PFC Chapter 1034 You! Think it over carefully!
Chapter 1034 You! Think it over carefully!
"First, you can choose to stay in Nanjing."
The military police can provide "protection." He emphasized the word "protection" with a sarcastic tone: "They can even provide you with a certain amount of food regularly to ensure that you will not starve for a long time."
But this choice means you'll have to face strange looks and rejection from those around you, and you should understand why.
After stating the first option, Yusuke Ichijo didn't give Li Shouren any time to digest or think, and immediately extended his second finger.
“Second,” Yusuke Ichijo’s gaze remained icy, “the Imperial Military Police will send men to escort you, that widow Sun, and the children you’ve taken in, out of Nanjing.”
“Our destination is Shanghai,” Yusuke Ichijo added. “There, the military police will arrange a relatively safe place for you to stay.”
At the same time, I'm offering you, Li Shouren, a job. Perhaps it'll be manual labor at the docks, or maybe it'll be odd jobs at some Japanese trading company.
After a deliberate pause, Yusuke Ichijo emphasized the last few words: "Your salary is more than enough to support your entire family."
These two options, especially in the current precarious situation, sound like a way out of a desperate situation!
Should they leave this hell on earth for the relatively stable city of Shanghai? Or should they stay in Nanjing and accept the enemy's "protection" and "charity" to at least survive?
Li Shouren listened blankly, his chaotic mind racing as he tried to understand and weigh this sudden "opportunity."
"but..."
Yusuke Ichijo clearly knows how to destroy a person's hope.
He gave Li Shouren absolutely no chance to catch his breath or have any illusions.
Just as a moment of hesitation and weighing of options flashed in Li Shouren's eyes, he immediately threw out the "precondition" that he had prepared in advance, which was aimed at completely severing all kinship ties!
"These two choices! No matter which one you choose! There is one! Absolute! Premise!"
Yusuke Ichijo declared, almost word by word, in an unquestionable tone: "From this day forward! Whenever! Wherever! In whatever way!"
You! Li Shouren! You absolutely must never appear in front of Xiaojuan again! Not even once!
"Your daughter, Xiaojuan, is dead! She died just two days ago! She died under the feet of those mobs! Do you understand?"
Her life, death, and fate are now entirely none of your concern!
She will receive the best care in the military police! In the future, she will be sent where she belongs!
These words, which sounded like a final verdict, struck Li Shouren like thunderbolts from the heavens!
"No...no...Sir...I can't...Xiao Juan is my daughter...I can't..." Li Shouren was struck dumb! His whole body trembled violently!
He opened his mouth wide, his throat hoarse, but due to extreme shock and grief, he couldn't even utter a complete plea!
He finally understood! Yusuke's rescue of Koko wasn't for their reunion at all! He wanted to take his daughter away completely and forever! Using a seemingly "merciful" method, he was forcing him to voluntarily give up his right to be a father!
He was forced to emotionally "kill" his own daughter!
With a "thump," Li Shouren could no longer hold on and collapsed to his knees on the cold, hard floor.
Tears streaming down his face, he crawled forward a few steps on his knees, stretching out his filthy hands to grab a pair of Yusuke's gleaming leather boots, howling and pleading desperately like a stray dog wagging its tail for mercy.
"Please! Sir! Please have mercy! This can't be! She's my life! I can't live without her! I'll do anything to repay you! Please! Don't separate us! Please!"
Yusuke Ichijo's face revealed undisguised disgust. He suddenly lifted his foot, nimbly dodging Li Shouren's touch, as if afraid of being touched by something dirty.
Looking down at the kneeling, humble Li Shouren, a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
“Of course,” Yusuke Ichijo suddenly changed the subject, his tone becoming somewhat strange: “We military police are not people who cannot make compromises.”
This sudden "turning point" made Li Shouren, who was struggling in despair, raise his head sharply, a glimmer of unbelievable anticipation flashing in his eyes.
Yusuke Ichijo spread his hands, striking a "generous" pose:
"If you don't choose either path and insist on taking your daughter with you, then fine!"
However, before the glimmer of hope on Li Shouren's face could fully bloom, Youjie's smile vanished instantly, his tone turning extremely cold and filled with undisguised threat: "But!" he emphasized the word again: "The military police will no longer provide any protection!"
You can leave here right now! Immediately!
He stretched out his finger, pointing towards the door, as if pointing to the bloody and dangerous world outside:
"Take your seriously injured daughter and go back to those ruins!"
“Then,” Yusuke’s voice deepened, yet carried an even more chilling power, each word like a heavy hammer striking Li Shouren’s heart: “Please! Think about it carefully!”
In this situation! I! For you and your daughter! Just gave the order! Execute! After killing so many people!
Do you have the ability to protect your daughter?
Can you guarantee there won't be a second or a third mob jumping out?
Can you promise me that next time, when she's in danger again?
You won't be like this time! Powerless! Only able to watch helplessly as she was trampled underfoot! Almost! died?!
You! Think about it carefully!
It's about letting her stay with me! To live! Maybe she can have a better life in the future?
I'll still follow you! At any moment! I might face death again!
You choose!
After delivering this final barrage of words, which came down like a torrent of ice rain, Yusuke Ichijo seemed to have exhausted all his patience.
He sat back down in his chair, leisurely picked up the document on the table, and continued to read it as if no one else was there, completely ignoring Li Shouren, who was kneeling on the ground as if his soul had been ripped out.
The cruel choice was laid bare and unmasked before Li Shouren.
On one side is separation.
Accepting the enemy's "gift" and leaving with Widow Sun and her children, her daughter could survive and even have a relatively "good" future, but the price would be the permanent loss of her, living forever in the torment of guilt and longing, and her remaining life would be completely dependent on the enemy, barely surviving.
On the other side, they are holding their ground.
He held fast to his status and feelings as a father, and left with his daughter, but the future was bleak, a dark abyss filled with unknown dangers.
He is incapable of protecting his daughter, and may even drag her into an abyss once again because of his choices.
The death of Mr. Chen, the tragic state of Manager Wang, the bloodshed on the ruins... all served as a stark reminder of the cruelty of this world.
Inside the office, only Li Shouren's suppressed sobs, like those of a wounded beast, could be heard.
He curled up on the ground, his body trembling violently from extreme pain.