My name is Chen Liangshan, a villain and murderer with countless blood and human lives on my hands.
Because of my personal actions, the families of the victims here today have lost their relatives, children, brothers, and sisters.
This is a crime I committed, and I plead guilty in court.
I am a criminal with a criminal record. I have gone through labor reform. I know better than anyone here the cost of crime. I also know better than anyone that no matter how difficult the situation is, violence is never the best solution.
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However, after I was released from prison that year, I took the world, life, and everyone around me seriously, but all I got was ridicule.
I have fought like most people, but in the end, I still failed.
When I saw with my own eyes that the developer took the money and ran away, leaving us ordinary people with a house that could not be called a house, I knew that most of the life savings of two generations were destroyed at this moment.
So this is the first struggle in my life. I and hundreds of poor people like me have to fight for our own rights even if we don't hesitate to become "tough people" and "nail house" in people's eyes.
But what did you get in the end? Just a verdict of victory that could not be honored.
I watched with my own eyes as the developer who lost the case continued to live in a mansion and drive a luxury car, but was reluctant to provide water and electricity to the unfinished building he left behind, which resulted in us ordinary people having to live in houses without heating in the winter.
When I was in the house, I really realized one thing, that is, the world is unfair. Some things I didn't have when I was born, I'm afraid... I won't have them again in this life.
So since then, I have known that my struggle has failed, and ordinary people like us who have no power are just a joke in the eyes of capital.
Therefore, I could only live a humble life, like an ant in the eyes of those big shots, spending all my youth and hard work just to get a chance to have a full meal.
I once really thought that maybe my whole life could only be like this.
But no matter how humble I am as a maggot, I don't want my children to have the same fate as me.
I can't let my children make the same mistakes as me, and I don't want them to be like me when they grow up, having to kowtow to those big shots in exchange for a job opportunity.
So when Liu Jianmin demolished my house and ordered his men to beat me, I endured it.
But the only thing he shouldn't do is insult my child!
He even told me in front of me that no matter how hard my children work in the future, they will end up living in the lowest class like me and will always be bullied, despised and stepped on by the children of rich people like me.
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Therefore, the misery I had endured for a long time finally broke out at that moment.
From that day on, it was the beginning of my nightmare.
I am guilty. I am a heinous sinner. My crime is to involve a young, ignorant and ignorant girl in this evil serial murder case.
I forced Lin Aji to work with me to deceive my best friend. I even threatened her parents' lives to force her to become my accomplice in murders again and again.
So I'm guilty.
My sin was that I could not bring a better life to my wife, so that she, like me, had to find a humble job to survive.
I have not brought happiness to my wife, and I am guilty.
I finally went further and further down the road of crime. In order not to be caught by the police, I even killed the witnesses, letting the lives and blood of these people pave the way for me to escape crime.
In order to prevent my daughter from having a murderer father, and in order to prevent my daughter from having a childhood without a father, I killed other people's fathers, sons, and husbands.
This made my sin even worse.
But since then, I have known that the French Open is not leaking out, and sooner or later I will pay the price for all this.
So I'm guilty.
My crime lies in my infinitely expanding desires. When I got used to killing people to achieve my goals and solve problems, I became deeply intoxicated and unable to extricate myself.
Violence is like a drug, eroding every nerve of mine all the time. When I discovered that violence can easily bring me the wealth, fame and status that I have been seeking for so many years, my heart went crazy at that moment.
My heart is lost, lost in the pleasure of it all.
So I'm guilty.
I, who killed 18 lives, confess my guilt to everyone here.
I confess to the families of the victims that it was me who deprived your loved ones of their lives, and it was my wrong actions that caused you to lose your relatives, lovers, children, parents, and friends.
I confessed to the police that I ignored the law and went my own way and went further and further down the wrong path, which made you abandon your family and children during the eight months since you arrested me, and caused countless family conflicts for you.
I confess to my friend that I failed your expectations and good intentions, and used the most despicable lies to repay your greatest kindness to me.
I confess to my lover that I did not give you the life you deserve. I even drew a knife on you when I was overwhelmed by violence. I am not worthy of being your lover.
I confess to my daughter that I made you become the child of a murderer step by step. I wanted to bring you a good life but ended up like this. I am not worthy of being the father of an outstanding child like you.
I confess to Lin Aji that I personally ruined your life, dragged you step by step into the pit of fire, and used the most cruel means to force you to be with me, so I am solely responsible for everything today.
I confess to my deceased parents that I did not become a proud son in your eyes. After I go to your world, I hope to still hear the earnest teachings of you two elders.
I plead guilty to the law. I have tarnished your dignity and destroyed the order that this world should have. Now I am about to receive the due trial.
But I refuse to plead guilty to all the people I killed in this case, because it was you who created this world full of greed, violence, hatred, and evil.
Even if there is still a faint light in this world, I hope that this light that can bring faith to people will never be tarnished by people like you again.
And my biggest regret is that I can't see people like you accept the trial of the law with my own eyes. After all... you have already died in my hands!
So I am guilty, I plead guilty, and I beg the presiding judge to sentence me to the death penalty.
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Just after Chen Liangshan's final statement, the presiding judge announced that the case would be pronounced at a later date.