"No! I'll pay, I'll pay!" Seeing that his father's body was about to be thrown into the river, Chen Haonan didn't have time to think. He opened his mouth and agreed to the greedy demands of these police officers.
"Wouldn't it be over if you were so obedient earlier?”The policemen patted Chen Haonan's face and said with a smile. The J police officers pulled Chen Haonan up from the mud and asked impatiently,""Kid, where is the money?"
"I don't have money now!"
"What?" The policeman punched Chen Haonan in the stomach." Kid, you dare to trick us? Guys, throw that body down to feed the fish."”
"W-wait!" Chen Haonan coughed violently and begged,""I don't have it now, but I can give you an IOU. I'll pay you back slowly in the future!”
"Humph! You?" The police looked at Chen Haonan with disdain, then continued to throw his father's body into the river.
"Please, as long as you let me bring my father's body back, I'll do anything you want!”Chen Haonan, who had always been strong and resolute, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the police officers.
Chen Haonan's obsequious behavior was met with laughter from the police.
Another clap of thunder sounded in the sky, and then, sparse raindrops fell.
"Brothers, it's raining. Throw the corpses down quickly. Let's retreat!" The police officers shouted as they dragged Chen Haonan to a place far away where they could avoid the rain.
"No!" Chen Haonan let out a desperate cry.
At this moment, an unnatural voice came from afar.""Stop!"
Everyone was shocked by this sudden voice. Chen Haonan looked in the direction of the voice and realized that it was the owner of the bar where he practiced boxing. The owner of the bar was a foreigner. In this small occupied country, foreigners were like gods who were high above and were worshipped by people. Even those arrogant policemen were the same. When the police officers who were arrogant just now saw the bar owner, a foreigner, appear, they immediately put on the faces of servants and bowed with flattering smiles."Um, Lord Yang, what brings you here?”
The bar owner didn't say much. He took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to the police officer. Then, he pointed at Chen Haonan and said calmly in an unfamiliar language,""I'll pay for him. Let him go!"
"Yes, yes, yes!" The police officers received the envelope respectfully, then unlocked Chen Haonan's handcuffs and carried Chen Haonan's father's body up.
"Is there anything else?" The bar owner looked at the police officer and asked calmly.
"No more, no more!" The sophisticated police officers naturally heard the order to leave in this foreign man's words. With the money, he left in satisfaction.
"Thank you!" After the police left, Chen Haonan squeezed out a grateful smile at the bar owner." I will definitely return this money to you!”Chen Haonan bowed to the bar owner, then carried his father's body and slowly walked home.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the raindrops gradually formed silver lines. Looking at Chen Haonan, who had disappeared into the rain, a strange smile appeared on the bar owner's face.
When Chen Haonan, who was drenched, carried his father's body back to his house, his mother had been waiting for him at the door for a long time. Her mother had already known about her father's death. When she heard that Chen Haonan had returned, she was surprisingly calm. She did not feel sad or shed any tears. She just quietly groped her way to the door and let Chen Haonan put her father on the bed that had been made earlier. Then, he groped his way into the kitchen. A moment later, he came out with a bucket of steaming water.
Chen Haonan took the wooden bucket from his mother and brought her to his father. The mother soaked the cloth and began to clean the body inch by inch. Her mother's actions were very light. Every time she wiped, she was very gentle, as if she was afraid of hurting her father. His mother's calmness made Chen Haonan's heart ache.
"Mom! Father is already dead!" Chen Haonan said softly.
His mother didn't say anything and continued to wipe his father's body.
"Mom! Father is already dead!" Chen Haonan raised his voice.
"I know!" His mother raised her head. Her gray eyes were filled with tears." I'm his wife. I just want him to have some dignity after he dies.”
Chen Haonan didn't know how to face his mother. He quietly walked back to his room. In the dark room, Chen Haonan opened his father's crumpled clothes. Inside the clothes was a crumpled piece of paper. Because of the plastic bag, the paper was intact. Chen Haonan unfolded the paper. On it were a few lines of his father's crooked handwriting.
In the letter, his father told him where he had gone during the ten years of his disappearance. His father was lucky, but at the same time, he was unlucky. At the beginning of the war, his father's army was ambushed. Fortunately, his father survived and was captured by the enemy. Unfortunately, after they were captured by the enemy, they were tortured and enslaved. His father, who was lucky enough to survive, was escorted by the enemy to a cold place where no one could reach. There, they were like fish on a chopping board, enslaved by the enemy. One by one, his former comrades lost their lives because they couldn't stand this torture. However, in order to reunite their families and live up to their promises, his father gritted his teeth and fought until the end of the war.
After the war ended, the two sides exchanged prisoners of war according to the agreement. His father, who had almost died, finally returned home. Unlike the scene where the enemy welcomed the return of the prisoners of war, when the fathers of the prisoners of war returned to the country, they were despised and cursed by the entire nation.
"Why didn't you die on the battlefield?”
"You cowards, you cowards, you don't deserve to live.”
"We don't welcome you. You're simply a disgrace to our nation!”
"All of you cowards should die to atone for your sins!”
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The cruel war had reduced the proportion of young men in the country by more than half. A large number of families were separated from their wives and children. They could not accept that their sons, husbands, and fathers had died on the battlefield while their fathers, who were prisoners of war, had survived. Therefore, they vented their sadness and anger on these captives. The entire country was filled with hostility towards these returning captives.
The war had ended, but the devastation it had on the soldiers 'hearts had not stopped.
After returning to the country, his father was not immediately released home. Instead, he was imprisoned again. The reason was that these prisoners of war might have been brainwashed by the enemy and might have become spies planted among us by the enemy. Therefore, they had to undergo the strictest scrutiny.
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