocks!" The old man took out the 'three-color ring' and handed it to Wu Zhengxie, "Since you have fate, I'll wish you six six great success. When you stand at the top of the world in the future, come back and thank me then."
"I don't!" Wu Zhengxie still shook his head.
The old man glared at them with anger, "Isn't it? Today you start school and the tuition is exactly six dollars?"
"I don't have that much, I only have five!" Wu Zhengye said, then tore open the sewn-up pocket of his pants and pulled out a 5-yuan bill.
Quickly taking the 5-yuan note from Wu Zhengxie's hand, Old Man Zhao shook his head in distress, "Alright, considering we have a connection, I'll just take the five...".
"Ah!" Wu Zhengye suddenly sat up in bed, "Damn it, I was dreaming!" He shook his head, which was a bit dizzy, and Wu Zhengye's face was full of anger. Thinking back to the dream he had just had, he regretted it immensely. The plot of the dream was similar to that of the movie "Kung Fu", but what was infuriating was that he had personally experienced such a clichéd plot before.
He was only 6 years old at that time, just entering the first grade of primary school. At that time, the tuition for one semester was only six yuan. His father Wu Daoyi was too busy with work and had no time to accompany him to register, so he sewed the tuition into his pants pocket with a needle and thread and let him go find the teacher to register by himself.
To know that six yuan at the time was no small sum, Wu Zhengye still remembered that his father Wu Daoyi's monthly salary was only thirteen blocks! It can be imagined.
Unexpectedly, on the way to school, I ran into that swindler and spent five bucks buying this "three-color ring". After haggling, I was left with one dollar, but... damn it! It fell off!
Later, Wu Dao Yi found out and was furious. He scolded Wu Zheng Ye and took him to find the swindler who sold the ring together.
Unfortunately, there is still someone there.
For this, Wu Zhengyi was again scolded by Wu Daoyi.
At that time, Wu Zhengye was small in stature but big in temper. After being scolded by Wu Daoyi one after another, Wu Zhengye simply ran away...
How long can a child be angry? At most, it's just two days. Children will think of their home and their parents. Wu Zhengyi is the same, he has been without his mother since he was young, because his mother passed away a year after he was born. Therefore, at this moment, he can only think of his father, Wu Daoyi.
Growing up in a single-parent family, without the love and discipline of his mother, he was very rebellious from a young age. Every time he got into trouble and returned home, his father Wu Daoyi would scold him and often say, "Your appearance determines your fate, with a certain look you will do certain things, it's destined!"
However, despite this, Wu Zhengyi still set foot on the road home three hours after leaving home.
However, just as he was about to arrive home, two men in black suddenly appeared, and then he felt a blackout... He didn't know how long it took, but in his daze, he seemed to hear the voices of several people talking, among which one sentence he heard very clearly, "Old Three, what kind of person are you catching? Do you want this kind of goods? Even if you give this kind of goods to customers, others will think it's a waste of food!
"Hurry up, hurry up! Take advantage of the fact that it's not yet dawn and this little brat's blindfold hasn't been removed, and the anesthetic hasn't worn off. Old Three, quickly throw him out for me, as far as you can!"