Crime and Punishment Page #5

- Step out of the car!

- What if I don't?

Comrade, it's a routine checkpoint.

Don't make this complicated... hey!

Hey, come back!

I know your license number!

Liaoning plates, F53377.

Where'd you get this lumber?

We found it up the mountain.

You just found it?

Everyone out of the truck.

Give me the keys.

You found it?

You expect us to believe that?

Someone else must have cut it.

We just found it lying around.

Why would someone leave

good lumber lying around?

I don't know, but they did.

Either way, it's still stealing.

Let me make this simple for you.

If we find out later

that you cut these trees yourself,

there'll be serious trouble.

I saw the lumber

when I was gathering firewood...

You call that firewood?

No, I was out

looking for stumps

to use as firewood.

Then I saw the lumber and took it.

- By yourself?

- No, with them.

- How'd they get there?

- Huh?

How'd they get up the mountain?

- In my truck.

- Why were you together?

We're neighbors.

You understand what I'm asking?

- They just happened to be there?

- No, I asked them.

You asked them to help?

What'd you tell them?

That we could sell the wood

and get money for New Year.

What time did you find the wood?

About 9:
00.

Then what?

I hid it and came back later.

Why'd you hide it?

Because someone else cut it down

and I figured

they'd come back for it.

- Where'd you hide it?

- In the parking lot.

What parking lot?

The public parking lot

on the mountain.

And then?

Then I put it in the truck.

By yourself?

No, they helped.

- Because you asked them?

- Yeah.

Who were you planning sell it to?

Some guy named Wang.

How do you know him?

- Someone told me about him.

- Who told you about him?

Who told you? I want a name.

- Was it one of those three?

- No.

- Did you meet with the buyer?

- No.

- Then where were you going?

- Nowhere...

- Bullshit.

- We're in no mood for lies!

It's late and we're tired!

I want the truth.

You're in a pretty good

position now.

Don't spoil it by waiting

until the others confess.

You're lucky

we're questioning you first.

If you tell us the truth,

we'll be lenient.

But if you hold back,

we've got three others

waiting to talk.

I know.

Just so you're clear on that.

You know we set up

that roadblock for you, right?

No, I don't know.

- We've been watching you.

- I don't know.

You'll be better off if you start

volunteering information.

Don't make me interrogate you,

understand?

How many trees have you stolen,

and how many times?

- This is the 1st time.

- How many trees did you take?

This time, 12 or 13.

This time? What about last time?

This was the first time, I swear.

You need to start cooperating.

Better to confess now than wait

until the others have confessed.

Really, this was the first time.

Start talking!

No more lies!

I'm not lying, I...

Then start cooperating.

There's a limit

to our patience, you know?

I know. I had a few drinks,

went over to my aunt's house,

then I caught a ride home

in the truck.

And then?

That's when you stopped us.

A likely story!

It's true.

My aunt lives right around there.

F***, his story's full of holes!

It's getting late

and we're running out of patience.

Are you going to tell us

the truth or not?

I am.

Don't lie to us.

I'm not lying.

Then why are you stuttering?

I'm not lying, I swear.

Do you even know what you did?

All I did was get a lift

in the truck

from my aunt's house...

Listen, your friend Sun

already told us everything.

You think about that.

You expect us to believe

you didn't have some role in this?

You're telling us

you don't even know what you did?

How'd you get sap on your clothes?

These are just my work clothes.

Look, the pants are all ripped.

They were already like this.

Where'd the wood come from?

I don't know.

Oh, you don't know?

What do you know, huh?

What do you know?

I wasn't doing anything,

so I stopped to buy some tobacco

on the way home.

And then?

I got a lift back in the truck.

- Whose truck?

- Sun's truck.

Why'd he give you a lift?

We're neighbors,

so he gave me a lift.

You're not a very good liar.

You needed a lift,

and he just happened to drive by?

You'd better start explaining.

How did you plan it?

I finished my dinner,

then I walked over

to my aunt's house,

and bought tobacco

on the way home.

And then?

That's all.

You expect me to believe that?

- Did you bring money?

- What?

- Did you bring money?

- Money?

To buy stuff.

- What'd you buy?

- Tobacco.

I smoke loose tobacco.

I've still got some in my pouch.

How'd you plan to steal the wood?

There was no plan.

- What's your last name?

- Du.

I'm not lying!

I swear I'm not.

I swear I'm not.

Listen, we know you did it.

Might as well confess.

I can't confess

to something I didn't do.

Who found the trees?

Tell us the truth!

I did.

How'd you find them?

Where and where?

I found them up on the mountain.

We talked about selling the wood

so we'd have money for New Year.

Who'd you talk to?

- Chen Jingbo.

- When?

Day before yesterday.

The day you went up the mountain?

I talked to him...

that morning.

Where, at home or on the mountain?

At home.

You went to his house?

What did you say to him?

Your exact words.

I said we need money,

let's take a trip up the mountain.

And he knew what you meant

because you did it before!

No, it was the first time.

How would he know

what you meant?

- Tell the truth.

- I swear it was the first time.

- I'm not lying.

- First time you got caught.

It was the first time

you got caught.

It was the first time, period...

How'd he know what

"take a trip up the mountain" meant?

Sounds like you'd done it before.

I told you what happened.

- Keep talking.

- Huh?

Keep talking.

- You want me to go on?

- Yeah, the whole story.

Then we took the wood, that's all.

F*** you...

F***!

You think you're f***ing tough?

Huh?

F*** you!

Come here.

We gave you a chance

and you f***ing blew it, understand?

Turn off the camera.

- You're going to cooperate, right?

- Huh?

You're going to cooperate?

Sure.

Before we get there

I'll take off your cuffs,

so you won't lose face

in front of your family.

I want you to show me

all your saws and equipment.

There's one in the truck

and one in the house.

We'll take them for evidence.

If your wife asks what's going on,

tell her it's nothing serious,

got it?

And no funny business.

- Which way's your house?

- That way.

- How many kids you got?

- One.

- Just one? How old?

- Seventeen.

Boy or girl?

A boy.

That's the house over there?

Uncuff him.

We're almost there.

We'll uncuff you here.

And don't try to run.

Where would I run?

This way, you can face your family.

- Who's that?

- My dad.

Where'd everyone go?

Is my wife here?

She's out.

How old are you?

Nothing to worry about.

I'm going to change my shoes.

They're wet.

- What's this?

- It's a saw.

Who're they?

Border police.

From over in Taipingwan?

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