"Teacher, Ye Heng is lying in the toilet, covered in blood!" With the child's screams, the head teacher rushed to the men's toilet, and the scene in front of her caused her to suffer a cardiac arrest:
Ye Heng fell in a pool of blood, and a meter away beside him, an adult man sat quietly, his expression terrifyingly calm.
On September 21, 2018, while driving on the highway, he received a trembling call from his wife: "Lao Ye, come to the hospital!" Our child was stabbed with a knife and bled a lot. "
Ye Wanhuan's world collapsed at that moment. When he rushed to Ruian People's Hospital, his 9-year-old son Ye Moumou was being rescued in the operating room.
The nurse told him that the child had a total of 12 stab wounds all over his body, the most fatal wound was in the left back, which hurt the heart. Three hours later, the doctor sadly announced that the child had died of excessive blood loss.
Facing his son's cold body, Ye Wanhuan's heart was like a knife. He asked the doctor to carefully stitch up each wound and let the child "walk clean and complete."
That night, Ye Wanhuan personally sent his son's body to the Ruian City Funeral Home, and he decided to "avenge" his son in a special way.
Ye Wanhuan made a promise in front of his son's spirit: he would not accept any compensation and apology, and would not harm the murderer's family, but would fight for the court to sentence the murderer to death through legal channels. Before that, he couldn't cut his hair or shave.
Since that day, 43-year-old Ye Wanhuan has been living in a funeral home. He gave up his shoe factory business, built a simple bed in a corner of the mourning hall, and accompanied his son day and night.
He often wakes up in the cold winter nights, but refuses to use air conditioning or heaters. "In this way, the son's physical changes will be smaller, and time can wait a little longer." He said.
A few months passed, and the middle-aged entrepreneur who was once in a suit and leather shoes turned into an unkempt "old man". But Ye Wanhuan doesn't care about his changes, he is most concerned about the progress of the case.
In October, the procuratorate approved the arrest of Lin Jianxia in accordance with the law.
According to the suspect's recollection: On Wednesday afternoon, when his daughter Lin Xiaoke came home from school, her eyes were red and swollen, and tears were rolling in her eyes.
Lin Jianxia asked the reason distressedly, and learned that his daughter had a verbal altercation with classmate Ye Heng at school and was beaten until her eyes hurt.
As a father, he felt angry and helpless. He imagined his daughter being bullied at school, and the anger in his heart gradually rose.
Lin Jianxia originally expected the school to handle the matter properly, but when he learned that Ye Heng did not publicly apologize as he requested, the fire of resentment in his heart was completely ignited.
In the next two days, Lin Jianxia's thoughts were surging, repeatedly recalling his daughter's injury, imagining that Ye Heng might hurt his daughter again.
Fear, anger, and thoughts of revenge swirled in his mind, eventually brewing into a terrifying plan.
So on the afternoon of the incident, Lin Jianxia's reason was completely blinded. He took a sharp fruit knife out of the kitchen drawer and carefully hid it inside his coat.
His hands trembled slightly, but his heart was full of twisted determination. He told himself that it was to protect his daughter and punish that "bad boy".
Lin Jianxia hurriedly came to the school and told the security guard that he was here to deliver stationery to the child, so he began to commit the crime. Avoiding the eyes of teachers and other parents, he went straight to his daughter's classroom.
The moment he saw Ye Heng, all his reason was thrown out of the clouds. He used a lame excuse to trick Ye Heng into the men's toilet, and then quickly closed the door.
Lin Jianxia took out a fruit knife, grabbed the frightened Ye Heng and stabbed him again and again.
When Lin Jianxia finally stopped, he looked at Ye Heng who was lying in a pool of blood, but he didn't feel guilty at all, he calmly dialed 110, lit a cigarette, and then sat at the scene and waited for the police to arrive.
After learning about the situation, the police hired relevant personnel to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of Lin Jianxia. The results of the appraisal showed that Lin Jianxia suffered from schizophrenia (remission) during the period of the case, but he had full capacity for criminal responsibility, litigation and detention.
On February 25, 2019, the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in Zhejiang Province held a public hearing of the case in the first instance. During the trial, the prosecution charged Lin Jianxia's actions with intentional homicide. The defense raised questions about the psychiatric evaluation.
In the days of waiting for the verdict, Ye Wanhuan often listened to the recording of his son before his death, with tears flashing in his eyes. Ye Heng is a sunny and cheerful child who is very popular among his classmates.
He also participated in the "Little Banker" event held by the local bank and became the "spokesperson of the richest man". In the photo, Ye Heng was wearing a white shirt and black pants, smiling and squinting, it was a hopeful 9-year-old boy.
In Ye Heng's diary, there is an article entitled "A Letter to Father and Mother". The little boy wrote with childish strokes:
"I want to say 'I'm sorry' to you. I've caused you a lot of trouble before. However, now that I know that you are working hard, I will definitely be filial. Reading his son's diary, Ye Wanhuan's heart was full of sourness.
On March 1, the Wenzhou City Intermediate People's Court made a first-instance verdict: Defendant Lin Jianxia was sentenced to death for intentional homicide and deprived of political rights for life.
The court held that Lin Jianxia's crime was extremely heinous, the consequences of the crime were extremely serious, and the harm to society was extremely great, and he should be severely punished in accordance with the law. Although he may be found to have surrendered voluntarily, the crime is extremely serious and is not sufficient for a lighter punishment.
That night, Ye Wanhuan returned to the funeral home and read the verdict of tens of thousands of words to his son from beginning to end. However, the case does not end there. Lin Jianxia appealed, and the case entered the second-instance trial procedure.
Seven months later, the Zhejiang Provincial High People's Court heard the case in Wenzhou. After the second instance, the case entered the death penalty review stage of the Supreme People's Court.
In this long wait, Ye Wanhuan not only has to face the pain of losing his child, but also has to endure the harm caused by various false rumors on the Internet.
Some people made rumors that Ye Heng was a "bear child" and deliberately hurt female classmates; Some people say that Ye Wanhuan's family education is very poor; Others claimed that the killer was mentally ill and incapable of criminal responsibility.
Faced with these rumors, Ye Wanhuan felt very angry. "You can tell from my son's diary what kind of kid he is. He can't hurt any small animals, so how can he deliberately hurt his classmates? He said.
Fortunately, the results of the investigation by the police and the court returned Ye Heng's innocence. The verdict made it clear that there was only a "small friction" between the two children, not a serious conflict as rumored.
Lin Jianxia's mental state has also undergone a professional evaluation, which confirms that he has full capacity for criminal responsibility.
While waiting for the final verdict, Ye Wanhuan began to think about his future.
He decided to honor his son in a positive way, and planned to set up a foundation named after him to help children who had suffered misfortune.
In this way, he hopes that his son's life will continue in another form. At the same time, he also wants to use his own experience to call on the society to pay more attention to campus safety and prevent similar tragedies from happening again.
Finally, on July 17, 2020, the Supreme People's Court made a final ruling. The Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court announced the Supreme People's Court's criminal verdict to Lin Jianxia and carried out the death sentence in the afternoon of the same day.
The case has finally settled, but for Ye Wanhuan, this is not the end, but another beginning. He decided to continue his mission to contribute to improving campus safety and preventing school violence.
Now, although the case has ended, Ye Wanhuan's waiting has not stopped. He continued to speak out in the community, calling for strengthening campus safety management and promoting the improvement of relevant laws and regulations.
"I don't want any more families to go through our pain," he said. Every child is a parent's heart, and we must create a safe environment for them to grow up. "
Resources:
The second trial of the murder of a boy in Ruian opened, and the father who lost his son has not gone to work for half a year——Beijing News 2019-10-09 21:14
Special "revenge": the son was killed, and the man stayed with the funeral home for half a year——China Youth Network 2019-03-24 10:00