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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin (Intermediate to Advanced)

罪恶有痕 22  
“怎么讲?” “Why?”
“ zěnme jiăng?”  
“他已经跑了。没人知道他去了哪儿。“ “He has escaped. No one knows where he had gone to.”
“ tā yĭjīng păo le。 méi rén zhīdào tā qù le năr。“  
“我说啊, 这已经是大突破了,
至少你们可以把画像换成照片来通缉了吧?”
坐在后座的李维也加入了他们的谈话。
“In my opinion, you’ve made major breakthrough.
At least you can swap photo with picture for the most wanted?”
Li Wei, who was sitting in the rear seat joined their conversation.
“ wŏ shuō ā, zhè yĭjīng shì dà tūpò le,
zhìshăo nĭmen kěyĭ bă huàxiàng huànchéng zhàopiàn lái tōngjī le ba?”
zuò zài hòuzuò de Lĭwéi yě jiārù le tāmen de tánhuà。
 
“那当然。”赵凯峰回答。
”而且, 从他的关系网摸下去,
二号嫌犯也应该能查出来。”
赵凯峰其实更想坐在刘明天的车上,
他可不想错过查出二号嫌犯的精彩时刻。
“That’s for sure.” Zhao Kaifeng answered.
“Moreover, the second suspect should be identified soon as well once we sort out the social network of the first one.”
Honestly, Zhao Kaifeng did prefer to be sitting on Liu Mingtian’s car,
he didn’t want to miss the moment that the second suspect were identified.
“ nà dāngrán。” zhào kăi fēng huídá。
“érqiě, cóng tā de guānxi wăngmō xiàqù,
èrhào xiánfàn yě yīnggāi néng chá chūlái。”
zhào kăi fēng qíshí gèng xiăng zuò zài Liú míngtiān de chē shàng,
tā kě bùxiăng cuòguò cháchū èrhào xiánfàn de jīngcăi shíkè。
 
两声刺耳的车喇叭声打断了他们的谈话。
原来, 他们已经到了搞活动的广场。
柯勇正用车喇叭声和同事打招呼呢。
Suddenly, their conversation was interrupted by harsh honking sound.
They’ve just arrived at the square.
Ke Yong was honking to other colleagues as a greeting.
liăng shēng cì’ěr de chē lăba shēng dăduàn le tāmen de tánhuà。
yuánlái, tāmen yĭjīng dàoliăo găo huódòng de guăngchăng。
kē yŏng zhèngyòng chē lăba shēng hé tóngshì dă zhāohū ne。
 
   
一清早在佳佳上学的校门口,
两个警察把文素云拦了下来。
他们接下来和文素云谈的话,
让她半天回不过神来。
It was early in the morning when Wen Suyun
encountered two policemen at the gate of Jia Jia’s school.
The things they told Wen Suyun there after made her rather confused.

yī qīng zăo zài jiājiā shàngxué de xiào ménkŏu,
liăng gè jĭngchá bă wén sù yún lán le xiàlai。
tāmen jiēxiàlái hé wén sù yún tándehuà,
ràng tā bàntiān huí bùguò shén lái。

 
“同志, 你们一定搞错了。
立群是个懂事的孩子,
他根本不可能去干什么抢劫杀人的事。
我的孩子我最清楚。”
“Sir, you must have made mistakes.
Liqun is a good kid,
it’s not even possible that he could have been involved in robbery and killing.
I know my own kid.”
“ tóngzhì, nĭmen yīdìng găocuò le。
lì qún shì gè dŏngshì de háizi,
tā gēnběn bùkěnéng qù gànshénme qiăngjié shārén de shì。
wŏ de háizi wŏ zuì qīngchu。”
 

罪恶有痕 23  
然而, 她的话并没有得到足够的重视。
警察不动声色地继续他们的问题。
However, her comment didn’t attract enough attention.
The police still went on with their questions calmly.
rán’ér, tādehuà bìng méiyŏu dédào zúgòu de zhòngshì。
jĭngchá bùdòngshēngsè de jìxù tāmen de wèntí。
 
“我怎么知道他现在在哪儿?
他该在哪儿, 还在哪儿啊。
你们去他上班的地方找过吗?
他住的地方呢?”
“How could I know where he is now?
He should be where he should be.
Have you visited his work place? Also the place he lives?”
“ wŏ zěnme zhīdào tā xiànzài zàinăr?
tā gāi zàinăr, hái zàinăr ā。
nĭmen qù tā shàngbān de dìfang zhăo guò ma?
tā zhù de dìfang ne?”
 
“他刚把租的房子退掉, 也辞了职。
没人知道他去哪儿了。
你是他母亲, 他跟你讲过要离开的打算吗?”
警察仍然心平气和地提问,
可文素云的心里却象烧起了一把火.
“He just signed out from his renting lease and quit his job.
Nobody knows where he has gone to.
You are his Mom. Did he tell you about his plan to leave?”
The police asked kindly.
However, the question lit up fire in Wen’s heart.
 
“ tā gāng bă zū de fángzi tuì diào, yě cí le zhí。
méi rén zhīdào tā qù năr le。
nĭ shì tā mŭqīn, tā gēn nĭ jiăng guò yào líkāi de dăsuàn ma?”
jĭngchá réngrán xīnpíngqìhé de tíwèn,
kě wén sù yún de xīn lĭ què xiàng shāo qĭ le yī bă huŏ.
 
“这不可能!
我儿子这个周末才来我这儿吃过饭呢,
怎么可能说走就走呢?”
“That’s not possible!
 My son just had dinner at my home this past weekend.
How could he leave just like that?”
” zhè bùkěnéng!
wŏ érzi zhège zhōumò cái lái wŏ zhèr chī guò fàn ne,
zěnme kěnéng shuō zŏu jiù zŏu ne?”
 
文素云的近乎叫喊的反问
并没有引起两个警察的反感,
正相反,她在他们的眼中,
似乎觉察到了同情的成分。
这种同情让她心生恐惧。
难道,立群是真的出事了?
Wen’s almost-yelling pitch
didn’t bring any disturbance at all to the police.
On the contrary, she sensed sympathy in their eyes.
That brought her even more fear.
Could that be true that Liqun did commit to something illegal?
wén sù yún de jìnhu jiàohăn de fănwèn
bìng méiyŏu yĭnqĭ liăng gè jĭngchá de făngăn,
zhèng xiāngfăn, tā zài tāmen de yănzhōng,
sìhū juéchá dàoliăo tóngqíng de chéngfèn。
zhèzhŏng tóngqíng ràng tā xīn shēng kŏngjù。
nándào, lì qún shì zhēn de chūshì le?
 

罪恶有痕 24  
“我难说过段时间要去外地,
来不了你们这儿。”
“It is possible that I’ll be out somewhere soon,
can’t visit you for a sometime.”
” wŏ nán shuō guò duàn shíjiān yào qù wàidì,
lái bùliăo nĭmen zhèr。
 
儿子的这句话突然地回现在文素云的脑海。
难道 。。。文素云不敢再往下想。
离婚后心里一直藏着的对儿子的欠疚,
That words of her son suddenly struck her mind.
Could it be true that … Wen Suyun dared not to continue the thoughts.
The guilt for her son that she had been hiding in her mind after the divorce started to boil now.
” érzi de zhè jù huà tūrán de huíxiànzài wén sù yún de năohăi。
nándào 。。。 wén sù yún bù găn zài wăng xià xiăng。
líhūn hòu xīnli yīzhí cáng zhe de duì érzi de qiàn jiù,
 
此时这种欠疚一股脑翻腾起来。
不管儿子做了什么,她都要尽全力帮他。
No matter what her son had done, she was determined to help him regardless.
cĭshí zhèzhŏng qiàn jiù yīgŭnăo fānténg qilai。
bùguăn érzi zuò le shénme, tā dōu yào jìn quánlì bāng tā。
 
她也一直相信,立群不是一个坏孩子。
他虽然有过十分激烈的叛逆期,
但那早已过去了。
抢劫杀人?!这绝对不可能!
She had belief in that her son was not a bad boy.
He had had tough teenager time, but that was long gone.
Robbery and murder?! That was beyond imagination!
tā yě yīzhí xiāngxìn, lì qún bùshì yī gè huài háizi。
tā suīrán yŏu guò shífēn jīliè de pànnì qī,
dàn nà zăoyĭ guòqu le。
qiăngjié shārén?! zhè juéduì bùkěnéng!
 
那一整天,
文素云都处于一种魂不守舍的状态,
直到晚上一个电话打进来的时候。。。
That whole day, Wen Suyun’s mind was somewhere else
until she received a phone call in the evening …
nà yī zhěngtiān,
wén sù yún dōu chŭyú yīzhŏng húnbùshŏushè de zhuàngtài,
zhídào wănshang yī gè diànhuà dăjìn lái de shíhou。。。
 
“妈,是我。” “Mom, it’s me.”
” mā, shì wŏ。”  
“呀,是立群吗?你总算打来电话了!
你这是去哪儿了呀?
今天两个警察来找我,问你的情况呢!”
“Is it you Liqun? You finally call back!
Where have you been?
There were two policemen approached me today for you!”
” ya, shì lì qún ma? nĭ zŏngsuàn dă lái diànhuà le!
nĭ zhè shì qù năr le ya?
jīntiān liăng gè jĭngchá lái zhăo wŏ, wèn nĭ de qíngkuàng ne!”
 
“妈,我很好,你不用惦记,
我想出来做点生意。
我还急着赶路,不跟你多说了。
你一定保重!”
“Mom, I’m fine, don’t worry.
I want to come out and do some business.
I’m in a hurry, can’t chat for long. You take care!”
” mā, wŏ hěn hăo, nĭ bùyòng diànjì,
wŏ xiăng chūlái zuò diăn shēngyì。
wŏ hái jízhe gănlù, bù gēn nĭ duō shuō le。
nĭ yīdìng băozhòng!”
 
“唉等等,立群,别挂!” “No wait, Liqun, don’t hang up yet!”
” āi děngděng, lì qún, bié guà!”  
电话就这样匆匆挂断了。
文素云失神地放下话筒。
听到儿子报平安,她有了些许欣慰,
但这种欣慰很快就被更重的愁云所取代。
That was the end of the call.
Wen Suyun put down the phone in a heavy mood.
She was a bit comforted upon hearing his son’s voice.
However, that ease of mind was replaced by more worries soon.
diànhuà jiù zhèyàng cōngcōng guàduàn le。
wén sù yún shīshén de fàngxia huàtŏng。
tīngdào érzi bào píng’ān, tā yŏule xiēxŭ xīnwèi,
dàn zhèzhŏng xīnwèi hěn kuài jiù bèi gèng zhòng de chóu-yún suŏ qŭdài。