Chapter 36 (1/2)
Chapter 36: Idler
Zhang Chi packed up his sketch folder and satfor a time
He didn’t feel angry or hard-pressed by Gu shi+’s blunt barbs, but the sense of loss and resentment that clawed at his heart was hard to bear This resentment was not toward anyone else, but toward himself, because he had failed himself
He sat for a while and got hi up like his former self, his head up, shoulders squared, and went to the interrogation roo at the person opposite He saw Zhang Chi and nodded to him, but had no time for pleasantries
Little Wu was by the side and told Zhang Chi quietly, “That weirdo is a fast talker We couldn’t handle hi the old veteran out”
Gu Zhichang stared “If you don’t speak we can still send our inforive you a chance to call your wife here and explain to her face-to-face Otherwise, if we have to drop in for a visit it will alarhter You think on it You want to talk, or do you want us to talk?”
The ly Give me one more chance why don’t you?”
“Ugly? Don’t you laugh proudly when you show your thing to people? Don’t tell iven you plenty of chances If you don’t cooperate then you’ll knohat ugly really is Think clearly A to have to call or not?”
He was a sharp lasses He didn’t look at all peculiar He was in a cold sweat, still i in a low voice, “My father-in-law is my unit’s old boss If you do this it will be a messy divorce, and he will definitely know the reason why I won’t be able to work Just give ht?”
“You also have a daughter These kids are a few years older than her Did you ever think about if your daughter had experienced that, ould you think? What parents wouldn’t be up in arms with the school, with the police? You can’t do your job, e can’t do ours either We didn’tat the farmer’s market”
Zhang Chi studied the “voyeur’s” face carefully It was really quite different than what he had sketched Gu Zhichang hadn’t said anything to him about it, but he was really ashamed
The h his address book, found the nuer hesitated over his cell phone
“Wantpressed him sternly
“I’ll do it, I’ll do it,” he answered quickly, and finally dialed “hello, I’ here I need to handle I need you to come down here”
“I have to warn you, you did what you did knowingly, and you knehat the consequences would be It’s completely different than someone who has a several mental disorder and does it unintentionally It’s unavoidable We already knew the situation e brought you down here How long you’re sentenced will depend on how sincere you are in explaining things Don’t beat around the bush, don’t mince words Give us details The closer what you say matches e already know, and the more behaved you are, the better chance you’ll have that we’ll decide to help you lighten your sentence Understood?”
“Understood, understood I’ll tell you everything honestly” The man’s line of defense had nearly totally collapsed
Gu Zhichang called in two on-duty officers who took down information from the witness and the suspect Before he left he told them in detail about how he should be locked up, lest there be some dispute in the days to co Chi, who had been standing quietly to the side this whole time
“Sir” Zhang Chi stepped forith a look of shame
“You don’t have to say anything I know” Gu Zhichang waved his hand “You win sos will be hard for you if you’re always distracted from your work”
“I was just thinking back to when I drew that sketch I definitely was distracted”
“Naturally, the witness’ memory was faulty You dreell and she said it looked a lot like hiuy just now Actually, I really sympathize with him He has his own reasons as well for what he did”
Zhang Chi snorted “Sympathize? What he did was too nasty”
Gu Zhichang waved that away a now coone “Voyeurism certainly has a nastier influence on our society In my many years here I’ve seen enerally this sort of thing flares up between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five For cases like his, where it’s a man in his forties, most of the time there’s been sos between spouses, or some discord in their lives”
“What you’re saying, sir, is that these people are a laical proble it?”