Ruan Gaopeng was sitting at the small stall, holding chopsticks in his right hand, slurping snail noodles, and holding a cigarette in his left hand, taking two puffs from time to time. He was missing two fingers on his left hand, and the way he held the cigarette was a bit awkward.

The cigarette had almost reached the end of the cigarette, and his fingertips were a little hot, but he was reluctant to throw it away.

He only had three cigarettes left.

The life of an informant, especially a black informant like him, is really difficult. He has no fixed income and is hungry.

As he ate, he couldn't help but sigh. He didn't know whether it was because it was too hot or spicy, or because he was sighing for himself.

Over the years, he didn't know how many times he sighed.

He still remembered that night eight years ago, he and his mother were huddled in an abandoned shed, eating steamed buns.

While we were eating, the bad gambling father came back.

He was dragged back by a group of people.

Ruan Gaopeng also saw that his right wrist was dripping with blood and his hand had been cut off, which made his mother scream in fear.

I heard from those people that my father lost everything at the gambling table, and he lost his money even to his mother.

Not only that, he was caught cheating and one of his hands was chopped off according to the rules. Then the people in the black casino pulled him over and wanted to arrest his wife so that Ruan Gaopeng's mother could pay off the debt.

If the mother refused to obey, they would use force. Ruan Gaopeng was pushed to the ground, his eyes turned red, he rushed to the corner and picked up his weapons, a rusty kitchen knife and a hammer weighing more than ten kilograms.

He held a knife in his left hand and a hammer in his right hand, and he started to attack violently. He didn't care at all, and he chopped and smashed randomly.

When he came back to his senses, the gang had already run away. Apart from him and his mother, there were only four people left in the abandoned shed.

Four people were lying there, two dead and two injured, including his father.

Later, of the two injured, one died due to failure in resuscitation, and the other was left disabled.

He himself was actually injured. His left index finger was cut off, he was hit with several sticks, and two of his ribs were broken.

But because the adrenaline level was so high, I didn’t feel it at all at the time.

At the same time, Ruan Gaopeng's mother and son were also taken away by the police.

The case was concluded very quickly. Within a few days, he was handed over to the prosecutor, and he had to wait for another half a year for the verdict to be pronounced.

He was found guilty of intentional homicide and the circumstances were atrocious, so he was sentenced to death and executed immediately.

He obeyed the verdict, but his mother refused and appealed.

When word of the case spread, public opinion was in an uproar.

After waiting for a long time, the second trial came. After many discussions, the hospital decided to reject the original verdict and retry the case.

In the end, he was sentenced to death with a reprieve.

During the two years, he behaved well and was able to avoid death, and his death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.

After staying in jail for another six months, the police brought him news that his mother had committed suicide by swallowing pesticide.

In fact, his mother had long wanted to die, but she just couldn't let him go.

Although the illegal casino was destroyed and all the criminals were arrested, and the power of the small casino was not huge, the banker still had some connections, and even if he was caught, he would still have a certain influence on the outside world.

Even if it is very small, it is still very easy to take revenge on Ruan Gaopeng's mother.

What's more, most of the casino thugs are small gangsters. After they are caught, the period of detention will not be too long, and there are also a group of bad friends who will stand up for them.

So Ruan Gaopeng's mother's life was actually very difficult.

After struggling for two or three years, she finally breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that Ruan Gaopeng was spared from death but instead imprisoned. However, she couldn't hold on any longer and chose to commit suicide.

The news almost broke him.

At the same time, it also gave him an overwhelming hatred for various criminal gangs.

But what can he do in prison?

A few months later, the detective who brought him the news came again.

The detective asked him if he would be willing to act as an informant.

He looked at the terms.

The terms are long and the documents are quite thick, but in simple terms, they allow him to mingle among various religions and streams under the premise of being fully monitored by the police, act as an informant for the police, collect their criminal evidence and clues, and receive credit based on his specific contribution.

, meritorious service can be used to reduce the sentence.

He agreed on the spot. It was then that he learned that this criminal policeman was actually the deputy captain of the Yuqiao Criminal Investigation Detachment. To him, he was considered a big shot.

Before that, Ruan Gaopeng only knew his name as Su Ping.

After waiting for another half month, all the procedures were completed, he took off his prison uniform, left the prison, changed his name to Ruan Gaopeng and started living again.

From that day on, he was free. But he also completely lost his freedom.

He later also communicated with some old informants and learned that those who turned to the police as informants rarely met a happy ending.

This business is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you may lose your life. Moreover, meritorious service can indeed reduce the sentence, but after serving the sentence, what can they do?

It is not easy to accumulate merit, and commutation does not mean exemption from prison sentence. If you want to completely escape from prison, it will take at least several years or even more than ten years of work.

But even then, you are not actually free.

When you are an informant, you will inevitably offend people. Without the protection of the police, their life will be even more difficult.

Therefore, many black informants still choose to continue to serve as informants after being released. However, they originally exchanged evidence and clues for credit, but now they can exchange them for money.

But there is no way to get a fixed living allowance from the police. It is hard to say whether life will be better or worse.

Ruan Gaopeng has no regrets. He doesn't need freedom. He just wants to do his best to prevent what happened to him from happening again in other families.

The criminal police officer, perhaps because of this, chose to let himself act as an informant, right?

After all, not all criminals are qualified to be informants. For a criminal like him who caused three deaths and one disability, even if there is a cause, it is difficult to pass the review and evaluation. The criminal police must be under great pressure.

Therefore, Ruan Gaopeng has always been grateful to Su Ping and grateful to him for giving him such an opportunity.

Sometimes he would feel aggrieved for Su Ping. As far as he knew, Su Ping had been working as deputy captain for ten years, but he never got the chance to be promoted. Instead, it was the man named Xun Mu who was about the same age as him.

The young boy actually stepped on Su Ping.

But Su Ping didn't seem to care, so he stopped worrying about it.

Of course, he did not let Su Ping down. He had made a lot of achievements over the years, and he also lost his left thumb.

Although he still often laments his troubled life, he has always been very energetic.

Ding ding ding!

The cell phone suddenly rang, and he immediately gathered his thoughts, threw away the cigarette butt that had almost burned to the filter, took out the cell phone, took a look, and immediately answered the call: "Hey, what's the matter? Ah? Oh, okay, I understand.

, Don’t worry, I’ll go right away.”

After hanging up the phone, he frowned slightly and muttered: "Who are these three people? They actually asked Captain Su to personally order me to check them... Well, I'll ask those buddies later to see if I can get some information.

."

As he spoke, he gulped down the remaining snail noodles and drank all the soup. Then he took out a bunch of crumpled papers and pens from his pocket, took out a few and put them on the table. He stood up and shouted to pay,

And left.
Chapter completed!