Chapter 961 I’m Listening (Part 2)

The smoke was spreading. The people from Sections 3 and 5 were holding heavy water fire extinguishing equipment and spraying it on some places that had already caught fire. The moment the fine water droplets touched the flames, they instantly expanded several times like a torrent, and the flames were quickly extinguished.

"Hand it over!"

A person from Section 5 looked at several people who were at a loss. They obediently handed over the dangerous items on their bodies to the people from Section 5, and these people from Section 5 did not arrest them.

More and more people were on the street. Many people who had already gone home and locked their doors and windows also came out one after another and joined the street, quietly watching Le Xiao who was talking to the protesters on the light and shadow screen.

The originally manic and restless streets gradually calmed down. When violent conflicts were about to occur, Le Xiao's shouting voice was conveyed through the light and shadow screens that appeared one by one.

At this time, Pasha stood on the side of the street, leaning against the wall, looking at several people who were about to be arrested and shouted immediately.

"Just ask them to hand over the dangerous items, and keep quiet."

Looking at the staff members who have changed their attitudes, they are no longer angry. Most of them are trying to persuade some people who are still emotional to calm down.

Pasha looked at the charred and smokey places on the ground. The situation was under control. If it continued to escalate, according to past experience, many people who resorted to violence in the demonstrations would definitely be expelled.

Pasha has seen this situation too many times. Since she was just an ordinary staff member, she has often dealt with such riots. Many riots were just quarrels at the beginning, but the deeper reason was the long-term accumulation of contradictions.

In her childhood memory, the thing that Pasha remembers most vividly is a person who was arrested for stealing. The reason he stole was for his sick family, but because of the huge amount of stolen items, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. At that time, many people nearby were defending him because this person often helped some people on weekdays because he could not borrow money from the 7th section of the bank at that time.

On the day of the verdict, many people felt it was unfair that such a good man was finally walked out in handcuffs. On that day, Pasha's school held an off-campus practical class. As a result, many people who gathered at the door of the court threw stones at the administrators at the time after learning the verdict, and the conflict between the two sides continued to intensify.

Based on this incident, large-scale riots broke out in the entire area on the same day. The court was directly burned down, the administrators were hijacked and killed, and the angry crowds wantonly destroyed things on the streets.

Pasha clearly remembers that the teacher took them to the school for refuge, and the rioters finally rushed into the school, insisting without any basis that the parents of these children who could afford to go to school must be exploiters.

They just wanted to find a breakthrough to vent their inner anger, but the army intervened two hours after the riot began. Pasha witnessed those who rushed into the school being shot and killed. Soon, with the tough suppression, the riot ended within an hour, but the streets were already full of blood. That was the first time Pasha saw dead people, what it looked like when a bullet passed through a human body, and faces twisted because of anger, and finally showed desperate and humiliated expressions after being suppressed.

"Aren't you tired!"

Pasha muttered softly, and the people on the street almost quieted down at this time. Looking at the light and shadow screen, they were all ordinary people, with many problems at the bottom, and the whole environment was like this, like a huge quagmire.

Pasha has been working here for more than 10 years. She doesn't plan to climb up. She had opportunities before, but Pasha chose to refuse.

One morning five years ago, Pasha was called to the section chief's office.

"Recently, a director of Section 7 retired, and they are in need of a capable person. I recommended you to them. I have submitted your resume. You can take a look and add some of your own specialties."

"No need, Lady Niya. I don't want to leave the lower class anymore!"

Niya just smiled and threw a cigarette to Pasha.

"What's wrong? Are you smelling the lower class?"

Pasha turned around and nodded, lit the cigarette and walked to the door.

"My lady Niya, my district is very stable now. There has not been any criminal case in the past six months. The crime rate has been curbed. To be honest, I am a little lazy. Everything is good for me now."

"Then do your best. If you change your mind, you can come to me at any time. I will arrange it for you in advance."

The sun was very bright that morning. Pasha remembered it very clearly. She wanted to nod immediately at that time. However, she thought about it again. There was nothing bad about the bottom layer. The price was cheap, and the streets were not always depressed. There were also laughter and human touch. In fact, Pasha herself knew that she didn't like the cold environment of the middle and upper layers, and she couldn't stand the more rigorous work and interpersonal relationships, so she chose to stay at the bottom layer.

Sometimes, Pasha would handle some cases in person on a whim, and would also listen to the complaints of some people involved in the case. Among all the regional officers in the 60 districts at the bottom layer, only 6 people were promoted in the past 15 years. Most of the others have worked at the bottom layer for almost their entire lives, and some have served for more than 30 years.

Pasha has seen many things, and there is only one word they can do nothing about. The only thing they can do is to improve social security and effectively reduce the crime rate. For many problems, they can only avoid conflicts as much as possible. For some things, they can only Choose a compromise approach.

Over the years, the bottom has maintained stability, like a pool of stagnant water. Although many people live a difficult life, they can still live a stable life. In the past, when Pasha first took office, there would always be some routine surprise inspections to violate laws and regulations. Industry matters, but under such long-term inspections, many people who can only live on the edge of the law have had their lives severely disrupted, and the entire neighborhood has become chaotic.

Over the years, Pasha gradually understood that it was no one's fault. Pasha lit a cigarette and turned her head to look at the place where the sun was shining down. The layers of light could be clearly seen at this time. It feels that the light on the upper level is the most dazzling, while the light on the middle level is weaker, and it is completely different on the lower level.

Pasha stretched out her fingers, and there was no trace of warmth in the glimmer of light shining on her fingertips. The air would only start to heat up around 10 o'clock. In the morning, she could only see the light, but not enjoy the warmth.

To break all this, there must be a strong, dazzling, extremely hot light, which can break through everything. Pasha smoked quietly and looked at Le Xiao on the light and shadow screen. In Pasha's concept, her own qualifications is mediocre, and her father often said that everyone's talents are different, and people with mediocre qualifications abound. You just need to work harder to reach the upper limit of your qualifications. As for other things, leave it to those talents. Just go for extraordinary geniuses.

Looking at Lexiao on the screen, Pasha's original serious expression relaxed, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised. In Pasha's eyes, this 26-year-old genius from the bottom of society shines with light in his words and deeds. From her sudden appearance, After being pushed to the position of secretary of Section 13, the originally peaceful city began to undergo drastic changes.

Thinking about it now, Pasha was still a little scared. She looked at her trembling hands. During the riots in the two bottom districts last month, someone from Pasha's reinforcement team in the district died. Members, because there is no way to pull the trigger on those angry ordinary citizens. Obviously no one is at fault. Everyone just wants to live a better life and a better life.

Pasha still clearly remembers the scene when the parents of the new officers came to claim their bodies and collect their pensions. At 7 o'clock this morning, when Pasha learned that a demonstration had taken place in the area, she was angry. , helpless, but the order she received was to follow the command of Section 13 Secretary Le Xiao. But until now, Le Xiao has not issued any orders, but her actions stopped the upcoming riot.

Different from the orders on ordinary days, before all previous riots, Pasha and the others received orders only to act according to the situation. Once a riot broke out, they would immediately suppress it. If the suppression escalated into a bloody conflict, they were allowed to shoot directly.

"It's actually very simple, isn't it!"

Pasha pressed her forehead with one hand, feeling a little out of control for a moment. Tears began to overflow from her eyes. The out-of-control situation had been brought under control. Although everyone did not receive the order, they saw what Le Xiao did and asked them to stop the demonstration. The clerks got out of the way and walked over to listen to what they said. Such a simple approach successfully stopped the situation in the bottom 58 districts that was about to go crazy.

Seeing many people sitting quietly on the ground, looking up at the light and shadow screen, some people started to cry. Maybe they didn't know why they were crying. Pasha just squatted quietly in the corner, pulled down the brim of her hat, and said nothing. of tears.

It was clear that such a simple approach could be used to resolve a bloody conflict, but no one did it. No one thought that because of the last riot in Pasha's district, one of the people who went to reinforce him was his sister. , but she will never wake up now. She has been clamoring to come to the bottom as soon as she joined the business department.

Many female squad leaders stood in front of Pasha and formed a group. They all knew how the commander was feeling at this moment, but they knew very well that Pasha didn't want others to see it, especially under such circumstances.

"We just want to live a better life. We can borrow money from Section 7 in times of crisis. When we are sick, we don't have to go to the middle class to buy medicine. When we are looking for a job, we won't have to worry about being born at the bottom. We were rejected before we even opened our mouths. Many of our children here cannot afford to go to school. Many people cannot be included in the scope of ordinary people’s medical pension insurance because of their citizenship status. We just want to tell the middle and upper levels. We are also human beings and part of this city!”

Le Xiao nodded, still smiling. The leading man in front of her was crying, and the crowd sobbed softly from time to time.

"Anyone else want to say anything?"

Le Xiao glanced around and saw that it was almost 10 o'clock. People kept talking about their tragic experiences, the injustices they suffered, and their powerless lives.

Everyone was silent, no one spoke anymore, and most of the questions they spoke about could already represent themselves. Time passed by, and it was nearly 10 minutes.

"I'm sorry, I can't make any promises to you, I can't promise you anything!"

Le Xiao said and bowed to everyone. In these ten minutes, Le Xiao thought clearly. Although the memory is very vague, her father often warned herself not to make random promises to others. Once a promise is made, it must be done. arrive.

At this time, many people's faces showed a trace of helplessness, and many people nodded silently. Even if they said what they wanted to say, life will continue to hit everyone tomorrow, and they still have to continue living.

"I heard everything you said today, and I heard it very clearly, so what I want to say is that I will try to find a way to change the status quo of the bottom. This is the only thing I can promise you. I am not a god. I can only do things within my ability. My parents always told me that if one day you are desperate, sad and helpless, look at the sun in the sky and think about what I have and what I can do. Now my idea is very simple, working seriously at the bottom, this is the only thing I can do. If any of you are dissatisfied, what kind of complaints do you have, I am happy to listen to your words in my spare time. I am very sorry. This is the first day I officially started working. I am only 26 years old this year, but I think I can do a lot of things, a lot of things. If you believe in beauty, no matter what kind of environment you are in, you can always see beautiful things!"

Le Xiao looked at the person in front of him seriously and put on his hat.

"Now I have to go back to work, because there are still many businessmen waiting to submit some novel and interesting products, perhaps some of which can change everyone's life, so please go back in an orderly manner! Isn't there a TV program about mutant exams tomorrow? How about this, the live broadcast of the mutant exams at the bottom level is free, take a few days to relieve fatigue, and try again!"

Le Xiao smiled, raised his hand and waved it, then clenched it into a fist, turned around and walked slowly.

At this time, some people on the edge began to turn around and disperse, many people nodded and left, and more and more people chose to leave the street. When Le Xiao returned to the door of Section 13's store, the protesters at the street corner had dispersed.

Gradually, the black smoke rising from the sky above the blocks at the bottom level also disappeared, and the air began to warm up because of the light of the artificial sun.

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