Chinese online short story 罪恶有痕 Traces of Sin 20 (Intermediate to Advanced)

Luo Yuan’s friend’s look matched suspect one’s portrait. He was about to tell who his friend was …

[simplified Chinese]
罪恶有痕 20

 

听完刘明天的问题，罗元懊悔地叹了口气，”其实啊，我这朋友长的，和你们今天给我看的画像中的一个人很像。说句心里话，我真不信他会干抢劫杀人的事。他对家人和朋友其实都挺不错的。。。所以你们第一次让我看画像的时候，我压根就没往他身上想。”

刘明天回忆了一下罗元白天看到画像时的反应。他判断罗元当时就看出画像和真人十分相似，但基于某种原因，他当时选择了隐瞒。

“可以告诉我们你的朋友叫什么名字了吧?” 赵凯峰已经沉不住气了。

 

第二天中午,当赵凯峰和刘明天风风火火赶回局里的时候, 正好碰上防暴队的柯勇和李维, 他们是来刑侦这边拉人搞活动的。穿着一身警服的柯勇拍了拍赵凯峰的肩头，”小赵，我们那边正在广场搞活动，来了很多市民。头儿已经问了，怎么没有刑侦的人参加?你反正也是新来的，老刘他们缺你一个不打紧。”

李维也在一旁说服刘明天。刘明天苦笑了一下，”去吧，小赵，这种活动我们刑侦老不参加也不好。你就做我们的代表吧。如果有什么紧急情况,我会打你手机。”

 

[vocab table]

 
Simplified Chinese     Traditional Chinese     Mandarin Pinyin     English Definition

懊悔
        ao4 hui3     to regret

压根
   

壓根
    ya4 gen1     from the start; entirely

判断
   

判斷
    pan4 duan4     to judge; to determine

隐瞒
   

隱瞞
    yin3 man2     to conceal; to cover up the truth

风风火火
   

風風火火
    feng1 feng1 huo3 huo3     bustling; energetic

防暴
        fang2 bao4     anti-riot

打紧
   

打緊
    da3 jin3     important

 

[pinyin]
 zuì’è yǒu hén 20

 

tīng wán Liú míngtiān de wèntí， luó yuán àohuǐ dì tàn le kǒuqì，” qíshí ā， wǒ zhè péngyou cháng de， hé nǐmen jīntiān gěi wǒ kàn de huàxiàng zhòngdì yīgèrén hěn xiàng。 shuō jù xīnlihuà， wǒ zhēn bù xìn tā huì gàn qiǎngjié shārén de shì。 tā duì jiārén hé péngyou qíshí dōu tǐng bùcuò de。。。 suǒyǐ nǐmen dìyīcì ràng wǒ kàn huàxiàng de shíhou， wǒ yàgēn jiù méi wǎng tā shēnshang xiǎng。”

Liú míngtiān huíyì le yīxià luó yuán báitiān kàn dào huàxiàng shí de fǎnyìng。 tā pànduàn luó yuán dāngshí jiù kànchū huàxiàng hé zhēnrén shífēn xiāngsì， dàn jīyú mǒuzhǒng yuányīn， tā dāngshí xuǎnzé le yǐnmán。

” kěyǐ gàosu wǒmen nǐ de péngyou jiào shénme míngzi le ba?” zhào kǎi fēng yǐjīng chénbùzhùqì le。
dì’èrtiān zhōngwǔ, dāng zhào kǎi fēng hé Liú míngtiān fēngfēnghuǒhuǒ gǎn huí jú lǐ de shíhou, zhènghǎo pèngshàng fángbào duì de kē yǒng hé Lǐwéi, tāmen shì lái xíng zhēn zhèbiān lā rén gǎo huódòng de。 chuānzhuó yīshēn jǐngfú de kē yǒng pāi le pāi zhào kǎi fēng de jiāntóu，” xiǎo zhào， wǒmen nàbian zhèngzài guǎngchǎng gǎo huódòng， lái le hěn duō shìmín。 tóur yǐjīng wèn le， zěnme méiyǒu xíng zhēn de rén cānjiā? nǐ fǎnzhèng yě shì xīn lái de， lǎo Liú tāmen quē nǐ yī gè bùdǎjǐn。”

Lǐwéi yě zài yīpáng shuōfú Liú míngtiān。 Liú míngtiān kǔxiào le yīxià，” qù ba， xiǎo zhào， zhèzhǒng huódòng wǒmen xíng zhēn lǎo bù cānjiā yě bùhǎo。 nǐ jiù zuò wǒmen de dàibiǎo ba。 rúguǒ yǒu shénme jǐnjí qíngkuàng, wǒ huì dǎ nǐ shǒujī。”

 

[traditional Chinese]
罪惡有痕 20

 

聽完劉明天的問題，羅元懊悔地歎了口氣，”其實啊，我這朋友長的，和你們今天給我看的畫像中的一個人很像。說句心裏話，我真不信他會幹搶劫殺人的事。他對家人和朋友其實都挺不錯的。。。所以你們第一次讓我看畫像的時候，我壓根就沒往他身上想。”

劉明天回憶了一下羅元白天看到畫像時的反應。他判斷羅元當時就看出畫像和真人十分相似，但基於某種原因，他當時選擇了隱瞞。

“可以告訴我們你的朋友叫什麼名字了吧?” 趙凱峰已經沉不住氣了。

 

第二天中午,當趙凱峰和劉明天風風火火趕回局裏的時候, 正好碰上防暴隊的柯勇和李維, 他們是來刑偵這邊拉人搞活動的。穿著一身警服的柯勇拍了拍趙凱峰的肩頭，”小趙，我們那邊正在廣場搞活動，來了很多市民。頭兒已經問了，怎麼沒有刑偵的人參加?你反正也是新來的，老劉他們缺你一個不打緊。”

李維也在一旁說服劉明天。劉明天苦笑了一下，”去吧，小趙，這種活動我們刑偵老不參加也不好。你就做我們的代表吧。如果有什麼緊急情況,我會打你手機。”

 

[English translation]
Traces of Sin  20

To react to Liu Mingtian’s question, Luo Yuan sighed in regret, “As a matter of fact, this friend of mine looks rather similar to the portrait you showed me. Honestly, I can’t believe he could in any ways be a robber and killer. He’s very kind to his family and friends …… therefore I hadn’t doubted of him when you first showed me the portrait.”

Liu Mingtian re-played in his memories the reaction that Luo Yuan had when he first looked at the portrait earlier that day. He then decided that Luo Yuan already recognized his friend from the portrait back then. But he chose to conceal the truth due to unknown reasons.

“Could you please tell us the name of your friend?” Zhao Kaifeng couldn’t wait any longer for the answer.

 

In the afternoon next day, when Zhao and Liu came back to their office in a rush, they met Ke Yong and Li Wei. They worked in Anti-riot police department and came to find some detective staff to join their event. Dressed in his uniform, Ke Yong pat Zhao Kaifeng on his shoulder and said, “Zhao, we’re hosting an event at the square. Lots of residents came. My boss already asked why there were no staff from detective department joined us? You’re a new guy here, Liu Sir won’t feel short of people without you I think.”

Li Wei helped persuade Liu as well. Liu gave them a grin, “Go, Zhao, it doesn’t look good if none of us participates in that event. You can represent us there. In case of any emergency, I’ll call your cell.”

 

To be continued …