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