preface
On January 19, a news story that "the two defendants in the Chongqing sister-brother crash case were accused of appealing" rushed to the hot search and once again entered the public eye.
At about 3 p.m. on November 2, 2020, in the Huafu Community of Bullet Stone, Nan'an District, Chongqing, two children fell from a 15-story building, a 2-year-old girl died on the spot, and a 1-year-old boy was sent to the hospital to die after being rescued to no avail.
The two young lives have just begun, but because of their father's "I want to be rich and rich", they are cruelly thrown down to the 15th floor with their girlfriends, and they stay forever on November 2, 2020.
Pictured| the children were with their mother Chen Meilin before they died
The daughter and son died unexpectedly
On October 2, 2020, Chen Meilin received a call from her ex-husband Zhang Bo, in which Zhang Bo said: "I am going to take Xuexue to buy clothes, and you will send the child to the Huafu community in Jinjiang." ”
After the phone call, Chen Meilin and her mother Chen Mu both felt a little strange, because since she and Zhang Bo divorced, her daughter Xuexue had hardly seen her father.
Mother Chen also reminded Chen Meilin: "Xuexue is two and a half years old, Zhang Bo has not seen the child once, how can he suddenly be so kind, don't be careful, whether he wants to sell the child." ”
However, Chen Meilin thought that her daughter had always missed her father, and when her daughter was just full moon, she was pregnant again, because she did not have the energy to take care of her daughter, she sent her daughter to her mother's house and asked her to help take care of her.
Later, when he divorced Zhang Bo, his daughter was only more than one year old and had no impression of her father. At that time, Xuexue would often ask Mother Chen: "Grandma, where is Daddy?" I don't know who Dad is yet. ”
Now, the daughter wants to see her father, and Chen Meilin can't bear not to let her see her, so she agrees to the request of her ex-husband Zhang Bo, and she has been following her daughter. Finally met his father who he thought about day and night, this was also the first time Xuexue saw his father, and the joy spread throughout the day, until he came home at night, Xuexue was still very happy.
That day, Xuexue and his father Zhang Bo stayed all day, and Zhang Bo took Xuexue shopping and shopping for clothes. That night, Chen Meilin asked, "Do you like Daddy or Mommy?" Xue Xue said without hesitation, "I miss Daddy! I love Dad! ”
Pictured| Chen Meilin's two children
On November 1, Zhang Bo contacted Chen Meilin again, saying that he wanted to see his daughter, and with the last meeting, Chen Meilin was not as vigilant as before.
Therefore, Chen Meilin asked Xuexue, "Do you want to go to Daddy's house?" ”
Xuexue was also very happy to learn that he could see his father again, nodded his head twice, and replied, "Mm-hmm! ”
This time, Zhang Bo also made an additional request, wanting Xuexue to stay in his home for the night, and he said to Chen Meilin: "Count me begging you, let the child stay." ”
Chen Meilin was afraid that her daughter would not be willing, and specifically asked Xuexue, "At night, I live with my brother at my father's house, and tomorrow my mother will pick you up again, okay?" Xiaoxue agreed excitedly. This was the last time Chen Meilin saw her two children, and this was also the first time that Chen Meilin let her daughter Xuexue and Zhang Bo stay together alone.
On November 2, before they could see their daughter and son, the two children fell to their deaths from the 15th floor. After Zhang Bo, the father at home, learned of this news, he immediately rushed out of the unit building and sat on the ground, because he ran too fast and wore slippers on only one foot. His hands pounded the ground hard, he cried out loudly, and even hit the wall with his head.
Later, a cleaner in the community recalled: "After the child fell down, I also went to see the scene, the eldest daughter was not saved at that time, the younger son still had a breath, their father was crying very sadly, crying while rolling on the ground." ”
Chen Meilin, who was driving, heard the news of the child falling from the building, and was momentarily confused, and the two children who were still alive and jumping yesterday suddenly fell off the building.
Pictured| the house where Zhang Bo lives in The Mansion of Huafu, Jinjiang
When she arrived downstairs at Zhang Bo's house, what Chen Meilin saw was the small bodies of two children lying on the ground, grass, blood, crowds... It was a picture that Chen Meilin did not dare to imagine. The daughter died on the spot, and after the son Ruirui was taken to the hospital, he was declared dead a few hours after the rescue, and overnight, Chen Meilin lost her two children.
In the hospital, looking at the two children with white covers, Chen Meilin did not have the courage to open it, and the last appearance of the child was helped by Mother Chen, and later she told Chen Meilin, saying: "Xuexue's eyes have not been closed, and she has gently touched them with her hands several times before closing them." ”
However, what everyone did not expect was that this "sad father" was the initiator of this case.
For this tragedy, Zhang Bo's external explanation is: Xuexue held his brother and played by the window, and accidentally fell down together.
After Chen Meilin heard it, she was very confused in her heart, because Xuexue had been living with her grandmother since she was a child, so she was very timid, and she had never done such a dangerous act as climbing a window. What's more, the daughter is now more than two years old, less than a meter tall, and the height of the window guardrail is almost one meter and two, and it is impossible for Xuexue to hold her brother over the railing.
And I thought that after Zhang Bo arrived at the hospital, he was no longer as grief-stricken as in the afternoon, but unusually calm, and did not even shed tears. He told Chen Meilin: "I had a cold, took some medicine and fell asleep, until I heard the shouting downstairs. However, he told another friend that the two children were eating takeout in the living room when they fell downstairs.
Subsequently, after the police investigation, through the process of collecting evidence in Zhang Bo's home, it was found that some places were unreasonable, just like Chen Meilin suspected, with Rui rui's height and athletic ability at that time, it was impossible to climb the window sill, and no handprints and footprints of Rui Rui and Xue Xue were found on the windowsill, which was inconsistent with Zhang Bo's previous words that children played on the windowsill and fell.
Pictured| daughter Xuexue's second birthday
Nine days later, the South Bank Branch of the Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau notified Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen to go to the police station to retrieve the mobile phones that had been seized as witnesses, and as soon as the two arrived at the police station, they were arrested by the police, and the next day, the police filed a case against Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen on suspicion of intentional homicide.
He's the doll's father
Chen Meilin did not expect that the child's biological father personally killed the two children, "He is the doll's father, why is it so bad?" ”
Before meeting Zhang Bo, Chen Meilin was also an ordinary girl with a simple life, her parents were intellectuals, as the only child of her parents, her love for her can be imagined, she learned piano, dance, singing from a young age, she once said, "In addition to playing chess, all other special classes have been reported again." After graduation, Chen Meilin worked as a kindergarten teacher for several years.
Staying with the children every day, a happy childhood, a simple working environment, she has not experienced any major events, and her life has always been simple and happy.
It wasn't until 2017 that she changed jobs and switched careers to a microfinance company, where Chen Meilin met Zhang Bo, the man who changed her life.
Zhang Bo is three years younger than Chen Meilin, only has a primary school education, loves to wear flower shirts and leggings, and the first impression of his friends around Chen Meilin is "soil". Zhang Bo's family has no savings, his parents are migrant workers, and before his death, his father left him a small two-bedroom apartment of 80 square meters, and the loan has not been paid off.
Pictured| Chen Meilin with two children
Compared with Chen Meilin, Zhang Bo's family situation is not rich, after dropping out of school, Zhang Bo followed his father to the construction site, but left after a few months, he is not a person who is willing to "work". He then moved into a microfinance company, which was the most decent job he could find within the scope of his education.
Because he is not a wealthy family, he wants to live a "rich and noble" life has become his "dream".
After Chen Meilin entered the company, Zhang Bo had already jumped to another company, Chen Meilin just took over Zhang Bo's work, because he had never had work experience in this area before, and Zhang Bo was very enthusiastic, so when he encountered problems, the two inevitably contacted Zhang Bo.
For a period of time, zhang bo every afternoon after the new company punched the card, and then returned to the old company to help Chen Meilin familiarize himself with the work, when he left work, Zhang Bo returned to the new company to punch the card, and then returned to the old company to pick up Chen Meilin from work.
In this way, the two people gradually developed a good feeling for each other, at that time, many people were not optimistic about this relationship, whether it was from the growth experience of the two people or the family environment, there was too much difference.
However, in Chen Meilin's eyes, Zhang Bo was self-motivated and down-to-earth, when he first arrived at the company, he helped himself at the same time, and his work did not fall. Later, Chen Meilin recalled when the two people first met, she said: "I trust him very much, and he only has me in his eyes." ”
Five months after the two people fell in love, Chen Meilin accidentally became pregnant, and after the company leaders knew, they hinted that if Chen Meilin wanted to get pregnant, it was best to take the initiative to leave, get pregnant, work... Let Chen Meilin, who has never experienced this, not know how to be good. However, Zhang Bo's words once again impressed Chen Meilin: "If you want to have a child, you will be born, and I will be responsible for the rest." ”
Recalling the fact that her daughter was pregnant, Mother Chen said: "I was very angry, but my daughter said that after all, it was a life, and she was worried that she would not be able to have a child after having a miscarriage, what else could I say?" ”
Pictured| mother Chen Meilin
In August 2017, the couple who had known each other for more than half a year got married, Zhang Bo gave a dowry of one thousand yuan, Chen Meilin bought a pair of wedding rings at his own expense, although the parents were not satisfied, but they also quickly accepted the daughter's "rebellion", which was also the only time Chen Meilin rebelled against her parents.
After getting married, Zhang Bo changed his previous tenderness. In March 2018, daughter Xiaoxue was born, and within a few months, Chen Meilin accidentally became pregnant again, until her son Ruirui was born, Chen Meilin said: "I never felt his enthusiasm as a father in him, he would not change the child's diaper, would not flush milk powder, and would not even take the initiative to hold the child." ”
Zhang Bo's former colleagues also once said: "I have known Zhang Bo for more than three years, never heard him take the initiative to mention his wife and children, every time he asked, he would answer a few words perfunctorily, and quickly diverted the topic." ”
Once, Rarity fell ill and was diagnosed with pneumonia, and the hospital even issued a critical illness notice. Chen Meilin was scared to cry, in the hospital, a person trembled and signed, while Zhang Bo only saw the child two or three times during his son's hospitalization, staying for only an hour at a time, and finally always left with the excuse of "going to dinner with customers in a while" and "I want to go back to rest early today".
Once, when the two people fed medicine to Rui Rui together, Zhang Bo held the child, and when Chen Meilin leaned over and handed the bottle to Rui Rui's mouth, Zhang Bo subconsciously leaned back, as if trying to pull away from each other.
The careful Chen Meilin noticed Zhang Bo's action, on the day her son was discharged, Chen Meilin originally wanted to have a good chat with Zhang Bo, but Zhang Bo did not give her a chance, and after that, no matter how hard Chen Meilin tried, Zhang Bo did not give her a chance.
Mother Chen said: "The daughter is a person who has an obsession with a 'complete family', even if her relationship with Zhang Bo is shaky, she is still unwilling to divorce." I remember when Mei Lin was young, my husband and I quarreled, and she would take my hand and say, 'Mommy, you give Daddy another chance.' ’”
In February 2020, the marriage of the two people came to an end, after the divorce, Chen Meilin raised Xuexue, and Zhang Bo raised Ruirui until he was 6 years old, and then raised by Chen Meilin.
Pictured| Chen Meilin holding the verdict
Chen Meilin still clearly remembers what Zhang Bo said to her during the divorce: "Let's get a divorce." We are not people of the same world, just like two parallel lines. What you want is an ordinary life, and I want a day of great wealth and nobility. ”
"There are just over four years left, and he can't even wait four years." After the two children were killed, Chen Meilin said bitterly.
In these days of awaiting judgment
When he has not yet divorced Chen Meilin, the cover of Zhang Bo's circle of friends has been replaced by a photo with his new girlfriend Ye Chengchen, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen met on the Internet, and unlike Chen Meilin, Ye Chengchen's family is well-off, and to a large extent, he can meet his needs of "great wealth and nobility".
When Zhang Bo first began to pursue Ye Chengchen, he concealed the fact that he was married and had children, in August 2019, the two people formally interacted, Ye Chengchen's parents began to inquire about Zhang Bo's situation, and soon, they knew the fact that Zhang Bo had children, for this reason, Ye Chengchen once broke up with Zhang Bo, but in the end the two people were reconciled. It's just that Xuexue and Rarity have become a topic that two people can't avoid.
After Zhang Bo's divorce, Ye Chengchen once said that there was no way to accept that Zhang Bo had children. Under Ye Chengchen's many expressions, in order to be able to be with Ye Chengchen, Zhang fluctuated his compassion. Around February 2020, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen began plotting how to kill two children.
Subsequently, the two men discussed several times and finally decided to kill the two children by accidentally falling high. In June, Ye Chengchen urged Zhang Bo to commit a crime through WeChat.
On November 1, 2020, Chen Meilin left after delivering Xuexue to Zhang Bo's home. That night, because Zhang Bo's mother was at home, Zhang Bo failed to commit the crime, and then went to find Ye Chengchen.
Picture | Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen
At ten o'clock the next morning, Zhang Bo returned home, and taking advantage of his mother's absence, Zhang Bo hugged the legs of the two children and threw them downstairs from the bay window of the second bedroom.
At the moment of being pushed down, Xuexue once tried to grasp the window frame, but the force was too small, and did not grasp it, leaving only fingerprints trying to save itself.
On November 2, 2021, Chongqing had entered winter, and the mountain city was shrouded in a thin fog.
This day is the first anniversary of the death of her daughter Xuexue and son Ruirui, and this day is the 59th birthday of Chen Meilin's father.
Speaking of birthdays, Chen Meilin is very sorry in her heart, her father is 59 years old this year, and it is reasonable to say that 59 years old is a big birthday, but now, the death of two children has made the father who should have been happy to celebrate his birthday, but now he does not dare to mention it, not only now, in the days to come, November 2, for Chen Meilin and his parents are a very difficult day.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the family set off from home on time, and Mother Chen brought two packs of red dates and 8 oranges prepared by her son the day before to the Beipei Tiantai Temple, where the ashes of her daughter Xuexue and son Ruirui were stored.
And why put the ashes of the two children here, Chen Meilin said: "Because the children are still young, they don't know where to put them, and it is also a fate to put them here." ”
That day, it was a working day, there were no pilgrims in the temple, and after the mother who sold incense candles saw them, she asked: "Today is the anniversary of the dolls?" Mother Chen snorted, and after the people in the temple saw them, they would also ask with concern," "Did they judge it?" The deaths of these two children are almost unknown in Chongqing.
Figure | part of ye chengchen and Zhang Bo's chat history
There were hundreds of spiritual seats in the Hall, xuexue and Ruirui's ashes were placed together, in the front row near the Statue of Guanyin, in the morning, only Chen Meilin's family came to worship, and the Buddhist hall quietly seemed to echo even the sound of talking.
Father Chen stood in the Buddhist hall with his hands behind his back, and from the moment he entered the Buddhist hall, he kept talking: "You say that people are so bad, you don't want children, you can send them back to us, why do you have to kill them?" Zhang Bo must be dying, right? Ye Chengchen is definitely going to die, it was planned by her, it is impossible for her to run away, right? ”
Not only Father Chen, but also Chen Meilin, Mother Chen, and many others may not understand why Zhang Bo wants to harm his own flesh and blood.
Mother Chen took out the oranges, three paved, one into a sharp point, four oranges each placed on a plate, Chen Meilin and her parents knelt down in front of the Guanyin statue and prostrated their heads deeply. After getting up, Father Chen said, "You look at this position, just facing the bodhisattva, Xuexue is timid, so I am not so afraid." ”
"My big baby, you died so tragically." The sad Mother Chen could no longer control her emotions and cried out in pain, while Chen Meilin squatted on the ground and carefully wiped the urns of the two children without saying a word. The pain that the three people usually pressed in their hearts were all released in their own way at this moment, and perhaps only here did they dare to cry for a while without scruples.
Pictured| Chen Meilin went to the temple on the children's anniversary, wiping the urn over and over again
At noon that day, they ate a small hot pot on the fourth floor of the mall near their home, and at the dinner table, there was no communication between the three people, just silently shabu-shabu. Halfway through the meal, Mother Chen raised her teacup and said, "Let's touch one." ”
The three men raised their teacups, said "Happy Birthday" slightly "perfunctorily", and immediately put down their teacups and continued to eat.
Since the death of two children, Chen Meilin has lost more than ten pounds, and the only motivation to live is to "give the child a justice", and Chen Meilin's mother, after the death of two grandchildren, they worked hard to rescue their daughters, for them, the most worrying thing is not the daughter's present, but after the verdict, after seeking justice for the two children, what should their daughter do.
On July 26, 2021, the case was heard at the Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People's Court, where Chen Meilin's husband admitted that he had thrown the child downstairs and that he had committed it after several conspiracies with his girlfriend, Ye Chengchen.
When the case was heard, Chen Meilin said in court that she would give up all civil compensation, as long as Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen paid for their lives, if they were not successful, she would continue to appeal until they succeeded, which was the time when a mother was the most powerless, even if the two of them paid for their lives, but their two children could never come back, but this was the last thing Chen Meilin could do for her two children.
On November 28, before nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Meilin rushed to the Nan'an District People's Court, the day zhang bo and Ye Chengchen pronounced their sentences. On the way to the courthouse, she said: "I slept a little last night, about an hour, and woke up automatically at seven o'clock in the morning." ”
Pictured | Zhang Bo in court
At about 10:30 a.m., the Fifth Intermediate People's Court of Chongqing Municipality sentenced defendants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen to death for intentional homicide and deprived them of their political rights for life.
After leaving the courthouse, Chen Meilin did not go anywhere, but went directly to the Tiantai Temple to visit the two children, and she felt that no matter what the result was, they should know.
For this result, Chen Meilin still did not dare to relax, she said: "This is not the final result, do not rule out the possibility of two people still have to appeal, this is not a result, just a beginning, until Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen fell into the law, I will definitely not have the slightest slack and relaxation." ”
Recalling the days with her two children, Chen Meilin said: "I often shoot all kinds of interesting stories with two children and then post them to this platform. Although her son followed Zhang Bo after the divorce, on weekends, Chen Meilin would always take her two children to play together.
She said: "Sometimes my daughter is like a little adult, I eat slowly, she will stand on a small chair and urge me, 'Mom, hurry up, hurry up, wash the dishes!'" ’”
Figure | netizens' views on the defendant's re-appeal
And the son Ruirui's personality is very grinning, not afraid of life, like grandpa the most, as soon as he sees grandpa, he opens his two hands and walks over shakily to ask grandpa to hug.
With the death of the two children, these beautiful things will never happen again, and will always stay in Chen Meilin's memories.
On January 19, when she learned of Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen's appeal, Chen Meilin said firmly: "If a person has a conscience, he will give up the appeal, and now I can only wait and see what happens, if the second-instance trial changes the verdict, I will definitely protest to the procuratorate." ”