novelaction Chapter 191: Daisy
Chapter 191: Daisy
In the next few days, the small cell became Lu Qingming's entire life.
He gets up at six or seven in the morning to wash up. The time is very tight and he is still drowsy after washing.
Breakfast consists of steamed buns, porridge, pickles and the like. Although there are not many varieties, at least the steamed buns are not hard, the porridge is not cold, and the pickles are not crushed by feet.
There is no so-called prison boss who steals food. All prisoners have fixed seats and are supervised by prison guards at all times.
After breakfast, the day in the detention center really begins.
The prison guards drove Lu Qingming like a duck to a place similar to a classroom. He learned legal knowledge for three or four hours, and he felt dizzy after listening.
After another hour of ideological education, the police officer who was giving the lecture actually started to call on people to ask questions.
As a brand new face, while asking questions, I was also happy to introduce myself and receive the attention of all the inmates.
It is quite rare to see a young face suddenly appear among a group of young and middle-aged people.
Because there are separate juvenile detention centers for younger ones, they are generally not detained together with them.
The cellmate sitting next to Lu Qingming couldn't stand the loneliness, so he came up to him and whispered, "Hey, kid, what did you do to get you in here?"
Lu Qingming sat upright, but in fact his mind was wandering. He glanced at his furtive cellmate and asked, "Then how did you get in?"
"As for me..." The cellmate laughed bitterly, "I'm an accountant. I was involved in illegal financial operations, falsified accounts and embezzled public funds... Well, I was sentenced to three years."
Lu Qingming was still a high school student and did not understand the hidden meaning of his cellmate’s words. He just said “Oh”.
"What about you? You look so young, so you should just stay here temporarily, right?"
Detention centers are different from prisons. Detention centers are mainly places where criminal suspects and defendants are detained. They have not yet been convicted and sentenced by the court. Only when they arrive in prison will they begin their years of labor reform.
The inmate’s court hearing just ended yesterday and he is expected to be officially assigned to a prison tomorrow.
“I think I’m guilty of intentional homicide…” Lu Qingming thought for two seconds. His brother would be sentenced to the maximum sentence at once, so his job in the government for more than a decade should be secure.
“What the hell?” The inmate who had just approached twisted his mouth.
Kill, kill people?!
The child in front of him, with red lips and white teeth, looked even more well-behaved than his nephew. It was true that one should not judge a person by his appearance...
The cellmate swallowed in fear and moved one meter away: "You... committed manslaughter, right? Haha, I know about excessive self-defense..."
The more I think about it, the more something seems wrong. If it was a minor, manslaughter wouldn't appear here, right?
"How many people did you kill?" He was trembling with fear, but he couldn't resist his curiosity. There were several prison guards in the room anyway, so he would be fine. He continued to ask bravely.
“I don’t know either…” Lu Qingming really didn’t know. Most of the people were his younger brother, but the tall policeman had mentioned it to him.
He counted them one by one on his fingers, not noticing his cellmate's eyes gradually widening as he moved away quickly.
Even the prison guard who was standing nearby and eavesdropping on their conversation couldn't help but look sideways.
During the exercise time, Lu Qingming's deeds quickly spread throughout the detention center.
Rumors such as he had killed so many people that he couldn't be counted on one hand, he loved to chop people for fun when he had a disagreement, he was a teenage killer, etc. swept every cell.
Make the already quiet life during Qingming Festival even more peaceful.
In view of his mental problems, the police did not arrange other roommates for Lu Qingming.
For criminal cases, after completing the investigation, review and prosecution procedures, if the suspect is sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, he will be detained in the detention center until the judgment takes effect.
This process usually takes about half a year.
In fact, he had a very fulfilling life in the past six months. He and his younger brother also kept in touch with each other using a notebook. They left messages and talked to each other every day and enjoyed the communication very much.
The detention center’s labor reform program truly opened Lu Qingming’s eyes.
It is not as simple as stepping on a sewing machine. He doesn't know about other detention centers, but the laws in Hong Kong are different from those in the mainland.
Although it is essentially labor reform, in Hong Kong, labor reform has been renamed and is called vocational skills training courses provided by correctional institutions for prisoners.
Courses cover catering, industry and manual, beauty and hairdressing, construction and decoration, business services, and even full-time continuing education courses.
Providing full-time learning opportunities for prisoners to help them improve their academic qualifications and abilities, thereby laying a foundation for further studies or employment that requires academic qualifications after release from prison.
In summary, each course is a practical skill that will prevent prisoners from being out of touch with society after they are released from prison.
Lu Qingming is best at decoration courses. He is proficient in all construction techniques such as wall treatment, floor paving, water and electricity installation, door and window installation, etc.
Due to Lu Qingming's strong psychological desire, after discovering the existence of his younger brother, their switching time changed from morning and evening to one day per person.
It is carried out alternately, which is equivalent to the sentence being divided into two parts by two personalities, as if more than ten years is not that long.
This kind of action made Officer Li and Sir Duan, who came to visit them, speechless, but they could do nothing about them.
The younger brother has a higher IQ. After learning that his brother liked decoration, he learned some related skills, including mechanical processing and maintenance, wood carving and welding.
According to his message, he wants to work hard to earn money to buy a house after he gets out and build his own home.
Before the trial, 'Lu Qingming' was knitting a handmade sweater in the cell. When he was handcuffed to the police car, his main personality suddenly came online.
The atmosphere in the solemn courtroom was heavy and tense.
The judge sat upright on the high bench.
On both sides of the court sat the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
The prosecutor was dressed in a neat uniform with a thick case file in front of him, while the defense attorney was dressed in a suit with a focused expression. He flipped through the materials in his hands from time to time and was responsible for arguing for the defendant's rights and interests.
Lu Qingming was brought into the court by the bailiff. His face was calm, and his cheeks were even a little rosy due to the regular life in the detention center. Compared with half a year ago, this young man was much calmer.
He was wearing simple clothes, glanced around, and walked to the dock under the guidance of the bailiff.
The gallery was filled with people, including the victims' families, media reporters and citizens who cared about the case.
Their expressions varied, some were angry, some were sad, and some were full of sympathy.
After half a year of fermentation, this serial murder case was fully disclosed, and countless commentary and marketing accounts rushed to report it.
The teenager's background and life experience, the victim's actions, specific motives for the crime and other information can all be found on the Internet.
Some people support the murderer's courage to love and hate, believing that evil will be punished by evil; some people oppose it, regret the murderer's irrationality, and believe that one should use the law as a tool to protect their rights and interests instead of raising the butcher knife.
The judge knocked the gavel lightly, and the courtroom suddenly fell silent, with everyone's eyes focused on the judge.
The prosecutor first stood up and read the indictment in a loud and clear voice, elaborating on the defendant's criminal facts and evidence.
The defense attorney then made his case, using earnest words and tight logic in an attempt to mitigate the defendant's guilt.
The two sides engaged in a heated debate.
Lu Qingming listened quietly, with no expression on his face, as if he was a complete outsider.
When he heard the details of the worker's death, a sarcastic smile appeared on his face.
If he is a rapist, just kill him.
The reason why he didn't let his younger brother show up today was because he knew that the other personality would definitely perform very well and simply take on everything.
Even if he didn't kill the worker who solicited prostitution and killed people.
Perhaps they all don't know that their good friend was once bullied by that man. He doesn't care about food or meat, and he bullies both men and women. He prefers younger boys and does all kinds of beastly things to them.
At that time, Lu Qingming switched to his second personality at midnight, and he lived in the building next to the murdered lady, facing the window.
Like the graduates, he could also hear clearly what was happening in the room opposite which had poor sound insulation.
He even took advantage of the window's view and saw clearly how he strangled the woman.
This was not the first time he had the intention to kill. Lu Qingming, who had helped Lin Wu many times, knew long ago that some people would never turn back if they were just warned and beaten.
So Lu Qingming took the fruit knife from the landlord's room, followed him all the way, and knocked the man into an eternal sleep from behind.
Do you know why people with dual personality give birth to two completely different personalities?
When a person experiences extremely severe and unbearable mental trauma, the psychological defense mechanism will be activated, creating another personality to share the pain.
In other words, his originally cheerful and optimistic personality could not bear the pain of loneliness and indifference, so his brain "created" a silent and rebellious personality.
The existence of his younger brother is a form of resistance to the original traumatic environment and a manifestation of his subconscious desire to escape from pain.
The more Lu Qingming suppressed and endured, the more his second personality rebelled and vented.
As he was caught up in the horror of killing someone, his brain isolated itself from certain horrific memories or intense emotions in order to protect itself from them.
All these isolated emotions are handed over to another personality to deal with.
This is why, after all these years of living in peace and silently enduring the oppression in life, they suddenly broke down and broke the rules.
After Lu Qingming learned that he suffered from split personality, all the so-called isolated memories came back, and it turned out that everything was in accordance with his own emotional needs.
He actively tried to save Lin Wu, but in fact he was also saving himself. However, he let down an independent spiritual being who carried everything on his shoulders, the closest brother who was born from his body!
Lu Qingming began to consciously save himself. He took the initiative to stand at the court hearing, calmly confessed the facts of the crime, and tried to confess the circumstances in order to reduce his sentence.
At the same time, he systematically exposed other people's criminal acts, including the landlord's involvement in the trafficking of young children, the rape and murder of workers, and Wanquan's commercial bribery...
More and more people were involved in the defendant's statement. Finally, Lu Qingming raised his head, looked at the judge, and told his experience and remorse in a trembling voice.
His words were full of regret and self-blame, which made people feel sorry for his fate.
After the trial, the judge announced a recess and the verdict will be announced at a later date.
People in the courtroom stood up and left with mixed feelings.
Duan Rusuo stood in the audience seat, staring at Lu Qingming being taken back to the detention center.
Lu Qingming’s performance startled him a little. He couldn’t even tell which personality was standing in the dock.
It was a sunny day on the sentencing day, and he was ultimately sentenced to ten years in prison, suspended for one year.
Lu Qingming opened his eyes in the dazzling light, and the first thing he did when he woke up was to open the note left by his younger brother.
"Congratulations, brother. Now we are completely in the same boat. ^_^"
Lu Qingming laughed for the first time that day. Light and shadow intertwined on his face. The prison door, the heavy iron door that symbolized restraint and punishment, now became the background of this morning light.
Although he is in prison at the moment, these intangible things give him a kind of strength, a strength to break through the darkness and embrace life again.
That is hope and redemption, it is sprinkled on the boy's face and also into his heart. There is always someone walking forward with him. The most romantic companionship is the one that is invisible but omnipresent.
He can afford to pay for all the hardships he has gone through along the way plus another ten years.
Lu Qingming picked up the pen and wrote on the paper stroke by stroke:
"What do you mean by going along with the crowd? We are just like the dust!"
(End of Daisy)
Subtitles scrolled on the black screen and the familiar song sounded again.
Different from his previous feeling that it was plain and pleasant, combined with the background of the story, Zou Yuan felt mixed emotions.
I feel that this ending is okay, but I just feel uncomfortable, a little regretful and sad.
"Rongrong's acting has improved again, I can tell which personality it is at a glance..." Ye Huan broke the silence, his eyes bright, with a trace of heartache still lingering.
"Daisy..." Zou Yuan pondered.
There is not even a single trace of daisies in the entire movie, but everyone who has seen it thinks the name is very appropriate.
The daisy is small and delicate in appearance, with petals as white as snow or as tender yellow as gold, giving people a feeling of freshness and purity.
It is like an innocent child with an innocent smile.
In many literary works and paintings, daisies are often used to depict the pure hearts of young people, representing a state of innocence without impurities and pollution.
It also has special symbolic significance in the context of war and suffering, where it can symbolize the dawn of peace and hope.
There is also love hidden deep in my heart.
It does not express love passionately like a rose, but exists in a subtle and low-key way.
This feeling that grows quietly deep in the heart is like the petals of a daisy, delicate and gentle, hidden beneath an ordinary appearance, blooming continuously.