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Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin (Intermediate to Advanced)
罪恶有痕 36  
老曾隔着玻璃见到庄立群的时候，
竟然摇了摇头。
站在一旁的刘明天不解地问，
“怎么？我们抓错人了？
画像可是你画的啊！”		 Looking at Zhuang Liqun through the window glass,
Mr. Zeng shook his head.
Liu Mingtian, who was standing beside Mr. Zeng and feeling a bit puzzled, asked him,
“Why? You think we got the wrong guy?
It was you who drew the portrait!”
lăo céng gé zhe bōli jiàndào zhuāng lì qún de shíhou，
jìngrán yáo le yáotóu。
zhàn zài yīpáng de Liú míngtiān bùjiě de wèn，
“ zěnme？ wŏmen zhuā cuò rén le？
huàxiàng kěshì nĭ huà de ā！”		  
“人没抓错，
不过他并不像主谋。
你看他那副魂不守舍的样子，
充其量就是个帮凶。		 “Yes, he’s the right guy.
However, he doesn’t look like the mastermind behind the crime.
Look at him. He’s scared and lost his focus.
The best he could have been was just an accomplice.
“ rén méi zhuā cuò，
bùguò tā bìngbù xiàng zhŭmóu。
nĭ kàn tā nà fù húnbùshŏushè de yàngzi，
chōngqíliàng jiùshì gèbāngxiōng。 		 
虽然证人的印象是,
一号指挥二号.
但当时的情况是,
一号在她的视野里停留得比较长,		 Although the witness got the impression
that suspect one was the one in charge, not suspect two,
it is possible that her judgment was skewed by spotting suspect one much longer that suspect two.
suīrán zhèngrén de yìnxiàng shì,
yīhào zhĭhuī èrhào。
dàn dāngshí de qíngkuàng shì,
yīhào zài tā de shìyě lĭ tíngliú dé bĭjiào cháng, 		 
所以她可能会主观认为一号是主导。
二号在整个行动中很会隐蔽自己,
反倒可能是真正的主谋。”		 Suspect two, on the other hand,
was very agile in protecting himself all through the crime.
He was more likely to be the principle criminal.
suŏyĭ tā kěnéng huì zhŭguān rènwéi yīhào shì zhŭdăo.
èrhào zài zhěnggè xíngdòng zhōng hěn huì yĭnbì zìjĭ,
făndào kěnéng shì zhēnzhèng de zhŭmóu.”		  
老曾话音刚落,
刘明天就举起手里的二号画像,
仔细地端详起来。		 Liu Mingtian raised the portrait of suspect two
and looked at it carefully upon Mr’s Zeng’s comment.
lăo céng huàyīn gāng luò,
Liú míngtiān jiù jŭqĭ shŏulĭ de èrhào huàxiàng,
zĭxì de duānxiáng qilai。		  
”我也有同感,
这个庄立群不是主谋。
如果他能把二号供出来，
就应该能破案了。”		 “I do feel the same way.
Zhuang Liqun is not the brain.
If he can make a confession about suspect two,
then we should be able to crack the case.”
” wŏ yě yŏu tónggăn,
zhège zhuāng lì qún bùshì zhŭmóu。
rúguŏ tā néng bă èrhào gōng chūlái，
jiù yīnggāi néng pò’àn le。”		  
罪恶有痕 37  
审讯室里，庄立群僵硬地坐在木椅上。
手和脚都带着铐子。
他眼神迷茫，
似乎还没看清这到底是现实还是噩梦。		 Being handcuffed to his chair in the interrogation room,
Zhuang Liqun wished all that had happened had just been a nightmare.
He wished he could have woken up to a clean life.
He made up his mind not to confess.
shěnxùn shì lĭ， zhuāng lì qún jiāngyìng de zuò zài mù yĭ shàng。
shŏu hé jiăo dōu dài zhe kào zĭ。
tā yănshén mímáng，
sìhū hái méi kànqīng zhè dàodĭ shì xiànshí háishi èmèng。 		 
他一直觉得自己谨慎小心。
就是打回家的那个电话也十分短。
可万万没想到,这次历险这么快就要结束。		  
tā yīzhí juéde zìjĭ jĭnshèn xiăoxīn。
jiùshì dă huíjiā de nàge diànhuà yě shífēn duăn。
kě wànwàn méixiăngdào, zhè cì lìxiăn zhème kuài jiùyào jiéshù。		  
“和你一起参与抢劫杀人的那个人是谁？”  
“ hé nĭ yīqĭ cānyù qiăngjié shārén de nàgèrén shì shéi？”  
询问者的话听起来很遥远。
庄立群真希望这一切只是一个噩梦。
他想一梦醒来，继续做他的修车工。		  
xúnwèn zhě de huà tīngqilai hěn yáoyuăn。
zhuāng lì qún zhēn xīwàng zhè yīqiè zhĭshì yī gè èmèng。
tā xiăng yī mèng xĭnglái， jìxù zuò tā de xiūchē gōng。		  
然而审问他的警察是真实的，
窗上的铁条是真实的，
“坦白从宽，抗拒从严。”的标语是真实的，
他注定是不可能从噩梦中醒来了。		  
rán’ér shěnwèn tā de jĭngchá shì zhēnshí de，
chuāng shàng de tiě tiáo shì zhēnshí de，
“ tănbái cóngkuān， kàngjù cóngyán。” de biāoyŭ shì zhēnshí de，
tā zhùdìng shì bùkěnéng cóng è-mèng zhōng xĭnglái le。		  
罪恶有痕 38  
“路是自己选的，都这个时候了，
就是把什么都供出来也是死路一条。”
庄立群听见了自己的心声。”		 “It was myself who chose to go down this path.
Even if I confessed everything now, it won’t change my fate of death penalty.”
Zhuang Liqun heard his own inner voice.
“ lù shì zìjĭ xuăn de， dōu zhège shíhou le，
jiùshì bă shénme dōu gōng chūlái yě shì sĭlù yī tiáo。”
zhuāng lì qún tīngjiàn le zìjĭ de xīnshēng。		  
给自己在朋友那留点名声吧！
毕竟，
他们给过我这辈子最大的梦想，
虽然美梦最终成了噩梦，
毕竟是自己选的路，怪不得别人。”		 “It’s better to keep my last dignity among my friends.
After all,
they were the ones who ever gave me the biggest dream in my life.
Although the dream turned into a nightmare in the end,
it’s my own choice. There’s no one else that should take the blame.”
” gěi zìjĭ zài péngyou nà liú diăn míngshēng ba！
bìjìng，
tāmen gěi guò wŏ zhè bèizi zuì dà de mèngxiăng，
suīrán měi mèng zuìzhōng chéngle èmèng，
bìjìng shì zìjĭ xuăn de lù， guàibude biéren。”		  
“抢劫杀人？我没干过。” 他回答。 “Robbery and murder? I didn’t do it.” He answered.
“ qiăngjié shārén？ wŏ méi gàn guò。” tā huídá。  
“你没干过？那你带枪干嘛？” “You didn’t? Then why did you carry a gun?”
“ nĭ méi gàn guò？ nà nĭ dài qiāng gànmá？”  
“我前段时间被人打劫，
所以偷偷买了把枪防身。”		 “I was robbed sometimes ago.
So I secretly bought a gun for self-defense.”
“ wŏ qiánduàn shíjiān bèi rén dăjié，
suŏyĭ tōutōu măi le bă qiāng fángshēn。”		  
“啪！”对面桌后的胖警察
一巴掌拍在了桌上。		 “Pa!” The plump police office behind the table
smacked his palm on the table.
“ pā！” duìmiàn zhuō hòu de pàng jĭngchá
yībāzhăng pāi zài le zhuō shàng。		  
“我没时间听你编故事！你被人打劫？！
是你打劫别人吧？
抢了钱还不够，还要杀人灭口。”		 “I have no time to listen to your lies! You were robbed?!
Isn’t that you who robbed others?
You even killed your victims to cover yourself up.”
“ wŏ méi shíjiān tīng nĭ biān gùshi！ nĭ bèi rén dăjié？！
shì nĭ dăjié biéren ba？
qiăng le qián hái bùgòu， hái yào shārén mièkŏu。”		  
“我不明白你在说什么？”
庄立群看了一眼胖警察，
又心虚地垂下眼。		 “I don’t understand what you’re talking about?”
Zhuang Liqun cast a glance at the plump officer
and then held his head down.
” wŏ bù míngbai nĭ zài shuō shénme？”
zhuāng lì qún kàn le yīyăn pàng jĭngchá，
yòu xīnxū de chuíxià yăn。		  
胖警察绕过桌子，
凶巴巴地走了过来。
庄立群暗中咬了咬牙，心想，
不管他们怎么审，坚决不交代。		 The officer turned around the table
and stroked forward to Zhuang in a wicked manner.
Zhuang Liqun clenched his teeth and thought to himself,
no matter what I won’t let them to get confession out of me.
pàng jĭngchá ràoguò zhuōzi，
xiōngbābā de zŏu le guòlái。
zhuāng lì qún ànzhōng yăo le yăoyá， xīnxiăng，
bùguăn tāmen zěnme shěn， jiānjué bù jiāodài。		  

 

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