Chapter 38: The Collapse of Family Ties

  In the police station, I sat with Zhao Jun in the rest area, Fang Wenke was inside making a record.

  My current mood is hard to describe, it's a feeling of being utterly defeated, like I've smashed a glass with my bare fists and the shards have pierced my skin, causing a stinging pain.

  I had fantasized countless times about meeting this irresponsible father, and I had also resisted every moment of meeting him in my heart. But I never expected that our encounter would be such a sinful coincidence.

  In the past five years, my feelings towards him have evolved from respect to disappointment, and then from disappointment to hatred.

  I don't know what happened to him in the past five years, nor do I know how many bad things he has done outside, but judging from his behavior of driving his mother out of the house, I can confirm that he has completely become a beast.

  But today, it was our first meeting in five years, and I personally sent him into prison.

  Maybe I was dazed for too long, so when Zhao Jiong squatted down to help me tie my shoelaces, I didn't even notice. When I came back to myself and saw the scene in front of me, I quickly pulled my feet back under the chair and said: "What are you doing! Showing off your kindness for no reason!"

  "I told you several times that your shoelaces are open, but you acted like you didn't see me. I thought you wanted me to help you tie them!" Zhao Jun squatted on the ground and shrugged his shoulders in frustration, "Then tie them yourself!" Next, Zhao Jun used both hands to support himself on his knees, and with a swift motion, he stood up, instantly transforming from a short, stumpy person into a tall, powerful prince.

  He stood up, with a solemn expression looking down at me, as if the king was about to issue an order. Then he touched my forehead with his right hand and said: "I know you're feeling bad now, so cry it out!"

  I lifted my head and stared at Zhao Jun, with a serious expression I said to him: "I don't have that many tears! But don't you think I'm very embarrassing? My father is a robber!"

  "You're worrying too much, no one will think anything of you because of this!"

  I hope so!

  I lowered my head, tied the shoelace of my other foot, stood up straight and walked to a policeman. "Uncle, can I take a look at that thief from just now? I have something to say to him, he's my father."

  When I mention the word "father", my tone becomes weaker, and I don't know if it's because of shame or because I've always resisted this kind of relationship in my heart.

  The police officer agreed to my request and took me to see my father.

  My father is sitting right in front of me at this moment, with only a partition similar to a railing separating us.

  The moment I saw him, my heart was calm. No matter how complicated my emotions were before, at this moment I was numb. I didn't know how to start the conversation, so I just stared at him, wanting to hear his voice.

  But after he looked at me for five seconds, he suddenly stood up, grasped the railing with his handcuffed hands and roared at me with a ferocious expression: "I've supported you for so many years! Are you going to use me to send your old man to prison? You're a white-eyed wolf! You and your mom are of the same cheap kind!"

  The moment he shouted out, I completely collapsed, and the grievances and pain of these five years disintegrated together.

  I finally couldn't hold back and went crazy, I spat a mouthful of saliva at his dirty face, then tore my throat and scolded him loudly: "Do you think you're great? You're just the one who gave birth to me in this world! My mother marrying you is the biggest mistake of her life! You going to prison is what you deserve! Even if you die, you won't be able to repay your debt to my mother and me!"

  My roar seemed to have exceeded the decibel that ordinary people could accept, Zhao Jun in the rest area and Fang Wenke who was taking notes next door both ran over after hearing it, and several police officers also followed, and I was forcibly taken away by them.

  "You said you wouldn't cry! How embarrassing!" Zhao Jyun said while handing me a tissue.

  I'm now sobbing so hard that I can barely speak, my body shaking with tears, and my breathing is labored due to the intense pounding of my heart. All this is because the despair and resentment in my heart have made me lose control.

  Kang Ke held me tightly, using his palm to help me catch my breath on my back. He didn't know what language to use to comfort me at this time, he could only sympathize with me and redden his eyes together.

  After Fang Wenke finished his statement at the police station, the three of us left there.

  When I left, I walked forward without looking back.

  I know my emotions have reached a point of explosion, but my rationality is still telling me that from now on, I will have nothing to do with the man who gave me life, just as if my father had died the year I was born.

  When we returned to the hotel, it was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night. Because we had been busy for too long, we bought some instant noodles and prepared to eat them at the hotel.

  After buying instant noodles, Zhao Jun returned to his room alone, while Fang Wenke and I were in the adjacent room.

  As soon as I entered the house, I rushed to the big bed and stuck to it tightly, refusing to move. Fang Wenke quickly picked up the kettle and boiled some hot water.

  "Let's finish eating the noodles and then go to sleep! Then tomorrow around 10 am we'll head back to Changchun, after we get back I have a friend's birthday party that I need to attend, will you come with me?"

  I nodded in agreement with Fang Wenke's request.

  "And from now on, don't be sad because of your father anymore, and don't cry so heart-wrenchingly. When you cried today, I felt like I was suffocating, that feeling is too painful!"

  I raised my head and looked at Ke's house, smiled and said: "It won't be like that again. From today on, I don't have such a father either."

  "Then would you blame me? If I hadn't chased your father at that time, perhaps your father wouldn't have gone to prison."

  "If I hadn't personally sent him to prison today, I think he might have been taken by someone else later. He's lived in a daze for so many years and should have repented by now. I won't blame you because this is fate. If it weren't for you, I think I wouldn't even know where I'd be right now."

  Fang Wen Ke put down the kettle, walked to my side and gently kissed my forehead, saying: "From now on, no matter what happens, I will always be by your side. Even if you become helpless and have nowhere to rely on, I will be your warmest harbor."

  Perhaps it was a remark from Fang Wenke that struck a nerve, or perhaps it was self-pity for my own miserable situation, but my heart felt sour, so sour that all the organs around my heart were stirring together, and every part of my body was undergoing a chemical reaction.

  That chemical reaction is called being moved, and that feeling makes one feel warm all over.

  After eating instant noodles, I and Fang Wenke lay on the bed chatting, and soon fell asleep, without even washing my face.

  Later, I don't know how long it was, and I also forgot where I heard it from, my father was sentenced to prison. They said he was sentenced to four years of fixed-term imprisonment.