Pokémon: I'm a detective, not the sixth one.

"Zhai Wuji, be a good person after you get out, and don't make the same mistake again, okay?"

The police officer who distributed the release certificates tried to persuade Zhai Wuji earnestly, but the latter just nodded silently.

The police officer didn't know whether he had heard it or not. He stood up and signaled his colleagues on duty outside to open the door to freedom for Zhai Wuji.

The sun was shining brightly today, and it made him squint.

Zhai Wuji walked out with a dull expression, and with a "bang", the door closed tightly again.

He didn't dare look back, because his cellmates had told him that he must walk out straight after regaining his freedom. Looking left and right was a very unlucky symbol, representing "going back"!

So he picked up the file bag, put on his most respectable clothes, which were actually already torn by prison mosquitoes, and walked outside as heroically as possible.

What is outside the prison gate? The answer is another gate.

After all, this is a confidential place. Walking out of the iron gate of the prison is not the end. There are still hundreds or thousands of meters of dirt roads ahead, which are the passages for armed police and civilian police to enter and exit vehicles.

Zhai Wuji walked for a long time, dodging several cars and even intentionally avoiding the eyes of the armed police. Finally, when he arrived at the last gate, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Over the past eight years, he has developed a phobia for people in uniform.

"Hello, could you please give me directions?"

This was the first sentence Zhai Wuji said after he was released from prison, and the person he was questioning was the armed police on duty at the gate booth.

"Guide the way?"

The armed police officer stood up straight and glanced at him slightly sideways. Zhai Wuji could feel the contempt from the bottom of his heart.

"Is there no one from your family to pick you up?"

"Maybe not."

Zhai Wuji answered the armed police in a calm tone, and it was unclear whether he was sad or had expected it.

His situation is relatively rare in prison.

No matter how vicious or bad-tempered a person is, as long as there are immediate family members at home, they will basically regard "welcoming" him as a top priority. Most of the criminals' families would wait outside the prison gate early in the morning, more enthusiastic than welcoming a bride.

"How long were you in there?"

While questioning, the armed police kindly took out his cell phone.

"8."

"Year 8?"

Hearing Zhai Wuji's reply, the armed police glanced at him and couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic.

Based on his experience of being on duty here, there are basically only four situations in which no one will greet them on the day of release.

One is that the sentence is very short, only a few months, and the prisoners' relatives do not take it seriously; the second is that the prisoners' family relationships are not very harmonious, and occasionally their family members find it difficult to forgive their crimes and deliberately stop contacting them.

The third and fourth types are more miserable.

The third situation is a small number of prisoners who are alone. They either have never seen their relatives since childhood or their parents have long passed away. The fourth situation mostly occurs in prisoners with longer sentences. Their wives and children have long given up waiting for a long time, re-established families with others, and started the next chapter of their lives. Their parents and other relatives also did not wait for this day due to the passage of time.

In the eyes of the armed police, Zhai Wuji, who has been in prison for eight years, probably belongs to the fourth category.

"Do you need to call your family?"

"No, thank you." Zhai Wuji smiled faintly.

"Just give me a general direction. I need to go to the police station first to retrieve my confiscated belongings, and then I can contact my family myself."

After hearing this, the armed police wanted to persuade him, but seeing that Zhai Wuji's eyes were very determined and he seemed to be holding his breath, they said nothing more.

"Well, then walk along Binhai Boulevard for three intersections, then turn east and go four more intersections, and you will be near the police station. You can ask anyone on the street over there for the exact location."

"OK, thanks."

Zhai Wuji nodded politely, then walked out with his head down as the armed police instructed.

Looking at his not-so-strong back, the armed police frowned.

The journey to the police station seems to have few intersections, but it is actually very long!

According to common sense, it is impossible to build a prison in the city center, but the police station is an important department for protecting regional public security and stability, and is usually set up in densely populated areas.

Starting from here, walking to the police station is at least twenty kilometers away!

Zhai Wuji was penniless, how was he going to solve the problem of food and water on the way? Even though he was holding back a lot of energy and seemed to want to prove something, it was still worrying!

The armed police watched him silently until he disappeared from their sight, then they focused on their posts again.

Forget it, let him go. Anyway, with China's current level of public security and the quality of the people, he will not starve to death wherever he goes. If he really can't walk anymore, there will be kind people who will help him contact the local police station.

I don't need to worry about someone who has been in prison for 8 years. This is not discrimination, but the opposite.

The armed police have been on duty in a strange unit like prison for a long time, so their thinking and perspective are naturally different from those of ordinary people.

In his eyes, those prisoners who received heavy sentences were usually not simple people.

Because, without some skills, it is really difficult to commit a serious crime.

……

2014, fall.

Zhai Wuji got out of the taxi, walked through two alleys, holding the note given by the criminal police in his hand, and groped towards his destination.

Half an hour ago, he used all his strength to walk from the prison to the police station, and the whole journey took nearly seven hours.

The criminal police expressed understanding of his situation, but he is currently facing a very serious problem, which is no less serious than going to jail.

That is, times have changed, completely changed.

It was difficult for the criminal police to find a suitable charger to help him open the mobile phone seized in 06. Nowadays, people have long eliminated universal chargers, and various convenient software headed by "V信" and "ZF宝" have entered people's lives.

Today, Zhai Wuji is like a primitive man, incompatible with this rapidly developing society.

Out of kindness, the criminal police took out the SIM card in his mobile phone and found several people who were marked as close friends by checking the address book.

Unfortunately, most of them have become empty numbers. They were the lovers that Zhai Wuji kept during his glorious period.

His parents could not be contacted either, and his spouse had been missing for many years. The woman had not appeared since after Zhai Wuji's verdict was confirmed and the second trial ended.

The only person who answered the phone was a lady named Xuanxuan.

She was Zhai Wuji's most beloved lover before the accident. She was only 18 that year and was treated as the apple of the eye by the 46-year-old Zhai Wuji.

If I remember correctly, a few weeks before Zhai Wuji was imprisoned, Xuanxuan said that she was pregnant after a romantic encounter.

Zhai Wuji was so happy that he transferred a lot of money to her.

Eight years have passed in a flash, and I don’t know how she is doing. That child is somewhat like me.

Zhai Wuji was very excited but also very nervous at the same time.

Xuanxuan transferred 1,000 yuan to the criminal police, who then withdrew it in cash and gave it to Zhai Wuji without missing a cent. In addition, Xuanxuan also left an address, saying that she was willing to meet him, which was the origin of the note that Zhai Wuji was holding tightly at the moment.

He arrived at the agreed restaurant in advance and found a shopping mall, intending to use the remaining 900 yuan to buy some clothes to make himself look as decent as possible.

Zhai Wuji wanted to buy a suit so that he could appear in front of Xuanxuan as neat and clean as he did 8 years ago, telling her that he would definitely make a comeback and give the girl a tangible hope. But to his surprise, the prices of the display cabinets in the malls nowadays were doubled compared to 8 years ago! He simply couldn't afford it!

In desperation, Zhai Wuji had to choose a sports brand and changed into a suit that looked very young.

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