Chapter 199: Human hearts are evil?
I thought Lao Gua would swallow his anger like before. After all, he had been in prison for many years and had been bullied for many years.
Some people even took it as a pleasure to bully the old melons to relieve their boredom in prison.
People like Lao Gua only look pitiful on the surface, but people who are familiar with his past will get angrier the more they look at his face.
Because when he was out there, he was just an old bastard who only knew how to bully weak girls.
He doesn't dare to do that to smart and normal girls, so he specifically picks on the mentally retarded ones, and what he does is disgusting and hateful.
Occasionally, when Chen He was in the mood to talk, he would teach He Shu how to judge people.
He used Laogua as an example and asked He Shu: "It is said that eyes are the windows to the soul. Do you agree with this?"
He Shu thought about it carefully: "I agree, but I can't tell anything from a person's eyes."
Chen He motioned He Shu to look at Lao Gua, who was wiping his sweat with a dirty towel.
"Look at Lao Gua, what do you think he is thinking?"
He Shu looked over, and Lao Gua seemed to sense something and turned his head to look at He Shu. Seeing that He Shu was looking at him, he immediately shifted his gaze elsewhere, as if he didn't dare to look He Shu in the eye.
"He seemed afraid to look at me."
"It's not that he doesn't dare to look at you. If you observe him carefully, he won't make eye contact with anyone."
He Shu seemed to be thinking about something, and Chen He asked again: "Why do you think he is like this?"
"He has low self-esteem, right? And he's timid because everyone is bullying him."
Chen He smiled and shook his head: "The two points you mentioned are what you think. I think differently from you. I think he is guilty."
"Feeling guilty?" He Shu didn't understand: "What is he feeling guilty about?"
"He wants to harm everyone here, so he feels guilty."
He Shu felt that he couldn't understand what Chen He said. How could Lao Gua have the ability to harm others?
"Don't give this kind of person a chance. No matter how good you are to him, as long as he has a chance, or if he turns over one day, he will definitely hurt you, even if you have helped him."
After Chen He finished speaking, he pushed up his glasses and lowered his head to continue reading: "Reading people is not a skill. It's good if you can't do it. If you can't do it, it means you haven't tried it yet."
"Tried what?"
Chen He did not answer. He Shu knew that he did not want to talk anymore, so he stopped asking and just learned to observe Lao Gua.
Xiaolang also told He Shu that before he was imprisoned, Laogua was in another cell and was transferred here because he was crippled by someone.
The reason was that there was a prisoner in the same cell with Lao Gua who also had a mentally retarded daughter at home.
I heard that Lao Gua came in for some reason and was castrated while he was using the toilet.
Later, that person's sentence was increased and he was transferred to another prison, and Lao Gua was also transferred to this cell.
These things are just what Xiaolang heard. No one has ever seen whether they are true or not. However, it is true that Laogua always wears his underwear when taking a bath...
He Shu also felt disgusted with this kind of person. Adding on what Chen He had said to him, he felt even more that Lao Gua was plotting something...
The next day, work as normal.
Arriving at the factory, He Shu breathed a sigh of comfort. He and Chen He had the easiest job. They sat there, enjoying the air conditioning and slowly cutting threads.
After working for just over an hour, Lao Gua shouted that he wanted to go to the toilet.
When they came back, Lao Gua suddenly said to He Shu, "Can you do me a favor? Let's talk to the line leader and exchange one hour."
One hour...Looking at Lao Gua's skinny and dark face and his clothes dripping with water, He Shu actually felt that it would be no big deal to change it for another hour.
"I will wash your feet and clothes for you at night. I just want to cool off here for a while. Please, just consider it as a good deed."
"No, you don't have to work ."
Although he was tired of old melons, he was old enough. Just as He Shu was about to stand up, Chen He opposite him raised his head.
"Sit down, let the line leader talk."
He Shu looked at Chen He, thought for a moment, and then sat back obediently.
Lao Gua didn't dare to stay here for too long. Seeing that he couldn't get He Shu to move, he dragged his feet back.
Chen He seldom takes the initiative to meddle in other people's affairs. In his cell, and even in the entire seems to be a person who is always aloof.
His indifference was different from the indifference He Shu had shown when he was in school.
He Shu pretended to be indifferent after being ostracized.
As for Chen He, after spending a long time with him, people would feel that he is really indifferent to the world.
Today, Chen He suddenly spoke up and meddled in matters that He Shu never cared about, which surprised He Shu a little.
He looked at Chen He several times, but Chen He ignored him.
Not long after Lao Gua returned to his position, he called the line leader over. He Shu thought he was going to talk about changing shifts, but instead he heard him report that the ironing machine was broken.
But when the line leader went to check, he suddenly pulled off the scalding steam pipe and directed the scalding hot air at the line leader...
He Shu only heard a few screams and turned his head to look. The large ironing room was filled with fog and someone was screaming inside.
The prison guard on duty in the factory rushed over, and others took advantage of the chaos to run around.
The alarm sounded instantly, and a group of prison guards came in with protective gear and electric batons. Everyone squatted on the spot and covered their heads.
Those who disobey will not be given any advice and will be directly knocked down.
He Shu's heart was pounding. He didn't know what was happening inside, but when he saw the prison guard like this, he knew something big had happened.
Soon, the prisoners on the assembly line outside were called one by one to line up in the playground outside.
There were prison guards with guns guarding around, and no one was allowed to move or talk. It was the first time that He Shu had experienced such a harsh situation.
They were under the scorching sun, but when they saw people being carried out screaming one after another, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Lao Gua was the last one to be carried out. His face was covered with a piece of cloth that could be found everywhere in the workshop, but it was already soaked with blood.
Of the worn-out shoes that had been patched up again and again, only one was left on the toes, and the other had fallen somewhere unknown.
For a period of time afterwards, exercise sessions were cancelled, factory labor was cancelled, and benefits on Saturdays and Sundays were cancelled.
Every day they stayed in the stuffy cells, watching TV, studying, holding meetings, reviewing, and writing apologies.
Later, after piecing together some rumors, He Shu finally figured out what happened.
That day, Lao Gua used a pipe that sprayed scalding hot steam to burn more than a dozen people, and then tried to put his head in it. The steam valve was closed in time, but his head and face were still severely burned...
He Shu's hair stood on end after hearing this. He couldn't imagine, if Lao Gua had such courage, why didn't he dare to resist on normal days?
But that is the fact. Lao Gua was not the most seriously injured, but he died despite failed rescue efforts. He also dragged more than a dozen people to suffer with him, including two prison guards.
I heard that the line leader had burns covering 80% of his body, but he was still alive. However, He Shu knew that the line leader was also finished.
"Brother Chen, if I had switched jobs with Lao Gua that day and let him rest for an hour, would that have prevented that from happening?"
When He Shu and Chen He returned the book, they couldn't help but ask a question.
Chen He looked up and pushed his glasses: "No, there will only be one more person on the injured list, you."
He Shu was stunned: "Why?"
Chen He smiled softly: "Because people's hearts are evil."
